Recommended Games for Windows 2000?

[Vishera]

So my high end 2011 nostalgia PC has Windows 2000/Windows 7/ Windows 10 in triple boot on it.

Now i am looking for games to play on Windows 2000,

The hardware is overkill for Windows 2000 games so it will run anything without problems.

It can even run The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt at 35 FPS 1080p on Windows 7 and 10.

 

So please recommend me some good games for WIN2K :D

[da na]

Unreal Tournament 1999 is my go-to. Although fair warning, it runs worse on newer hardware. 

[Vishera]

2 minutes ago, Mel0n. said:

Unreal Tournament 1999 is my go-to. Although fair warning, it runs worse on newer hardware. 

Thanks!, I will try that.

I thought that it's newer OSes and not the hardware itself that cause this kind of performance issues with some older games.

[da na]

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

Thanks!, I will try that.

I thought that it's newer OSes and not the hardware itself that cause this kind of performance issues with some older games.

It runs better on my first gen i5 laptop's integrated graphics (a common laughingstock of iGPU performance) than my GTX 980 Superclocked. Both Windows 10, same resolution. 

[Vishera]

Just now, Mel0n. said:

It runs better on my first gen i5 laptop's integrated graphics (a common laughingstock of iGPU performance) than my GTX 980 Superclocked. Both Windows 10, same resolution. 

I hope it will run better for me on WIN2K.

What average FPS did you get on both?

[da na]

2 minutes ago, Vishera said:

I hope it will run better for me on WIN2K.

What average FPS did you get on both?

On the iGPU I got a pretty constant 60fps on max settings.

On GTX 980 I got well over 450 but with frequent framedrops and multiple-second-long freezes every few seconds, making it unplayable.

[Radium_Angel]

MissionForce: CyberStorm....if you are into turn-based giant mech combat

Don't forget the endless versions of Simcity

[Vishera]

2 minutes ago, Mel0n. said:

On the iGPU I got a pretty constant 60fps on max settings.

On GTX 980 I got well over 450 but with frequent framedrops and multiple-second-long freezes every few seconds, making it unplayable.

Sounds familiar, just cap the frame rate to 300 or something like that and you should see a significant improvement.

[Vishera]

6 minutes ago, Radium_Angel said:

MissionForce: CyberStorm....if you are into turn-based giant mech combat

Don't forget the endless versions of Simcity

Thanks!, Though i am not really into those types of games.

[Fendrick]

Resident Evil 1 2 & 3 originals.

Internet archive has patched builds compatible with more modern hardware and even mod support. The games are abandonware and no company makes money off them anymore.

 

Turok 1 & 2 though we have updated versions on Steam and GOG.

[Vishera]

2 hours ago, Mel0n. said:

On the iGPU I got a pretty constant 60fps on max settings.

On GTX 980 I got well over 450 but with frequent framedrops and multiple-second-long freezes every few seconds, making it unplayable.

So i got the game from GOG and everything is smooth on max settings, though i have no clue how much FPS i get because the MSI Afterburner overlay doesn't work in this game.

[Vishera]

2 hours ago, Fendrick said:

Resident Evil 1 2 & 3 originals.

Internet archive has patched builds compatible with more modern hardware and even mod support. The games are abandonware and no company makes money off them anymore.

 

Turok 1 & 2 though we have updated versions on Steam and GOG.

I think i will get the remake of Resident Evil 1 from 2002, the original is more like a Windows 95 game than 2000

[SteveGrabowski0]

• Age of Empires 2
• Half Life 2
• GTA Vice City & San Andreas
• Diablo 2

Though without DOS you might miss out on some other epic games from around that time, eg like Fallout 1 & 2.

[Vishera]

49 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Age of Empires 2

Already have this one on the machine 

Bought a CD of it 20 years ago.

50 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Half Life 2

Nice one!, I will get it.

52 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

GTA Vice City & San Andreas

I already played them, but those are good games.

53 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Diablo 2

Not really into those kind of games.

53 minutes ago, SteveGrabowski0 said:

Though without DOS you might miss out on some other epic games from around that time, eg like Fallout 1 & 2.

Windows 2000 has a translation layer for DOS applications and games so DOS games work.

I already have Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem 3D installed on the machine, I also have The Elder scrolls Daggerfall.

[Guest]

I think some of the early call of duty games are for Windows 2000. 

 

Another fun game is called Lego rock raiders. 

 

 

[Vishera]

2 hours ago, fpo said:

I think some of the early call of duty games are for Windows 2000. 

 

Another fun game is called Lego rock raiders. 

 

 

That reminds me that at the time i played some Lego game i don't remember the name of.

Thanks for the suggestion :D

[Guest]

18 minutes ago, Vishera said:

That reminds me that at the time i played some Lego game i don't remember the name of.

Thanks for the suggestion

Some classic Lego games in addition to rock raiders are:

 

Bionicle,

Lego creator

Lego Island 2 (actual game. The first is just mini games)

 

That's all I know off the top of my head.