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MSI Wind Games List

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

Playable Games
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* 4x4 Evo 2

A

* Age Of Empires 2
* America's Army
* American McGee's Alice
* Aquaria
* Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura

B

* Baldur's Gate
* Balls of Steel
* Battlefield Vietnam (v1.21)
* Bejeweled 2
* Blade & Sword
* Black & White
* Blood Rayne 1 (use 3D Analyze to emulate TnL)

C

* Call of Cthulhu (1024x600, NOAA, ~30 FPS)
* Call of Duty 1
* Carmageddon II
* Carmageddon TDR 2000 (>30 FPS)
* City of Heroes
* Clive Barker's: Undying
* Colin McRae 2
* Colin McRae 3 (15-20 FPS)
* Colin McRae Rally 04
* Combat Flight Simulator 3
* Command and Conquer
* Command and Conquer: Generals
* Command and Conquer: Red Alert 2
* Command and Conquer: Renegade
* Command and Conquer: Tiberian Sun
* Command and Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars (Works OK, but Shader MUST be set to medium or game will crash)
* Crimson Skies
* Cross Racing Championship 2005 (CRC)
* Curse of Monkey Island (tested OK in ScummVM)

D

* Darwinia
* Dawn of War (Platinum edition checks out ok -- need to choose 'safe mode' on first run)
* Day of the Tentacle (use with ScummVM)
* Deer Hunter 2005
* Defcon
* Delta Force
* Deus Ex GOTY (~30 FPS@1024x600 HD)
* Diablo II/Diablo II Lord of Destruction (~25 FPS@800x600)
* Die Hard: Nakatomi Plaza (1024x600 if you edit the autoexec.cfg)
* DOSBox (running very well)
* Doom
* Doom 3 (low frames)
* Drakan: Order of the Flame (~50 FPS@1024x600, High Detail)
* Duke Nukem: Manhattan Project (~30 FPS@800x600, High Detail)
* Dungeon Keeper 2 (1.7+XP Fix, ~30FPS@800x600(No Shadows, HD))
* Dungeon Siege
* Dungeon Siege II

E

* ePSXe (with latest plugins)
* Etch A Sketch

F

* Fallout Tactics (800 x 600)
* Far Cry
* F.E.A.R (v1.08 works better)
* FIFA 08
* Final Fantasy XI Online
* Football Manager 2008 (requires tweak, see link)
* FlatOut
* FlatOut 2 (15-30 fps)
* Fallout
* Fallout 2
* Ford Racing 3
* Ford Racing Off Road (select "Simple Graphics" setting. Don't set complex graphics as this crashes it)
* Fusion
* FreeCiv
* Freelancer
* Freedom Fighters
* Freedom Force vs. The 3rd Reich
* Frets on Fire (15-20 fps @ minumum details and resolution)

G

* Giants Citizen Kabuto
* Gladiator - Sword of Vengeance
* Gothic 2
* Grand Chase
* Grand Theft Auto (free version from rockstar.com/classics)
* Grand Theft Auto II (free version from rockstar.com/classics)
* Grand Theft Auto III
* Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
* Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas (around 20 fps on very low settings, even less when lot of traffic)
* Grim Fandango
* Guild Wars
* Guitar Hero III
* Gun

H

* Halo (~15 FPS@1024x600 LD, No Shadows, No VSYNC)
* Half-Life (also playable: Counter-Strike, Team Fortress, and other mods)
* Half-Life 2
* Heroes of Might and Magic V
* Hitman 2
* Hitman Contracts
* Homeworld

I

* IL-2 Sturmovik 1946 (800x600/32bit)
* Imperium Galactica II (800x600 @ ~60 FPS, 1024x600 results in anomalies...)
* Incoming (very high frame rate)
* Insane
* Insaniquarium Deluxe

J

* Jaws Unleashed

K

* Kingpin: Life of Crime (occasional hiccup but playable)

L

* Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver I and II
* Lego Indiana Jones
* Lego Racers
* Lineage 2
* Lionheart
* Live For Speed (much bigger framerates in 16-bit modes)
* Lord of the Rings: Battle for Middle-Earth

M

* Mafia (Choppy at times)
* Manhunt1
* MapleStory
* Max Payne
* Max Payne 2 (1.01 1024x600 ~20fps)
* MechCommander 2 (<30 FPS@800x600)
* MechWarrior 3 (15-40 FPS@800x600)
* Medal of Honor Allied Assault
* Medieval: Total War
* Mobile Forces
* Monopoly Tycoon
* Morrowind
* Motocross Madness 2

N

* Neverwinter Nights (14 FPS@1024x600 - Low Graphics settings)
* Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2
* Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed
* Need for Speed: Underground 2 (10-15 fps, pretty unplayable)
* Nexuiz 2.4.2 (all 3 OS's)
* No One Lives Forever 2 (Requires TnL emulation)

O

* Omikron: The Nomad Soul (30~60 fps max)
* Oni - 800x600 32 bit high quality
* Operation Flashpoint (1024x600)

P

* Peggle Deluxe
* Peggle Nights
* Perfect World (Mmorpg - optimized video config button)
* Peter Jackson's King Kong (Some low framerate)
* Planescape Torment
* Plants vs Zombies
* Postal 2: Share The Pain
* Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
* Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (15-25fps)
* Pro Evolution Soccer 2008
* Project64
* Psychonauts (borderline - choppy framerate)
* Puzzle Hero

Q

* Quake
* Quake 2
* Quake 3 (edit ini file to get 1024x600)
* Quake III Arena (60 FPS @ 1024x600)

R

* Railroad Tycoon 3
* Rayman Raving Rabbids
* Return to Castle Wolfenstein
* Roller Coaster Tycoon 2
* Rome: Total War
* Rune

S

* Sacrifice
* Sam & Max - Season 1 & 2
* Sauerbraten
* ScummVM (an emulator, runs old LucasArts quest games)
* Second Life
* Septerra Core
* Severance: Blade of Darkness
* Sid Meier's Locomotion
* Sid Meier's Pirates
* Sim City 4
* Simon the Sorcerer 2 (ScummVM)
* Snes9x
* Soldier of Fortune
* Space Rangers 2
* Spore
* Spore Creature Editor
* Star Wars: Battlefront
* Star Wars: Battlefront II
* Star Wars: Empire at War
* Star Wars: Jedi Knight II - Jedi Outcast
* Star Wars: Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy
* Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic - 800x600 low details, no shadows, no grass. A bit choppy but playable.
* Star Wars: Republic Commando
* Star Wars: Rogue Squadron 3D
* Starcraft
* StepMania
* Street Wars: Constructor Underworld
* System Shock 2

T

* Tantra Online www.tantra.com.ph (MMORPG) (supports 1024 x 600)
* The Hulk
* The Incredible Hulk
* The Neverhood
* The Thing (800x600)
* Theme Hospital
* Total Annihilation
* Tomb Raider: Legend (borderline - playable but quite choppy)
* Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon
* TrackMania
* TrackMania Nations (very low fps, around 10-15)
* Transformers The Movie Game
* Tropico
* Turok
* Tux Racer

U

* Unreal
* Unreal Tournament (40-60 FPS@1024x600, with newest Patch you neither need to edit ini for the res nor the CD for starting)
* Uplink

V

* Virtual Skipper 5 (free version, see link)

W

* Warcraft III (Low frames, don't expect to play DotA)
* Wall-E
* Winning Eleven 8 International
* WinUAE (Amiga emulator, FPS is depending on WinUAE settings, highest settings work perfectly)
* Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
* World of Warcraft
* Worms Armageddon (800x600)
* Worms 2

Z

* ZDaemon (online Doom II)
* ZSnes

Unplayable Games

* Call of Duty 2 (Crashes with Direct X error)
* Championship Manager 2008 (Crashes with Direct X error)
* Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3 (Too slow to be playable)
* Company of heroes (unsupported resolution error on startup)
* Crysis
* Devil May Cry 4 (unsupported pixel shader error on startup)
* Flatout Ultimate Carnage (Shader Model 3.0 not supported)
* Joint Operations: Typhoon Rising (requires HW T&L)
* Joint Operations: Escalation (requires HW T&L)
* Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time (Crashes on start up)
* RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 (low frame rate)
* Settlers - Rise of an Empire (not enough video memory error on startup)
* Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
* Silent Hunter 3 (game doesn't start)
* Splinter Cell Chaos Theory (shader 1.1 is required error on startup)
* Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow (crashes on single player startup v1.0 and v1.31 EU version)
* Team Fortress 2: forums.msiwind.net/gaming/tf2-team-fortress-t5331.html
* Tomb Raider Anniversary (works but at very low frame rate)
* The Punisher (requires HW T&L)
* The Witcher (minimum requirements not met error on startup)
* Unreal 2 The Awakening (loads with low settings)
* Unreal Tournament 2004 (low frame rate)
* Worms 4 Mayhem (probably not enough video memory, must be confirmed)

*as seen on Unofficial MSI Wind Homepage

Comments

0 #1 goood 2009-12-21 08:03

:lol:

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0 #2 Alan 2010-01-09 02:40

Call of Duty 2 is playable with the 9XX modded driver. I got the directx error until I installed the modded driver. Works ok. I guess it's playable enough. Test it out.

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0 #3 Trent 2010-02-06 20:45

when i try to play battlefront on my msi wind the gameplay is flawless but the menus and levels take forever to load . anyone have the same problem? can i fix this?

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0 #4 Frank Sauce 2010-03-27 22:10

Please tell me, what is the 9xx modded driver?

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0 #5 Amirshearer 2010-05-06 15:26

Pardon me for being a noob...but seriously, the MSI WIND U100PLUS is able to play games like Star Wars Battlefront? Like seriously?

My computer knowledge is poor, but as far as i know, it doesn't have a proper graphics card to play these kind of games. I can't even play games such as Football Manager on my netbook. can someone please enlightenment me please?

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0 #6 Frank Soup 2010-05-08 02:11

I have the U123 and I've been able to play GTA3, Vice City, and Half-Life 2 so far, as well as my older games like Starcraft and Grim Fandango.

I upgraded to 2 gb ram, but the graphics card seems to handle these games fine. I did download GMA Booster, but I only really need it for Half-Life 2.

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