netbooks and gaming

i just got a netbook and was wondering is it possible to download an older game onto a flash drive and be able to play it on my netbook ? (i.e. rollercoaster tycpoon, original diablo, original starcraft)

As long as its a game that does not have DRM, yes you can. Copy all the files to the flash drive and install them on your netbook. The original Diablo does not have DRM, not sure about the rest of those.

As long as its a game that does not have DRM, yes you can. Copy all the files to the flash drive and install them on your netbook. The original Diablo does not have DRM, not sure about the rest of those.

demonic_85

kinda feel dumb for asking...but whats DRM :question:

Could a netbook handle EverQuest?

i mostly want to play diablo 2 on it but idk how well it will run

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As long as its a game that does not have DRM, yes you can. Copy all the files to the flash drive and install them on your netbook. The original Diablo does not have DRM, not sure about the rest of those.

jstblz-42o

kinda feel dumb for asking...but whats DRM :question:

DRM stands for Digital Rights Management and its the security used to protect the content from being copied. I know that the original Diablo does not have DRM, but idk if the second one does or not.

Diablo II's old isometric 3D visuals from a long time ago were made to run on much weaker systems than current netbooks. You should be ok.

Could a netbook handle EverQuest?

CaptainAhab13

Maybe, it depends on the specs of the netbook. The minimum requirements for Everquest are 800Mhz processor (1Ghz recommended), 128Mb Ram (256Mb recommended), and Geforce 2 MX series/Geforce 3 series graphics.

Most netbooks I have seen usually have at least a 1Ghz Atom processor and 512Mb of Ram. Most netbooks have onboard video that supports DirectX9 so this would be fine.

i mostly want to play diablo 2 on it but idk how well it will run

jstblz-42o

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i mostly want to play diablo 2 on it but idk how well it will run

theshadowhunter

Is there a way to download a digital copy of Diablo 2? Netbooks dont have optical drives so if he cant download it, he would need an external optical drive.

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i mostly want to play diablo 2 on it but idk how well it will run

demonic_85

Is there a way to download a digital copy of Diablo 2? Netbooks dont have optical drives so if he cant download it, he would need an external optical drive.

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[QUOTE="theshadowhunter"] I know alot of people that have played D2 on netbooks (even the first gen ones with the celerons) and they can play that game just finetheshadowhunter

Is there a way to download a digital copy of Diablo 2? Netbooks dont have optical drives so if he cant download it, he would need an external optical drive.

You simply must play Torchlight. It's like Diablo taken intravenously while pounding a Mountain Dew at your birthday party. And it actually has a built-in "netbook mode".

From my experience torchlight runs terribly on netbooks.

I have one and some of my picks are: Open TTD, Plants v Zombies, World of Goo and Age of empires 2

Your best sticking with older non-3d games.

From my experience torchlight runs terribly on netbooks.

I have one and some of my picks are: Open TTD, Plants v Zombies, World of Goo and Age of empires 2

Your best sticking with older non-3d games.

sammysalsa

Same here actually, Torchlight's "netbook" mode did absolutely nothing for me.

From my experience torchlight runs terribly on netbooks.

I have one and some of my picks are: Open TTD, Plants v Zombies, World of Goo and Age of empires 2

Your best sticking with older non-3d games.

sammysalsa

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From my experience torchlight runs terribly on netbooks.

I have one and some of my picks are: Open TTD, Plants v Zombies, World of Goo and Age of empires 2

Your best sticking with older non-3d games.

JN_Fenrir

I think i went straight for netbook mode - this was the reason that i actually bothered to install it on my netbook in the first place.

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From my experience torchlight runs terribly on netbooks.

I have one and some of my picks are: Open TTD, Plants v Zombies, World of Goo and Age of empires 2

Your best sticking with older non-3d games.

sammysalsa

I think i went straight for netbook mode - this was the reason that i actually bothered to install it on my netbook in the first place.