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76561198195627878 May 10, 2015 @ 8:19am

Low Spec games

Hello, what are some really fun low spec games for crappy laptops?
Here are my specs:
AMD C50 Processor 1.00 GHz
1 GB RAM

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Akeldama May 10, 2015 @ 10:13am

Pong

Xaelath May 10, 2015 @ 10:28am

1 ghz + 1 gb ram.
is that even a laptops -_-?
it was like having laptop 8 years ago...
Try Command and conquer tiberian sun
any 2004 or below game. also try any 2D rpg games, do not attempt to try any 3D games.
It will crack ur laptop with that kind of proccesor.

76561198195627878 May 10, 2015 @ 10:47am

Originally posted by Xaelath:
1 ghz + 1 gb ram.
is that even a laptops -_-?
it was like having laptop 8 years ago...
Try Command and conquer tiberian sun
any 2004 or below game. also try any 2D rpg games, do not attempt to try any 3D games.
It will crack ur laptop with that kind of proccesor.

lol ok ty

Quint the Alligator Snapper May 10, 2015 @ 1:10pm

Most of the games that I have personally played and recommend, on my profile, will probably suit your computer, since I generally play games that don't use the recent top-of-the-line specs.

I've reproduced the list here, for convenience:

* action adventures/RPGs by Falcom: Ys Origin, Ys: the Oath in Felghana, Ys I & II, and Gurumin: a Monstrous Adventure
* action RPGs localized by Carpe Fulgur, including Recettear: an Item Shop's Tale and Fortune Summoners
* the action/exploration platformer Guacamelee
* the exploration adventures La-Mulana, Aquaria, Anodyne, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and Waking Mars
* the shmups Ether Vapor Remaster, RefleX, eXceed 2nd, and eXceed 3rd
* the virtual board game 100% Orange Juice
* the adventure platformers DuckTales Remastered, Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Saira, and eversion
* the comedy platformers Eryi's Action and DLC Quest
* the co-op exploration/customization platformer Terraria
* the roguelikes One Way Heroics, Dungeons of Dredmor, and FTL: Faster Than Light
* the visual novels/story adventures Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, The Shivah, Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos, fault ~milestone one~
* the traditional JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, the First Chapter
* the teamwork FPS Team Fortress 2

Of these, I'm not sure TF2 will work. I had some trouble running it properly on a Pentium system with an Intel Integrated 3000 graphics card, but it ran decently enough for me to play classes that I didn't need to aim much for.

The Ys games, Trails in the Sky, and Gurumin are all 3D, but they date from 2004-2007. They're excellent, excellent games, and I'd expect them to work on a computer with relatively low specs, though I have not verified this myself.

Also, FTL is very processor-intensive for some reason.

Furthermore, Terraria may or may not run smoothly if you fullscreen it. Playing it windowed (at 800x600 or lower) may help with that.

Ether Vapor Remaster is 3D and DuckTales Remastered is 2.5D, so I'm not sure how well those would work, but they're not particularly graphically-complex games.

In any case, this ought to be a decent list to start, for good games that probably play well with an older computer. Of course you should check the required/recommended specs and do some googling to try to get an educated guess as to whether something might work. But I would expect that most if not all the 2D offerings should probably work.

Hope that helps!

Last edited by Quint the Alligator Snapper; May 10, 2015 @ 1:12pm

76561198195627878 May 10, 2015 @ 1:13pm

Originally posted by Quint the Coffin Princess:
Most of the games that I have personally played and recommend, on my profile, will probably suit your computer, since I generally play games that don't use the most modern specs.

I've reproduced the list here, for convenience:
* action adventures/RPGs by Falcom: Ys Origin, Ys: the Oath in Felghana, Ys I & II, and Gurumin: a Monstrous Adventure
* action RPGs localized by Carpe Fulgur, including Recettear: an Item Shop's Tale and Fortune Summoners
* the action/exploration platformer Guacamelee
* the exploration adventures La-Mulana, Aquaria, Anodyne, Insanely Twisted Shadow Planet, and Waking Mars
* the shmups Ether Vapor Remaster, RefleX, eXceed 2nd, and eXceed 3rd
* the virtual board game 100% Orange Juice
* the adventure platformers DuckTales Remastered, Mutant Mudds Deluxe, Stealth Bastard Deluxe, Saira, and eversion
* the comedy platformers Eryi's Action and DLC Quest
* the co-op exploration/customization platformer Terraria
* the roguelikes One Way Heroics, Dungeons of Dredmor, and FTL: Faster Than Light
* the visual novels/story adventures Nelson Tethers: Puzzle Agent, The Shivah, Dysfunctional Systems: Learning to Manage Chaos, fault ~milestone one~
* the traditional JRPG The Legend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky, the First Chapter
* the teamwork FPS Team Fortress 2

Of these, I'm not sure TF2 will work. I had some trouble running it properly on a Pentium system with an Intel Integrated 3000 graphics card, but it ran decently enough for me to play classes that I didn't need to aim much for.

The Ys games, Trails in the Sky, and Gurumin are all 3D, but they date from 2004-2007. They're excellent, excellent games, and I'd expect them to work on a computer with relatively low specs, though I have not verified this myself.

Also, FTL is very processor-intensive for some reason.

Furthermore, Terraria may or may not run smoothly if you fullscreen it. Playing it windowed (at 800x600 or lower) may help with that.

Ether Vapor Remaster is 3D and DuckTales Remastered is 2.5D, so I'm not sure how well those would work, but they're not particularly complex games.

In any case, this ought to be a decent list to start, for good games that probably play well with an older computer. Again, I think that most if not all the 2D offerings should probably work.

Hope that helps!

TY so much! I wish I could add you lol