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Free non-graphically-taxing games

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Can anyone suggest to me some free fun games that can run on a laptop with a no-name/generic graphics card?

You see every now and again I go on vacation, or my computer messes up, (like recently my power supply and video card quit had to be fixed.) and I have to play games on my mothers laptop.

I have 55 Gb of space left on the mobile hard drive, so size is no matter.

I already have: (some not free but just FYI)

Various emulators
Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader
The Hobbit
Battlefront 1 (lags)
Rouge Squadron
Knytt Stories
The -N-
Anno 1602
Pure Pazaac (off or online arcade Pazaac (KotOR) game.)
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Here's a java version of L4D called L4KD. It;s pretty good
http://www.mojang.com/notch/j4k/l4kd/

There are also Pokemon MMOs like Pokemon Global.

And of course emulators. Project N64 is the best.
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Is "The -N-" the gold-frenzied ninja game? If it is that is a truly remarkable game. If it isn't then... here is a link.
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Not free, but uber-cheap and uber-awesome:

*Quake 2
*Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II
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Commander Keen - Classic Side-scroller
Assault Cube - Freeware, Cube based FPS.
Modern Art - Computer version of a board game that I really enjoy.
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Ugh. Never understood Cube. I was about to download Assault Cube and thought: "screw it". It any good?
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I didn't get Cube either. AC is way different and much better. It's sort of a CS Terrorists vs Anti-terrorist setup. Graphics aren't great, but the bots are pwnage. I believe it has multiplayer as well. Very small and it will run on almost anything. I would highly recommend it.
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Yes, all the Cube Engine games are great in my opinion, but AC is by far the best.
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Thanks for the replies guys. Looked into and nabbed several of your suggestions. I gotta say, Assault cube is alot of fun for something so basic. It reminds me of the old N64 James Bond games.
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