PC games with low system requirements?

Me and a friend have been doing some LAN gaming recently. I have a decent laptop (2.0 Ghz C2D, 2GB RAM, ATI X1700) but my friend is running Boot Camp on a ~2 year old MacBook with integrated graphics. We are interesting in finding more games that both of our computers can run. We may have others joining us soon, but let's assume that said MacBook is the "weakest link" among all the computers.

Games we have been playing so far:
Age of Empires 2
Starcraft
BF 1942
Unreal Tournament GOTY
Red Faction

Unfortunately, the CS 1.6 and all other original HL mods do not seem to work on my laptop. My video card drivers aren't compatible with OpenGL or something stupid like that. I spent a good while trying to find a fix for this about a year ago with no luck, and have since given up on it. I remember playing Sven Co-Op and loving it, but unless I find some miraculous fix for my video card, it is not an option.

Any other games you'd recommend?

Ultima Online, connecting to a private server. You and your friends can play together, plus tons of other people in the MMO as well.

diablo 2 how do you not already have it

Rick: I don't know if I've heard of that game, I'll check it out.

Infernus: I'm a bit ashamed that I don't have it. I've played it ages ago on another friend's computer, but don't remember too much about it. From what I recall, its a bit like Dungeon Siege (although I'm sure Diablo came out before DS) which I really enjoyed. Definitely gonna check this one out again.

I also just realized that Warcraft 3 would most likely run on my friend's MacBook. That game was/is the shit. Any more suggestions would be great, thanks.

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Rick: I don't know if I've heard of that game, I'll check it out.

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Yeah check into it, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultima_online doesn't do it much justice so check out a few links about it. It's pretty much the digital crack that predates WoW and if you acquire the software you can log onto emulated shards/severs for free.

QBasic's GORILLAS

You could try rome: total war

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rome:_Total_War


My computer is ten years old and it can still run the game on low graphics settings.

I'll say it... runescape classic download. It is the best free MMORPG around.

The LOTR: Battle for Middle Earth (I or II) and/or C&C Red Alert 2.

UT2K4 runs pretty well on a bevy of different machines, and I LAN with a few friends every now and then, even though I can max out UT3 now. Not multiplayer, but Deus Ex is excellent, and I recommend anyone with older hardware to try it. I think they may even have a multiplayer mod out for it though, and it runs in both OpenGL and DirectX, plus *gasp, S3 Chrome and software modes.

Warcraft 3 Battle Chest. Only about $30-40 in the stores. It runs on almost any computer and is still one of the most played online games for PC. I'm always playing DotA.

Roller Coaster Tycoon

NOX

Seriously NOX is one of my favorite games of all time.

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Roller Coaster Tycoon

NOX

Seriously NOX is one of my favorite games of all time.

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Roller Toaster Tycoon at a lan, really?

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Roller Toaster Tycoon at a lan, really?

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lmao. Maybe I should read more than the list of games and the thread title.

nox is fucking ace

Well... Civ 3?

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nox is fucking ace

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You might be one of the only people Ive met that have heard of it, much less liked it.

Man this thread is making me fiend for NOX. I need to find my disk.

i'm not sure how it would be possible to not like nox

you would have to have some mental defect

Rome: Total war is very fun at a lan night. Stampeding elephants FTW.

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Rome: Total war is very fun at a lan night. Stampeding elephants FTW.

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archers all up in yo face

baldur's gate 2

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baldur's gate 2

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Yes.

heroes of might and magic 3

also the two expansions for it

AnonyD Nox sucks that game was so bad on so many levels.

I second Heroes III or Age of Wonders/2. Of course, those can all be played single comp so no need to LAN.

UT2k4 is a good alternative, too, though when we play we always have to unplug the router from the internet or it kicks us offline for invalid serial numbers.

serious sam 1 and 2

the specialists (awesome half life 1 mod)

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AnonyD Nox sucks that game was so bad on so many levels.

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hahaha holy shit you have terrible taste in video games

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the specialists (awesome half life 1 mod)

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the specialists is g00d

I used to play WOW on my laptop - 1.4Ghz Pentium M, 1GB DDR, 32mb dedicated nvidia go5200.

I know it's a subscription game that involves $, but just throwing that out there.

Heroes III was plenty of fun until I realized there were cheat codes for it, then I never played honestly again.

yeah i did that for a while, but it gets real boring real quick when you cheat

honestly, once you understand the economy of the game, impossible difficulty only poses a challenge in low-resource scenarios, and the rest is cake

HoMM III was terribly fun, and I recommend it highly for low resource PCs.

However, I never did too well primarily because I was unable to manage more than 1 hero :/

this is because you're a woman

this is the recipe to success for HoMMIII : get a castle and as many unupgraded creature generators in the first week. Hire and extra hero and have the two range as far as you can, grabbing as many loose resources as possible. bring your strongest hero back to the castle in the first couple days of week 2

week 2 is developing a capitol, and upgrading one ranged generator for bonuses, then having your hero travel from mine to mine just killing the baddies while your second (or third, if there's a lot of open ground and resources, but generally there isn't) grabs the loose resources and flags all the mines

week three is upgrading creature generators and mage guild (if you're interested, but level 2 is usually good enough), loading every troop on to your big guy, who, close to the end of the week, you send out into enemy territory to wreak havok.

provided your combat tactics are effective (honestly not that hard) you should easily trounce the enemies' big hero, so they won't recover for another 2-3 weeks every time you bash them. rinse and repeat for great justice. Always keep at least 1 week's troops close to your home base in case another opponent shows up, and even have your second hero clean up the straggling loose monsters to develop some exp, get logistics and become a creature runner. buy a new hero for every castle you take over to flag all the loose mines and build an army from the new castle while your main hero gets reinforcements and heads into the next territory

hero building is always by personal preference, but air/earth magic and logistics are basics for eevery hero type. magic heroes should concentrate on getting wisdom, sorcery and 2 or 3 magic masteries on expert, and combat heroes should get offense, archery, defense and tactics. the rest is all flavouring.

words

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words

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of wisdom, so let's just let the matter rest

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this is because you're a woman

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i love it when you treat me like a woman


...which is what i am, apparently.

MORE WORDS THEY JUST WONT STOP _ _ _ ' _ STOP

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the specialists is g00d

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probably the best mod i've played

i've spent years playing that game, i used to be amazing...
the backwards kick pwnt all

well basically it's a good game in the sense that i can play it every once and a while and find it fun and refreshing but if i play it too much i'm doomed

doomed to a life of mediocrity and lack of potential

everything is spiraling down this is what my uncle said would happen

help call the police

yeah, i played it obsessively for about a year.
good times.

the lobby level was the best.

i was a fan of the outside one with the buildings you could climb and shit tbh

lobby was good for massive amts of pplz tho

Well now that I saw coq's post I'm gonna go play heroes again I guess

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i was a fan of the outside one with the buildings you could climb and shit tbh

lobby was good for massive amts of pplz tho

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thats what i used to do, fill lobby up with like a hundred bots and take them all on xD hilarious

caserun.com

soldier of fortune ii.

HUNDREDS OF BOTS xD

SOF2. what a fucking gory game Pepsi. One of the first games I ever bought for PC, and so worth it. Danke for the linkage.

i'm in a clan that has some of the best servers on demo and is making a fucking awesome server for full.

i'm a senior admin there.

also, doog, many quake 3 engine games take it easy on your computer. sof ii, urban terror, and, of course, quake 3.

I'm also throwing my hat in the ring for HoMM3. It is incredible. Man, I think I have it on one of my externals somewhere. I'm loading that shit up tomorrow.

i haven't quite figured out how to play over the internet with people, but if we can, let's have a wasted afternoon of HoMMIII

Sorry I don't have 6 hours to play a single online game

that is the downside with heroes

speaking on online games, coq, want to play settlers?

i wish i could, but have to play housemaid right now, then go to my sister's to cook dinner, then be back here by 9 to rock the fuck out

when i think about it, i'm pretty much booked until monday

you are not booked

you are not a doctor's office

people demand whole sections of my day, and my compliance means i end up having to write it down so i don't forget it

i'm booked

you are not booked

you are not a hotel room

don't forget to reserve time for talking to your friends on CD

or time for poopin'

speaking of HoMMIII, it's available for download along with its 2 expansions for only $9.99 this weekend only from GoG.com

speaking of downloading, bittorrent it jesus i warezed out for a second

well i mean yes, if all of your spare change has gone into coke, then i can see how you'd have to torrent it rather than spending 10 whole dollars.

sycld you have accused me of constant coke sniffing in everythread our paths cross in

i think you have an obsession or something seriously edit your mind or something

Posts 57-61 itt are not interesting or funny in any way. lets step up the game, eh folks?

wrong

post #58 is highly informative

and post #57 is internet comedy gold

more like comedy brown. huhu

So I went back and played Heroes 3 and I gotta say I don't remember it being so tedious.

Also Inferno still sucks

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sycld you have accused me of constant coke sniffing in everythread our paths cross in

i think you have an obsession or something seriously edit your mind or something

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lol

well i mean coq lets face it you are a massive coke fiend everyone knows that








that was sarcasm btw

it's only tedious when you're adjusting to the game again. inferno does suck balls. castle, tower, dungeon and/or stronghold are the best bets - castle as a powerful average, i suppose, tower for sheer magic power + titans, dungeon is insanely strong and stronghold for fast build and stupid powerful melee (one magic secondary skill is more than enough to turn you into an insane ass beating machine).

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sycld you have accused me of constant coke sniffing in everythread our paths cross in

i think you have an obsession or something seriously edit your mind or something

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We'll talk about it when we get home, sweetie...