Combatibility.

Ok, for all you Vista users or hopefuls that visit this site, I have a bonus post for you fools today. I’m going to proceed to list all of the games that I have which WORK with Windows Vista Home Premium, 32 bit. My configuration consists of:

Core 2 Duo e4300 (3.0GHz), 8800 GTS (320MB), 680i Motherboard, 2GB RAM (DDR2-800), running all the latest drivers from nVidia. I’ve downloaded every available system update and hotfix from Microsoft, recommended and mandatory. All of the following were personally tested by me on my rig using all their latest patches – no BS, even the weirdest shit will work.

Now for the list:

1. America’s Army
2. Archlord
3. Battlefield 1942
4. Battlefield 1942: The Road to Rome
5. Battlefield 2
6. Battlefield Vietnam
7. Battlefield Vietnam: WW2 Mod
8. Bioshock
9. Crysis
10. Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
11. Doom (download and put DPlay.dll in the directory)
12. Doom 2 (download and put DPlay.dll in the directory)
13. Doom 3
14. Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil
15. Duke Nukem 3D (yeah, you heard me right.)
16. Fable: The Lost Chapters
17. Far Cry
18. F.E.A.R.
19. F.E.A.R.: Extraction Point
20. F.E.A.R.: Perseus Mandate
21. Final Doom (download and put DPlay.dll in the directory)
22. Flyff
23. Gears of War
24. Ghost Online
25. Grand Theft Auto
26. Grand Theft Auto II
27. Grand Theft Auto Vice City
28. Grand Theft Auto San Andreas
29. Guild Wars: Prophecies
30. Gunbound Revolution
31. Half Life
32. Half Life 2
33. Half Life 2: Episode 1
34. Half Life 2: Episode 2
35. Half Life: Blue Shift
36. Half Life: Opposing Force
37. Halo
38. Halo Custom Edition
39. Halo 2 (who would’ve guessed…)
40. Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
41. Maplestory (don’t hate – I’m Asian.)
42. Nine Dragons
43. Oddworld: Abe’s Oddysee
44. Oddworld: Abe’s Exoddus (they work. really.)
45. Outlaws (OLD. Very old)
46. Peggle
47. Portal
48. Prey
49. Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
50. Psychonauts (yes, I OWN a hard copy)
51. Quake (uses WinQuake)
52. Quake II
53. Quake III Arena
54. Quake 4
55. Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
56. Resident Evil 4 (download and put d3dx9_30.dll in the directory)
57. Rock 24 (Half Life 2 Mod)
58. SimCity 3000
59. SimCity 3000 Unlimited
60. S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Shadow of Chernobyl
61. Soldier of Fortune
62. Sword of the New World: Granado Espada
63. Tales of Pirates Online
64. Team Fortress
65. Team Fortress 2
66. Thief II: The Metal Age (a 16 bit classic… working on VISTA?! Oh my.)
67. Thief: Deadly Shadows
68. Tomb Raider: Legend
69. Unreal
70. Unreal II: The Awakening
71. Unreal Tournament
72. Unreal Tournament 2004
73. Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory
74. World In Conflict

While I find it amusing that I have over 70 games on my computer, most would find it hard to believe. Hmm. Time for a reality check. YOU CAN NEVER HAVE MORE GAMES THAN AN ASIAN KID. Never. My collection continues to grow – as soon as they fill up the 320GB HDD, I’m buying a 500GB to fit even more. Of course, I’ll keep you fools posted.

For all you Vista bashing idiots – PLEASE use the damn thing before you start whining about its compatibility issues… I’m running ODDWORLD and THIEF II for hell’s sake. Even the Doom series and freakin’ Duke Nukem 3D run just fine. No jDoom or EDuke32 – I’m playing them in their raw, untampered with Win95 forms. Vista is a gamer’s platform. The fact that Crysis and Bioshock sit on this list alongside classics like Doom 95 and Duke Nukem make it so. Furthermore, DirectX 10 is a work of f*cking art. For all you Mac or Linux fanboys running blogs telling people how Vista sucks and how gaming is no longer exclusive to Windows – reality check time: all those games proudly sporting the “Games for Windows” banner drives that to moot. And besides, we ain’t gonna see an “Orange Box” for the Mac anytime soon.
Vista sucked 6 months ago. But now it’s time to move on, gamers – it’s a great platform now, and the performance hit is unnoticeable if you have a fast enough rig (and as a gamer, you SHOULD). So suck it up and upgrade for great graphics; for great justice.