Windows 7 Game Compatibility List

MS says that they are working with the game publisher, info is yet to come.

Results for Windows 7 Home Premium x64
(AMD Phenom X4 9600 - nVidia 9800 GT and/or ATI Radeon HD3470)

Working perfectly (no compatibility modes used, all official patches applied):
AudioSurf (Steam Download)
Big Mutha Truckers 2: Truck Me Harder
Crazy Taxi
The Dig (Steam Download)
FarCry (v.1.32 64bit, v.1.4 32bit)
1nsane
Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (Steam Download)
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (Steam Download)
Jetboat Superchamps (SmallRockets Download)
Jetboat Superchamps 2 (SmallRockets Download)
Kayak Extreme (SmallRockets Download)
Loom (Steam Download)
Need For Speed: ProStreet
Painkiller (Demo) (Steam Download)
Sam & Max: Season Two (All episodes) (Telltale Download)
Screamer 4x4
Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition (Steam Download)
SiN:Episodes:Emergence (Steam Download)
Speedball 2: Tournament (Steam Download)
Tales of Monkey Island: Episode 1 (Telltale Download)
Trials 2: Second Edition (Steam Download)


Working with issues:
SiN (1) (Steam Download)
- Requires the Quake2/RtCW -fix (Fixes for RtCW Single player and Quake II (OpenGL):) on nVidia card, works directly with ATI. 1280x1024 resolution runs in window, even if set to fullscreen, lower res work fullscreen (both cards).

Space Quest Collection (Steam Download)
- Requires 16-bit color mode, colors get corrupted on 32-bit.

Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds: Saga
- Corrupt color on menus, game play is fine. Colors can be fixed by taskkilling explorer.exe.


Not Working:
Hot Chix 'n Gear Stix (SmallRockets Download)
- Hangs at beginning of race

SuperChix'76 (SmallRockets Download)
- Crashes loading menu


All tested games are official retail CD/DVD -releases, if not otherwise noted.

Prince of Persia (2008) is working fine. The Saboteur is also up and running, but there are innumerable glitches (maybe that is the problem of the game itself).

dorian hawkmoon said:

The Saboteur is also up and running, but there are innumerable glitches (maybe that is the problem of the game itself).

Yes, unfortunately, the game is quite a bit sluggish due to bad optimization. Last I heard, a patch was supposed to be released, although I'm not sure if it got past the beta stage by now. I already finished the game and uninstalled it, so I don't feel the need to check.

A few more results for Windows 7 Home Premium x64
(AMD Phenom X4 9600 - nVidia 9800 GT - Realtek HD Audio)

Working perfectly (no compatibility modes used):
Driver: Parallel Lines
Age of Empires: Collector's Edition DVD (AoE1,RoR,AoE2,Conq)

Working with issues:
Metal Gear Solid 2: Substance
- Seems to require an Creative EAX/X-fi -compatible soundcard. Hangs on a black screen without one. I got it fooled with a software EAX driver (ALchemy Universal). Volume is VERY low, but game is otherwise playable.


Not Working:
Need for Speed: Road Challenge (EU version of NFS:High Stakes)
- With official patches, it crashes. With unofficial (XP-)fixes it runs, but is painfully slow.

All games installed from Retail DVDs/CDs.

Yes, unfortunately, the game is quite a bit sluggish due to bad optimization. .. I already finished the game and uninstalled it, so I don't feel the need to check.

I'm facing numerous trigger event bugs (not to mention sluggishness), i.e. I've got the car and parked it in the garage but the checkpoint is not triggering- this is just one of many really annoying bugs.

CoD 4 single player works in x86. It works fine if all settings are at low. (not sound or anything like that, but things like 'number of corpses' should be tiny or small.

EDIT: I am saying this because it says CoD4 single player works for x64 only.