My laptop is only one year older than that commenter’s and I’d also describe it as “midrange” (at the time), and it struggles even with those types of games. It’s partly the lack of software support for the iGPU, but it just isn’t fast enough even for most pixel graphic games - they don’t need a LOT of performance, but they also just aren’t programmed as efficiently as they would have been in 2015, nevermind the actual 90s console games that inspired them. My options on that device are basically visual novels, emulators for like SNES or Game Boy, or games more in the vein of Minesweeper.
That said, I could upgrade to a much more powerful refurb laptop for only ~200€ that should be able to play at least pixel graphic games. I do have a PC for gaming, though, so I don’t bother.
My laptop is only one year older than that commenter’s and I’d also describe it as “midrange” (at the time), and it struggles even with those types of games. It’s partly the lack of software support for the iGPU, but it just isn’t fast enough even for most pixel graphic games - they don’t need a LOT of performance, but they also just aren’t programmed as efficiently as they would have been in 2015, nevermind the actual 90s console games that inspired them. My options on that device are basically visual novels, emulators for like SNES or Game Boy, or games more in the vein of Minesweeper.
That said, I could upgrade to a much more powerful refurb laptop for only ~200€ that should be able to play at least pixel graphic games. I do have a PC for gaming, though, so I don’t bother.