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Gaming on ACER Aspire One

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I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO UPDATE THIS LIST ANYMORE BECAUSE I HAVE REPLACED MY ASPIRE ONE WITH LENOVO S205 THAT'S USING MUCH MORE POWERFUL HARDWARE (AMD E-450 APU and Radeon HD6320). I CAN STILL TRY TO ADD USER REPORTED STUFF BUT IT WILL BE UNVERIFIED.

I've been playing with Aspire One for few days and this little kiddo is actually quite powerful.
So i've decided to test games on it and build a list of games that work fine.
Native resolution (1024x600) used when possible, otherwise the highest selectable lower resolution is used instead. The list applies to Acer Aspire One with Atom 1,6GHz, 1GB of RAM and Windows XP SP3!
The list will be updated when i try more games or when my great readers submit info about games that are not yet listed. If you've tested a game that is not yet listed, let me know and i'll add it. smile

LAST LIST UPDATE: 2011/10/03

GAMES PLAYABLE ON ACER ASPIRE ONE:
4x4 Evolution (all set to max)
Aliens vs Predator Gold (all set to max)
Aliens vs Predator 2 (all set to max)
And Yet it Moves (all set to max)
Bad Rats (disable Shadow stencil, 800x mode, runs in windowed mode)
Bejeweled 2 (all set to max)
C&C:Generals (all set to low)
C&C:Red Alert 2 - Yuri's Revenge (all set to max)
C&C:Red Alert 2 (all set to max)
C&C:Renegade (all set to max)
C&C:Tiberian Sun (all set to max)
Call of Duty (all set to low)
Carmageddon 2 (all set to max)
Chains
Chaser (Shadows set to blob, Medium textures and Medium curves)
Crayon Physics Deluxe
Commandos 2:Men of Courage (all set to max)
Croc 2 (all set to max)
Dangerous Waters (all set to medium or high)
Dark Reign:The Future of War
Diablo
Diablo 2
Duke Nukem:Manhattan Project (all set to max, use DirectX mode)
Dungeon Siege (all set to max)
Dungeon Siege 2 (use default settings)
Dungeon Keeper Gold (works in normal mode, Direct3D doesn't work)
EARTH 2150 (all set to max)
EMPEROR:Battle for Dune (all set to max)
Eufloria (may get slightly slower at certain zoom levels, but otherwise very playable)
F-22 Raptor (all set to max)
Fahrenheit/Indigo Prophecy (all set to max)
FEAR Combat (all set to low, small levels with not many players)
Flatout (all set to low, slightly lower framerate)
Flight Control HD
Galcon Fusion
Grand Theft Auto 3 (all set to max, just disable frame sync, frame limit and trails)
Grand Theft Auto:Vice City (all set to max, just disable frame sync, frame limit)
Grand Theft Auto:San Andreas (all set to low)
Gun (all set to max except textures)
Half-Life (all set to max, use Direct3D)
Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe (all set to max)
Hitman:Codename 47 (all set to max)
Hitman 2:Silent Assassin (all set to max)
Hitman:Contracts (all set to max)
Killing Floor (all set to lowest + KillingFloor.ini tweaks, playble most of the time)
KISS - Psycho Circus: The Nightmare Child (all set to max)
Lume
Machinarium (use Alt+F4 to exit the game, autosaving will still work)
Madballs in...Babo:Invasion (all set to max)
Max Payne (all set to max)
Max Payne 2 (all set to max, all medium recommended for fast performance)
MDK 2 (all set to max)
MechWarrior 3 (all set to max)
Midtown Madness (all set to max)
Midtown Madness 2 (all set to max)
Minecraft Alpha (depending on the map, use FAST graphics setting and TINY view distance)
Minecraft Beta (latest versions are again playable, adjust graphics a bit lower)
Moto Racer (all set to max, screen has to be set to 16bit)
Moto Racer 2 (all set to max, works only with this PATCH, music has to be muted)
Moto Racer 3 (all set to max)
Motocross Madness (all set to max)
Motocross Madness 2 (all set to max)
Multiwinia (all set to low, somewhat slow, probably worse with lots of units, but it works)
Nation Red (Disable Shadows, Particle to Low, disable blur and decrease number of bodies)
Need for Speed:Hot Pursuit 2 (all set to one level lower than max)
Need for Speed:Porsche 2000 (all set to max)
Need for Speed 2 (all set to max)
Need for Speed 2 SE (all set to max)
Need for Speed 3:Hot Pursuit (all set to max, works with my Vista patch)
Osmos
Peggle Nights
Plants vs Zombies
Project IGI (all set to max)
Quake 1 (all set to max)
Quake 2 (all set to max)
Quake 3 Arena (all set to max)
Rally Championship 2000 (all set to max, may crash with certain audio settings)
Re-Volt (all set to max)
Return to Castle Wolfenstein (all set to High)
Richard Burns Rally (800x600, 16bit, all set to lowest)
RUSH (slightly slower sometimes, but playable)
Serious Sam: The First Encounter (all set to normal/medium/standard)
Serious Sam: The Second Encounter (all set to normal/medium/standard, use Direct3D)
Severance:Blade of Darkness (all set to max)
SimCity 4 Deluxe (all set to Low or Medium)
Soldier of Fortune (all set to max)
Soldier of Fortune 2:Double Helix (use auto detected settings and 800x600)
Superbikes 2001 (set compatibility mode to WIn98/Me, all set to max)
Starcraft
Starcraft:Brood Wars
Starsiege (all set to max, use OpenGL)
Star Trek:Armada (all set to max, problems with sound and music)
Star Wars: Jedi Knight 2 - Jedi Outcast (all set to max, disable complex shadows)
Star Wars: Republic Commando (800x600, all set to lowest)
Swarm Arena (use Low graphics, may lag in mainmenu but works ok in-game)
SWAT 4 (all set to low, slightly lower framerate)
Swords and Soldiers HD (use Low texture quality to avoid corrupted textures)
System Shock 2 (all set to max, requires latest patch and -lgntforce switch)
The Sims (all set to max)
The Sims 2 (all set to low, expect longer loading times)
Thief 2: The Metal Age (all set to max)
Thief:The Dark Project (all set to max)
Tomb Raider 2 (all set to max)
Tomb Raider 3 (all set to max)
Tom Clancy's: Ghost Recon (all set to max, disable all shadows)
Torchlight (quite playable with all set to max, Netbook mode recommended for optimal performance)
Turba
Unreal 2:The Awakening (all set to high, disable detail actors to boost framerate in firefights)
Unreal Tournament 2003 (all set to Normal)
Unreal Tournament 2004 (all set to Normal)
Unreal Tournament 99 (all set to max)
V-Rally 2:Expert Edition (all set to max)
Warzone 2100 (all set to max)
Warcraft 3:Reign of Chaos (all set to max)
Warlords Battlecry 3 (all set to max)
Windosill (sometimes works slightly slower but still very playable)
World of Goo
Worms 3D (all set to max, not that there is much to set lol)
Worms Reloaded (lower settings prefered for smoother performance)
Zuma

GAMES THAT DO NOT WORK:
Age of Mythology (doesn't work, though some say it worked for them)
Alien Swarm (the game just closes without any errors after loading screen)
Alpha Protocol (GPU doesn't support Shader Model 3.0 error)
Area 51 (Midway free full version, framerate too low)
Batman: Arkham Asylum (GPU doesn't support Shader Model 3.0 error)
Blood 2: The Chosen (main menu screen flickers and is hard to use)
BloodRayne (GMA950 doesn't support hardware Vertex Shaders, OpenGL crashes)
Burnout Paradise Ultimate Box (GPU doesn't support Shader Model 3.0 error)
Clive Barker's Jericho (crashes on start)
CounterStrike:Source (too slow even on lowest settings)
Crashday (DirectX 9 device fails to initiate)
Crysis (too slow even on lowest settings)
Crysis Warhead (too slow even on lowest settings)
Dead Space (cannot initialize display hardware)
Defense Grid:The Awakening (too slow even on lowest settings)
DogFighter (doesn't start, just churns out massive error log and freezes)
Doom 3 (too slow even on lowest settings)
Exodus from the Earth (Graphic card not supported)
Far Cry (too slow even on lowest settings)
Greed Corp (GMA950 is not supported)
Half-Life 2 series (too slow even on lowest settings)
Hydrophobia: The Prophecy (GPU doesn't support Shader Model 3.0 error)
i-Fluid (too slow even on lowest settings)
Lara Croft and the Guardian of Light (GPU doesn't support Shader Model 3.0 error)
Need for Speed:Underground 1 (too slow even on lowest settings)
Need for Speed:Underground 2 (too slow even on lowest settings)
Need for Speed:Most Wanted (too slow even on lowest settings)
Need for Speed:Carbon (too slow even on lowest settings)
Need for Speed:Shift (crashes on startup)
Need for Speed:World (too slow even on lowest settings)
Need for Speed:Hot Pursuit 2010 (Unsupported GPU)
Painkiller (doesn't start, DirectX 9 errors)
Painkiller:Battle from Hell (doesn't start, DirectX 9 errors)
Project:Snowblind (too slow even on lowest settings)
C&C:Red Alert 3 (too slow even on lowest settings)
C&C:Red Alert 3:Uprising (too slow even on lowest settings)
Shatter (unsupported graphic card)
Section 8 (game crashes on startup)
Serious Sam 2 (doesn't start, black screen)
Sol Survivor (doesn't work at all)
Split/Second:Velocity (crashes on start)
STALKER:Shadow of Chernobyl (all set to low, too slow for me, but it works)
Stubbs the Zombie in Rebbel without a pulse (crashes on start)
SWAT3 (crashes, patch 1.6+ results in wrong CD inserted error)
Test Drive Unlimited (doesn't start, no error messages)
The Ball (Steam version, crashes soon after execution)
The Settlers 2:10th Anniversary (nothing happens when you start the game, no error messages)
The Suffering (Midway free full version, display device fails to initialize)
Tomb Raider and the Guardian of Light (GPU doesn't support Shader Model 3.0 error)
Trine (Steam version, nothing happens when executed)
Trackmania Nations Forever (too slow even on lowest settings)
Unreal Tournament 3 (kernel32.dll error on UT3 start)
Quake 1 GLQuake (screen corrupted, console overlapping 3D stuff)
Zen Bound 2 (graphics error, probably becase GMA950 doesn't fully support OpenGL 2.0)

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Comments

Unregistered user Wednesday, October 7, 2009 6:55:41 PM

heromorph writes: Hi, i want to play NFS 5 Porsche unleashed, i can install and run, but after video intro it crashes, how did you make it run? Thanks!!

RejZoRrejzor Wednesday, October 7, 2009 8:22:09 PM

US version of NFS5 required to delete a certain file. I don't remember which one exactly, but there are plenty of tutorials about that. EU version works out of the box.

Omid Farhangboelectronic Thursday, October 15, 2009 10:11:50 PM

very nice and useful post, Thanks!cheers

Unregistered user Friday, October 16, 2009 9:45:12 PM

Anonymous writes: actually i use espxe*config IS a pain in the butt* and play re3 without any probs!! XP but hey can u tell me if CoD2 will work on it?

Unregistered user Saturday, October 31, 2009 2:35:32 PM

Snipernoob writes: very nice list dude, ive been looking everywhere for a list of games my aa1 can support, just one thing, i noticed you have farcry in the not playable section, i have farcry in mine and it runs good, some lag but absolutely perfect when indoors, i dont overclock or anything, maybe you should take another look?

RejZoRrejzor Saturday, October 31, 2009 5:34:21 PM

It was set to Very Low and framerate was below acceptable.

Unregistered user Sunday, November 1, 2009 12:07:03 AM

ben writes: pro evolution soccer 5 (with xbox 360 pad works great!) spiderman 2 zuma revenge currently testing star wars kotor

Unregistered user Sunday, November 1, 2009 3:14:41 AM

Anonymous writes: you say it can run jedi knight 2 :jedi out cast, but i just tried jedkinght 1 kedi academy and i didnt work

RejZoRrejzor Sunday, November 1, 2009 5:41:46 AM

Hard to say why that happened. Any errors or messages displayed by the game?

Unregistered user Sunday, November 1, 2009 6:51:27 AM

Anonymous writes: that's it..that's what u've got...check this out...[link]http://groups.google.com/group/intel9x-gaming/web/games-that-work-intel-gma-950[/link].......welcome to the world of modded drivers!

Unregistered user Monday, November 2, 2009 3:00:37 AM

nguyentruong writes: will age ever work ------------------------- thong tin ngan hang dongabank Vietcombank Vietinbank abcbank

Unregistered user Monday, November 2, 2009 10:54:33 PM

Anonymous writes: can anyone help me i try to reinstal my acer aspire one (intel atom 270,1giga ram,160gb hd) with an external dvd drive via the usb thene i press the f12 button i select my external dvd drive win xp start setuping but then i get a blue screen

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 4, 2009 9:35:23 AM

Anonymous writes: someone was talking about emulators not working. i have played and tested psx and n64 both ran butter smooth. im sure older emulators will work also

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 4, 2009 7:12:52 PM

Anonymous writes: do you meen whit psx the plastation 2

Unregistered user Friday, November 6, 2009 10:38:56 PM

ben writes: kotor wouldnt work black screen after created character an intro movies gutted. games ive managed to get to work with no problems that are not on RejZoR's list : pes 5 spiderman 2 zuma revenge *half life 1/blue shift/opposing force/decay worms world party wwe raw total edition killing floor (settings all on lowest) gta 1 gta 2 postal 1 *i no half lifes on the list thought id just mention the add ons

Unregistered user Friday, November 6, 2009 10:40:50 PM

ben writes: just about to test dreamcast emulator will let u know

Unregistered user Sunday, November 8, 2009 3:13:53 AM

J writes: Fable The Lost Chapters work and also The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind work on the Acer Aspire One.

Unregistered user Sunday, November 8, 2009 4:05:00 PM

ben writes: no luck finding a working dreamcast emulator. add MAFIA to the list as working game

Unregistered user Monday, November 9, 2009 9:37:15 PM

ben writes: star wars battle front2 works also

Unregistered user Wednesday, November 11, 2009 11:57:04 PM

Nathan writes: You did not get 10.3 Panther running on your netbook

Unregistered user Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:08:58 PM

Anonymous writes: i dont get serious sam the first and second encounter, ive installed them bothm but have unplayable lag with direct3D enabled on both games, ive turned everything possible down, and put and put direct3d on and its still unplayable on the AA1, any help, before i get rid of both gmes?

Unregistered user Saturday, November 14, 2009 11:31:29 PM

ben writes: been trying to run halo (1) it works though bit slow before running the game i get a message saying my video cards aint up to scratch they should be fine anyone no what to do?

RejZoRrejzor Sunday, November 15, 2009 6:29:49 AM

Serious Sam TFE doesn't have D3D support. It only supports OpenGL. TSE supports D3D and OpenGL. Check your settings, especially V-Sync. Using too high settings can sometimes also cause that (instead just poor framerate).

Unregistered user Sunday, November 15, 2009 10:14:37 AM

Anonymous writes: on the first encounter you can switch to direct 3d though, and i have set everything possible to low on each game, v-Sync as well, but i still get unplayable lag, i dont know what else to do

Unregistered user Monday, November 16, 2009 7:33:24 AM

Anonymous writes: What about world of warcraft or dungeons and dragons eberron?

Unregistered user Saturday, November 28, 2009 10:08:59 AM

Daniel writes: could you try a free browser game called Battlefield Heroes

Unregistered user Sunday, November 29, 2009 1:07:21 PM

Anonymous writes: can i install the sims 2 for my acer aspire one d250? i've installed the sims 3 and spore, and they didn't work. please heeeelp

Unregistered user Sunday, November 29, 2009 9:12:47 PM

Anonymous writes: dan writes how can i get left for dead to runn good ?

RejZoRrejzor Monday, November 30, 2009 8:01:40 PM

I doubt you can. Source games have to be seriously trimmed down in order to get half decent framerate.

Unregistered user Tuesday, December 1, 2009 6:20:17 PM

Anonymous writes: ive tryed battlefield heros, and it lags like hell mate, even with everything possible on low =[ dont bother

Unregistered user Wednesday, December 2, 2009 6:45:38 PM

Anonymous writes: how does Cod 2 run (dont know if its been asked)

RejZoRrejzor Thursday, December 3, 2009 6:46:18 AM

Well, CoD 1 works, but framerate is pretty low even with everything disabled. Especially when there are lots of characters in the scene and lots of dynamic lighting.

Unregistered user Thursday, December 3, 2009 11:33:31 AM

Anonymous writes: I've gone totally insane over these games, i have tried about half, yes, some work but i noticed i had a loading problem with Hitman: contracts, Age 3 is slow, just run on all low, and you should get a good framerate, although not be able to look at the ship battles. C&C Generals works on high for me, although, W3 and the expansion work on high, easily, and i can get counter strike cource to work on mine with tweaking it myself, hmm.. and WoW, i have played it, but if you actually want to be able to raid, or do instances, it is not, i repeat, NOT for you, i suggest getting a desktop lol, Other than this, great job :D

Unregistered user Friday, December 4, 2009 9:15:01 PM

Anonymous writes: Any luck with Simpsons Hit and Run on the d150

Ahmad Faril Rusmanfaril90 Sunday, December 6, 2009 1:52:28 PM

rise of nations gold (needs this "http://nodadev.wordpress.com/pc-projects/a1ctl/" software to change resolution to 1024x800) and spore (lags at the space stage) works

Unregistered user Monday, December 7, 2009 6:21:43 PM

Anonymous writes: The Simpsons hit and run works good, some lag at stages, but its not unplayable mate =D

Unregistered user Monday, December 7, 2009 9:21:03 PM

Anonymous writes: ok thanks man, simpsons hit and run was one of my fav ps2 games good to see i can play it on the d150

Unregistered user Thursday, December 10, 2009 1:29:22 AM

Anonymous writes: can you plz test battlefield 2 its not working for me

Unregistered user Monday, December 14, 2009 1:04:11 PM

Anonymous writes: any1 tried fifa 07?

Unregistered user Tuesday, December 15, 2009 3:47:24 PM

Anonymous writes: ok everybody fifa 07 works just coool!! i've tested it myself... Ps:include in the list Thanks,

RejZoRrejzor Tuesday, December 15, 2009 6:19:42 PM

Can you tell us what were the settings used for FIFA 2007 ?

Unregistered user Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:55:14 AM

Anonymous writes: all settings were set to low, medium and max settings skips a few frames.

Unregistered user Friday, December 18, 2009 1:23:29 AM

Anonymous writes: Have you tested any of the Final Fantasy series games?

Unregistered user Sunday, December 20, 2009 3:47:07 AM

Anonymous writes: can gmod work on this??????

Unregistered user Monday, December 21, 2009 5:13:53 AM

Anonymous writes: please help. can someone please advise on Sniper Elite? does it work? found that Nightfire 007 is missing from the list. Nightfire007 works great on AA1D150 1.6GHz, 1 GB of RAM

Unregistered user Tuesday, December 22, 2009 8:26:23 PM

Аноним writes: is Punisher,prince of persia:warrior within runing on acer aspire one d250?

Unregistered user Wednesday, December 23, 2009 5:27:12 PM

Anonymous writes: AoM (Age of Myth) works just fine, just have to fiddle with the config file and force it into a res that it can understand, alternatively copy the files from an install done on another copy (with res set to 800*600) Happy fragging!

Unregistered user Friday, December 25, 2009 12:44:20 AM

Ikaruz writes: Enigmo works great (on high settings)... nice list tho

Unregistered user Saturday, December 26, 2009 1:11:15 AM

Anonymous writes: Nice list! I'll contribute a few of my own, not too many not already mentioned but here goes: Heroes of Might and Magic II works fine, though fullscreen is distorted to the strange picture ratio. Switching between modes causes my game to crash, but oddly only after I installed the expansion. Romance of the Three Kingdoms XI does not work. When running the program I get the error 'DirectX Failed to Initialize'. Installing a different version of DirectX didn't solve the problem.

Unregistered user Saturday, December 26, 2009 2:39:12 AM

Anonymous writes: Hmmm. Not sure if anybody has brought up the emulator topic again but my PSX emulator (ePSXe v1.7.0) works fine on my Acer Aspire One. My specs are 1.60GHz with 1GB of RAM and Windows XP with Service Pack 3. Thought I would add that since I read a previous comment about n64 might run slowly! I hope it helps! - Princess Cordy =P

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