burgemaster Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) Can anyone please recommend any type of computer game for a student "Games Club"? Pre-Requisites: Obviously not any 18+ games, No 3d acceleration, pretty low spec would be better. Would need to be multiplayer on our network If possible no "Console" or anything like that so they can enable GOD MODE etc etc Free or very cheap !!! If possible, restrictable and configurable - So they can only play with students in the room, not online If possible have a "Camera or Spectator" that could highlight players on the projector Thanks in advance! Edited September 10, 2010 by witch spelling (sorry)
Dos_Box Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 Nexuiz - Home - A free open-source fast paced first person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and OSX 2
Dos_Box Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 Oooh!: List of freeware first-person shooters - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 1
somabc Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 (edited) OpenArena - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia You could argue these are too violent though. There is a cartoony version of quake which may be more acceptable. - = World of Padman = - Hedge Wars Download | Hedgewars SuperTuxCart SuperTuxKart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia See also List of open-source video games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edited September 9, 2010 by somabc 1
sonofsanta Posted September 9, 2010 Posted September 9, 2010 I don't know if it fits all the requirements, btu I literally spent two weeks at one job doing nothing at all except playing ArmegaTron against the French guy in my office. So, so brilliant.
tom_newton Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 Try freecol.org and wesnoth.org for the more strategically minded youth
DAZZD88 Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 (edited) Diablo 2...preferably with the Lord of Destruction Expansion Pack. Just recently got back into it and I can't believe that I haven't played it in so long. Shame on me. Anyways, it's fairly cheap and if you register it on Bethesda's website you can download the installer and you no longer need the CD to run it. EDIT: As well as being online or single player, it can run over a LAN. We did this in computer club when I was at school. We dismantled cheap, brand new computers then reassembled them and set up a very basic LAN using static IPs. BTW don't think you actually need static IPs for running the game, just we had no DHCP. Edited September 10, 2010 by DAZZD88
Rydra Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 Minecraft I spent 6 months playing this at home, work, lunchtimes etc.
3s-gtech Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 Trackmania Nations/Forever, works on some old hardware (we even got it running okay on Intel 945G!), kids love it, non-violent, free.
tb2571989 Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 I'll second MineCraft, been playing it for a few months now. Creative is gereat fun, although you may get the little rascal who likes to destroy instead of built. Does require JAVA and probably 1GB RAM. Other than that, OpenTTD is a good one. Could be a bit hardcore (well, it's a potentiall complex transport sim). Goes have cheats in single players but over LAN not.
sister_annex Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 +1 for Nexuiz - Home - A free open-source fast paced first person shooter (FPS) for Windows, Linux and OSX although you may want to keep an eye on Xonotic - it is a new version of nexuiz which will be going into beta soon Love nexuiz played it for years 1
tech_guy Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 We used to have Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory on the network until they banned it as being 'too violent'.......
speckytecky Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 You didn't say what age range but this seems to hit the mark with most of our kids in Golden Time Games - The Best Free Online Games Fun At Friv Games!
simpsonj Posted September 10, 2010 Posted September 10, 2010 We were toying with the idea of putting Rome: Total War on the network, before I decided to plan a major project instead...
win Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Go for Urban Terror. It's a totally free FPS based on the quake engine. Urban Terror Downloads : Current version (4.2.020) You can either create a games server yourself, or choose an external server from the list to play with others around the globe. Set it to low resolution and it will run fine.
Bompalompalomp Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 I put Re-Volt on Core 2 Duos at the end of year and had a mini lanfest at lunchtimes It was pretty much the only old enough multiplayer game I could get SLT to agree to, Typing of the Dead and Halo were a no-go ;(
Garacesh Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Typing of the Dead But.. But.. Improving English skills?! (It's a terrible, terrible game. But amusing.)
cobra427col Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Minecraft I spent 6 months playing this at home, work, lunchtimes etc. The all consuming minecraft.. we bought this for dragon jnr's birthday.... she's not had a look in as yet.. (i'll neither confirm or deny it being my fault she hasn't played it yet)
Bompalompalomp Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 But.. But.. Improving English skills?! (It's a terrible, terrible game. But amusing.) Don't you dare badmouth that game! I won't be 'avin' it.
ICTDirect_Dave Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Try freecol.org and wesnoth.org for the more strategically minded youth Damn you Tom! Taking my suggestion away from me! It is brilliant though!
Garacesh Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 I won't be 'avin' it. u wot m8. cum say dat 2 my face init. square go like le's sort it (Are we really doing this again?) It's an amusing enough game, although the language used is rather colourful, so I do understand why SMT would have said no
Sdrawkcab Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 u wot m8. cum say dat 2 my face init. square go like le's sort it (Are we really doing this again?) It's an amusing enough game, although the language used is rather colourful, so I do understand why SMT would have said no You're thinking of ToTD: Overkill which is the typing version of House of The Dead: Overkill, the game which currently holds the record for the most profanity. There's another, older version called simply "Typing Of The Dead" which is based on the House of The Dead 2 game. It's actually been edited to make it tamer compared to the arcade game iirc, the zombies have green blood and I think they've toned down some of the dialogue too. It's also freeware, which makes it doublegood for schools. ToTD: Overkill is absolutely fantastic, just not appropriate for schools.
Norphy Posted October 1, 2014 Posted October 1, 2014 Armagetron Advanced :: a Tron clone in 3D Spent many a drunken hour at LAN parties playing that. Great fun!
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