What video games are you playing?

[Admiral X]

I got Halo 2 to work on my Windows 7 machine. All I did as far as I can remember is switching over to compatibility mode in the properties.

[Yukaphile]

I have no idea how to do that.

The graphics hardware on this computer is not supported for use with Halo 2 for Windows Vista.

Your computer's graphics hardware information:

Video memory: 64 Megabytes (128 or higher required)
Supported pixel shader version: 3 (2 or higher required)
Supported vertex shader version: 3 (2 or higher required)

Halo 2 for Windows Vista is designed for computers running Microsoft Windows Vista with an overall Windows Experience Index of 5 or higher.

Please click the link below for more information on the requirements for running Halo 2 for Windows Vista.

To view this computer's performance information:
Click Start, Control Panel, System and Maintenance, and Performance Information and Tools.

And yet it seems fine. It just insists I need a Games For Windows Live profile, whatever that is, but trying to create one seems impossible.

[Karha of Honor]

I got Halo 2 to work on my Windows 7 machine. All I did as far as I can remember is switching over to compatibility mode in the properties.

It works on a pc?

[Madner Kami]

I got Halo 2 to work on my Windows 7 machine. All I did as far as I can remember is switching over to compatibility mode in the properties.

It works on a pc?

Why wouldn't it? It was released for PC and XBox.

Windows Vista.

Your computer's graphics hardware information:

Video memory: 64 Megabytes (128 or higher required)
Supported pixel shader version: 3 (2 or higher required)
Supported vertex shader version: 3 (2 or higher required)

Wait... What? How old is your computer? I was about to offer gifting StarCraft 2 + All the Expansions/Campaigns to you, but your computer wouldn't even be able to run it... Like, at all. Sorry.

I can still set you up with a few things I have a code for lying about and that you should be able to run, plus KoToR on GoG.com, namely:

• Xenonauts (a turn based, research and base-building tactical strategy game; it's basically a remake of the original X-Com)
• Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (mostly a platformer, with some really wierd comedy)
• Neverwinter Nights Diamond Edition (so it's Neverwinter Nights with all the expansions; do I really have to explain what Neverwinter Nights is/was?)
• Little Big Adventure 2 - Twinsen's Odyssey (it's... old. but gold)
• Age of Wonders (basically like Heroes of Might and Magic, with a few twists and tweaks here and there)

GoG.com also offers some Goldies for free, like

• Beneath a Steel Sky (an old-school adventure)
• Lure of the Temptress (same, though not as good as Beneath a Steel Sky, which is a must-play imo)
• Flight of the Amazon Queen (a funny adventure)
• Jill of the Jungle (a really old somewhat puzzleish platformer)
• Tyrian 2000 (a really gold Shoot'em'up)
• BIo Menace (think original Duke Nukem with some extra bits and bobs)
• Cayne (a more modern horror adventure)

[Karha of Honor]

I got Halo 2 to work on my Windows 7 machine. All I did as far as I can remember is switching over to compatibility mode in the properties.

It works on a pc?

Why wouldn't it? It was released for PC and XBox.

Yeah, but don't the controls suck?

[Madner Kami]

Why would they? PC Masterrace. Mouse and Keyboard beats Gamepad in 9 out of 10 cases, especially in shooters.

[Yukaphile]

I think I have a Steam account, but haven't run it in years.

[Madner Kami]

I sometimes feel, that you are not really reading what I write -.-

[Yukaphile]

Well, what is GoG.com?

[Madner Kami]

GOG.com (formerly Good Old Games) is a digital distribution platform for video games and films. It is operated by GOG Sp. z o.o., a wholly owned subsidiary of CD Projekt based in Warsaw, Poland.[2][3] GOG.com delivers DRM-free video games through its digital platform for Microsoft Windows, OS X and Linux. In March 2012, it began selling more recent titles such as Alan Wake, Assassin's Creed and the Metro Redux series, among many others.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOG.com

It's basically like Steam, except for having ethics, no DRM (if it can be avoided) and thus being more picky with the titles available and none of the asset-flip-selling BS.