| Online gaming is one of the fastest growing | | | | and PC that, according to subscribers that have |
| trends in the world right now. With games such as | | | | tested and played them, do and do not work |
| Runescape boasting subscriber numbers of around | | | | over satellite internet. This is not a definitive list of |
| a million and World of Warcraft exceeding 7 million | | | | games guaranteed to work, so be cautious as |
| active members, the total number of MMOG | | | | results may vary. |
| subscriptions is verging on the absurd, quickly | | | | What Works |
| approaching the 14 million mark worldwide[6/06, | | | | Xbox/Xbox360/PS2/Handheld Games: |
| mmogchart.com]. This tremendous growth in the | | | | Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter |
| popularity of the online gaming industry has, in | | | | Battlefield 2: Modern Combat(for me anyway |
| part, been fueled by the accessibility of high-speed | | | | doesn't for some others) |
| broadband internet. A high-speed connection allows | | | | Perfect Dark Zero |
| for a much more enjoyable game-play | | | | All Tony Hawk games |
| experience. Everyone knows that online games | | | | Mario Kart DS |
| work exceptionally well on DSL and Cable internet | | | | Call of Duty 2 |
| connections, but what about the newer | | | | Medal of Honor: Rising Sun |
| high-speed service satellite internet? As satellite | | | | Socom 3(mixed results) |
| internet is becoming more readily available and | | | | Socom 2(so-so) |
| cost effective more and more rural dial-up | | | | Nascar 06 total team control(works kinda) |
| customers are making the switch to cash in on | | | | Rainbow Six Series(Host boots for high ping |
| the faster speeds and always on access. But, | | | | usually, But CO-OP and 2 V 2 work well) |
| when it comes to online gaming many are | | | | Splinter Cell: Double Agent |
| concerned that their game-play experience will be | | | | PC Games: |
| less satisfactory, if they can even connect to play | | | | Runescape |
| at all. | | | | Asheron's Call |
| The reason for this concern is the issue of | | | | Everquest |
| latency. Latency is an expression of how much | | | | Everquest 2 |
| time it takes for a packet of data to get from | | | | World of Warcraft |
| one designated point to another. This is direly | | | | Star Wars Galaxies |
| important when it come to on-line gaming in that | | | | Dark Age of Camelot |
| latency translates into the time that it takes from | | | | Roma Victor |
| the moment that a button is pushed to when the | | | | Eve Online |
| action is performed in the game. Often this can | | | | Star Wars: Empire at War |
| mean the difference between life and death. With | | | | Dungeon and Dragons online |
| DSL and Cable the response time is almost | | | | Warcraft3 |
| immediate, being between | | | | GuildWars |
| 50milliseconds-150milliseconds. The latency for | | | | City of Heroes(very difficult to connect to the |
| satellite internet is between | | | | patch server..other than that it works fine) |
| 600milliseconds-800milliseconds. This may sound | | | | Final Fantasy XI |
| like the end of online gaming for someone who | | | | Contract Jack |
| has just made the switch to satellite internet but | | | | Auto Assault |
| it is not. Although this degree of latency does all | | | | Aces High Online flight sim |
| but rule out first-person shooters there are a | | | | Trackmania |
| good number of MMOGs that operate well over a | | | | WarRock Beta |
| satellite internet connection. And, although the | | | | Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Outcast |
| effects of latency can never be completely | | | | StarPeace |
| eliminated, there are ways in which to improve | | | | America's Army |
| upon them. The simplest way to do this is by | | | | Red Orchestra |
| speeding up the way that one's computer handles | | | | Diablo 2 |
| and responds to information being transferred | | | | Titan Quest |
| through the connection and by increasing the total | | | | F.E.A.R. |
| amount of available bandwidth. Some operating | | | | Postal 2 |
| systems have built in reserves on bandwidth that | | | | What doesn't work or is not enjoyable |
| are non-essential to the functionality of most web | | | | Xbox/Xbox360/PS2/Handheld Games: |
| applications, see link for a tweak . | | | | Far Cry Instincts Predator |
| By eliminating non-essential services i.e. bandwidth | | | | Halo 2 |
| hogs that the average user never utilizes and | | | | NBA Live 2006 |
| dedicating more physical resources to the most | | | | Quake 4 |
| used application can help tremendously. Minimizing | | | | Prey Demo |
| the effects of latency down to the bare minimum | | | | Ratchet and Clank: Deadlocked |
| allowed by the laws of physics enables one to | | | | PC Games: |
| play more online gaming that was before not | | | | Star Craft |
| workable and also speeds up the responses of | | | | BattleField 2 Demo |
| other games that already do work. So, although | | | | Call of Duty 1&2 |
| there are limitations to on-line gaming over satellite | | | | Battelfield2 |
| internet there are also ways to improve upon | | | | Band of Brothers |
| game-play responsiveness and many games that | | | | C&C Generals |
| will play well without operating system tweaks. | | | | UT2004(playable.. |
| Below is a list of online games for both console | | | | |