Just figured I'd pitch in my 2 cents on what games have worked for me on R2, and some workarounds as well. I havent found any games that dont work, so far, R2 has turned out to be a much better gaming machine for my laptop and i have even noticed that in some games my FPS is higher, probably due to how R2 utilizes system resources. But anyways, on to my list:
Final Fantasy VII (Not the Ultima Edition, which is the pirated version, although I suppose it would work too): works, you can try copying the Movies from each disc onto your hard drive and then editing your Registry to reflect the new location (There is also a tool called FF7MovieDir which can change the Registry location for you, i recomend it over manually changing, find it at
http://forums.qhimm.com/index.php?topic=12305.0), a no-cd patch is also recommended. For increased performance and to play in windowed mode try Aali's Custom Graphics Driver. You may also need to install the TrueMotion video codec, or just install the K-Lite Codec Pack. Also make sure to update to v1.02. Add ff7.exe and FF7Config.exe to DEP exceptions list.
Final Fantasy VIII: Works without issues, try copying the following files from each disc to hard drive (DISK1/DISK1.PAK, DISK2/DISK2.PAK, DISK3/DISK3.PAK, DISK4/DISK4.PAK, and FIELD.FI, FIELD.FL, FIELD.FS, FIELD2.FS,). No cd crack recomended, update to latest version, and Aali's Custom Graphics Driver for increased performance and windowed mode. You can also try D3D Windower for windowed mode. You may also get an error like "cant find MIDI device" when starting FF8.exe or FF8Config.exe, i'm not sure how to solve this, but maybe a codec pack will do the job, otherwise the game should start fine with sound working.
Final Fantasy XIV Online: Working, no issues
Fallout/Fallout 2: Working, only issue I have found is that the colors are somewhat messed up/display incorrectly, there is a tool called w7ddpatcher, get it at
http://vogons.zetafleet.com/download.php?id=7984&sid=26b2f272041debfdfff191865d415c76. this should correct the color issues, also the installer colors will display incorrectly, this will not prevent install, but you should be able to figure out how to get around this.
Fallout 3 and all downloadable content: Working, no issues
Fallout - New Vegas and all downloadable content: Working, no issues
Fallout Tactics : Brotherhood Of Steel: Working although you may have issues with discoloration, w7ddpatcher linked in this post might help
Age of Empires and Rise of Rome Expansion: Working, no issues, try using the w7ddpatcher linked above to correct color issues, and make sure to patch to latest version
Age of Empires II : Age of Kings, and Age of Empires II : The Conquerors Expansion: Working, no issues, also try using the w7ddpatcher listed above to correct color issues, and make sure to patch to latest version
Age of Empires 3 and Warchiefs/Asian Dynasties expansions: working, but make sure to install MSXML 3.0 Service Pack 3, then use Windows Update to update that, otherwise you will get an error during install. Also, patch to latest version. You may also find that you get no music playing ingame and at the menus (R2 only, Windows 7 isnt affected), try installing K-Lite Codec Pack to fix this
Age of Empires Online: Working, no issues
Grand theft Auto (Rockstar Classics version, free download): Working, download GTA 1 Launcher (
http://gzwn.net/gta1launcher/) to fix issue with PLAYER_A.DAT file, otherwise game will crash everytime after first run
Grand Theft Auto 2 (Rockstar Classics version, free download): Working, go to
http://www.win2008workstation.com/win2008/get-gta2-working-in-windows-server-2008 for DirectX Fix
Grand Theft Auto 3: Working, apply latest patch, get no cd patch, and copy Audio folder and all other files from the Audio disc to the install directory
Grand Theft Auto - Vice City: Working, apply latest patch and no cd patch, add to DEP exceptions list
Grand Theft Auto IV: Working (although the game is known to have many, many issues regardless of the OS it is running on)
Grand Theft Auto (IV) - Episodes From Liberty City: Working (although the game is known to have many, many issues regardless of the OS it is running on)
Dragon Age - Origins and Dragon Age Origins - Awakening, and all downloadable content: Working, no issues
Dragon Age 2 and all expansions/downloadable content: Working, no issues
Duke Nukem 3D: Working, use eDuke32 to run the game since the executable is 16 bit, also can try DOSBox
Duke Nukem Forever (vaporware for 12 years, lol): Working, no issues
Star Wars Rogue Squadron 3D: Working, no issues, except that the 16 bit installer doesnt seem to run on 64 bit Windows (the game itself is 32, only the installer is 16 bit). Go to
http://www.markusegger.at/Software/Games.aspx to download a tool that will create a 32 bit MSI installer that will let you install the game. Also update to 1.3 and apply no cd patch
Call of Duty Black Ops (Steam and retail): Working, no issues
Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 3 (Steam and retail): Working, no issues
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Steam and Retail): Working, no issues
Portal 2 (Steam and retail): Working, no issues
Civilization 4 and all expansions: Working, no issues
Civilization 5 (Game Of The Year edition) plus all downloadable content (Steam and retail): Working, no issues
Dungeons and Dragons: Daggerdale (Steam and retail): Working, no issues
Dungeons and Dragons Online: Eberron Unlimited: Working, no issues
World of Warcraft: Cataclysm: Working, no issues
Warcraft III plus Reign of Chaos and The Frozen Throne expansions: Working, no issues
Battlefield 3: Working, no issues
Command and Conquer: Tiberian Twilight: Working, no issues
Command and Conquer: The first Decade (which is a compilation of most of the the C and C games): Some of the games have issues running on 64 bit Windows, apply all official patches. Also, apply all unofficial patches that are available (Google to find them), w7ddpatcher can also fix any discoloration issues
The Elder Scrolls III Morrowind plus Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions: Working, no issues
The Elder Scrolls IV Oblivion and all downloadable content: Working, no issues
The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (Steam and retail): Working, no issues
Mass Effect 2: Working, no issues
Neverwinter Nights plus Hordes Of The Underdark, Shadows Of Undrentide, And Kingmaker expansions: Working, no issues
Neverwinter Nights 2 plus Storm Of Zehir, Mask Of The Betrayer, and Mysteries Of Westgate expansions: Working, no issues
Baldur's Gate plus Tales Of The Sword Coast expansion: Working, no issues
Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter: Working, no issues
SimCity 4 Deluxe edition (plus Rush Hour): Working, no issues
Splinter Cell (original): Working, no issues
Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow: Working no issues
Splinter Cell Chaos Theory: Working, no issues
Well, that's it for now, if anyone has any questions on what i've posted (or disputes to any of my claims), then just post and i'll try to answer.
I do ask that these games be added to the list with notes, if some of them arent already there. i didnt check the list, this is just an incomplete list of games that i have found to run on R2. I have all of them installed and working properly, have tested as much as i can.
Will update this list if necessary.
(tried with Fable 3).
