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Vista Compatibility List

Revision as of 21:08, 12 March 2009 by Revenger (Talk | contribs)

This page is here as a list of games that are compatible with Windows Vista.

If a game is unknown for a certain architecture being lightgray for x64 or x32 it is presumed to be cross compatible between x32/64 as Vista is coded nearly identical on both but with some changes where as XP 64/32 was a different code base (confirm) for each system which introduced many problems into normal games and applications.

Feel free to edit this page and update the list as you please.

The latest Starforce update is 5.5 and is available for download here

Many games will run better or in fact run when they would not previously run after DirectX 9.0c has been installed on your Vista system. So try to keep your DirectX install up to date.

To start off you should grab the latest DirectX redistributable from the Microsoft website, The November 2008 redist is available here


Colour Description
Untested
Working
Mostly working
Lots of problems
Doesn't run


Game x86 x64 Game Explorer Notes
Age of Mythology
Yes
Age of Empires III
Yes
Works, including both expansions.
Alpha Prime
No
Game has alot of 3D sound driver issues on vista but game runs great otherwise
America's Army
If you click 'Run Program as Administrator' under 'compatibility'
American McGee's Alice
Yes
Armed Assaut
No
Game runs great with Vista x64 if updated to the 1.14 version
Assassin's Creed
Yes
Audio Surf
Yes
Battlefield 1942
Yes
Battlefield 2
Yes
Battlefield 2142
Crashes on titan mode when changing level, but can be fixed.
Battlefield Vietnam
Yes
Works fine with x64 although it cannot use EAX and must use Miles 2D sound, although the sound works fine.
Battlestar Galactica
No
Bioshock
Yes
Brothers In Arms: Road to Hill 30
Call of Duty 2
Yes
Call of Duty 4
Yes
Carmageddon 3
Yes
Only runs in software rendering mode.
City Life 2008
Some graphic corruption and screen size probs
Civilization IV
Yes
Cold War
Yes
Colin McRae Rally 2.0
Yes
Company of Heroes
Command & Conquer Generals
No
Command & Conquer Generals: Zero Hour
No
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2
Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3
Command & Conquer 3: Tiberium Wars
Yes
Colin McRae: DiRT
No
Counter Strike: Source
Crysis
Yes
Dark Messiah of Might and Magic
Resource hog; crashes when closed - runs very well with 4GB ram on 64 bit
Darwina
Day of Defeat: Source
Yes
shows retail box in Game Explorer
Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
Yes
Drakan
Yes
Works ok but frequent crashes
Dungeon Keeper 2
Few graphic glitches in the menu. Game can crash, but rarely.
Dungeon Runners
Dungeon Siege 2
Yes
Enemy Territory: Quake Wars.
Yes
x64 works fine with 1.5 patch
EVE Online
Yes
Everquest II
Yes
Evil Genius
Fable: TLC
No
Works fine on Vista 64 with SP1 installed, there was an early compatibility patch for Vista that is required to get this working however this was an early Vista patch so it should work on all versions post SP1.
Falcon 4.0: Allied Force
No
ATI users will have to disable Catalyst A.I in the 3D settings of the CCC, even then the menus might have problems refreshing. Also enabling XP compatibility is strongly advised. If the movies crash the game; rename them and replace them with text files.
Fallout
Works fine except the occasional black screen which seems to be just a failing to refresh. As soon as you move the cursor the main view returns and mousing over the controls down the bottom forces it to redraw where the mouse is. Still very playable!
Fallout 3
Yes
Farcry
I gray'd this from green as no mater what I did it was always a black screen and this is a common problem online so please confirm and add proper notes
Farcry 2
Yes
F.E.A.R
F.E.A.R Combat
Frontlines: Fuel of War
Yes
Gears of War
Yes
Ghost Recon - Advanced Warfighter
Ghost Recon - Advanced Warfighter 2
Yes
Gothic 3
Grand Theft Auto
Yes
Grand Theft Auto 2
No
only tested the 'updated' version available for download from Rockstar
Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
Original version without patch
GTR 2
Guild Wars
Yes
Game Explorer adds 2 links in, 'Eye of the North' and 'Factions' Don't worry as Guildwars runs of 1 exe no matter what
Half life 2
Yes
Game Explorer adds many links to all most installed Steam games and doubles some up
Half life 2 Episode 1
Yes
Half life 2 Episode 2
Yes
Halo: Combat Evolved
Hidden and Dangerous 2
No
Tested with the 1.12 patch with HD.exe and Sabre Squadron.exe
Hitman: Blood Money
Yes
Indigo Prophecy
Yes
Works fine on Vista x64.
In the groove 2
No
Infernal
No
No 5.1 Audio
Lineage II -CT1 Hellbound-
Yes
Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Yes
Lots of crashes in game occurs on clicking 'Top Gun' training and random in game also joystick goes completely dead.
Lord of the Rings Online
No
Disables Aero whilst playing in windowed mode
Lost Planet: Extreme Condition
Yes
Mafia
Yes
Medieval 2 Total War
Yes
Men of Valour
Yes
Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance
No
Works only if you run it in Creative/Universial Alchemy. Uses 100% cpu while running but runs fine.
Need For Speed: Carbon
works without updating to latests patch, As of the 1.3 patch; the 'movies' directory needs to the moved or renamed (which, unsurprisingly, will disable all in game movies)
Need For Speed: Most Wanted
No
Neverwinter Nights 2
Yes
Use the latest update to resolve several issues
Oblivion - Shivering Isle
Yes
With Vista X64 SP1 There are a lot of crashes and freezes but no actual in game bugs so make sure you save often
Operation Flashpoint
Yes
Overlord
No
Phantasy Star Universe
No
Project Snowblind
Pure
Quake 2
Quake 3 Arena
Works fine, except it won't save settings. Think its a UAC problem.
Quake 4
Works fine with the latest patch
Race 06/07 - The WTCC Game
Racedriver: GRID
Yes
Raiden 3
Graphic corruption on player's ship and some backgrounds / no fix is advaliable
Railroad Tycoon 3
Fresh install and patches before 105 work. Patch 105 crashes just as main menu appears.
Rainbow 6 Raven Shield
Yes
Rainbow 6 Vegas
Yes
Rainbow 6 Vegas 2
Yes
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
Yes
Single player with x64 crashes or has massive slowdowns when outdoors. MP still works fine.
Rise And Fall: Civilizations At War
Yes
No CD Patch works fine (If you don't want to use a No CD mby Update Starforce?)
Rise of Legends
RoboBlitz
RollerCoaster Tycoon
Yes
Latest Patches applied
Sam and Max: Season 1
No
Scarface
No
(ATI) Latest Drivers needed.(finally no graphic corruption)/(Nvidia rumors still corrupted) Game is buggy anyway like extremely slow mouse
Scrapland
Yes
Use a No-CD or (Update Starforce)? to get it to run as this games Starforce version isn't compatible with Vista.
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Yes
Silverfall
No
Sim City 4
Yes
Sins of a Solar Empire
Yes
Sniper: Act of Victory
No
Snoopy vs. The Red Baron
No
Soldiers Of Fortune
Yes
Runs great for an old game.
Soldiers Of Fortune II: Gold Edition
Game runs flawless on 32 and 64bit.
Soldiers: Heroes of world war II
Install patch 1.28, then SolVistaPatch. Run in 98/ME compatability mode
Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
No-CD required to disable Starforce
Splinter Cell: Double Agent
Yes
Works fine with 1.02 although the game itself is still buggy as it was with WinXP
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: SoC
No
High resource usage compared to XP
S.T.A.L.K.E.R: Clear Sky
No
Starcraft
Yes
Starship Troopers 2005
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic II - The Sith Lords
Stepmania
No
Stranglehold
Yes
Supreme Commander
No
On Vista x64 SP1 and latest patch - crashes when closed also ATI duel monitors ALT-TAB results in gray screens
Supreme Commander: Forged Alliance
No
Swat 4
System Shock 2
Team Fortress 2
No
Test Drive: Unlimited
No
The Matrix - Path of Neo
Yes
The Secrets of Atlantis
No
The Ship
The Witcher
Yes
Time Shift
Yes
Titan Quest: Immortal Throne
Yes
Tomb Raider Legends
Yes
No 5.1 Audio as this is due to the actual sound card
Total Annihilation
Game runs fine but multi-player will never run as DirectPlay has been disabled due to security flaw
Trackmania Nations Forever
Forever version replaces/updates standard Nations which had starforce issues on Vista
Trackmania Sunrise Extreme
Update Starforce drivers, Game used from a already installed copy in XP will try a fresh install in Vista
Trackmania United Forever
Forever updates United to bring cross compatability with nations multiplayer
Two Worlds
No
Unreal Tournament
Yes
Runs with constant fluctuations in gameplay speed (tested on ATi card with OpenGL/Direct X)
Unreal Tournament 2004
Yes
Unreal Tournament 3
Yes
URU Ages beyond Myst / D'ni / Path of the Shell
Yes
Run in XP compatibility and don't use Alchemy
Urban Terror 4.1
Yes
Lagged A bit but probably due to onboard graphics
Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
Virtual Pool 3
No
Warcraft III
Yes
World in Conflict
Yes
World of Warcraft AKA "The Plague"
Yes
For NVidia cards, use drivers 162.22 and later
X-Plane 9
No
SLI & Crossfire may decrease performance

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