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 Abraham Verdugo dropped us a line to say that he`s enjoying playing Novalogics Black Hawk Down on his HP Mini 1120LA.
This is a good old shooter, I remember playing this when it first came out, twas rather good! According to Abraham it "runs perfect!" on his Netbook!
Ace!
Website:http://www.novalogic.com/games.asp?GameKey=DFBHD
You can purchase this game for a mere $14.99, or try the demo for free!
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 Netbookgamer Jim DiGritz is back with some news on a happy little first person shoot, Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood.
Chicken Slaughter may not sound like everyone's cup of tea but if you enjoy short blasts of over the shoulder third person shooter action then you will love Foreign Legion: Buckets of Blood. With cartoon styling cues from Team Fortress 2 and multiple game modes such as defending civilians, escorting a tourist bus and a mass-chicken-murder map. Runs very well at minimum graphics settings. £6.99 on Steam. You will want to use a mouse though!!!
Website:http://sakari-indie.com/
Download:http://store.steampowered.com/app/36000/
Hardware:MSI WIND u130
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 Netbook fan Scott took time out from hiding behind his sofa to shout about Alien V Predator, the original game, available on Steam for $4.99.
Hunched over his 1.6Ghz N270 powered Netbook running the Intel 945 chipset he screamed "Just a classic game that gives you the option to play as a human, alien, or predator"
Quickly adding "A good average fps of about 35 with full settings." before looking nervously at his motion tracker and hauling out.
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 NBG user Jim DiGritz has been getting quite excited about Alien Assualt on his MSI Wind U130. "If you liked Rebelstar Raiders, Laser Squad and the XCom series of games then you will love this game. Developed by Teardown in Sweden this is an excellent and seemingly well supported turn based squad tactics game. Runs in an 800*600 window, silky smooth. Oh, and it's free!! Jim"
Cheers Jim, we took a quick peek and reckon this game is superb!!
Download here:- http://www.teardown.se/
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 Blake gave a shout out for Torchlight, a Diablo 2 stlye game. "I have only played the game on a pc, but the is a compadability function in the options for better gameplay on netbooks."
Free demo here:- http://www.torchlightgame.com/
I note with interest, that the player make take a break from Dungeon style bashing with a touch of fishing! \o/
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 Evil_Mercenary checks out HL1 on his GMA500 powered Asus EEEPC 1101HA.
He reports "runs perfectly well on software rendering on this hardware: about 20-30 fps depending on workload. though if you overclock the processor (as you can out of the box with this netbook) by about 20%, you can achieve about 40fps. the reason i say you should use software rendering is because openGL crashes (not supported by latest driver) and D3D is unbelieveably slow (fairly unusual for software to be faster) still, using this method, the whole game is playable. a great classic worth playing again."
Link: http://store.steampowered.com/app/70/
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 Freespace 2 working just fine on your GMA950 equiped Netbook, reports NBG user Austin Mayer. "Great story line added to a 3D engine that is efficient and effective to supply an awe inspiring game play. Worth well over 5 dollars" he adds.
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 This is old, but very, very good! Remember Quake? Fast and frantic twitch gaming, online, live, on yer Netbook!
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Developer: Queasy Games.
Release Date: 8th May 2008.
OS: Windows: XP/Vista.
Website: http://www.everydayshooter.com/ .
Price: £5.99, get it from steam.
Genre: Shooter, Casual, Indie
Brief Description:
Everyday Shooter is an album of games exploring the expressive power of abstract shooters. Dissolute sounds of destruction are replaced with guitar riffs harmonizing over an all-guitar soundtrack, while modulating shapes celebrate the flowing beauty of geometry.
Play through different levels each with a completely unique musical, graphical, and gameplay style. Shoot to trigger musical sounds and riffs that combine to form the final soundscape of the game. Use points earned in the game to unlock extra lives, shuffle mode, and different visual filters.
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Diablo II Information:
 Developer: Blizzard.
Release Date: 29th June, 2000.
OS: Windows XP/Vista/Mac OS X
Website: http://www.blizzard.com/us/diablo2/
Price: http://www.game.co.uk/search.aspx?s=diablo+II&platform=*&sort=itemOrderasc
Genre: ClassicHack ‘n’ Slash RPG.
Brief Description:
Since the beginning of time, the forces of Order and Chaos have been engaged in an eternal struggle to decide the fate of all Creation.That struggle has now come to the Mortal Realm...and neither Man, Demon, norAngel will be left unscathed...
After possessing the body of the hero who defeated him,Diablo resumes his nefarious scheme to shackle humanity into unholy slavery byjoining forces with the other Prime Evils, Mephisto and Baal. Only you will beable to determine the outcome of this final encounter...
In Diablo II, return to a world of dark fantasy. As one of five distinctcharacter types, explore the world of Diablo II -- journey across distantlands, fight new villains, discover new treasures, and uncover ancientmysteries, all in the quest to stop the Lord of Terror, once and for all...
Quick Description of what this is:
It is almost a necessity for a netbook gamer RPG fan to play this game, most G950 netbooks should be able to handle this at full graphic settings and still get perfect performance. This is a guide on how to install one of the greatest RPGs of all time on your netbook.
This game was a particular little blighter for me so I think you all might appreciate a guide. In particular was the fact it wouldn’t let me install from a networked disk drive. So I had to spend time on the long work around. Blizzard did make up for it though, as they have updated the game so it may be used without the PLAY CD.
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 Game Info:
Developer: FacePunch Studios.
Release Date: possibly 2nd April 2009
OS: Windows xp/vista
Website: http://www.facewound.com/
Price: Free Download: http://www.garry.tv/go.php?http://www.facewound.com/dl/fw_secret_dl.zip
Download Game+ Launcher Tool (for custom resolution and more): http://rapidshare.com/files/178021708/fw_Launcher_Skins.rar
Genre: Platformer, Shoot ‘em Up.
Brief Description:
FaceWound is a sweet little game squeezed out by fictional company FacePunch studios, a team of four. The programmer Garry (Garry’s mod’s Garry) released an incomplete but free FaceWound version. Don’t worry, the free version is the most up-to-date build of the game. FaceWound has been dubbed a “2D NEXTGEN PLATFORMER,” in this case meaning a platformer with a large array of weapons decent art, beautiful animation and, of course, a great physics engine. Fight off hordes of zombies/aliens/mutated bugs in enough levels to warrant not counting. Create your own weapons, characters and maps in this fully customizable build.
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 Developer: Introvision.
Release Date: 4th march 2005.
OS: Windows: xp/vista, Mac OS X, Linux.
Website: http://www.introversion.co.uk/darwinia/.
Price: £10 download/£12 Disc.
Genre: Hard to say, fantastic blend of RTS, Puzzle and a few others.
Brief Description Of Game:
The world of Darwinia is a surreal and retro place, filled with epic fractal vistas and populated by iconic video game sprites from the past twenty years of computer games. The world is locked in warfare and on the verge of self-destruction, as the once peaceful Darwinians are besieged by a massive Red Viral onslaught. Against the backdrop of this war, this game within a game takes place.
Combining fast-paced action with strategic battle planning, Darwinia features a novel and intuitive control mechanism, a graphical style ripped from 80's retro classics like Tron and Defender, and a story concerning a tribe of nomadic sprites trapped in a modern 3D world.
This game was released via direct download in March of 2005 by Introversion Software and Pinnacle Software, with a box copy release in June of 2006 by Cinemaware Marquee.
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List of working games for MSI Wind.
Guess this will cover the Advent and indeed most similar specified Netbooks.
Tis quite a list too! :D
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Lenovo announces a new netbook the IdeaPad S12.
Featuring....
12" screen, Intel Atom CPU, 160Gb HD, 1Gb RAM, full size keyboard, WiFi, 3G connectivity, 6 hours battery life and Nvidia's new Ion graphics platform.
Available in Black or White shoud be hitting the shops in June 2009 at around $450
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This is an extension to the original G950 list, Strictly speaking these games are only tested on the samsung nc10, however most netbooks these days have the same specs, so this can be used as a rough guide.
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Maybe a little bit of a disappointment.
Games Description:
Inspired by Aztec legend, Aztaka will casts you into the middle of a war between the Gods and Mankind. Who will prevail? As Huitzilo, heir of the Sun God, skilled in both the arts of combat and magic, only you can save your people from the wrath of the g] Aztec Gods. With 21 huge levels, Aztaka provides a veritable new universe for Action/RPG fans to explore.
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A brilliant fantasy MMORPG brilliant for NETBOOKS brilliant, brilliant, brilliant, brilliant. Also addictive.
Game Description:
Website: http://co.91.com/
Download: From The Website
Price: Free
Genre: MMORPG
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Return To Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (FREE FULL GAME)
Download this full game (250mb) now and enjoy online multiplayer WWII FPS action on your netbook!
Full multiplayer (upto 64 players) class based WWII shooter, featuring a wide variety of game maps and modes.
DownLoad Here!
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Instant Adventure Gaming.
Slightly older (cough) users amongst us may remember some of the classic Sierra point and click adventure games. Well, the bright sparks at Sarien.net have now converted these games to flash, and put them online, ready to play!
Graphically er... simple!! but classic old-school gameplay. Online. Free!
Point your browser to http://sarien.net/ and enjoy the following
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Tower Defense! Browser-stylee.
 Quite possibly the best Tower Defense game I've found on the PC. Totally free and browser based this shockwave based game is an essential NetBook game!
If you've not played these games before the idea is simple. Waves of attackers follow a winding path to your central base where you have a collection of "lives" - lose all your lives and the games over. You can purchase Towers, essentially guns; think Auto-turrets, and place these aside the road to beat back the ever growing numbers of attackers.
Kills nastys - get cash - buy towers!! So far so good.........
What makes Onlaught a cut above the rest is its Combe feature, build certain towers in close proximity and upgrade them to unleash special abilities, such as minefeilds or nukes.There's plenty of choice, allowing you to adopt your own playing style. These combos are the key to a sustained defense and really add a massive boost to your scores (displayed online for all to see!)
This is one truly fantastic game, we reckon you should bookmark it now!
Oh, anyone get close to the NetBookGamer score of 800,000,000 (Map: Incoming) then do let us know!! ;)
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Welcome to NetBookGamer!
Deathnerd gives us the heads up on this tasty looking steam powered game Freedom Force.
Then let us know! Submit the lowdown here and share the joy!