Great games that don't need great hardware to run

[aaronb1232]

Audiosurf should definitely not be missed. You're actually using your own mp3's to generate levels. How sweet is that.

I believe there's a demo out for that if you're interested.

 

[InsaneVr6]

What about Little Fighter/Little Fighter 2/Little Fighter 2.5?

or The Dig?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Thanks for the contributions, list updated.

@InsaneVr6, The Dig is already on the list. I added Little Fighter though.

 

[gexob]

Freedom Fighters - great game. Very tactical

 

[Katmaster]

very helpful, as im looking for games to play on my low end pc

 

[mopar man]

Well, I don't know, AudioSurf is almost Unplayable on my 1.5GHZ processor, but it could be the fact that it's an old Socket A Sempron, so I don't know about a 1.5GhZ P4...

 

[shoot4thrill]

Soldier of Fortune 2 Gold is defidently worth a look. You can run it with a standard intel graphics card just fine. I used to run this game on the first computer I ever had which was a crappy eMachine.

 

[nanaki2007]

no baldur's gate? seriously. classics

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Baldur's Gate is already on the list.

 

[sammichael]

Whats the minimum specs for these games?

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

The first page lists the minimum specs all the games run on. So if your system is below that level, it may not allow you to play some of the games. Almost all of them should run on such a system though, especially since the original minimum specs were a Pentium III CPU with a GeForce MX440, and most of the game additions were made keeping these specs in mind. I revised the minimum specs somewhere around the start of the year, if I remember right.

 

[Frankie MS3]

project 64-Paper Mario
Legend of zelda

 

[GoSoft]

thanks for the list i intend to run the low spec games.

 

[poteljito]

You should add Syberia.

 

[electromagnetic]

Crysis on a PCI card.

 

[wulfanger]

Geometry wars & world of goo
are both great games that will run on low end systems

 

[InsaneVr6]

Just something I noticed to update the list. I noticed that the Call of Duty game is listed as 'all'. I would say that COD 2 maybe 3 can run on lower hardware. 4-5 definately need some power.

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

Not really. The newer games run very well on old hardware too. There are lots of videos on YouTube of CoD4 running on a 6200, and CoD:WaW shares the same engine.

 

[Incogneato78]

Rome: Total War

Medieval: 2

 

[Richardw9]

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

i have that on ps 1

 

[Tha General]

Some benchmarks i did

System specs is present. Also to note, both games running on stock settings with my gpu at 567 core/333 memory.

COD 4

Settings i am running it on, Results , average around 12-30fps.
Sorry about the colors, they look a bit wash out, i have to upped the settings next time, and make sure i put on aa gamma correction.

1280x1024 normal to high settings, glow on, lights on low, no AA, no AF at the moment.




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Crysis Warhead at 1280x1024, all mainstream to low settings,Works perfect, 14-24fps. Hardly drops below 14, only at the beginning part. That part is very demanding.

(RESIZE TO 1024X640)

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

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.

 

[fimbles]

Not really a big fan of it myself..

Runescape.

Tomb raider underworld maybe wont work on those specs

 

[Rage_3K_Moiz]

It will actually, it just won't look very pretty.

 

[fimbles]

geez.. I ran tru on a pent 4 2.66 with 1 gb of ram and a geforce 7600.. even on super super low graphics it was a slideshow.. im talking 480x600 here..low quality everything.

Seemed to become playable after the first fire covered level had finished !

Wish id found that oldblivion link a few years ago! nice!