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Multiplayer Games For Christmas Lull at the Office? 148

Posted by Cliff from the fun-for-the-holidays dept.
smallstepforman asks: "Christmas is almost here, and most companies will be running a skeleton staff during the holiday period. Since there will only be 8 people in the entire building where I work, you can guess what we'll all be doing - multiplayer LAN gaming. The team leader (who will be the acting manager for the holiday period) is asking about good games to play during this period. Most of the machines on the LAN are P3@733 with integrated i810 video cards, while some older machines (P2@45) have a Voodoo 3. Which multiplayer games can Slashdot readers recommend? The games need to be easy to pick up, and not require a lot of hard disk space. Free/shareware games or demos should be considered due to legal issues."
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  • duh (Score:2, Informative)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Starcraft. Need I say more?
    • Quake ][ would work great, as it has a million mods and also has a decent software renderer. I use to play it on my old laptop, and I was still pretty competetive.

  • heh (Score:5, Informative)

    by TheDarkRogue ( 245521 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @03:01AM (#4928203)
    Quake I
    -Small [we all run it off of mini cds]
    -Can run on anything from a p75 up
    -There are things to make it nicer [GLQuake}
    -Simple
    -Tons of mods avalible [TF]

    • Re:heh (Score:3, Informative)

      by tlhIngan ( 30335 )
      Works fine if your network runs Win9x, but Quake runs awful on WinNT/Win2k/WinXP machines. GL Quake is nice, *IF* you have a decent video card, but since most work machines tend to come with POS ATI 128-something or other, that really isn't an option.

      Pick a simple game, like Tetrinet2/Tetrinet - first you'll get everyone in the office hooked (it's tetris... at least you can try to win some office chick time!). This runs on practically any machine that runs Win32 code, horribly addictive, and easily alt-tabbable...
      • Just to make sure we are talking about the same quake, what I was thinking was along the lines of QuakeWorld, being it would be played over the lan, and not normal dos quake, where I would see there could be some problems with NT/2k/XP. If not, I along with CoWorkers would run quake over the win2k based network without a hitch.

        • Re:heh (Score:1)

          by RupW ( 515653 )
          Trouble with QuakeWorld is
          • it's an entirely different game with/without sound; need to make sure everyone's on a level playing field and preferably that's *with* sound
          • most people won't have played it before; particularly
            • they'll take some time to 'get' the mouse/keyboard FPS-UI thing and experienced players will hammer them into the ground, frustrating them
            • they won't know the levels
            Clan Arena's a good compromise here (team game with no items on the level) but it's still not something you can throw a newbie at.
          I've never had any problem running QW on NT/2k. I still find software mode easier to play in out-of-the-box than GL, and modern 3d cards get lousy framerates in software - my old Matrox G200 beats most of them.

          • Re:heh (Score:2)

            by hank ( 294 )
            Yeah, but I can't get QW to work with Windows XP. Any idea? Compatibility mode fails to work. ;/
      • Check out the Quakeforge project on Sourceforge its made alot of advancements in the engine and now runs either with SDL, native GL or Software emu...its excellent and works sweet on my 98, 2k and XP machines, even with my p133 linux box as server :)

        http://sourceforge.net/projects/quake/ or
        http://quake.sf.net/

      • WinQuake works real good under 2K/XP
    • Better FX and it will easily run on a 733 (it's Quake II based).

      Plus if you run counterstrike it's team oriented for better action in my opinion than just shoot the nearest person.
      • Half-Life is better (Its my goc at least), but the requirements are a good deal higher to get it moving nice.

        Also, for mod, I'd suggest something more along the lines of Team Fortress or Natural Selection then CS, I'm sure the guys boss wouln't be ammused to be called stuff like "ch347>0r 114m4 b17ch" when he gets back.

        Also Also, what valve licenced was the Quake Engine, which was then used to make HL, not Q2.

  • Legal issues? (Score:1, Insightful)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Free/shareware games or demos should be considered due to legal issues.

    Er, what legal issues?
    • Er, what legal issues?

      No-one's going to buy 10-20 copies of a game for the office unless they can be sure it'll be a hit. More than likely they'll buy one, find a crack on the net and install that everywhere.

  • How thoughtful you are (Score:1, Flamebait)

    by jsse ( 254124 )
    Free/shareware games or demos should be considered due to legal issues

    Your boss'd be grateful to hear that you have in your mind the best of the corporate's interest while....playing games at the company's expenses.
    • Um, yeah. I'm sure that the company would really approve of them getting paid for sitting there drooling on themselves. Which is what they'd be doing most of the time, otherwise. Nine of one, three quarters dozen of the other.
  • Tetrinet [google.com] need I say more?

    next

    • TetriFast [tetrifast.net] is a slightly updated version of Tetrinet but without the piece delay which makes it a bit more fun. They both, however, are tiny installs and, as requested, they leave no footprint on the machine. Just eliminate the directory they install into and you're fine.

      However, it's worth noting that the game is insanely easy to cheat at with a custom client, so it's wise to stick to using a local server that only you and your work mates play on. Luckily, the client comes with a (slightly flaky) builtin server which you can use for that purpose.

  • fps (Score:3, Interesting)

    by chewedtoothpick ( 564184 ) <chewedtoothpick@@@hotmail...com> on Friday December 20, 2002 @03:07AM (#4928220)
    My best hint is to avoid anything RTS or time consuming. Some of the best ones that you can get away with at work are the older games that can easily be ALT-TAB'd out of when the big boss (not your team leader) comes around. FPS' are probably the best bet. Try Unreal Tournament. You can still get it at most major stores like Best Buy etc... and it does have a spawn version built-in for situations like yours. It is also able to run on the systems that you describe quite well, but the size can be a problem... the spawn version is around 300mb I believe.

    Just my 6 cents.

    • Re:fps (Score:4, Interesting)

      by ReverendRyan ( 582497 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @03:40AM (#4928319) Homepage
      Whatever happened to the "BOSS" key? Back in the old (DOOM/Wolfenstein) days, F10 dumped one to the prompt w/o asking in case the boss comes by. A quick CLS and all the evidence is gone. Even if you Alt-Tab, theres still the taskbar icon. Also, on many games, alt-tabing causes the texturemaps to get messed up, so when you reenter the game, everything looks funny.

      • Re:fps (Score:1, Interesting)

        by Anonymous Coward
        Also, on many games, alt-tabing causes the texturemaps to get messed up, so when you reenter the game, everything looks funny.
        dude - get more ram. it is not the game's fault.

  • Counterstrike (Score:2, Informative)

    by DJayC ( 595440 )
    Definitely Counterstrike. The rounds are short enough to make you not realize how many hours you are wasting. It doesn't need an amazing computer to run, and the two teams are quite different so mastering each will take a bit. The levels are fun, and depending on how you do things you can cheat if you have a teammate near you who is dead! Give it a shot.. (it's an addon for Half Life)
  • Since there will only be 8 people in the entire building where I work, you can guess what we'll all be doing - multiplayer LAN gaming.

    I'm sure you are expected to work instead. :)
    • Not all boss's are uptight and don't know how to have fun. Some companies actually promote (legal) gaming during breaks, and some bosses actually join in

      I wouldn't be surprised if his boss is the one in the corner yelling "John, if you camp out and frag me with that railgun one more time you're not getting a Christmas bonus!"
    • It's Christmas! There's no work! Consider your job is support...nobody to support, but they have to keep someone there because there will be a few people coming in to get some work done.
  • Squad action free. www.americasarmy.com
    • Squad action free. www.americasarmy.com

      Needs fairly modern PCs, though, and decent 3d accelerators to boot. Unless your IS dept runs wild with its budget, your office PC won't cut it.
    • Heh, forgot PC spec in article.

      Our one i810 here has 4mb video ram only. Most 2001+ games won't run or struggle with 8mb or less - I'd be very surprised if an i810 or a Voodoo 3 could run America's army playably.

      • I'd be very surprised if an i810 or a Voodoo 3 could run America's army playably.

        I've had no success with an i810. It crashed America's Army on startup.

    • He wants something they can all quickly pick up. America's Army requires you to go through basic training and earn skills before you're allowed to multi-play.
  • Unreal Tournament, of course.

  • Liquid War (Score:3, Informative)

    by Pilferer ( 311795 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @03:45AM (#4928328)
    Give Liquid War a try...

    http://www.ufoot.org/liquidwar/ [ufoot.org]

    It's pretty unique.
    Here's some screenshots [ufoot.org].
    • Old School!

      That was cool. I have 3 computers. Me + wife + server. I think I'm going to put it on the server so we can play each other while sitting at our own computers! :) thanks

  • XPilot (Score:2)

    by jsse ( 254124 )
    How about XPilot? [sourceforge.net] Not much an eye-candy game, but extremely small and fun, free as in beer and available on many platforms.

  • Worms Armageddon / Worms World Party (Score:5, Informative)

    by Fritzed ( 634646 ) <FritzedNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Friday December 20, 2002 @04:11AM (#4928387) Homepage
    There is practically no way that you can't become addicted to these games. Worms Armageddon isn't totally 2K/XP compatible but there is a patch for that on their website [team17.com]. Have Fun, Fritz

  • MS Hearts of course (Score:1)

    by Anonymous Coward
    Ready for networking! Since there's 8 of you I recommend initially starting off in two rounds, and eliminating each other, filling in with computer players eventually to find the eventual winner.

  • Soldat (Score:4, Informative)

    by taion ( 304184 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @04:26AM (#4928410) Homepage
    For some bloody, visceral shooting action, I'd suggest Soldat [cyberion.pl], which is very similar to Quake/Counter-Strike, except it's a 2D sidescroller. The chaos is immense, and it's easily one of the best side-scrolling 2D action games I've played. It supports multiplayer quite well, and is free (as in beer). It should run fine on your hardware, as well.

  • Cube (Score:5, Informative)

    by D.A. Zollinger ( 549301 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @04:36AM (#4928431) Homepage Journal
    One word, Cube [fov120.com].

    It is free (ZLIB software licence - similar to BSD), runs on win32, linux, linuxppc, and can be played in both server and single player mode. FPS style of play, using OpenGL and SDL, it is smooth, fun, and looks great! We need more opensource games like this.

    Most importantly of all, cleanup is simple, just delete the directory you unzipped the archive to, and it is all gone.

    Enjoy!

    • Re:Cube (Score:2, Informative)

      by Ayende Rahien ( 309542 )
      Horrible performance on WinXP, Athlon 1.2G, 640MB.
      We're talking about 5-10 fps, at 800x600
    • Also, *simple* FPS gameplay - not like, say, Counterstrike, where there's all sorts of things you have to know. Furthermore it runs on almost any hardware as long as it supports 3d acceleration. At least, it does in Linux - don't know about Windows. I've got a Duron 700 with a Geforce 2, a P133 with a Voodoo 1 and a Cyrix 166 with a Voodoo 2 - all produce around 50-60fps, although the 133/166 machines have some of the detail turned down a little.

      I've successfully run the Cube server on a 486/66 with 16 meg of ram, and four people playing on it. That was just really an experiment though.

  • Starcraft 100% classic, great multiplayer, everybody enjoys it.

    Quake N for positive integer values of N less than 3. Literally 1000s of mods.

    Subspace This is the greatest game to hit multiplayer since multiplayer was invented.

    Counterstrike The perfect complement to Quake. Must-have for any LAN party.

    • Subspace is a kickass game.... I can't even begin to count how many hours I spent on that game. Until I ended up with a vid card that it didn't like :( Would run horribly on it. The new client is called "Continuum". It's an updated, free version of Subspace. Try here [subspace.net] to get it.

  • Daboo!

    'nuff said.

    -Bill
    • Um...I think we did Warcraft II over the christmas break of um...1996?

      Although the need for only one CD per 3 people was nice, it's only useful if you can organize all people joining in at the same time. [It's been a while, so I can't remember what happens when someone leaves, however].

      Warcraft II also had a problem that it'd take people fairly long to get used to all of the subtlety of the game (don't turn sappers invis or they blow up, etc)

      The real problem is when one person gets taken out, and they have to wait for everyone else to finish to start a new game...you end up with lots of people getting frustrated, starting up lots of 2 player games, etc, which defeats the whole purpose.

      The only real game of that genre that we found worked for larger numbers was C&C...played with the highest tech level, and the speed cranked all the way up. [Someone would be launching nukes within minutes....games never lasted more than 15..and that was in the days of a P200 being top of the line]

      Another options is having everyone gang up against a team of computer players (AoE supported group victory and 8 players, but you'd need space for computers), so every human player normally gets done at about the same time. [Once in a while, someone woud get rubbed out by the computer early on, but it's still better than waiting for those last two humans to finally finish].

      The FPS genre might be your best bet, so long as you don't have anyone who gets motion sickness, just because someone can just sit dead as they answer phone calls, or have to run to the john, without screwing up everyone else.

  • FreeCiv (Score:3, Informative)

    by mvdwege ( 243851 ) <mvdwege@mail.com> on Friday December 20, 2002 @05:00AM (#4928477) Homepage Journal

    What about FreeCiv [freeciv.org]? Perhaps it scores low on the easy-to-pickup scale, but I imagine anyone has played some Civilisation version before.

    Bonus is that as a turn based game it can be easily paused when necessary, and it is heaps of fun.

    Mart
  • I would give a vote to Armagetron. I have burned many many hours at work with this, you just need to have geeks who like tron around. http://armagetron.sourceforge.net Be sure to grab the addons as well

  • Try a multiplayer tank game! (Score:4, Interesting)

    by PurpleFloyd ( 149812 ) <zeno20@@@attbi...com> on Friday December 20, 2002 @05:33AM (#4928524) Homepage
    Try something like Scorched Earth 2000 [scorch2000.com]. It's a Java based cross-platform network-multiplayer version of the classic tanks-lob-shells game. Even better, it's GPL (no worries about legal stuff!).

    Tank games require a combination of skill and luck that tends to reward skilled play, while still remaining accesible to newbies if that's a concern. Someone can learn to play decently in 5 minutes, rather than the 40-50 frustrating hours it takes to become decent at Quake/UT/Counterstrike/FPS-of-the-month.

    Note that there's an ad banner, but that's just HTML, so it can be removed without any real hassle.

    • My favorite is Carmageddon. It's more of a driving destruction game. If you ever saw the movie "Death Race 2000", it's the same idea -- you get points for running people over and running into other cars. There are several multi-player games you can play -- a simple race, tag, fox and hens, most points. There are 3 releases. Carmageddon 3 (aka TDR 2000) may still be on store shelves, and I've seen the first 2 re-released into the bargain bin.

      Muti-player is a blast -- the game play is great, so you won't notice if your graphics cards aren't the most modern.

      As far as legal issues, I think you can play it directly from the CD. You can even make copies of the CD, as long as there is 1 original CD on the LAN.
    • Me and my fellow dorm residents pissed away a couple of months back in 1990 when I introduced them to the old DOS version of Scorched Earth. It toppled Lemmings as the most addictive game in the housing unit I was in (Terry Courts, Purdue -- anyone?).

      To find a networked version brings tears to my eye.

  • ...while some older machines (P2@45) have a Voodoo 3.

    You guys have P2s that run at 45 MHz? And there's a Voodoo 3 chipset for it? Surely, *cough* that processor must be a smidgen faster... ;)
  • Check out BZFlag! [bzflag.org]

    Great little game. Also free as in beer.

    Just watch out for people with cheat clients. Nothing ruins an evening like being on the receiving end of some +40's bullet, watching him BLATANTLY run through obstacles at about 40x the speed of a normal tank.

    Scott

  • Moonbase Commander (Score:2, Informative)

    by RupW ( 515653 )
    http://www.moonbasecommander.com/ [moonbasecommander.com]

    Simple and fun to play, low system requirements. Only four players at once, though.
  • as far as i know the intel 810 graphics only has 1 meg of video ram. you might be able to get away with playing half life or mabie Unreal tournament, but quake 1 and doom are classics, and a heck of a lot of fun at that.
    • Nah, 810 has a shared memory model, actually more than decent enough to run Quake 3 Arena on (not at 60 fps or nothin, but more than enough to have some fun with friends) and I'm not positive of the max, but it supports at least 8 megs as the video framebuffer (at least 1024x768@32bpp)) Hope that helps :)
    • Hmm I haven't seen a 1 meg video card on a desktop since the 486 days. Though this chip was grossly underpowered when it came out it probably had a minimum of 4 megs. It was afterall supposed to be an economy chipset that could still do 3d games.
  • ... but did you not get the memo that the 90's are over and you'll actually have to do some work to stay in business? If you're manager wants to stay a manager, I'd advise him to keep a little tighter lid on things than playing away the holidays. But if you want his job, tell him to play away!

  • When we'd do this, half the guys would like the game, half wouldn't, and then there's 1 or 2 guys who just killed everyone else.

    Pass the games out a day or two before so that everyone can get some seat time. That way, your boss isn't in the corner crying "WHAT KEY SWITCHES WEAPONS" while you've got the quad damage and you're sniping with the rail gun from the other corner of the map.

    Age of Empires 1
    Doom/Doom 2
    Quake I, Quake III
    Duke Nukem 3D
    NHL/NBA/NFL 200x (any EA Sports games)
    XPilot :D

  • Here's a thought... work? Yes, that old monkey on the back, the thing that pays the bills, the thing THAT YOUR EMPLOYER IS PAYING YOU FOR.
    • Here's the thing...anyone who is being brought in over the holidays is more than likely operations support, which means they're only there in case one of the servers blows up, essentially. That means there's a LOT of sitting around doing nothing, waiting for a malfunction. Systems integration is probably taken care of and you don't have the devs asking you if they can change the firewall configuration or what not because they're not in. So you're sitting around, required by the contract to have at least 1-n people on staff at all times. It's very boring.

      These are probably not people that should be slinging code during this time.

      --trb

  • Microsoft Hearts. (Score:3, Funny)

    by dotgod ( 567913 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @10:47AM (#4929477)
    What? It supports network mutiplayer games too, ya know.
  • Doom - work your way through pworld [electrongate.com]. E1M1 is good for multiplayer. E1M7 was a favorite also.
  • even though it's been out for a while, in my office we still love playing Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds [lucasarts.com] (and the expansion pack Clone Campaigns [lucasarts.com])...it's a great time playing against each other on our network, or teaming up and playing against others on the zone [msn.com]...
    • forgot one point...this game is good for those so called legal issues too..everyone can install the game, but to play multiplayer, you only need about half of the people to have it in their drive...for instance, if you're playing with 2 players, the game requires atleast one person to have the CD in their drive...if you're playing with 3 players, it requires 1 CD...4 players, 2 CD's, etc...and so on and so forth...not exactly free...but half of what you'd pay for a game that requires CD's for everyone!
  • How about playing the "doing your job" game? It's better than freeware: It actually pays YOU to play it!

    In past Christmas slowdowns, I've taken the opportunity to do work-related things that are actually fun and are much easier to do without a lot of other people around:

    • Writing new utilities
    • Server stress testing
    • Experimenting with new languages
    This year, I'll be doing some long-needed data normalization on the Oracle DB while I'm less likely to disturb customers and my fellow developers.

  • Try Abuse [abuse2.com]. It's an old DOS game, but with minor tweaks to let it run under Windows. (You may need to go to the Free Abuse [uidaho.edu] site for the tweaked version.)

    It's a 2D platform game. Run, jump, grab weapons, shoot. Mindless, but lots of good, visceral fun. The controls are trivial (move with arrow keys, aim and shoot with mouse) so even non-gamers can be up and fragging in no time. When my friends and I have LAN parties (which we've been doing since the DOS version was new) this is the "network test game" we run while people are setting up their machines. When you can jump into Abuse, you're on the net.

  • bzflag (www.bzflag.org) is open source, runs on windows and linux, and is small and efficient. It will run on almost any hardware if you use basic graphics. A good video card is required to get the best graphics, but it really doesn't affect gameplay.

    It is basically a first person shooter, where each player is driving a tank and tries to shoot other players. But these are no ordinary tanks, they can take on special "powers" like the ability to jump, bounce shots off walls, aquire laser weapons, quided missles, etc.

    There are many variations that can be introduced to make play easier or harder or just to change strategies. There is also a Capture the Flag variation.

    Its good fun and downright addictive. And its free, so you've got nothing to lose - give it a try!
  • BZFlag is THE multiplayer game! http://www.bzflag.org
  • Last night we had a 78+minute game of Quake 3 Arena after work. The best part was that the score limit was 10. It was 2 on 2 with no bots, ctf4, and the excessive server mod. I thought it was pretty good for amateurs like us.

    I think our slowest computer is a PIII-600, I used to be the slowest with a PII-400, but then I got a second processor. I run NT4.0, but we've installed Q3 on linux and a mac once here and played fine across network games. I also used to play with an Evans & Sutherland 15mb(no, not 16) AGP video card (rocks for all openGL except games), but I have been recently upgraded to a Voodoo3 16mb AGP(sux for all openGL except for games), also my ram has been upgraded from 128mb to 256mb. The most helpful upgrade was my $8(after rebate at bestbuy) IBM optical mouse which I bought myself. Q3 played fine before all my upgrades so you guys should be fine running it.

    The downside is that its like $30(totally worth it) and requires about 500mb on your hard drive. If you can't spring the dough or spare the space, then Quake 2 or even the original Quake, are decently addicting enough to keep you occupied.

  • My Favorite Game (although not networked) (Score:1, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward
    is gcc. The point of the game is to send a file to gcc and see
    if it runs or not. If it gives an error message, then
    you have to change the file. Although not a networked game
    you can play with others. For example, try to send files
    that gcc likes along with your friends. Whoever can get the
    most complex file that results in something happening
    when done can be declared the winner. Get a trophy for that
    guy. You should try it, its fun.
  • Linux World review [linuxworld.com]

    Game homepage [fov120.com]

    It's an FPS, it currently runs on Win32 and Linux (including ppc). It's at the early beta stage (current version is something like 0.3) but already very playable, and it's been reasonably stable for me on SuSE 8.0 with the stock kernel. YMMV, obviously. It's also Open Source.

    The graphics still need some work, but I'm getting up to 300fps on a 700MHz Athlon with 384M RAM and a GeForce 2 GTS, so it should run fine on all of your machines. I haven't tried multiplayer yet, so I'm not sure if that works as well as the single player.

  • This One's Great! (Score:3, Insightful)

    by jimmyCarter ( 56088 ) on Friday December 20, 2002 @01:07PM (#4930403) Journal
    It's called "Do Some Fucking Work". Way to power up this economy in time of need. ;)

    I've actually always loved working the week between xmas and NYE. There's virtually nobody in the office, so interruptions are kept to a minimum and the hours are slightly more flexible.
  • Sorry, no link, but supah cheap, and was written by a guy so they could play during lunch at work (go fig). Turn based, good, addictive. A mix between Scorched Earth and Starcraft.

  • XEvil (Score:1)

    by Yablo ( 98362 )
    Play some XEvil [xevil.com]. Very small footprint, fast download, easy to learn, and insanely fun to play with 3-8 people.
  • I'd love to do this with the family over the holidays, but with nieces and nephews (not to mention Grandma) all First Person Shooters are out. Any networked free (demos OK) sports or driving games out there? Anything without blood and guts will do -- violence (car crashes) is OK, but it can't have blood and guts and death. Thanks.
    • Nothing, huh?

      Hey, game developers! Here's an un-tapped market just waiting to be exploited!

      • Whoah, I bet the game developers are itching to get on the free as in beer racing and sports game bandwagon. Especially since so few people buy racing and sports games they really need to peek some interest.

        Maybe some open sourcer will exploit it for fun, but I don't think your defanition of the market will get that many game developers.
        • Did you miss the part where I said "demo"? Or do you charge for your demos?

          My point is that there is an un-tapped market for multiplayer non-First Person Shooters. OK, so maybe it's not as large as the FPS market, but has anyone even tried to tap it? Multiplayer non-FPS games seem to sell well enough for Xbox and PS2, so why not for the PC?

    • Xblast (Score:3, Interesting)

      by TheLink ( 130905 )
      Ever played bomberman? xblast is a bit like it.

      People running around mazes laying/kicking bombs. There's a bit of a learning curve due to the variety of different rules given different maps, but most people get the hang of it after a short while.

      Has some bugs but pretty good fun.
  • This is sort of similar to the Worms games I think, but I've never played those. It's basically a side scroller where you run around and shoot everyone else. It's in a beta period right now, so it's kinda buggy but still fun. Has a couple different play modes, including deathmatch, team deathmatch, CTF, and some rambo thing (haven't played in a while;).

    http://www.soldat.prv.pl/ [soldat.prv.pl]
  • I remember way back when we all used to carry around boot floppies in high school all set up to play Spectre. It was a simple game but very addicting. Worked great on a LAN. I haven't been able to find out where to get it though. Might have to dig around my box of floppies up in the attic :)


    Happy Holiday Fragging!

  • The most fun multiplayer game I've ever played was the original Grand Theft Auto, with the overhead view. I've seen copies of GTA2 in the bargain bins at places like Staples for $10 or less.

    Other than that my favorite multiplayer games are Age of Empires 2, and Battlefield 1942. Yes, I know the latter is WAY beyond the specs of the poster, but hell - not everyone here is so constrained, are we ? This is the first game I've ever played which actually made me go out and buy hardware ( a joystick) to play it. The only problem is the shell-shock-induced nightmares I've been having....

  • FreeCiv (Score:3, Informative)

    by haplo21112 ( 184264 ) <haplo@epithnaFREEBSD.com minus bsd> on Friday December 20, 2002 @05:08PM (#4932156) Homepage
    Free...
    Multiplayer...
    Lightwieght....
    Did I meantion its free...
    Better yet its civilization, can kill hours(days) easily...

    Just my plug for my favorite time waster

  • Worms 2. Definitely Worms 2. (Score:4, Interesting)

    by nbvb ( 32836 ) on Saturday December 21, 2002 @12:29PM (#4936306) Journal
    You _need_ this game.

    Runs fine on a Pentium-100 (Yes, I know, I've tried), and is an absolute _BLAST_!

    We played this thing over the network, and it was probably the most fun network game I've ever played.

    You'll be hooked, I promise. Just be careful the first time you order a napalm strike; JUDGE THE WIND. :)

    "The first of many!"

    --NBVB
  • You always play games!

  • Counter-Strike (Score:2, Insightful)

    by Pongles ( 636201 )
    Ask any "gamer" about the "must play" game the response is predetermined - Counter-Strike. They would also add that it has been the king for many years and everyone now plays it. However, most people use Microsoft software but that doesn't mean it's any good. Choose games that appeal to you. Don't ask anyone else. Another note - I have hosted many LAN parties and I have found that you buy allot various games. Then choose what your are going to play on the day. As peoples moods tend to change.

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