Gaming...... On a netbook.

Substance · 17 Dec 2011 at 21:37

Pick up the current humble indie bundle, Plenty of great games there that will run on practically anything

Martini1991 · 18 Dec 2011 at 02:05

And for serious gaming I'd just use my desktop.
Onlive is definitely something that I could see myself using.

Pestilence · 18 Dec 2011 at 02:18

GOG is probably your best friend, there!

gronf · 18 Dec 2011 at 05:34

Don't game much on my netbook, but when I do it's usually Fallout 1/2 or Total Annihilation

Jay794 · 18 Dec 2011 at 06:37

d_brennen said:
Obviously spending a load of money is the best way around everything

You're on a forum with people who spend £1000's on computers, obviously if spending loads of money isn't the way right way then we're all very stupid lol

Tibbz2 · 18 Dec 2011 at 09:07

Some others I can just about bare playing:

Half Life 2, Galactic Civilizations 2, Civilization 3 and earlier, Games from the Indie Bundles, Terraria (laggy), WORMS!, and GTA Vice City.

Tummy · 18 Dec 2011 at 09:19

Minecraft

bushmins · 18 Dec 2011 at 09:33

Tummy said:
Minecraft

Is a complete system hog.

Tummy · 18 Dec 2011 at 09:34

bushmins said:
Is a complete system hog.

Shh.

He just asked for games that he can run

Megahurtz400 · 18 Dec 2011 at 11:37

Considered Onlive?

If you have BT Broadband, you get 3 months for free

Martini1991 · 18 Dec 2011 at 12:47

I am looking into Onlive. I am on Virgin Media 50mb though.
But how does it work?
Is it "Buy the games" or "subscription based" or "subscription while buying the games"?

If there was that 1 pound deal going on, I'd just buy X amount of games with Y amount of accounts.

chrismscotland · 18 Dec 2011 at 13:29

GTA 3, Vice City and San Andreas, Red Alert 2 is great also!

Martini1991 · 18 Dec 2011 at 14:13

Talking about Onlive, it now runs on my Xperia Play.
If they patch in support for the controls, perhaps going to Onlive could be a good thing.

dalin80 · 18 Dec 2011 at 15:05

Vast majority of the C+C first decade pack runs lovely, warzone 2100 is a perfect fit as well.

FPS of the half life era are fairly well suited as well. In fact netbooks can make for good cheap gaming there are a hell of a lot of outstanding games you can pick up very cheap where the only downside is they are a bit old.

Anyone who says minecraft is a numpty it will choke out netbooks unless you don't mind gaming at 2fps.

Indy500 · 18 Dec 2011 at 15:32

What HangTime said, you're pretty much limited to pre-2004 titles (if they're 3D games anyway). The GMA 3150 is a slightly tweaked version of the GMA 900, which was donkey balls even among integrated graphics chipsets back in 2004.

Zefan · 18 Dec 2011 at 15:34

AHarvey said:
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trentlad · 18 Dec 2011 at 17:15

Emulators mate!!

trentlad · 18 Dec 2011 at 17:17

Quake Live