Games for Pentium 2

[timehack]

i have Pentium 2 350mhz - 128mb - SIS 620 in windows xp sp3, but is hard to find compatible games for this pc (i test simcity 3000 and RE2 and works O_O ), any game tips?

 

[retro-gamer]

I know that well the problem is always that the hardware is simply too weak for most games. I don't know how to help maybe think about a more powerful device? But well, that can also become more expensive .

 

[CheelaCheela's icon]

check abandonware websites <3 lots of good games for older hardware <3

 

[Yuniheim]

You could try these idk, these are some spaceship games that I used to play them on my realy old laptop what had a single core celeron and 1gb ram.
I would also recommend Ultimate Knight Windom XP but you'll probably not be able to run it, iirc you need at least pentium 4 and 512mb of ram.
You could also try to emulate gba games with the old version of VBA.
Probably only Vsys Gaiden will run on your system but I think it's worth to try.

 

[carb0n0x]

DOOM

 

[happymasksalesman]

I have pentuim4. Well I know good games. You can play IGI1 or Doom on it. I know there is a lot of old games can find on archive.org and abandon software.
Always Watch out for storage space.

 

[micjohvan]

Baldurs Gate 1 and 2 are fantastic. Also check out old Blizzard titles, they are some of the very best PC has to offer, even by modern standards. Look at StarCraft, BroodWar, Warcraft 1 and 2, Diablo 1 and 2.

 

[snackcannon]

i have Pentium 2 350mhz - 128mb - SIS 620 in windows xp sp3, but is hard to find compatible games for this pc (i test simcity 3000 and RE2 and works O_O ), any game tips?

There are actually plenty of games that can run, as long as you don't mind playing old school stuff. I would look into DOSBox as well as other emulators being a viable option. At least SNES (snes9x/zsnes), GBC/GBA (vba-m) and consoles of that nature.

 

[Rei de Nada]

Try 90s and early 2000s games perhaps gta III, gta vice city, doom, duke nukem 3D

 

[PepThePerson]

90s games will work fine. 00s, not so much, maybe up to 2001.

I can recommend Half-Life, Baldur's Gate I and II, Diablo I and II, things like that. For racing there's a Sega Rally PC port and the Colin McRae Rally series up to the second one.

Not sure about the graphics hardware, but shooters like Quake and Unreal should work well enough as well... probably. Dunno about software modes for those...

 

[ShinnAsukaYESTaylorSwiftNO]

i have Pentium 2 350mhz - 128mb - SIS 620 in windows xp sp3, but is hard to find compatible games for this pc (i test simcity 3000 and RE2 and works O_O ), any game tips?

tbh, a Pentium 2 is just more suitable for Windows 95 and 98 than XP

 

[DanCalibur]

This are the games I used to play on my old AMD Duron:
Need for Speed: Porshe Unleashed. It's basically gran turismo;
Shogo: Mobile Armor Division. FPS with mechas and anime style;
System Shock 2. Mix of FPS/RPG sci-fi horror;
Command Conker: Red Alert 2. Futuristic RTS.

 

[NotReallyHere]

tbh, a Pentium 2 is just more suitable for Windows 95 and 98 than XP

This. Exactly this. Our family computer growing up was a Pentium II machine with almost exactly the same stats as OP's, and it came with Windows 98 pre-installed. We used it well into the early 2000s and rarely encountered compatibility issues.

Win98 also plays nicer with DOS titles than XP. At least, in my experience.

As far as games I had for that computer, back in the day?

Command & Conquer (and Red Alert!)
Diablo & Diablo II
Grim Fandango (runs in software mode, without needing a 3D card)
MechWarrior 3
Quake III Arena
Riven: The Sequel to Myst
Star Wars: Jedi Knight (software mode!)
System Shock II (also runs in software mode!)

There's many, many more, of course. But those are the ones that stand out the most, and the ones that got the most playtime in my house

 

[DanCalibur]

I got a 4 day weekend coming and you got me itching to build myself a Windows XP retro PC with some core2 duo parts I got laying around the place