Great games that don't need great hardware to run

[NoTTaShoT]

Wouldn't it be nice if a list like this exsisted of all the games that can run on low end hardware AND are free?

Any1 agree?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

A lot of the games are free, and others can be downloaded in a free (albeit ad-supported) form.

 

[treetops]

Mars wars is a game like planetside but its free to play. From what I can tell there are just as many if not more players on there then planetside.
http://mmohuts.com/review/mars-war

Minimum Requirements:
OS: Windows XP / Vista
CPU: Pentium 4 2.0 GHz
RAM: 1GB
HDD: 3 GB Free
Graphics Card: GeForce 6200 / Radeon 9550

Recommended Specification:
OS: Windows XP/ Vista / 7
CPU: Pentium Duel-Core 2.4 GHz or better
RAM: 2GB or more
HDD: 3 GB Free or more
Graphics Card: GeForce 7600 or better

p.s. wolfteam!

 

[Zen]

P.S.
If you guys were ever wondering where Onimusha2 is, it's only for the PS2.

I grabbed this game for my Playstation 2 on like my second or third go around shopping at Gamestop. I grabbed Onimusha 1 & 2 for the PS2 system, great games, these are the kind of game that you don't have to be a "rocket scientist" to play!

 

[KingSingh]

Add Altitude to the list.
http://altitudegame.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/41300

It's a really fun game. ^_^

The requirements are:
Processor: 1.0 GHz
Memory: 256 MB
Graphics: 64 MB VRAM
Hard Drive: 300 MB of free space

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Thanks, added that and some more indie games.

 

[WinXPert]

Unchated Water, and New Horizon. I love these two old school games.

 

[clement52]

Wow, thank you very much. I'm a super game junkie, some games need hardware to run, which makes me annoyed. Then I can play the game to the top of my bent.

 

[nubki11a]

Runescape Not that I play it.

 

[Pink]

Freedom Fighters was really fun. any of the Thief series, Gabriel Knight games, Planescape: Torment, beyond good and evil, Silent hill 2, RE 4.. best on that list is Morrowind though.. amazing game, even with the (now) outdated graphics

EDIT: Rune: Halls of Valhalla, Baldur's gate, Grim Fandango, Vampire the Masquerade: Redemption and Bloodlines (though you'd need some of the uofficial patches)

 

[medex452]

MINECRAFT, i love that game my laptop can barely run it on low distance which is retarded.

 

[Mavrickx888]

This is definitely a cool list. A lot of terrific games that can be played on most machines.

I used to play an awesome game called DarkStar One quite a few years ago and I remember it requiring very little out of my system. Might be a cool one to add to the list.

 

[OlegRu]

Nice list. I definitely wish I found this before I got my new Lenovo y560p this May.

Fallout 2 - best game of all time.

 

[SirDigby]

Dungeon Keepers will not work on Windows 7, and is very buggy on XP at best, it will play fine the first 10 hours of gameplay but after this it'll start crashing.
My old PC is not very good, and it could handle Dawn of War 2.
Spore and Age of Empires 3 were also supported.

 

[TechnikL]

OMG what about Half-Life 1 & 2, so good, I think most valve games would run good on that hardware:stickout:

 

[slikkiller3]

No gmod? ^.^

 

[Marnomancer]

My, rig, if you notice, is very entry-level. Yet, since it is properly maintained, I runs great. Still, I would love it if I could run Counter-Strike: Source at Full Graphic Settings without falling to 29 fps.

 

[scarborough]

age of games were always really fun and pretty informative.

 

[DevilDevansh]

where the hell GTA SA is man ?
its the best low demand game ever made.
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[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Read the list; GTA: SA, and all the Half Life games are on there.

CS: Source will give you good performance if you play only with the DX7/8 shaders, as stated in the list as well.

 

[Darth Shiv]

Dark Forces... awesome FPS for the time (non-multiplayer though). But great weapons.

x-com ufo defence

Super game... love it

 

[blimp01]

killing floor is pretty light on the GPU, its a fun coop FPS

 

[milespower]

I have some revisions to the list. And I do have a roughly similar build (Celeron 2.4 Northwood-128, nVidia FX 5500 256MB Silent) so I know a couple things:

• Worms 3D and Worms 4 Mayhem work perfectly (with about 30-35 fps framerate), they're not listed.
• Not all Simcity games work on a P4. The norm is that it goes up to (4) Deluxe, because Societies already asks for a dual core.
• You have listed Red Faction (all); but Red Faction Guerrilla has awful framerate on my build, let alone yours (Williamette core, I presume?)
• Same for Need For Speed. I believe due to processor performance that the last ones you can run are Most Wanted and Carbon. That game engine is reported to have worked like a charm in systems such as Pentium!!! 733 Mhz w/Geforce 2 (NOT the MX though), provided that you have at least 384 MB of RAM on your system and that you will run DX7 shaders which causes some lighting to become screwed in MW, and also the cars' painting will be locked on matte for all the versions. Apart from that, 50 fps in a heartbeat.
• TrackMania runs all versions apart from United Forever.
• Empire Earth runs all versions
• About Amnesia: The Dark Descent, my system popped out an error saying not enough texture shaders or something like that. The 6200 is already 9.0c enabled (the FX5500 is 9.0b) so it should play.

 

[will1111]

Hello Every one.

I have dual 2core processor and ati 5770 graphic card.

I played almost all the games till now.

but some games like battlefield and rage and max pyane 3. I cant play on pc because of there system requirment.

But the games like
1.Cod mw3
2.Cod MW2
3.NFS hot pursuit2
4.darksiders
5.dead space2
These games run very freelly on Pc and I enjoyed alot.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

@milespower, the thread hasn't been updated in a while due to some personal commitments of mine.

Great points, I'll rectify the list now. Thanks!

EDIT: Simcity: Societies will run on that configuration. The minimum requirements are met. This Youtube video shows the performance; not the best, but playable, with everything on Low.