Licurg: I'm pretty sure Sacrifice works on Netbooks, as well as pretty much all of the older games.

Licurg: I guess that settles it: I'm never buying a netbook :P

F4LL0UT: Hi guys, without sharing too many boring details: recently I've started using my netbook a little more since my laptop has broken down. Now it's either a gaming rig with a 28" screen and mindblowing audio setup running Windows 7 or a cute little netbook (Lenovo S10e) running Windows XP for me. I'm currently checking out games which are perfect for this cute little buddy.

But while most people looking for netbook games are just asking for titles with low system requirements I'm rather looking for games which are perfect for a small mobile device of this kind. Games that might actually benefit from a small screen, where the atmosphere is not that important (or at least doesn't suffer much from these conditions) etc.. Games that are well-suited for short sessions and where a touchpad and a small keyboard (with an awkward layout) will suffice get bonus points. In best case games that I'd rather play on a netbook than on a huge machine.

Games that I'm considering perfect finds so far (and that I have tested on this machine):
Battle Isle Platinum
Jagged Alliance
Jagged Alliance: Deadly Games
Heroes of Might and Magic
Ultima 1+2+3
The Zork Anthology

Disqualified candidates:
Geneforge 1-5 (requires 600 pixels in height - not supported by many netbooks)
Uplink: Hacker Elite (interface is broken on some uncommon resolutions)

So, I hope you get the idea and that you've got good suggestions.

F4LL0UT: Yeah, but some older netbooks have a native resolution of 1024x576 (which is the reason why Geneforge won't run at all) so 800x600 is not available. However, I just discovered that the "broken interface bug" I encountered with 1024x576 resolution in the Steam version (which I tried last year or so) is not present in the GOG release. However, the map screen is still broken (the buttons are located beyond the screen). But the game seems to work fine with 640x480 (except for slightly blurry text) and all performance issues are gone when software rendering is selected.

Still, Uplink requires a lot of precise mouse actions in combination with fast typing and there's many tense moments where you really have to focus. IMHO it's a rather bad candidate for netbook gaming.

F4LL0UT: Wow, the last thing I wanna do is attaching an external keyboard to my netbook. Kinda kills the whole purpose of this kind of device. :D But I've gotta say that using a cordless mouse works surprisingly well in many conditions - I've already tried it in a train and in bed. Surprisingly the mattress works better than many mouse pads I've tried in the past...