I would not recommend Age of Sail II. For the single player, it was pretty much an almost unplayable, un-functional bug fest--even after 5 patches.

There was a small devoted on-line community, but I think they are all gone now.

However, Akella finally re-vamped and re-issued the game with different publisher under the name Privateer--AOS II.

I have been told this version is stable and relatively bug free. While the original strictly covered a period starting with Napoleonic naval warfare and up through the War of 1812, the re-issue added some Jules Verne elements like primitive submarines and hot air balloons.

For me the re-issue was too little and too late. I should have been sent the game free for being an un-paid beta tester on their first piece-o-crap.


If you have an older system, both Fighting Steel and Silent Hunter 2 should work OK since they are older games. They should also be dirt cheap now.

There is also a faily new early period naval combat wargame about the Russo-Japanese war. Here's a link

http://distantguns.xtreme-gamer.com/

It is sold as downloadable only, but there is a demo and also a free 30 day trial of the full game. While the system specs aren't too demanding, they may be a small step above what you quoted, so you might try the demo to see if it will run on your system.

Windows XP installed on your PC
An Internet Connection with a valid email address
PC that is at least 1.5 GHz Intel or AMD Compatible
Minimum of 512MB of Ram
A 3D Video Card capable of running Direct X 9
275 MB of Hard Drive space.


Cheers