Great games that don't need great hardware to run

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Ah, thanks for that. I assumed it was using the same engine as Legend and Anniversary. A quick search showed that it is an all-new graphics engine. I have accordingly updated the list.

Again, thanks for the update.

 

[fimbles]

No problems! Great list by the way! Top notch

 

[PaulWuzHere]

Deus Ex Invisible War.

I liked it and it ran on my old AMD Duron w/ 128MB RAM / Geforce FX 5200

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Already there on the list.

 

[Technochicken]

Alien Arena- its based of quake, or one of those old fps games, and it's awesome.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

It is indeed awesome, but will it run well on those specs? Its based on the Quake II engine, but has been heavily re-written from what I know. Just confirm whether or not it'll work on the minimum specs for the list, and I'll add it.

 

[Technochicken]

According to the Alien Arena Guide, the minimum specs are 128 mb of ram, a 650 mhz cpu, and an openGL graphics card.

 

[ralphedison]

How about War Wind? Its really a great classic game, Much like Starcraft.

 

[babalooo]

Gothic I and Gothic II are great games, that will tie you to your computer for quite a long time - and they are not demanding at all. Heavily recommended.

 

[dayslayer8]

lol you missed 'sacred'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_(game
'titan quest'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Titan_quest
'rise and fall - civilizations at war'
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rise_and_Fall:_Civilizations_at_War

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Thank you for the contributions dayslayer8, I have added Sacred and Titan Quest to the list.

However, I did not particularly enjoy R&F: CaW and from the minimum specs, I think it will be laggy on older systems, so I am apprehensive of putting it on the list. Can anyone confirm whether or not it works acceptably on an older system?

 

[jtickner1]

Woot, Titan Quest is awesome!

What about Test Drive Unlimited and Crashday. Crashday is a pretty fun car-combat type game (with a track editor and all that jazz), that will run on just about anything these days.

TDU is simply one of the best games I've ever played. Ever. It's not all that demanding either. If you don't plan on playing on too high a setting, like myself

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Nah, TDU will stay off the list. I doubt it will be playable with 512MB of RAM.

As for Crashday, it has a lot of negative press for being buggy and there seems to be artifacting for no reason in the game. Can you confirm if there is a patch that fixes most, if not all, of these issues?

 

[jtickner1]

I can't confirm there's a patch but I've never had any trouble with it...

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Ok then, I will add Crashday to the list.

 

[treetops]

Hey I know wotl is not on the list but yeah you cant play the new expansion on

Any games suggested should work on a Pentium IV 1.7GHz CPU and a GeForce 6200 card

Nice list by the way you might want to consider sectioning it down a bit, because a game like diablo 1 takes nothing to run compared to wow. Maybe add a 1-10 scale where wow or whatever is the highest demand game is a 10.

Oh yeah heres a game planetside. It is probably in line with wow as far as demand.

It came out in like 2003, I didnt play it until a few years ago, its unlike anything I have played before, its a massive fps, in a on going world like wow, you have thousands of players on each planet fighting for control over bases, leveling up, getting new vehicles and weapons, I hope the make a part 2. I never played a fps before with a 100+ on 100+ player battles.

 

[schoolgirlni]

can you guys suggest me one to start up as a new gamer?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Thanks for the suggestions treetops, the rating scale is a great idea! :grinthumb

 

[sIcKtEeN]

Err... guys, i don't see Portal in the list. Don't tell me it's not a great game? :-S

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

The Orange Box includes Portal, no?

 

[jtickner1]

The CoD4 engine is an excellent one, you can get great performance on old cards too. But I still refuse to believe Crysis or Warhead can be run, and they will stay off the list until I get definitive proof of them running smoothly enough.

I think if Crysis were to end up on the list you may aswell put every decent game in existence on the list, as it's one of the most demanding games ever.

 

[Technochicken]

How about Star Wars Rogue Squadron? It's a 3rd person x-wing shooter game. It's tonnes of fun, especially with a joystick, and it runs in a pentium III.

 

[schoolgirlni]

Hey Techonochicken can you tell me what kind of game is this Star Wars Rogue Squadron/?

 

[LinkedKube]

I think if Crysis were to end up on the list you may aswell put every decent game in existence on the list, as it's one of the most demanding games ever.

I still have issues with crysis with my new vga. If someone tries to put it on this list. I'll hop the next flight to slap them with my crysis box.

 

[jtickner1]

How about Star Wars Rogue Squadron? It's a 3rd person x-wing shooter game. It's tonnes of fun, especially with a joystick, and it runs in a pentium III.

:O I didn't know this was on PC! It's one of the best games I've ever played on N64, best games in general actually!