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Games Tested on the Mini-Note

This is a small list of games that have been tested on the Mini-Note.

Please add to this page as you get additional games working, and if there's a relevant forum thread, please link to it as well.

How well does it run - Legend
8-) Game runs well. There are either no problems or only very minor ones.
:-/ Game has problems but is somewhat playable
:-( Game is unplayable or does not run

Windows XP

Game Title Run Comments and Details Forum Link
Age of Empires 3 :-( Game does not even load
Age of Empires 2 8-) Game runs great in 1024×768 mode
Age of Mythology 8-) Game runs great
American McGees Alice 8-) Gamer runs great
Audiosurf :-( Game runs choppy witch makes this game unplayeable
Baldur's Gate 2 8-) Gamer runs great in 800×600
Ballance 8-) Game runs great
Black & White 8-) Game runs great
Call of Duty :-/ Game is pretty choppy on 800×600, but can be playeable maybe
C&C : Red Alert 2 8-) Game runs great 1024×768
C&C : Yuri's Revenge 8-) Game runs great 1024×768
Counterstrike: Source :-( Game does not even load
Civilization III 8-) Game runs great 1024×768
Civilization IV 8-) Game runs great (Runs slow / skips frames on 1.2GHz w/1GB RAM)
Defcom 8-) Runs very smooth on lower details
Deus Ex 8-) Runs OK
Disciples II 8-) Runs OK
Diablo 2 8-) Runs very smooth, need the Lord of Destruction add-on to run in 800×600. The mouse is a little of when clicking on items due to the scaling
Divine divinity 8-) Runs very smooth
Dungeon Siege 8-) Game runs great 1024×768
F22 lightning storm3 8-) Game run OK, need set lower details
Fallout 2 8-) Game run OK
Fate: Undiscovered Realms 8-) Game run great
Freelancer 8-) Game run beautifullly
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas :-? Game will run OK in 640×480 but it gets pretty choppy
Gothic 8-) Game run beautifullly
Gothic II 8-) Game run beautifullly
Hitman 2 8-) Game runs well
Icewind Dale II 8-) Game runs well
Homeworld 8-) Game runs great in 1024×768. Be sure to set the visuals to use (D3D) Primary Display
Max Payne 2 8-) mostly playable on 1280*768 @ 32bit (a tad choppy, but mostly smooth)
Might & Magic IX 8-) Game runs OK
Need for speed Hot pursuit 2 8-) Game run OK
Need for speed underground :-/ Game runs very slowly
Rome: Total War :-? Game is pretty choppy in 800×600 with all visual settings turned down
Return to Castle Wolfenstein 8-) Game runs great @ 1280 x 768
Sim City 2000 8-) Runs in window mode but uses full resolution
Sim City 3000 :-( Game starts but only shows the top half of the screen with the bottom half constantly flickering
Sim City 4 Deluxe 8-) Games runs good in 1024×768 resolution
Starcraft Brood War 8-) Game runs perfectly
Star Trek Armada 8-) Game runs great
Star Trek Bridge Commander 8-) Game runs perfectly
The Sims 2 Base Game :-\ Game will run 800×600 with all settings low, but moving around the environment is very slow
Total Annihilation 8-) Game runs perfectly with full resolution
Total Annihilation Kingdoms 8-) Game runs perfectly with full resolution
Unreal Tournament 8-) Game runs great
Unreal Tournament 2004 :-( The poor framerate makes it unplayable
Warcraft III 8-) Game runs well. To get full resolution you need to regedit, go to HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Sofware/Blizzard Entertainment/Warcraft III/Video. Modify “resheight” click “Decimal” and enter in “768. Modify “reswidth” click “Decimal” and enter in “1280”
Wings over Israel 8-) Works flaweless
World of Warcraft :-/ Framerate is quite good for starting alt… 10-20 FPS…

Many of these games were tested on the Mininote User Forum http://forums.mininoteuser.com/viewtopic.php?f=18&t=32&start=40&st=0&sk=t&sd=a

Also see this thread on the NetbookUser Forum

 
howto/gamesonthemini.txt · Last modified: 2009/01/19 16:45 by balaam
 


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