This is a small list of games that have been tested on the Eee PC 4G. For a list of tested applications, see Applications tested on the Eee PC.
Please add to this page as you get additional games working, and if there's a relevant forum thread, please link to it as well.
Please ensure that you are adding the games in the correct section - games tested under Linux should NOT be in the Windows XP section!
| How well does it run - Legend |
|---|
 OK = Game runs very well. There are either no problems or only very minor ones. |
 Problematic = Game has noticeable problems, but remains somewhat playable. |
 Unplayable = Game does not run at all or is too slow to be realistically playable. |
| Game Title | Run | Details | Link to report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age of Mythology | | Runs perfect at 800×600. Add to shortcut xres=800 yres=480 | Report | |
| Age of Empires II | | Runs really well in 800×480. | ||
| Airport Mania: First Flight | | Runs perfectly at 800*600 : scrolling | ||
| Aliens versus Predator 2 | | Runs perfect in 800×480. Start in 800×600 then change “SCREENHEIGHT” to “480” in autoexec.cfg | ||
| American McGee's Alice | | (change config file) | Report | |
| Baldur's Gate II | | Runs good at 800×600. If 32-bit textures are enabled it will run up side down | ||
| Battle Field 1942 - Road To Rome | | Install SSD only. Runs in-game at 800×480 resolution with two config file updates. Low settings required. v1.25 | Report | |
| Battle Realms | | game refuses to launch : Error about GFX not being initialized | ||
| Battle for Wesnoth | | Runs perfectly. “Initializing Display” step in loading screen takes quite a while. Runs in 800×600, virtual scrolling required. 1GB RAM. | ||
| Bejeweled 2 | | Runs perfectly. | ||
| Broken Sword: The Sleeping Dragon | | Runs fine in 800×480. - 600 mhz & 1 gb ram | ||
| Call of Duty 1 | | Runs good enough at 800×480. Can tweak graphic options if need more speed - it seems setting dynamic lighting to completely off is the most important setting. Requires simple ini file tweak. | Report | |
| Call of Duty 2 | | Doesn’t run. Game unsupported by Intel Chipset | ||
| Captain Claw | | Runs great ! No lag or whatsoever. | ||
| Carmageddon 2 | | Works just great (NEEDS AsTray to start!) | ||
| Carnivores | | Run well only in software mode o in Glide with dgvoodoo wrapper (1.31). Good frame rate, very playable. | ||
| City of Heroes | | The actual game starts in 800×600 fullscreen, and must be set to windowed to be played without scrolling. Playable at minimum settings. Must use the workaround in the report to get past the launcher. | Report | |
| Codename Panzers Phase One | | Runs good ! Everything on the very lowest available settings and resolutions. Google for the workaround for laptops to get it past the loading screen without errors | ||
| Command & Conquer: Generals + Zero Hour | | Working pretty good at 900Mhz, 800×480 & lowest details. Becomes laggy at too massive fight scenes but campaign & most skirmish maps play fine. No online testing. 512 Stock MB RAM. | ||
| Counterstrike 1 | | Plays fine, but the game sometimes requires vertical scrolling when set to 800×600 with original AsTray program. Alternative: Use hacked video drivers or the extended AsTray program to set to stretched 800×600 mode. AsTray might not delete the cursor image of windows in-game which might buzz you - to manually fix this, create a blank cursor image and set it as your new mouse cursor so you can only see the right cursor in-game. After that, it runs awesome in 800×600 stretched over the 800×480 screen. | Report | |
| Counter-Strike: Source | | Slow, 10 FPS @ 800×480. | Report | |
| Crazy Taxi | | Works OK, sometimes small lag. | ||
| Dark Reign | | Doesn't work. | Report | |
| Dark Reign 2 | | Runs perfect in 800×480. | ||
| Dawn of War:Dark Crusade | | Playable at 900MHz, Requires Scrolling. Tested from external hard drive . | ||
| Dethkarz | | Runs perfectly at 640×480 stretched on 800×480 screen. To install and play I had to use Astray Plus 1.3.6 or games runs with scrolling up and down with resolution greater than 480p. With Astray Plus on the game install and start without problems. Stretched on 800×480 it is always awesome and goodlooking. Need some settings but with a lot of detail on it is very playable. | ||
| Deus Ex | | Runs well in singleplayer at max settings. | Report | |
| Descent 3 | | Runs well | Report | |
| DEFCON | | Runs beautifully. | Report | |
| Delta Force: Land Warrior | | run pretty well | Report | |
| Delta Force: Task Force Dagger | | Does not work: Redraw/Z-Buffer error | Report | |
| Diablo | | Runs perfectly at 640×480 stretched on 800×480 screen. To install and play I had to use Astray Plus 1.3.6 cause a graphic error that stop the game. With Astray Plus on the game install and start without problems. Stretched on 800×480 it is always awesome and goodlooking. | ||
| Diablo 2 | | Runs perfect in 640×480 window. Use -w as command line argument to play in window mode. Alternative: Use hacked video drivers or the extended AsTray program to set to stretched 800×600 mode. AsTray might not delete the cursor image of windows in-game which might buzz you - to manually fix this, create/download a blank.cur cursor image and set it as your “Working in Background” mouse cursor so you can only see the correct cursor in-game. After that, it runs awesome in 800×600 stretched over the 800×480 screen. | ||
| Disciples II: Dark Prophecy | | Fantasy pack version runs really well in 800 x 600 | ||
| Doom III | | Single-digit framerates during action sequences makes this game unplayable even with an overclocked unit. | ||
| Duke Nukem 3D | | Requires DOS bootdisk or DOSBox (Update: read How to Play Build Engine Games Like Duke 3D on Windows XP) | Report | |
| Dungeon Siege 1 | | add to shortcut height=480 width=800 bpp=16 http://support.microsoft.com/kb/325037 | Report | |
| Dungeon Siege 2 | | Runs at 800×480 resolution (Edit config file) approx 15-20FPS | Report | |
| Empire Earth 1 | | Runs good with Lazertag V15 divers on 800×480. Glitchy text upon first start though. You have to go into game settings once in order to see ingame text. | ||
| Enigma | | Only runs in window… cant do fullscreen 640×480 | Report | |
| Fallout2 | | Works great! | ||
| F-22 Raptor | | Works only in window mode | Report | |
| Final Fantasy XI | | Report | ||
| Flatout | | Runs average. Noticeable lag when race starts but playable | ||
| Freedom Fighter | | Runs at 800×480, but pretty slow (15 FPS?),played on 600Mhz and 512MB (maybe with overclock it will be playeable) | ||
| Freelancer | | only runs at 800*600 : scrolling | ||
| Freespace 2 (free "SCP" version) | | Works in 800×600 by default, 800×480 with registry tweak (set HKLM\SOFTWARE\Volition\FreeSpace2\VideocardFs2open to “OGL -(800×480)x16 bit”) | ||
| Forgotten Realms: Demon Stone | | Runs pretty nice, and it's a good beat'em up. Runs without tweaks in 800×480 | ||
| Galactic Civilizations 2 | | Minimum supported resolution is 1024×768. At launch a dialog box informs you of this. When you hit OK it goes to a black screen and just sits there forever. | ||
| Globulation 2 | | Windows build runs perfectly at 800×480. Does not start unless config (preferences.txt) is corrected (screenWidth and screenHeight) | ||
| Ghost Recon Island Thunder | | 100% works. Edit options.xml for window mode. | Report | |
| Giants: Citizen Kabuto | | Runs just fine at 800×480. Entire game is very playable. May lag slightly in large battles. | ||
| Gothic | | Runs well at max settings. Starts in 800×600 with scrolling, can be changed to 800×480 in settings. | Report | |
| Gothic II | | Works well at default settings. Gothic.ini must be edited each time the game is run to use 800×480 fullscreen. | Report | |
| Grand Theft Auto III | | Complains that it cannot find 640×480 resolution and fails to open anything. Run it first with an external monitor, then you can even set 800×480. Or use the program AsTray (extended version, downloadable) to set to 800×600 and then set in-game to 800×480. | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: Vice City | | Complains that it cannot find 640×480 resolution and fails to open anything. Run it first with an external monitor, then you can even set 800×480. Or use the program AsTray (extended version, downloadable) to set to 800×600 and then set in-game to 800×480. | ||
| Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas | | Works pretty good at low settings and 800×480. Some small lags but overall pretty much playable - overclocked to 900Mhz, Stock 512MB RAM. Should work even better with 1024MB RAM. Multiplayer Mod lags with too many players around. | ||
| Guild Wars | | Works with lagz, maybe around 15-20FPS, playeable,but not perfect, try overclock for better playing | ||
| Guilty Gear X2 - Reload | | Works perfectly. Drops frames when using OSD for fn keys | ||
| Half-Life 1 | | Runs “beautifully” in Direct3D mode at 512×384. Crashes in OpenGL mode. Alternative: Use hacked video drivers or the extended AsTray program to set to stretched 800×600 mode. AsTray might not delete the cursor image of windows in-game which might buzz you - to manually fix this, create a blank cursor image and set it as your new mouse cursor so you can only see the right cursor in-game. After that, it runs awesome in 800×600 stretched over the 800×480 screen. | Report | |
| Half-Life 2: Episode Two | | Runs fine at 800×480 using a few command line switches. Using the flashlight makes the game unplayably slow (which is bad in dark areas). Game might crash one time or another. | Report | |
| Halo: Combat Evolved | | Lags in large areas (Which makes up a large portion of the game.), partially fixed by overclocking, however framerates still drop below 20fps. Runs playable in multiplayer. If game doesn't start, use the program 3dAnalyze with forcing window mode (which is not actually window mode, but it works that way). | ||
| Heroes of Might and Magic 3 | | Runs perfect in 800×600. one of the games where scrolling is not annoying. | ||
| Heroes of Might and Magic IV | | Runs perfect in 800×600. one of the games where scrolling is not annoying. | ||
| Hitman: Codename 47 | | Runs perfect in 800×480. Just edit the hitman.ini to 800×480 | Report | |
| Hitman 2 | | Runs perfect in 800×480. Just change the hitman2.ini: “resolution” to 800×480 and “window” from 0 to 1 | ||
| Homeworld | | Doesn't work. | Report | |
| Icewind dale 2 | | Runs great, scrolling | ||
| Insaniquarium Deluxe | | Runs perfectly. | ||
| Knights of the old republic | | is playable IMO if overclocked to 900mhz. I got around 10 - 20 fps on the first level - struggles a bit when there are a lot of enemies on screen but this doesn't matter so much if you have the game set to pause when an enemy is spotted. I think the eee will struggle in the outdoor areas but I haven't been able to check yet. The res is a bit of a problem though - it will only work in 800×600 minimum and if astray is used to scale there is a problem with the cursor (it seems to be about an inch out to wherever you are pointing). Works fine with scrolling though. All graphics settings were on low. | ||
| Legacy of Kain: Defiance | | Doesn't work. Reports an incompatible video card. | Report | |
| Lego Starwars II - The Original Trilogy | | LazerTag drivers works like a charm. Framerate is fine, outdoors drops a bit but is fully playable. Option for 16:9 and 16:10 | Report | |
| Leisure Suit Larry | | Requires DOS bootdisk or DOSBox | Report | |
| Locomotion | | Runs perfect in 800×480. | ||
| Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven | | Runs around 20-25 FPS on 633,overclock for better playing, scrolling. | ||
| Nexuiz | | Starts, but with wrong resolution, I haven't been able to change the resolution, tried to start a game and seems to be low FPS, maybe can be fixed with any shortcut switch. | ||
| OpenTTD (Transport Tycoon) | | Runs perfect in 800×480. | ||
| The Longest Journey | | Runs perfectly at 800×480. Amusingly the game was designed to run at 640×480 so the eee's native res is more than enough and the game doesn't take up the whole screen. 1 GB RAM. | ||
| Lord of the Rings Online | | A bit laggy at 800×600. Tested on a modified Eee with 1 GB of RAM. | Report | |
| Lunar Magic | | Works like a dream, resolution is perfect in fullscreen | Report | |
| Matrix Online | | Game starts in a window, and most of the UI is cut off, with no way of seeing it. Runs poorly even at minimal settings, but could be playable for things like crafting. | Report | |
| Might and Magic IX | | Seems to run absolutely perfectly. | Report | |
| Pontifex 2 | | Run great. | Report | |
| Thief 2 : Deadly Shadows | | Doesn't start. | ||
| Max Payne | | Seems to run absolutely perfectly. | Report | |
| Max Payne 2 | | Works perfectly if you run most of the settings on 'low'. kinda slow @630MHz May want to OC @ 900 to avoid lags in big rooms | Report | |
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | | (change config file) | Report | |
| Mechwarrior 3 | | (lazertag drivers & in game menu setting of software render) | Report | |
| Midnight Club 2 | | Gives BSOD with driver error | ||
| Moonbase Commander | | Report | ||
| Need for Speed: Hot Pursuit 2 | | Does not work. Graphics error. | ||
| Need for Speed Porsche Unleashed | | Works great with and 900mhz on high detail (NEEDS AsTray to start!) | ||
| Need for Speed Underground | | Runs, but too much lag to play | ||
| Need for Speed Underground 2 | | Runs, but too much lag to play | ||
| Nesticle | | Works great. Defaults into 800×480. | Report | |
| Neverwinter Nights 1 | | Slow. About 10 FPS at default settings | Report | |
| No One Lives Forever 2 | | change config file | Report | |
| Pizza Frenzy | | Runs perfectly may need to be scrolled unless you use AsTray+ | ||
| Portal | | Crashes in the middle of the game. | Report | |
| Puzzle Quest | | Crashes at the start of game while mentioning some directx dlls. Tested on SP2, LazerTag's Driver | ||
| Quake 2 | | (needed arq2 mod for widescreen 800×480 mode) | Report | |
| Quake 3 Arena | | Use r_customWidth 800, r_customHeight 480, and r_mode -1 console commands | Report | |
| Ragnarok Online | | Update: Works perfect at 800×480, no lag at all! | Report | |
| Red Alert 2 & Yuri’s Revenge | | Runs great without problems, make sure to use compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME | ||
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | | works fine on stock speed. you have to set the resolution by editing an ini (howto) | Report | |
| Rally2000 | | only runs at 800*600 : scrolling | ||
| RF Online | | Slow, 10-15 FPS with all low setings. | Report | |
| Re-Volt | | Doesn't work: “Can't set video mode” | ||
| Rise of Nations | | Doesn't work. | Report | |
| Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 | | Runs great ! No lag or whatsoever. | ||
| Rome: Total War | | Works with stock driver and overclocking to 900 MHZ. Screenpanning at 800×600 pixels. | Report | |
| Sam & Max Season 1 Episode 1 | | Somewhat smooth needs scrolling when overclocked, but BSOD after 2 minutes with latest intel driver | ||
| Serious Sam: First Encounter | | (change config file) | Report | |
| Shadow Warrior | | Requires DOS bootdisk or DOSBox (Update: read How to Play Build Engine Games Like Duke 3D on Windows XP) | Report | |
| Sins of a Solar Empire | | Runs pretty bad, can get past menu | ||
| Splinter Cell | | Perfect..Requires Resolution=800×480 in system\splintercelluser.ini | Report | |
| Starcraft | | (640×480) | Report | |
| Star Trek: Birth of the Federation | | Runs fine but you must use 800×600. There are no other resolution choices. | ||
| Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic | | Too slow: 2-5 FPS at 800×600 | Report | |
| Star Wars Jedi Knight 2: Jedi Outcast | | Runs fine at high settings without overclocking, however lags in large areas. Can be solved by upgrading RAM and/or overclocking. | ||
| StepMania | | (800*480) Edit file for custom res (reencode MP3 @96K to save HDD) | ||
| Syberia | | Works perfectly in 800×600 (needs scrolling) - 600 mhz & 1 gb ram | ||
| Team Fortress 2 | | Cannot even get into the game. Only the main menu works. | Report | |
| The Elder Scrolls 3 : Morrowind | | Runs fair, No lag but you have to scroll, and sometimes there are white flashes in the screen. | ||
| The House of the Dead 2 | | Runs great ! No lag or whatsoever NOTE: Use compatibility mode (Windows98/ME) | ||
| The House of the Dead III | | Runs, but too much lag to play | ||
| The Sims 2 | | Needs to be scrolled even with astray++, playable but slightly laggy on 900MHz | ||
| Tomb Raider: Anniversary Demo | | Still playable at 800×480 with everything off. Haven't tested the full game. - 900 mhz & 1 gb ram | ||
| Trackmania Nations | | 27fps @ 900Mhz, 17fps @ 630Mhz. Runs very good online with viewing other peoples cars. 800×480, 512 MB RAM. It's also just 370MB big and can be downloaded for free on the internet. | ||
| Tribes 2 | | Runs great at 800×480 with final patch | Report | |
| Typing of the Dead | | needs lazerTag's driver in order for it to work | ||
| UltraStar Deluxe | | SingStar clone - Runs great in full screen 800×480 (set resolution in Options) | ||
| Unreal Tournament 1 | | Runs perfectly at 800×480 | Report | |
| Unreal Tournament 2004 | | Due to size of game, must be run from external HD/network. For optimal results, overclock the Eee to 900MHz. Outside areas run slowly (Average FPS: 8), even with details at minimum. This makes most Assault and Onslaught maps difficult or impossible to play in any role other than distant support. Interior-oriented maps (DM-Rankin) are quite playable (Average FPS: 23) - Deathmatch and Team Deathmatch games will typically be fine. | ||
| Uplink | | Runs fine. Needs switches to make it run at 800×480. | Report | |
| Ultima Online | | Runs fine. | Report | |
| Virtua Tennis | | Works fine on 640×480, stretched over the whole screen. Can get laggy at times, I suggest o/cing to 900Mhz. | ||
| Warcraft 3: The Frozen Throne | | Runs fine at 630Mhz, and better at 900+Mhz. Can be run from SSD since it only takes upp ~1GB | Report | |
| Warrock | | When in small area's, FPS is over 30, but when in large area's FPS is +- 15 FPS. Settings all on the lowest possible, same for resolution. Unplayable if you want to win. | ||
| Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | | Playable on the lowest possible settings at 900Mhz, check the report for details. | Report | |
| Worms Armageddon | | Use LazerTag's V15 modded driver. Clone mode causes glitches, disable it. Install latest WA beta. | Report | |
| Worms 3D | | Install Worms 3D and play. Set the CPU on 900Mhz for more speed | ||
| Worms World Party | | Runs great ! No lag or whatsoever. | ||
| World Of Warcraft | | Generally laggy. Must be run from external HD due to space constraints. Edit config.wtf to support 800×480 instead of 800×600. | Report | |
| Zelda Classic | | Works great, use this command line option - ”-res 800 480 big” | Report | |
| Zuma | | Runs great! | ||
| Application Title | Run | Details | Link to report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AsTray Plus | | 640×480, 800×480, 800×600 & 1024×768 should work with original video drivers. Use certain hacked drivers to gain ability to the other modes like 900×540 - but watch out because it might interfere with some games like Diablo 2 so dont give headaches a chance. Click Report for Download Thread. Note also that AsTray plus might make fullscreen mode in YouTube and the like dysfunctional (only when the program is active). | Report | |
| Daemon Tools | | Works great. | Report | |
| ePSXe Playstation Emulator - Gran Turismo 2 | | Report | ||
| ePSXe Playstation Emulator - Wipeout 2097 | | Limit framerate, runs too fast otherwise | Report | |
| FRAPS | | 100% works. | Report | |
| MAME | | Works great! | Report | |
| ScummVM | | Runs great with everything so far. Stock settings. External mouse recommended. | ||
| SNES9x | | Runs great. | Report | |
| WinMugen | | Runs great, just edit the resolution in the configuration file. | ||
| Zattoo | | Runs great, even at stock settings. | ||
| ZSNES | | May require KDE (Full Desktop mode) | Report | |
These are games written directly for Linux. This means they follow regular Linux installation procedures and should run like any other Linux program. In technical terms, these are games meant to be run natively without emulation or special software like Wine. See below for non-native Linux games.
Note: to prevent sound crackling/skipping in some games, create a file named .openalrc in your home directory and write the following line in it: ”(define devices '(sdl))”.
| Game Title | Run | Details | Link to report | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armagetron Advanced | | Runs great and defaults to 800×480. Can be found in Debian repositories. | ||
| AssaultCube | | Works perfectly. | ||
| AstroMenace | | Works but I was only able to achieve 5-6 fps with the lowest graphic settings. | ||
| Briquolo | | Works perfectly @ 800×480 fullscreen @ 30-50fps. | ||
| BZFlag | | Runs fine | ||
| BrutalChess | | Low fps | ||
| Chromium B.S.U. | | Works perfectly @ 800×480 fullscreen. | ||
| Clanbomber | | Works perfectly @ 800×480 fullscreen. | ||
| Cube | | Works perfectly. Launch with '-w800 -h480'. However slightly slow when others on screen (multiplayer), just be sure to turn the graphics way down and it should be alright | ||
| Defcon | | Works great under Xandros. Change Low detail world to Enabled, Smooth Lines to Disabled and Water to Normal in screen settings during game | Report | |
| Defendguin | | Great Defender clone. Runs 640×480 under Xandros advanced. | Report | |
| Descent | | Works great with the SDL install, openGL a bit buggy, using Xubuntu. Game seg faults under default Xandros. | ||
| Don Ceferino Hazana | | Works perfectly. Setup with ceferinosetup for. Then run with ceferino and press f for fullscreen. | ||
| Duke Nukem 3D | | Runs fine under Xandros (use EDuke32). | ||
| Egoboo | | Runs fine. In the Debian repos. | ||
| Eschalon: Book I | | Runs a bit slow, and so far it looks like it can only be run in 800 X 600, so part of the screen is cut off | ||
| Fillets | | Runs fine. | ||
| FreeCiv | | Runs fine at 800×600; scrolling and keyboard shortcuts needed to play well. | ||
| Gl-117 | | First time launch with -d1, and modify the .gl-117/conf file by opening it with an editor, scrolling down to Screen Width and Screen Height. Modify these to 640 and 480 respectively. Works very well. | ||
| Glaxium | | Works fine @ 640×480 fullscreen (type 'glaxium -f -2 &' to launch). 25fps with full detail | .deb file | |
| Glest | | Only about 2fps on Xandros with software rendering but works OK on eeeXubuntu with DRI (The DRI driver on Xandros does not have the GL_ARB extension so will not work) | ||
| Globulation2 | | Runs fine at full screen. Tested on Ubuntu from SDHC card. | ||
| Gridwars 2 | | modify the Config.txt file by opening it with an editor, set Screen Width and Screen Height to 640 and 480. you could also set it to 1024×768 | ||
| Gweled | | Works great. | ||
| Head over Heels (remake) | | Runs fine at full screen. Tested on Ubuntu from SDHC card. | ||
| Hexen II | | Works great (use uhexen2) | ||
| LinCity-ng | | Must be run from the commandline the first time “lincity-ng -S 800×480”. Will remember your setting. | ||
| LBreakout2 | | Works great at fullscreen 800×480 | ||
| Liquid War | | Runs at 800×600. | ||
| NetHack | | Runs fine on Xandros, installed from Synaptic. | ||
| NetHack-X11 | | Runs fine on Xandros, installed from Synaptic. | ||
| NetHack-qt | | Seg Fault after creating character. | ||
| Neverball | | Works great under Xandros. Edit “neverballrc” and change fullscreen to 1, width to 800, height to 480, shadow to 0 and reflection to 0 before the first launch | ||
| Nexuiz | | Acceptable only if run at 640×480, with all video/effects settings at lowest possible level. With 2Gb RAM and overclocking to 900MHz, works quite well. | ||
| OpenArena | | Tested on Kubuntu, Xandros and Ubuntu. Runs great. | Report | |
| OpenTTD | | 0.6.0-beta2 runs perfect with soundeffects, though no music (midi). | Install instructions | |
| Pingus | | Lemmings clone. Works great. Set screen res to 800×480 in .pingus/config | ||
| Prboom | | Runs great, found in Debian repositories, some moded .WAD will lag (Like D2 extreme series) | ||
| Quake 3 Arena | | Game runs, but no sound. Fix: Use | ||