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Good Games for LAN Parties?

Posted by Cliff on from the fine-fun-with-a-hub dept.

An Anonymous Coward asks: "I'm trying to figure out what games are good for LAN parties and especially what games don't require a CD after installation or at least allow multi-player games with only one CD. I'd like to have friends over to play over a LAN without everyone needing to own the same game. Starcraft will let you do this but I couldn't find much info about other games so I thought I'd turn to Slashdot. Which games do you like for LAN parties and why, and especially which games allow a group of people to play if only one owns the CD?"

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  1. Tribes by Electronic_castaway · · Score: 2, Funny
    The theme is akin to the original Robert Heinlein's Starship Troopers (that's a plug for the book) -- fighting in Armor w/ Jetpacks and very fast paced.

    It's a little on the older side. http://www.planettribes.com/

    Multi-player Actions in 3-D by two or more teams, installs from one disk & no serial number. However I have seen unopened boxed copies for under $10.....

    Mods are all server side and are availible online (Shifter tops my list)

    "Tribes 2" is a bit more complex and has more "entanglements".

    There are no Bugs to hunt so the other team will just have to do. If you don't want to bother with the setup of the Mod yourself, there are plenty of servers open to the public. You can also password protect a server for private games.