The Gabriel Knight series is an adventure classic, and a great match for Netbooks.

(Credit: Activision)

Since we put together our first Netbook-friendly PC game list, we’ve gotten many excellent suggestions from readers for new additions. We’ve also finally seen some long-awaited new entries from the classic Sierra/Activision library come to the popular GOG.com retro gaming Web site (including one of our long-time faves, Gabriel Knight), which gives us even more to choose from.

The new 2010 crop of Netbooks sadly don’t offer much in the way for performance improvements. Instead, systems with the latest Intel Atom N450 CPU have made big gains in battery life. That’s always a plus, but it also means our standard admonitions about not expecting too much from your Netbook in terms of performance remain in effect. That said, this collection (which includes links to download or play the games themselves) should help make your Netbook a pretty decent mobile gaming machine.

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Arcanum

A steampunk RPG from 2001, Arcanum is a cult favorite, thanks to its gigantic open-ended world. Like many of the classic games here, it looks a bit dated by today’s standards, but it perfectly suited for low-power Netbook gaming

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Aliens versus Predator Classic 2000

Sega has a new AvP game about to hit store shelves, but it’s tough to beat the original creepy classic from a decade ago. Play as a human, an alien, and as a Predator in this new version that’s been tweaked to run on modern PCs. The original’s multiplayer mode is currently missing, but on the plus side

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Half-Life

Another PC gaming classic made available via the Steam online service for only $9.99. Easily one of the best first-person shooters of all time, and hugely influential. Runs great on a Netbook, and you’ll never look at crowbars the same way again.

Photo credit: Valve

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Crash the Castle

Browser-based games are always good for Netbook players on the go. Finding a good one in this very crowded field is always tough, but we’ve been enjoying the heck out of this free physics-based game, where you use a catapult to knock down increasingly complex castles. Also available as an iPhone app.

Photo credit: Armor Games