club gaming

[Brent99]

Right, so the schools just spent around 50k kitting out a new room, HDMI projectors/smart board/ tables/ chairs/ Gigabit switches etc/around 25k was spent on 32 New Dell XPS 420's; Q6600 processors and a ATI 2600Xt,2gig ram etc. the boss is hoping to set it up as a gaming club, anybody got any ideas for games baring in mind age rating and the fact computer spec wont matter, money for software is also not a problem.

Ive already looked at a few other threads mentioning quake and some older games, But with the Spec of the machines, a few more recent games might help get the moneys worth out of these computers.

At the moment the only game installed is Star Wars Battfront 2 as its a PG title.

Will be grateful for any help, thanks.

[webman]

Nexuiz - A free open-source fast paced first person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and OSX

[Brent99]

Thanks,

looks like a pretty decent lan game gonna give it a download now any other idea's?

[Quackers]

World of Padman is free and uses the Quake III Engine.

[thesk8rjesus]

What sort of games are you looking for:

FPS
MMOFPS
Racing
RPG
MMORPG
Arcade
Puzzlers

[clarky2k3]

racing games? Fifa, PES, Warcraft III, Portal

[Brent99]

mmo's are out of the question seing as they will only be able to see the Network as far as the Lan, i guess any game, that isnt too difficult to pickup and will entertain some teens for 45 mins. A racing game that could be used over the lan for Tornements Etc sounds pretty good.

[thesk8rjesus]

Halo,
Halo 2,
Toca Race Driver 3,
BattleField 2,
Battlefield 1942 any of them,
Battlefield Vietnam,
Star Wars Jedi knight academy,
Freelancer,
Starlancer,
Warcraft 2 & 3,
Command and Conquer Series,
Crysis either of them,
Supreme Commander,
Call of Duty 3 upwards,
Medal Of Honour any of them,
Lego Star Wars

[matt40k]

Get a Source license. They do a "lan" license. You'll have to had a word with the LEA about opening ports (i guess)

[Brent99]

thanks, thats plenty to get started with,

[sparkeh]

So how do I come work at your school then?

[Brent99]

oo im guessing u'll change ure mind when u arrive

Our network is a rather nasty mess

but we could open the gates of hell and let you in if you wish :P

[thesk8rjesus]

We actually have a games club running at the momment and there a few of the games that we are running on ours they have seemed to the favourites.

[tom_newton]

Get em learning something: freecol.org

also, for nice gfx cards... science teachers will love http://www.shatters.net/celestia/

[Sylv3r]

oo im guessing u'll change ure mind when u arrive

Our network is a rather nasty mess

but we could open the gates of hell and let you in if you wish :P

Strange to here you network is in a mess, when you have just spent £50k on one room.