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EEE CONFIGURATION: Below is a compilation of Windows XP games that have been successfully installed and run on an Eee 900 with 2GB RAM. Unless otherwise specified, stock CPU speed of 900MHz and stock drivers were used. The intent is to get every game modified so that it runs in native 1024x600 resolution, but in some cases there isn't any way since most games that run well on the Eee are much older, and were released before widescreen was mainstream. Most of my support for widescreen was collected from www.widescreengamingforum.com. Games were installed on my 16GB A-Data SDHC card, and load performance was acceptable in most cases.

As of beginning of September 2008, I acquired an Eee 1000h which has the new Atom 1.6GHz CPU, and is capable of harboring a regular 2.5in notebook hard drive. My machine has been upgraded from the stock 80GB to a whopping 250GB 5400 RPM drive. All games listed have been trialed and installed successfully on this machine. Install times are very FAST thanks to the new hard drive, compared with the SD cards... whew!

DOWNLOAD and BUY: Links to download the game are for freeware titles. You can also buy the retail versions if available. I have tried to find the best place to purchase the game through digital download like direct2drive, but many are only available through retailers like Amazon.com. I have no affiliation with any of these sites. Just trying to find the best way for you to get ahold of these games.

NO-CD/DVD: Since the Eee does not have a CD or DVD ROM drive, you can acquire no-CD or no-DVD patches from www.gamecopyworld.com or www.megagames.com or gf.wiretarget.com. Beware of web advertisement popups at these sites, however. While I am not and advocate for piracy, I do strongly believe that I should be able to play games that I paid money to use on any machine that is capable. Unless it is difficult to obtain a workaround for playing a game without a CD, I will leave it up to you to determine your preferred way to do so.

RATINGS: I have rated each game based on playability on the Eee 900. This is not necessarily reflective of the quality of the game, but how easy it is to configure and how well it performs. The rating system is based on the Triple E:

E = May or may not work at all, too slow, difficult to install and use, or just plain annoying
EE = Works, but with compromises in performance, detail, or difficult to run
EEE = Works remarkably well and is worth trying

RESOLUTION: Thankfully, Asus included support for 1024x768 both with scrolling, where you move the mouse to top and bottom of the screen and the screen "pans" that direction, and "compressed mode" where it fits the full 1024x768 resolution in the 1024x600 resolution. This squishes the screen to fit in the smaller resolution which compromises image quality as well as performance since the CPU has to interpolate to fit.

G A M E S L I S T

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Game	Installed Size	Patch / Version	Rel Date	Eee					Links / Comments / Game Settings	Rating



Age of Empires 2 / Age of Kings / Conquerors	349MB		9/30/99	900 1000h	N	Y	N	Y	Site1 / Site2 \| Buy	EEE
No widescreen support. Plays fine, however at 800x600 or compressed 1024x768. Hesitant to give it a EEE rating, but it does run fine at 800x600, and the game is great fun.
Age of Empires 3	2110MB	1.12	10/18/05	900 1000h	N	Y	Y	Y	Settings \| Site \| Buy	EE
Widescreen is native to game. When you first run the game, there is a warning that your GPU doesn't have Transform & Lighting. Just acknowledge and go, it will run fine. First the good news. The games starts and loads and runs as it should, and supports 1024x600 resolution out of the box. Now the bad news. Too many units can cause stuttering and slow the framerate to almost unplayable levels. Game settings are at their lowest too. I have even overclocked my Eee 900 to 1000MHz with only marginal improvement. It is ok for one on one skirmishes, but battles with too many units will bring your Eee to its knees. You can bump the resolution down to 800x600 for a marginal improvement, but that's up to you. Considering the amount of storage space it requires, and the poor frame rate, I'm tempted to rate this a single 'E' but the fact that it supports the 1024x600 resolution out of the box, and it works albeit with frame rate issues, I gave it a EE rating. Best to stick with Age of Empires 2.
Aliens vs Predator 2	1140MB	1.0.9.6	10/31/01	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 / Settings3 \| Site \| Buy \| Demo	EEE
Widescreen Gaming Forum Link Widescreen support is available, through configuration file edits. First run the game, get options set up how you want them. I run with all high settings with no issues. Exit out of the game. Go to your main Aliens vs Predator 2 directory and edit the autoexec.cfg file by double clicking it or right click and "open with..." choose notepad. Use CTRL-F to find the following entries (i.e. screenwidth) and adjust accordingly: Save it and close. If you change any settings in the game then it will revert the resolution back to whatever is displayed as picked in game, which are only 4:3 resolutions (i.e. 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768 etc). Modifying the resolution in the autoexec.cfg file will essentially stretch the screen. You can adjust the FOV or field of view, but it has its limitations. But here's how to do it anyways: Start up a game. When started, bring up the chat window by pressing the <ENTER> key. Now type: <cheat> mpfov And hit the ENTER key Now use the A and D keys to change the FOV to your liking. Unfortunately you cannot save this FOV setting, so every time you play you will have to reset the FOV. This game still keeps up to snuff with today's games as far as originality, content, and overall fun to play. Aliens and Predators still scare me, and the constant "bleep bleep bleep" of the motion detector, maintains the suspense. It runs an plays great on the Eee. Give it a shot if you can manage to get ahold of a copy. There is a demo available too if you're interested in giving it a shot! There is also an expansion available, Primal Hunt, but unless you already own it, or manage to get ahold of the Gold edition of Aliens vs. Predator 2, you wouldn't miss out on much.
Babylon 5 I've Found Her	283MB			900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Download	EEE
For widescreen support, open with notepad: <game dir>\Bin\default.cfg file. Edit the following lines: vid_width "1024" vid_height "600" This has a strange effect however. The screen inverts when you go to play it, with no valid explanation found so far. However, I have found a few workarounds: (1) Make sure to leave a window open on the desktop before you start. Also ensure that you have the Intel Hotkey program running "C:\Windows\system32\hkcmd.exe" to allow for hotkey screen rotation. Start the game, alt-tab (or even ctrl-alt-del) out of Babylon 5: IFH. Your IFH screen will remain, but then press the "Ctrl-Alt-Up Arrow" hotkey should rotate the screen. (2) Change the resolution to 1024 x 599. This seems to have a slight performance hit for some reason, and leaves one line on the bottom of your screen from your desktop exposed. (3) In the default.cfg file, change vid_fullscreen from "1" to "0" and it will run windowed mode. Might want to fuss with the window size a bit, however, to your liking. Again, great free older game, but don't expect to max out the options.
Battlezone	187MB	1.4M	9/8/99	900 1000h	Y	Y	N	Y	Settings \| Download	EEE
No widescreen support. However, this is now freeware and has been modded somewhat. It runs great on the Eee. Be sure to visit the 'download' link and get the latest version. Well worth a look at.
Beyond Good and Evil	MB	1.01	11/19/03	900 1000h	Y	Y	N	Y	Buy	E
Widescreen native to game. However, even at lowest settings, the game runs at terribly low framerates, making the game pretty much unplayable, unfortuantely. Maybe the Eee 901 will handle this game better. I'd be curious to see. It's too bad because this was such a hot game the time it was released!
C-Evo	7MB	1.1.1	3/20/04	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Download	EEE
Widescreen native to game. Automatically sizes to full screen. This great Civilization 2 clone is perfect to throw on your Eee even on a 2G or 4G with Windows XP considering its small memory footprint.
Command and Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars	5200MB	1.09	3/26/07	900 1000h	Y	Y	N	Y	Settings \| Buy 1 \| Buy 2 \| YouTube	EE
Common widescreen resolutions native to game, but not Eee's. Initial load time is VERY slow, but once in the game it is decent. Before changing to the Eee's native resolution, go into the game and set all your graphics options to the lowest settings. The game is nearly unplayable otherwise. To change to native resolution: C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\Command & Conquer 3 Tiberium Wars\Profiles\ Edit Options.ini file Change 'Resolution = xxxx yyy' to 'Resolution = 1024 600' If you mess with the graphics settings at all, it will revert back to whatever is showing in the pull down list. But the game has slightly better frame rates at 800x600 than 1024x600. In either case, the game runs slowly, and I'd recommend sticking with no more than 2v2 skirmishes, otherwise expect a slide show.
Command and Conquer Generals and Zero Hour	1.55GB 1.18GB	1.08 1.04	2/10/03 9/22/03	900 1000h	N	Y	Y	Y	Settings 1 \| Settings 2 \| Buy 1 \| Buy 2	EE
Game can run natively with with 800x600, but it does support 1024x600 with a few edits. Framerates are generally average, but liveable. I would plan on mainly skirmishes or small multiplayer maps with max four players. It will give you your Generals fix but I wouldn't plan a long LAN weekend with it. Here's how to get widescreen: (1) Run the game once to initialize all the settings, and edit video options as you prefer. Highly recommend all settings on lowest. Be sure to select 'custom' option from the graphics menu. This option may be partially hidden in the pulldown menu, but it works nevertheless. (2) Exit the game once you have settings the way you want them (minimum preferably) (3) Now go to the directory where you installed Generals Zero Hour and go into Data/INI folder and edit 'GameData.ini' file (just double click or right click/open with.../notepad). (4) Under the section 'GameData' in the GameData.ini file, there are two commands you need to edit: XResolution and YResolution. Just edit for: XResolution = 1024 YResolution = 600 (5) Save and close GameData.ini file You should now be able to play C&C Generals and Zero Hour. If you want to play online, I recommend looking for a mini image at gamecopyworld.com. It only consumes 1KB of data, and just mount it with Daemon Tools, and will fool your PC into thinking the CD is actually installed in order to play.
Crimson Skies	805MB	1.0	9/17/00	900 1000h	Y	Y	N	Y	Settings \| Buy	EEE
No Widescreen Support. Looks and plays great though, even with options maxed out. 800x600 recommended, but 1024x768 run well in compressed mode.
F.E.A.R.	34MB	1.08	10/17/05	900 1000h	Y	Y	N	Y	Patch 1.08	E
Widescreen is native to game. Minimum details required to play. Built-in benchmark results in minimum fps: 5 / average: 17 / Maximum: 55. It is playable but with marginal framerate in many instances.
FreeCiv	34MB	2.1.4	5/7/04	900 1000h	Y	Y	N	Y	Download	E
No widescreen. Runs window mode only with 1024x768 window. Some menu items are slightly hidden under the taskbar. Had to use program "move me" to get access to some buttons. Otherwise great free Civ clone for your notebook or desktop PC.
Freelancer	882MB	1.4	3/3/03	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings \| Site \| Buy	EEE
Widescreen Gaming Forum Link Run the game first so the config files get set up. Once in game, set your graphics options (runs great at max options). Go to "My Documents\My Games\Freelancer" and edit PerfOptions.ini: [Display] size= 1024, 600 color_bpp= 32 depth_bpp= 24 Go to your <Freelancer Game Dir>\Data and edit cameras.ini file: [WinCamera] fovx = 66.672 Note that 66.672 for 1024x600 resolution, 63.36 for 16:10, or 68.88 for 16:9. This game runs GREAT on the Eee.
Freespace 2 Open	3480MB			900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings \| Download	EEE
Widescreen native to game. Great older game that has been revamped since the source code was distributed a few years back. Just grab the Freespace 2 Open installer and go!
Galactic Civilizations (Ultimate Edition with Altarian Prophecy)	611MB	1.2	3/26/03	900 1000h	N	N	N	Y	Site \| Buy	EEE
No widescreen support. Minimum 1024x768 resolution required. Be sure to select "Compressed Mode" at 1024x768 in the EeePC Tray utility in the system tray if you don't want scrolling mode.
Galactic Civilizations 2 / Dread Lords (Gold Edition)	611MB	1.4	2/1/06	900 1000h	N	N	N	Y	Site \| Buy	EE
No Eee resolution widescreen support. Game requires minimum 1024x768 resolution. Best to play with scrolling. Compressed mode runs well, but doesn't look real great. While you can install the game anywhere, note that Stardock Central auto-installs to the C: drive. I just uninstalled it, and then visited stardock's site and redownloaded the app and installed it on my SDHC card.
Grand Theft Auto Vice City (Direct2Drive)	1460MB	1.1	5/12/03	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings \|Site \| Buy1 / Buy2 \| YouTube	EEE
Widescreen is supported native to game. I have the Direct2Drive version, and installation was quick and painless. It runs great with nearly full view distance.This is definitely a classic that you have to have added to your Eee gaming collection.
Independence War 2: Edge of Chaos	424MB	F14.6	8/22/01	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 \| Site \| Buy	EEE
EEE widescreen is native to game. You can run with max detail too. Hardware T&L if selected in game seems to work fine, even though the GMA900 GPU in the Eee doesn't support HW T&L.
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth	????MB	1.03	12/06/04	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 \| Site \| Buy	EEE
This version used was from the Anthology. Just a quick note that the game takes a little bit of time to get started. Eee native widescreen is not supported natively, but is easily added. Start the game and set the settings how you want them. Select 'Custom' settings and recommend all options ON except Anisotropic Texture Filtering, 3D Shadows, Dynamic LOD. Put Texture and Particle Cap at 50%. Save settings and exit the game. Go to your C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\My Battle for Middle-earth Files\ folder and edit the options.ini file. Change the following: Resolution = 1024 600 Save and exit. Now when you go to run the game it should start up just fine at 1024x600 resolution.
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II	5.10GB	1.06	03/02/06	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 \| Site \| Buy	EEE
This version used was from the Anthology. Just a quick note taht the game takes a little bit of time to get started. BFME II is a little more resource intensive than the first one, but still runs fine. Eee native widescreen is not supported natively, but is easily added. Start the game and set the settings how you want them. I recommend just selecting 'low' settings, but you can select 'Custom' settings and adjust however you see fit. Save settings and exit the game. Go to your C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\My Battle for Middle-earth(tm) II Files\ folder and edit the options.ini file. Change the following: Resolution = 1024 600 Save and exit. Now when you go to run the game it should start up just fine at 1024x600 resolution.
Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth II Rise of the Witch King	2.92GB	2.01	11/28/06	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 \| Site \| Buy	EEE
This version used was from the Anthology. Just a quick note taht the game takes a little bit of time to get started. BFME II and Witch King are a little more resource intensive than the first one, but still runs fine. Eee native widescreen is not supported natively, but is easily added. Start the game and set the settings how you want them. I recommend just selecting 'medium' settings, but you can select 'Custom' settings and adjust however you see fit. (For some reason Witch King seems to run a little better at 'Medium' settings than BFME 2. Not sure why, but that's fine with me.) Save settings and exit the game. Go to your C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\Application Data\My The Lord of the Rings, The Rise of the Witch King Files\ folder and edit the options.ini file. Change the following: Resolution = 1024 600 Save and exit. Now when you go to run the game it should start up just fine at 1024x600 resolution.
Need for Speed Porsche Unleased (2000)	526MB		3/28/00	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 \| Buy	EEE
Widescreen native to game. If you run the "3DSetup.exe" file it only has 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768. But when you run the game, 1024x600 shows up in the graphics settings. It runs great with high resolution.
No One Lives Forever 2: A Spy in Harm's Way	1.70GB		9/30/02	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 \| Buy	EEE
This is a fun game that is still worth playing today. It doesn't support 1024x600 natively but it is fairly simple to adjust: Widescreen Gaming Forum Link for NOLF 2 (1) First start the game and choose settings you want and select resolution of 800x600. You will get a warning that says the chipset isn't recognized or supported - just click OK. Once in the game, there is an in-game benchmark that is fairly accurate to see if it will run well. See my settings for what I feel is optimum. After you set the settings the way you want, exit the game. (2) Go to the game directory where you installed NOLF 2 and edit the 'display.cfg' file with notepad and set the following: "screenwidth" "1024" "screenheight" "600" (3) Save and Exit disply.cfg (4) Go back to your root game directory and edit 'autoexec.cfg' with notepad (5) Search for and change "screenwidth" "1024" and "screenheight" "600" like in 'display.cfg'above. (6) Search for and change "pvmodelaspect" "1.7067" (4:3 is 1.333, 16:10 is 1.6) (7) Search for and change "pvmodelfov" "78" (4:3 is 65, 16:10 is 74) (8) Save and exit out of 'autoexec.cfg' Your game should now run at native widescreen with the proper field of view. However, some things stretch in the game, so it isn't a 100% fix, but it definitely works. You may have to use the 'ESC' key to back out of menus since the 'Back' arrow may be hidden after adjusting to widescreen settings. And use 'Alt-F4' to exit the game entirely.
Operation Flashpoint / Resistance	475 / 1050MB	1.96	8/30/01	900 1000h	Y	Y	Y	Y	Settings1 / Settings2 / Settings3 \| Site \| Buy	EEE
Widescreen native to game. Just select resolution and go. This is one of my all time favorite games. Also be sure to check the settings. This game even today can bring the best PC to its knees with max detail. I may toy with the settings some more to see if I can find a better balance between detail and FPS.
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield	1870MB	1.60	3/19/03	900 1000h	N	Y	Y	Y	Settings \| Site \| Buy	EEE
Widescreen native to game. Just select resolution and go! Excellent game. Recommend settings at Medium.
Return to Castle Wolfenstein	678MB	1.41	11/20/01	900 1000h	N	Y	Y	Y	Settings	EEE
Widescreen Gaming Forum Link Go to <game dir>\main, edit wolfconfig.cfg with Wordpad, edit the following entries: seta r_mode "-1" seta r_customwidth "1024" seta r_customheight "600" Edit the Wolfenstein shortcut to the following: WolfSP.exe +set sv_cheats 1 +set cg_fov 103.92 Note: cg_fov = 100.39 for 16:10, 106.27 for 16:9 Game looks and plays great on the Eee. This is for the full retail version with single player. Multiplayer Wolfenstein ET is a free download which will be tested later.
Starcraft / Brood War	114MB / 1190MB*	1.15.3	4/1/98	900 1000h	Y	N	N	N	Site1 /Site2 \| Buy \| Patch	EEE
Starcraft is a classic, that goes without saying. It is also not even a 3D game, so of course it runs great on the Eee. Even though it only supports 640x480 it runs like a charm, even at 630MHz. Under normal circumstances I'd have to give this title only a EE due to its limited resolution options, but since it's Starcraft I'll give them a break. :) *Blizzard was kind enough to release an official "no-CD" patch, however, this requires copying two significantly large files to your storage drive (one for original Starcraft, one for Brood War). There are third party hacks out there that seem to minimize the file size. I will see if I can post these options considering the limited storage space on the Eee as it is.
Warcraft 3	592MB	1.22A	7/3/02	900 1000h	N	Y	Y	Y	Settings \| Site \| No-CD \| Buy	EEE
Widescreen Gaming Forum Link Widescreen capable, but stretches the image to fit the screen. Either way it looks and plays great. You must edit the registry to modify the resolution, so do this at your own risk. Find: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Blizzard Entertainment\Warcraft III\Video Edit: reswidth = 1024 resheight = 600 Be sure to select "decimal" as the "Base" value when editing the DWORD values Close the registry, run the game, and voila, instant widescreen. NOTE: Latest patch for Warcraft 3 removes the CD check so you can play without the hassle of finding a third party no-cd patch