Question:
What PC video games actually work on Windows Vista?
anonymous
1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
What PC video games actually work on Windows Vista?
Ten answers:
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2007-07-21 00:50:43 UTC
They should all work as far as I believe, they should be an option on the computer that says something about if the software worked on an earlier comptuer system, to put in what it runs on and then put the game in.
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2014-08-27 03:26:29 UTC
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anonymous
2007-07-21 00:49:13 UTC
"Most" is the answer you'll generally get, which is the best you can get.



I've no issue with Vista at all, no bugs, no driver problems, my setup:



Intel Dual Core 1.8Ghz

2GB

Nvidia 8800GTS



I've played Inferno, Championship manager 07, Driver 4 parallel lines, Test Drive Unlimited, The Sims 2, Pes, Gun, Just cause, overdose, second sight, neighbours from hell without a problem.



The only issues I encountered was with a game called "Enemy Territory" a spin off from Return to Castle Wolfenstien, though the fix for it is easily found on the internet, and now it is playing smoothly.



If games don't run, there is an option to disable the 'effects' of Vista, and 'roll back' to an XP set up for that program, and then each time you play the game it'll use that setup so there is no need to have an hassle everytime, it stores the setup. This is how I got Enemy Territory to run.
Zirka
2007-07-21 09:56:26 UTC
Halo3!
anonymous
2007-07-21 00:36:23 UTC
some work!
DrakeX
2007-07-21 01:28:08 UTC
Complete LISTING! MAN!



Games

StarForce protection drivers 4.00.013 [3] and higher run under Windows Vista 32/64-bit automatically



1602 A.D. (32-Bit)

3D Rij-Simulator

80 days (32-bit)

Agatha Christie : And then there were none (32 bit)

Agatha Christie : Murder on the orient express (32 bit)

Aladdin in Nasira's Wraak (Dutch)

Aliens versus Predator 2

Americas Army 2.8 (32-bit)

Americas Army 2.7 (32-bit)

Americas Army 2.6 (32-bit)

Anno 1701

Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion

Age of Empires II and the Conquerors expansion

Age of Empires III and The WarChiefs expansion

Alice (American McGee's)

Anarchy Online (32-bit) Runs fine.

Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition

Ankh II : Hearth of Osiris (32-bit)

Armies of Exigo

Atlantis I (french) (32-bit). Patch available here

Atlantis II (32-bit)

Atlantis III (32-bit)

Atlantis IV Evolution (32-bit)

Aura : Fate of the ages (32-bit)

Armed and Dangerous

Arx Fatalis

Blade Runner (32-bit)

Baldur's Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)

Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)

Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2

Battlefield 1942 (Run As Administrator, may require the most up to date graphics drivers, such as the Nvidia's BETA 101.41 GeForce drivers. Also, it may sometimes crash during a map load -- switch compatability to/from XP and it will work.)

Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe As Administrator.) (if this not help, deactivate user account control, in german "Benutzerkontensteuerung", works fine on 64Bit)

Battlefield 2142(32bit)

Battlefield 2142(64bit) - Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower.

Beyond Good ad Evil (32-bit)

Black and White 2

Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP too.)

Broken Sword: The Angel of Death

Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30

Caesar IV (Demo) (32-bit)

Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth

Call of Duty & United Offensive

Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode; SP fine.)

Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM no trouble (32 bit)(and vista ultimate!!!)

Championship Manager 2007

Civilization II - Multiplayer Gold Edition

Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode)

Civilization IV (Vista 32/64-bit)

Civ City Rome (32 bit)

Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection vista-update required)

Command & Conquer: Generals

Command & Conquer: Generals Zero Hour (Run as admin)

Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars(32-bit)

Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty

Company of Heroes (Home Premium) (32 Bit)

(NB With NVIDIA 8800GTX/GTS GPUs the game crashes when loading Cherbourg level. Needs GPU driver update. 'Open issue' with 20/02/07 100.65 forceware AND 02/03/07 101.41 beta drivers)



Condemned - Criminal Origins

Continuum

Counter-Strike 1.6

Counter-Strike Condition Zero

Counter-Strike Source

Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix)

Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64)

Darwinia

Day of Defeat

Deal or No Deal

Deer Avenger 2

Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre

Deus Ex

Diablo I

Diablo II - NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut's properties and run as Administrator. This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero Glass (or under compatability disable desktop composition).

Doom 2(Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game's directory for doom95 to work properly)

Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support)

Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support)

Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4

Dracula 2 (32-bit) (Win 98 Compatibility Mode)

Dreamfall : the longest journey (32-bit) : run after installation of Starforce Drivers. Install them form this page

Driver (32bit)

Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition; not original 16-bit MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too low performance if you don't install the driver of your graphic card manually although Vista automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and DirectX.)

Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0

Duke Nukem Manhattan Project

Dungeon Keeper

Dungeon Keeper: The Deeper Dungeons

Dungeon Keeper 2 (32-Bit)

EA Link for EA Games

Earth 2160 (32,64-Bit)

Egypt II (32-bit)

Egypt III (32-bit)

Eve Online Fully working (32-bit)

Evany : Crystal keys II (32-bit)

Everquest

Everquest II

Evidence - the last ritual

Evil Islands: Curse of Lost Soul

Fable: The Lost Chapters (requires Windows Update to fix compatibility issues and latest video drivers or you'll get black screens during gameplay and cutscene playback (mostly on nVidia chipsets (can be fixed by downloading nVidia Forceware driver from the nVidia website))

Far Cry (64-bit and 32-bit with v1.4 patch) - The games crashes sometimes (on places with too much light?) when the best graphic configuration is used. Not sure if the problem is Vista or GeForce 8800 and its drivers.

F.E.A.R

F.E.A.R Combat (Multiplayer)

Final Fantasy XI (with Windows-compatible Playonline Viewer) [[4]]

F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode)

FlatOut 2 (32 bit Home Premium)

Flight Simulator 2004

Flight Simulator X

FBI: Hostage Rescue

FIFA 07

FIFA Manager 2007

Football Manager 2007

Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich

Freelancer

Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update)

Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter (32/64-bit)

Gothic 3 (Windows Vista wont allow 2 files to install in system folder(64 bit))

Grand Prix 4

Grand Theft Auto II

Grand Theft Auto III

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

Grand Theft Auto: Vice City

Guild Wars: All 3 versions ( Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall )

Gun

GunBound WC

GZDoom

Half Life

Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One

Halo: Combat Evolved(install latest patch)

Halo: Custom Edition(needs a update tho download http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1884)

Halo 2

Hitman: Blood Money[Shows errors due to the fact that it cannot locat the dx9 files it needs. Will not recognize dx10]

Hitman: Contracts

Hollywood Mogul 3 [Run your own movie studio/ Business Simulation]

Homeworld (Ultimate 32bit)

Heroes of Might and Magic II-The Succession Wars (works fine with no compatiblity changes on Home Premium)

HomeWorld 2 (Vista Home Prem 32b)- Works just fine, vr. 1.0

Hoyle Card games 2007 works great.

Hoyle Board games 2007 works great.

Hoyle Puzzle games 2007 works great.

Hugo: The Evil Mirror

IGI2: Covert Strike (32-bit)

In The Groove + Impact dancepad

Jack Nicklaus 6 - Golden Bear Challenge (Install XP patch, run in compatibility mode XP SP2)

Jack the Reaper

Jade Empire: Special Edition (x86 & x64)

Jazz Jack Rabbit 2

Jerusalem (french) (32-bit). Patch available here

Little Fighter 2 (32 bit)

Luxor (32-bit)

Luxor 2 (32-bit)

Keepsake (32-bit) (works after updating straforce drivers)

KISS: Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child

Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend

Lego Star Wars II (32 and 64-bit)

Lineage II: Chronicle 5 (32-bit)

LOCOMOTION by Chris Sawyer (64-bit)

Max Payne 1.01

Max Payne 2

Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Installed MOHAA Ver1.1 on 32-bit Ultimate, plays fine with no problems at all, multiplayer untested as yet.

Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991)

Magic Ball 3

Mafia: City of Lost Heaven (32-bit) - works perfectly

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (x86 and x64)

Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault (32-bit) Works really well, just need to tick "Run this program as an administrator" to be able to play on multiplayer.

Monkey island III : the curse of Monkey island (32-bit) (Windows 95/98 compatibility mode)

Monkey island IV : escape from monkey island (32-bit)

Myst III : Exile (32-bit)

Myst IV : Revelation (32-bit)

Myst V : End of Ages (32-bit)

Myth II Soulblighter v1.6 (32 and 64bit)

MU Online (Ultra low FPS)

Nancy Drew : mystery of the old clock (32-bit) - Europeans versions : you must update starforce drivers if need be

Natural Selection 3.2 (type "gammaramp 0" in console to remedy color anomalies, brightness problems still may occur) (32-bit)

NBA Live 2003 (32-bit)

Need for Speed (32-bit)

Need for Speed III: Hot pursuit

Need for Speed: Carbon (32 bit, Ultimate 6.0.6000)

Need for Speed Most Wanted

Neverwinter Nights (Must update to v1.68)(32-bit)

Neverwinter Nights 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)

Nexuiz

NHL 06

NHL 07

Oolite 1.68 Test (32-bit)

Outrun 2006

Paradise (from Benoit Sokal) (32-bit)

Pariah (With 98/ME Compatibility mode)

Pacific Warriors

Phantasy Star Universe

Playboy - The Mansion

Pompei (french) (32-bit). Patch available here

Prey (Requires working OpenGL support)

Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time

Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Starts Windows MCE upon exit?)

Priston Tale (BR) (32-bit) - it works since July/2007.

Pro Evolution Soccer 6

Psychonauts

Quake 2

Quake 3 Arena

Quake 4 (v1.3) Works. Tested on Vista Enterprise 64-bit and Vista Ultimate 32-bit

Race - The WTCC Game

Ragnarok Online

Rainbow Six: Lockdown

Rainbow Six: Vegas

Rallisport Challenge (32-bit)

Resident Evil 4 (Requires d3dx9_30.dll to be placed in "capcom/resident evil 4" folder. http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-files.shtml?d3dx9_30) (32-bit)

Return to mysterous Island (32-bit)

Rise of Nations Gold (32 bit)

RollerCoaster Tycoon [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)

- Add the "Windows 95" compatibility mode for the file "rct.exe"

- Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT and its subfolders.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)

- Add the "Full control" right to "Everyone" for the folder of RCT2 and its subfolders.

RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit) - see also RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 in 'Not Working' section

Rome: Total War

Runaway I (32-bit)

Runaway II (32-bit) - v1.3 - you must install the patch available here : english version or french version

SafeCracker (32-bit)

Savage (32-bit)

Schizm : mysterious journey (CD) (32-bit)

Scratches (32-bit) : Update of Starforce drivers NOT needed

Second Sight

Secret Files: Tunguska (32-bit)

Serious Sam 2, with patch 2.068 (64-bit)

Silverfall

SimCity 3000

SimCity 3000 Unlimited (32-bit)

SimCity 4 and RushHour Expansion (Vista 64-bit)

Sold Out Baldies

Soul Reaver (32-bit)

Splinter Cell

Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow

Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory

Splinter Cell: Double Agent

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. : Shadow of Chernobyl

Starsiege Tribes (tested on Ultimate 32-bit, requires patch by NoFIX http://www.tribalwar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=480461)

Star Trek: Legacy (Ultimate 32-Bit)

Star Wars Galaxies

Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns

Star Wars Jedi Academy (32/64bit)

Star Wars Jedi Outcast (32/64bit)

Star Wars Battlefront 2 (32/64bit)

Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (32 bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility

Star Wolves 2

Starcraft

Steam (Build: Jan 15 2007, 10:37:59)

Stubbs the Zombie (Demo) (32-bit tested)

Super Collapse! Puzzle Gallery 1.0.8.0

Super Mario Forever (After starting the game, the mouse cursor of Vista still appears on the screen. Ignore it.)

SWAT 4 & The Stetchkov Syndicate (32-bit)

Syberia I CD or DVD version (32-bit)

Syberia II CD or DVD version (32-bit)

Test Drive Unlimited (if there are problems run as administrator and/or in xp sp2 compatibility mode)

The Amerzone (32-bit) (Win 98 Compatibility Mode)

The Black Mirror (2nd edition, 2CD without Starforce) (32-bit)

The longest journey (32-bit). Official patch here

The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind (32-bit) Tribunal expansion works. For Bloodmoon expansion see minor problem section.

The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion 1.2 (32-bit)

The Sims

The Sims 2 (32-bit/64-bit)(All expansions pack works!)

The Movies (32-bit)

The Simpsons - Hit & Run (32-bit)

The Typing of the Dead (Run in Win98/ME Compatibility Mode) (32-bit)

Thief: Deadly Shadows

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 06 (32-Bit/64-Bit)

Titan Quest & Immortal Throne expansion (x32 & x64)

Tomb Raider II (32-bit) + the golden mask

Tomb Raider III (32-bit) + the lost artefact

Tomb Raider, the last revelation (32-bit) : the XP patch woks with Vista. See this site.

Tomb Raider Chronicles (32-bit) : the XP patch woks with Vista. See this site.

Tomb Raider, Angel of darkness (32-bit)

Tomb Raider Anniversary Edition (32-bit/64-bit)

Tomb Raider Legend (32-bit/64-bit)

Tony Tough (32-bit)

Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland(Vista 64-bit)

Top Spin 2 (32 bit) Slow loading but work perfect

Train Simulator (Microsoft) (Vista 32-bit)

TS online (32-bit)

Turok: Dinosaur Hunter

Two Worlds (32-bit, 64-bit)

Tycoon City : New York

Ultima Online (8th Age, 9th Anniversary editions)

Unreal Tournament 1999 Game of the Year Edition

Unreal Tournament 2004 - The text to speech engine switches from the game engine to the one supplied with Vista, if you don't get voice taunts from other players, check your control panel text to speech voice to make sure it works.

URU : Ages beyond Myst with "The path to the Shell" extension (32-bit)

Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines

Virtua Tennis 3 (32-bit/64-bit)

Warcraft 3 & also The Frozen Throne(With 98/ME Compatibility Mode)

Warhammer Mark of Chaos

Warhammer Dawn Of War 40k (32 Bit)

WarRock (32-bit) - You will need to edit PunkBuster's default files to prevent ANY and ALL problems using PunkBuster on Vista. WarRock does NOT work with 64-bit. ONLY 32-Bit

Wheel of Fortune - First Edition (32 Bit)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire - Sports Editon

Wizardry Gold

World of Warcraft - May have issues with Graphics and Sound (Depending on Hardware Installed)

Wolfenstein: Enemy territory 2.60b (Worked perfectly with Ultimate RTM, usin PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT, and nVidia 97.46 forceware for Windows vista)

World of Warcraft

World of Warcraft: Burning Crusade

World Racing 2 (StarForce protection vista-update required)

Worms 4: Mayhem

Worms Armageddon with latest patch (32bit)

Worms World Party

Worms 2 (do not run on full screen)

X3 : Reunion

X-Plane v7+ (32bit)

Zdoom

Zoo Tycoon with Dinosaur Digs and Marine Mania expansion packs (32-bit)


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