Games that go easy on IGP.

[Zubasa]

Minecraft

 

[hat]

Don't you have to get the BIOS from an actual PS1?

nope, it's available for download on the intertubes

 

[Lampmaster]

Serious Sam anyone?

 

[theJesus]

nope, it's available for download on the intertubes

Legally?

 

[BinaryMage]

Legally?

I think so if you own a PS1.

If emulators are of interest, check out Dolphin. It can emulate both Gamecube and Wii.

 

[Soylent Joe]

Minecraft (depending on CPU)
Trials 2: Second Edition
Osmos
Super Meat Boy
SNES emulation

 

[theJesus]

Since everybody is mentioning emulation, I'll go ahead and say that everything Dreamcast and prior will run fine. Some Gamecube games might be good too.

 

[JrRacinFan]

Emulation: MAME is a must! N64 emulation is iffy as most of them arent completed and were abandoned. Most of the NFS series up to but not including NFS Pro Street & Undercover, maybe GRiD with lower settings.

EDIT:

Oh and Bejeweled 3!!! So damn addictive!

 

[theJesus]

Yeah, for N64, I use more than one emulator, because some games work on one emu, but not on another and vice versa

 

[Funtoss]

age of empires xD

 

[Frick]

age of empires xD

I don't know, AoE 1/2 have not aged as well as say Starcraft. I tried AoE 2 a couple of weeks ago and for some reason I couldn't really stand it. It just felt so.. meh. And this is weird, as most games I play are from before 2000.

 

[m4gicfour]

I skimmed through the thread, and I didn't see anyone mention it, so: Good Old Games

Since, it would seem, that you are more interested in a quality gaming experience than in graphical goodies (as it should be) check out GOG.com. They have many a gem from everything from old DOS games up to and including the brand new gameThe Witcher 2. Witcher 2 is made by the sister company of the guys who run GOG.com (CD Projeckt RED and CD Projekt, respectively) and would not likely run on your system, just including it as a reference.

All of them are DRM-free. No copy protection, no BS. Everything is Digital download but requires no internet to install or use once downloaded. These guys are a class act, and I HIGHLY recommend them.

As for specific games to try? I've gotten a lot of hours of fun out of emulators for old Sega systems (yes I owned the original systems and games - that's part of the fun, bringing back memories)

You could try games like Descent I & II, with one of the engine rebuilds for true 3d and modern controls. Games like DOOM, Duke Nukem, the Fallout Series, Arkanum, BASS, HOM&M series, Ground Control series and perhaps even games as "new" as the original Far Cry and IL2 Sturmovik, Psychonauts, etc. <- most of those available from GOG. Really though, it's a matter of taste, so it's up to you to decide what you like

 

[Frick]

Psychonauts,

This and this and this. Great game.

Another site for them really old games is Abandonia. Free to download and everything. Princess Maker 2 is actually good.

 

[m4gicfour]

This and this and this. Great game.

Another site for them really old games is Abandonia. Free to download and everything. Princess Maker 2 is actually good.

Yeah, Psychonauts is good enough, I bought it twice, lol.

 

[MilkyWay]

Medal of honour allied assault and the original call of duty?

Worms Armageddon? Tiger Woods PGA Tour 08? (i wish they still made PGA PC games since i liked the way it used the mouse as a control method)

Any decent old racers anyone?

 

[BinaryMage]

It isn't super old, but TrackMania Nations will run on older hardware just fine.

 

[MatTheCat]

This is rather embarassing to ask in here, but I'll do anyway. What games do you know/think will run at over 30fps maxed out (without AA or AF) at 1024x768 or 1280x720 on a HD4250? I expect to be able to play games from 2004 and older. I had a PC with a celeron and a SiS IGP, on which I played these games most of the time:

The only old game that I would gladly play again (and indeed I done so quite recently) would be Gothic. So add that one to your list and be sure to get the frame rate unlocker to get 60FPS (otherwise it is 25FPS).

Other than that:

Medal of Honour (the very first one)
Project IGI
Serious Sam

 

[DrunkenMafia]

BF2 should play ok at those res with low/med settings. I used to play it on my old 780g IGP, it was a HD3200.

 

[Platibus]

Thanks to everyone for answering, even to those who did sarcastically. Out of all the replies, I found this one the most helpful:

This list will help you:
http://my.opera.com/rejzor/blog/gaming-on-acer-aspire-one

Great job, RejZoR.

Nonetheless, everyone has brought up some very good suggestions. I think I'll play through the prequels to the current favorite games of many people, like Elder Scrolls and Fallout, so I get to furtherly enjoy the newest installments of those and many other great series once I get a proper gaming PC. I gotta say, I'm really tempted to get a 5770, but first I'll wait and see how the Bulldozer platform and the 28nm GPUs turn out to be before I make a move. Actually, I'll wait to see what Diablo 3 needs to be played maxed out at 720p giving steady 60fps, and then build my system around that. Good call, right?

By the way, I'm for some reason really into the isometric point of view, like in the classic Blizzard games, or in a WWII game called Commandos which I spent a lot of time playing. So any good game with that feel would be an excellent suggestion. And also, as I stated in the OP, if the game can't be maxed out at 720p and run at least at 30fps with that hardware, then I'm not interested in it.

Thanks again to everyone who has answered and is going to answer. Thank you \m/