PC Games for 512MB Ram

ANUJ · Oct 16, 2014

OK , I have a Intel pentium 4 desktop, 512+128 mb ram PC, and these games work absolutely fine on it

halo
freedom fighters
counter strike zero & 1.6
age of empires and conquers expansion
resident evil 3
evil dead regeneration
smack down know your role2(on epsxe)
tekken 3
ea sports cricket 2007-08
need for speed underground 1-2
day of the zombie
GTA vice city and raccoon city(moded)

rtwjunkie · Oct 16, 2014

ANUJ said:
OK , I have a Intel pentium 4 desktop, 512+128 mb ram PC, and these games work absolutely fine on it

halo
freedom fighters
counter strike zero & 1.6
age of empires and conquers expansion
resident evil 3
evil dead regeneration
smack down know your role2(on epsxe)
tekken 3
ea sports cricket 2007-08
need for speed underground 1-2
day of the zombie
GTA vice city and raccoon city(moded)

Welcome to TPU! Thanks for adding to list.

If you could, go to your profile, and put your system specs in there, that way no matter where you post, fellow members will know better how to help, advise or assist. :lovetpu:

OneMoar · Oct 16, 2014

quake 3 doom and doom 2
diablo w 3
unreal 2k4
ect ect

Naito · Oct 16, 2014

Anything from Command & Conquer: Generals (and Expansion, Zero Hour) and back should work, if you like those kind of RTS. But, as rtwjunkie says, please fill in your system specs on your profile page, as it would help us in recommending games (especially knowing the GPU and OS).

Edit: I'm actually thinking this thread was started as a general list (possibly to help others), rather than a request for assistance. That being said, it would be still be essential to list the full system specs these games are running on.

Frag_Maniac · Oct 22, 2014

I thought this said 512MB VRAM at first, but it's sys RAM. Man, that's going back a ways. The funny thing is though, a lot of these older games are better than many of the new ones.

One I've not seen mentioned is Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which is a great game and has a fair number of custom sp maps made for it.

I just hope you're not using this sys on the net, because it would have to be an unsupported OS.

Mussels · Oct 23, 2014

Frag Maniac said:
I thought this said 512MB VRAM at first, but it's sys RAM. Man, that's going back a ways. The funny thing is though, a lot of these older games are better than many of the new ones.

One I've not seen mentioned is Return to Castle Wolfenstein, which is a great game and has a fair number of custom sp maps made for it.

I just hope you're not using this sys on the net, because it would have to be an unsupported OS.

I love threads like this for the simple fun that my phone could challenge PC's of that era in specs.

bhaalkc · Oct 24, 2014

Doom 3
Half Life 2
Sim City 3000
Unreal Tournament 2004
Vampire the Masquerade
The Sims 2
Myst IV
Far Cry
NFS Underground
Battlefield 2

64K · Oct 24, 2014

Since you said FPS or something then I will add a couple of great strategy games.

Alpha Centauri/ Alien Crossfire Exp Pack
Civilization III

Drone · Oct 24, 2014

Age of Empires
Command & Conquer games
BloodRayne games
Postal 2
Punisher
Mobile Forces
Red Faction (original)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Resident Evil 2

WildChild2 · Oct 24, 2014

Nice to see all the suggestions...saw this question and figured it would be crush of ridicule on having that small amt of RAM...

rtwjunkie · Oct 24, 2014

WildChild2 said:
Nice to see all the suggestions...saw this question and figured it would be crush of ridicule on having that small amt of RAM...

Nope, not at all. Alot of us like to play these older games from time to time, and a large number have a second or third rig that is a nostalgia build that we keep running with blood, sweat and tears.

Kursah · Oct 24, 2014

Haven't seen if anyone recommended Homeworld or the Homeworld series, but I've been playing that lately... still EPIC!

DayKnight · Oct 24, 2014

OneMoar said:
quake 3 doom and doom 2
diablo w 3
unreal 2k4
ect ect

Sorry. You cant 'ect ect' here.

Good day.

chuck216 · Oct 27, 2014

You think trying to play a game with 512 MB of system ram is hard, try doing it with 38 kilobytes... yep I'm that old.

bhaalkc · Oct 27, 2014

When i went through the post i realized you can play badass old school titles on any crappy pc at the moment....

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Processor	pentium 4
Memory	128+512 ram
Video Card(s)	vga graphics
Storage	40+500gb
Display(s)	acer
Software	windows xp

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PC Games for 512MB Ram

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OneMoar

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Naito

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Mussels

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bhaalkc

64K

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WildChild2

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rtwjunkie

PC Gaming Enthusiast

Kursah

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DayKnight

chuck216

bhaalkc

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