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[norm9]

I have an old windows 10 laptop I just fixed and I've got a few games on it. Fire Pro Wrestling World works but I can hear my laptop chugging to keep up. Same with Dwarf Fortress.

So what are some lower required games I can play without it shutting down?

The specs are 8 GB Ram, i5 processor. Its an Acer something or other and gaming focused. Since this laptop started working I'm off the market on buying something new because that'd be wasteful and stupid.

 

[Topher]

I have an old windows 10 laptop I just fixed and I've got a few games on it. Fire Pro Wrestling World works but I can hear my laptop chugging to keep up. Same with Dwarf Fortress.

So what are some lower required games I can play without it shutting down?

The specs are 8 GB Ram, i5 processor. Its an Acer something or other and gaming focused. Since this laptop started working I'm off the market on buying something new because that'd be wasteful and stupid.

What GPU and what generation i5?

 

[norm9]

What GPU and what generation i5?

Not sure it has a gpu based on the "about" page in settings. I5-8300 @ 2.30 ghz etc.

It played rainbow six vegas and skyrim ok.

 

[AJUMP23]

Check out Dave the diver. Not that intense.

 

[Crayon]

 

[amigastar]

Always when i had a Laptop and no Desktop PC i would play Max Payne 2, Streetfighter 3rd strike maybe some N64 or SNES emus.

 

[norm9]

Always when i had a Laptop and no Desktop PC i would play Max Payne 2, Streetfighter 3rd strike maybe some N64 or SNES emus.

I might redownload the emulators i had. Played super old school games.

 

[diffusionx]

Are you looking for newer games specifically? because there are thousands of games that are playable on a machine like that, starto n GOG, stuff like Blood or HOMM3 or Rollercoaster Tycoon.

 

[Kings Field]

Pron

 

[Akuji]

Starcraft Broodwar

 

[Topher]

Starcraft Broodwar

Was about to say old Blizzard sounds on the money here

 

[amigastar]

Starcraft Broodwar

How about Starcraft Broodwar Remastered? But i don't know if the requirements are much higher to the original.
Looking at the specs it should work on slow computers

CPU:
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.6 GHz) or better
RAM:
4 GB RAM
GPU:
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) or ATI Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) or better
OS:
Windows® 10 64-bit
STO:
2.8 GB HD space
NET:
Broadband Internet connection

 

[LordOfChaos]

There's 14 generations of "i5" that may as well be an Atom to Threadripper difference, and some of the same model have different GPUs, so always best to specify that up front

8th gen would probably run Skyrim pretty well, that's a pretty meaty game

 

[mafon2]

I played FTL, Into the Breach, The Curse of Monkey Island, Ceaser 3, Terror from the Deep and Anachronox on my oldman.

 

[Robot Carnival]

HoloCure. legit fun Vampire Survivor type bullet heaven game even if you're not into HoloLive and vtuber. and it's totally free

 

[The Chairman]

These 3 games will keep you entertained for months

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Can't go wrong! Always work!

 

[Trilobit]

Check out the best Star Wars games Jedi Academy and KotOR.

 

[DownLikeBCPowder]

Check out the best Star Wars games Jedi Academy and KotOR.

Don't skip out on Jedi Knight though! But definitely play those two as well. Can download the remastered textures for Jedi Knight also, looks good.

 

[DirtInUrEye]

Ori and the Blind Forest will probably run in it, surprisingly.

 

[Trilobit]

Don't skip out on Jedi Knight though! But definitely play those two as well. Can download the remastered textures for Jedi Knight also, looks good.

Yeah, you're right. Also Jedi Knight II: Outcast.

Man, they sure went crazy with their title names.

 

[SHA]

I have an old windows 10 laptop I just fixed and I've got a few games on it. Fire Pro Wrestling World works but I can hear my laptop chugging to keep up. Same with Dwarf Fortress.

So what are some lower required games I can play without it shutting down?

The specs are 8 GB Ram, i5 processor. Its an Acer something or other and gaming focused. Since this laptop started working I'm off the market on buying something new because that'd be wasteful and stupid.

How old are you?

 

[Kilau]

Thread title has “old” in it and Topher feels summoned.

 

[SHA]

Anyway here's my recommendation list, don't look for the specifics, just play them cause they're unique on their own way,

Csgo
Half Life series
Serious Sam series
Duke Nukem series
Doom series
Dota2
Lol
Civ4,5,6
The Sims 4
Mirror's Edge series
COD series
Braid
Halo series
Walking Dead series
Telltale series
Borderlands series
Far cry series
Assassin's Creed series
Prince of Persia series
Megaman clones
Contra clones
Resident Evil series
Castlevania series
Rare collection
Fallout series
The Elder Scrolls series
Prey
Dishonored series
The Evil Within series
Mafia Series
Grand Theft Auto series
Sim games
Amnesia series
Dark Pictures Anthology
Resident Evil clones
Silent Hill series
Sports
Hexen series
Quick series
Minecraft
Hearthstone
Diablo series
Baldur's Gate series
World of Warcraft series
The Witcher series
Crysis series
Souls games
Batman Arkham series
Rayman series
Age of Empires series
Commandos
Red alert
Devil May Cry series
Onimusha series
Street Fighter series
Star wars series
Mass Effect series
Final Fantasy series
Life is Strange series
Dragon Age series
Alan Wake 1
Deus Ex series
Max Payne series
Tomb Raider series
Tom Clancy's series
Portal series
Warframe and other free to play games
Metal Gear Rising
Sony games
Need for Speed series
Blur
Burnout series
Yakuza series
Shenmue series
Sonic series
Persona series
Shin megami tensei series
Deadly Premonition
Bioshock series
Shadow warriors series
Killing Floor series
Dying Light series
Ghost Recon series
Battlefield series
Harry Potter series
Aliens series
Indy games.

 

[ReBurn]

Go over to GOG and get Sim City 2000 and maybe Populous.

 

[Topher]

Thread title has “old” in it and Topher feels summoned.

 

[SHA]

Anyway here's my recommendation list, don't look for the specifics, just play them cause they're unique in their own way,

Csgo
Half Life series
Serious Sam series
Duke Nukem series
Doom series
Dota2
Lol
Civ4,5,6
The Sims 4
Mirror's Edge series
COD series
Braid
Halo series
Walking Dead series
Telltale series
Borderlands series
Far cry series
Assassin's Creed series
Prince of Persia series
Megaman clones
Contra clones
Resident Evil series
Castlevania series
Rare collection
Fallout series
The Elder Scrolls series
Prey
Dishonored series
The Evil Within series
Mafia Series
Grand Theft Auto series
Sim games
Amnesia series
Dark Pictures Anthology
Resident Evil clones
Silent Hill series
Sports
Hexen series
Quick series
Minecraft
Hearthstone
Diablo series
Baldur's Gate series
World of Warcraft series
The Witcher series
Crysis series
Souls games
Batman Arkham series
Rayman series
Age of Empires series
Commandos
Red alert
Devil May Cry series
Onimusha series
Street Fighter series
Star wars series
Mass Effect series
Final Fantasy series
Life is Strange series
Dragon Age series
Alan Wake 1
Deus Ex series
Max Payne series
Tomb Raider series
Tom Clancy's series
Portal series
Warframe and other free to play games
Metal Gear Rising
Sony games
Need for Speed series
Blur
Burnout series
Yakuza series
Shenmue series
Sonic series
Persona series
Shin megami tensei series
Deadly Premonition
Bioshock series
Shadow warriors series
Killing floor series
Dying Light series
Indy games.

 

[Gp1]

I5 8th gen. Without going too much into the classics. I believe you will be around 30 fps on most of them.

Mass effect trilogy

Tomb raider 2013

Classic RE4, 5 and 6

Left for dead 2

Dark souls 1 and 2 (may work or not)

Cod from 4 until bloops 2

Fallout 3 + New Vegas mod that I forgot the name.

Binary Domain

Borderlands 1+2

System Shock remake

Vampire survivor

Dead Cells

Warcraft 3 reforged + StarCraft 3 + Diablo 3 + 2 ressurected

Yakuza 0 to anything on the PS3 era

Halo Masterchef collection

Ultra street fighter 4

Civilization 4+5

Kingdom of Amalur

Baioneta + Vanquish.

Ultima online ruins to riches.

1000 hours + of game play there.

 

[kevboard]

there are some modern games like Ion Fury that should run on it.

that's a boomer shooter running on Build Engine, the same engine used in Duke Nukem 3D.

IMO the best modern boomer shooter out there, because it's authentic to classic PC shooters while also improving on them in basically every way.

old classics like Deus Ex, and many 360 era games are worth checking out I guess.

if you don't want something super obvious, try Bionic Commando

it's a 360 era game, it's really underappreciated, and pretty unique.

it did run at 720p 60fps on my old laptop, which had an i3 and a GeForce 820m... so...

Check out the best Star Wars game Jedi Outcast

fixed

 

[Ceadeus]

Gog dot com would be your best bet and best friend for this computer.

Also, maybe it would be worth it to open the laptop and do a cleanup , re thermal paste the CPU, clean fan from dust.

 

[grvg]

I have an old windows 10 laptop I just fixed and I've got a few games on it. Fire Pro Wrestling World works but I can hear my laptop chugging to keep up. Same with Dwarf Fortress.

So what are some lower required games I can play without it shutting down?

The specs are 8 GB Ram, i5 processor. Its an Acer something or other and gaming focused. Since this laptop started working I'm off the market on buying something new because that'd be wasteful and stupid.

Crystal Project
CrossCode
Dusk

 

[norm9]

These 3 games will keep you entertained for months

Ive actually got the 1st one. I should finally play this.

 

[newtypepilot]

it's most likely an integrated gpu. OP is struggling to run dwarf fortress which has the following min specs:

• Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
• OS: XP SP3 or later
• Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.4GHz+
• Memory: 4 GB RAM
• Graphics: 1GB of VRAM: Intel HD 3000 GPU / AMD HD 5450 / Nvidia 9400 GT
• Storage: 500 MB available space
• Additional Notes: Requires 64 bit processor and operating system

So yeah, have low expectations.

papers, please
castle crashers
FTL faster than light
hollow knight
vampire survivors
terraria
return of obra dinn

 

[clarky]

Just get GOTY Balatro.