Great games that don't need great hardware to run

[milespower]

you're welcome

well damn that's very good for a Williamette That's half-way to risk running on a P3 (well the 512KB Tualatin variant might be possible then I've seen that processor smoke 1.8 Ghz P4's back in the day...)

 

[Havingphun]

You forgot to add dwarf fortress. But also for anyone who decides to play it you should get a new graphics set for it: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=57557.0
Otherwise the graphics look horrible. Or you could get a mod pack that includes the graphics set and many other things: http://www.bay12forums.com/smf/index.php?topic=59026.0
I love that game.

 

[AqworldThunder]

worms 2, also a fun game. Good luck finding it :evil:

worm2.com

 

[jammie mann]

Probly the best little game aroudn today is the binding of isaac, I have so many hours on that n I have a half decent machine lol

 

[In10s]

TMNT
Transformers
ManHunt
MTX Mototrax
Max Payne 1&2
Noferatu The Wrath of Malachi
Penumbra Series
Sumotori (not sure cause its kinda laggy to me)
Throne of Darkness
Soldat
Limbo
Shank
Super Meat Boy
Amnesia The Dark Descent

 

[TheDreams]

Actually PlanetSide and Amnesia: The Dark Descent have some pretty big requirements for your system, amnesia runs pretty smooth on most computers but I would not recommend a laptop to run it, most of them unless its designed for gaming, it gets choppy and lags about every 10 minutes for a while. Also I would NOT run PlanetSide on any computer that isn't pretty nice/designed for gaming because games like PlanetSide and planetside2 take up lots of ram and can slow down your computer quite a lot, but if you do play it I recommend you use Low graphics quality for it. Another game that doesn't require a good System would be League of Legends. But make sure you get an FPS of around 20-60 because otherwise you will lag and probably die. Hope this helped

 

[TheDreams]

Actually Amnesia: The Dark Descent doesn't have big requirements as I mistakenly posted in my last comment, but I would recommend a good computer for maximum game play quality.

 

[Sunaru]

A game that I think is supposed to be able to play on old computers is Ace of Spades. I found this game a long while ago when I was looking for a free alternative for Minecraft. While I was doing this search, I also was trying to find a game that would run on my old computer that has a SiS graphics card. Thanks to this article, I found AoS, and ever since, I've spent a lot of time playing this game.

P.S.
"Ace of Spades is a completely free game that is best described as a mixture of Minecraft, Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty." - Squidoo

 

[wiyosaya]

How about Strike Commander, Privateer, and Privateer II

 

[GeforcerFX]

I game on my old Precision workstation 670 all the time, though its not really to much of a slouch, I find that all of Valves games work very well on the system, it can even manage BC2, and I decided to try BF3 on it later this week. It amazes me what this computer almost straight out of 2005 can still do, only upgrade I have done is add a 1tb HDD in it and upgraded the graphics back in 2009 to a 9800gt.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

The Precision series are Dell's premier high-end workstation series, after all.

 

[SirDigby]

It's a shame how many great games there are here - try playing any of these on a computer WITH great hardware and they just stop.

 

[GeforcerFX]

The Precision series are Dell's premier high-end workstation series, after all.

yeah but we are talking 8 years old now, it was able to keep up in the benchmarks till like 2008-2009, but once the core I series got into mianstream no way. Still amazed at what it can do, maybe I am more amazed at how little PC gaming has changed in the last couple years, I basically owe thanks to the consoles for making it so I don't have to buy a new computer till at least the end of this year.

 

[ChammA]

Have anyone ever played WWF - Wrestlemania with 8 Characters ?

I still play it sometimes. Super fun for all time !

 

[DjKraid]

BIT.TRIP.BEAT and BEAT.TRIP.RUNNER
There are loads of Indie games that are good and fun time killers...it's worth looking for the indie games on steam and then also most games on Desura

 

[paul jose]

Hello,
There is a list of games that don't need ultimate Hardware to run:-
[FONT=Verdana]Warcraft III[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Red Alert 2[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Darklands (1988? - brilliant Microprose RPG)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Amiga Emulator for The Settlers, Speedball II (original sooo much better than remake etc etc etc)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]MAME Arcade emulator[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Vice City[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Half-Life 2[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Carmageddon I / II[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Trackmania[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]X-COM series[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Bloodrayne I / II[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Audiosurf[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]Madballs[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana]The Secret of Monkey Island[/FONT]

 

[RedGamer]

A game that I think is supposed to be able to play on old computers is Ace of Spades. I found this game a long while ago when I was looking for a free alternative for Minecraft. While I was doing this search, I also was trying to find a game that would run on my old computer that has a SiS graphics card. Thanks to this article, I found AoS, and ever since, I've spent a lot of time playing this game.

P.S.
"Ace of Spades is a completely free game that is best described as a mixture of Minecraft, Team Fortress 2 and Call of Duty." - Squidoo

Thanks for the link, I found it really helpful in my search since I love Minecraft style games. Just an update for everyone that Ace of Spades has an official Steam release now but you can still play the original game (for free) on buildandshoot.com (I much prefer the original).

I also noticed the article you link to has links pointing this to page with over 50 games like minecraft most of which also have low requirements which I recommend gamers check out if they like the building style of gameplay.

 

[xaiya]

What what whaaaat....
this list needs a few more added here

The Settlers II & V
GTA London 1969
Dark Reign

 

[ZBestGamor]

Spelunky and Binding of Isaac, I've spent 400 h in them EACH, very hard and adicting.

 

[KillenNinjasHD]

Can My computer like max out all these games?

Cpu Pentium Dual Core 2.6
Graphics Card: Nvidia Geforce 8400 gs
Ram: 6 GB
Display 1600 x 900
Windows 7 Ultimate

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

I'm pretty sure it will do that on most, if not all, of them.

 

[KillenNinjasHD]

Allright thanks man ill try some out sense I do have a bunch of those

What are you talking about when you say Xcom all of them? my comp cant run Declassified or enemy within or enemy unknown

 

[hopgop1]

The Ship, Papers Please, re-Volt (download- it's abandon ware so it's free)

 

[Subodh]

[FONT=Courier New]IGI, need for speed most wanted, nfs underground, ea sports cricket, max payne (1), GTA's san andreas, vice city; total overdose, winning eleven 9, Ubisoft's assasin creed 1,2,3, Prince of Persia[/FONT] etc and many more hell out of it that run on my [FONT=Courier New]intel core i3[/FONT] cpu and these run pretty fine on [FONT=Courier New]core 2 duo[/FONT] and I saw some [FONT=Courier New]p4[/FONT] as well.

 

[KillenNinjasHD]

You forgot a game called "Little Inferno" on my laptop 1.4 cpu + Radeon 7800 HD mobile it runs like a boss...but the graphics dont matter in this game it runs on a Geforce 210