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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-) Gamer runs great in 1024×768 mode
Baldur's Gate 2 8-) Gamer runs great in 800×600
Black & White 8-) Game runs great
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)
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
Dungeon Seige 8-) Game runs great 1024×768
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas :-? Game will run OK in 640×480 but it gets pretty choppy
Homeworld 8-) Game runs great in 1024×768. Be sure to set the visuals to use (D3D) Primary Display
Rome: Total War :-? Game is pretty choppy in 800×600 with all visual settings turned down
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
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”

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: 2008/07/29 17:43 by owenrw
 


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