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Cross-Platform LAN Gaming Suggestions?

Posted by simoniker on from the living-together-in-harmony dept.

darkstar2a writes "Back in the dot.com boom years, a bunch of us would crash the empty customer service department for some fun LAN gaming. Nowadays, though, we use our own computers, and have a significant ratio of Mac users - about 55%. This has brought up a huge frustration in finding games that work cross-platform (PC and Mac), and what exactly we need to make them work. We've only been reliably able to get the following working: Unreal Tournament (but the same game can get kind of old after hours of play), 4x4 Evo 2 (which we got cheap and was a great change of pace), Descent 3 (out of print and relatively difficult to locate.) This has to have been covered somewhere, but we've been unable to locate a resource for it. Can Slashdot Games readers help?"

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  1. Q3 by mrpuffypants · · Score: 4, Informative

    Quake 3 and its accompanying mods run fine on both platforms.

    1. Re:Q3 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

      As does Warcraft III, and America's Army

  2. Blizzard games by Randar+the+Lava+Liza · · Score: 4, Informative
    Any and all recent Blizzard games would work fine. Diablo, Diablo II, Warcraft II, Warcraft III, Starcraft. Many will allow LAN play with up to 8 players with just one cd!

    New Blizzard games are simultaneous releases of Mac & PC on the same cd. Buy War 3 and with the same disc play on either platform.

    Older titles are really cheap too. You can get the Starcraft or Diablo battlechests for around $20 or less.

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    Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. - Anais Nin
  3. Go here already by BMonger · · Score: 4, Informative

    MacGamer

    It lists all kinds of Mac games and if they are compatible with their Windows counterparts.

    Tada. Case Closed.

  4. Three platform games by MaxQuordlepleen · · Score: 3, Informative

    What about games that are network compatible on Windows, Linux and OS X:

    • all the Quakes
    • UT..
    • bzflag.
    • Soldier of Fortune.
    • Myth 2.
    • Freeciv.

    As far as Mac and Windows, don't forget about Ghost Recon..

  5. Neverwinter Nights by gtshafted · · Score: 2, Informative
    Bioware just released a MAC client for Neverwinter Nights!

    There are currently hundreds of mods (ranging from traditional D&D, Diablo hack fests, and even RTS ) and dozens of virtual server worlds... not to mention being able to play with your Windows and Linux buddies.

    http://nwn.bioware.com

    I think the site is currently down till tommorow though....

  6. Re:Bungie by jeblucas · · Score: 3, Informative
    For FragFest Fun, you probably won't do better than Unreal. Try getting new maps and mods to change up the fun; or try team combat
    I agree. Both StrikeForce and Tactical Ops are available in PC and Mac flavors for UT. They have both been favorably compared to Counterstrike if that's your bag.

    Tactical Ops: SWAT v Terrorists, realistic guns, damage, etc.

    Strike-Force: all of the above, plus "pulse", a neat feature that takes into account how much gear you are rucking and what you've done recently--keeps folks from hopping constantly--pulse lowers their accuracy and makes them breathe noticeably, exposing position. Windows users click here.

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    blarg.
  7. recent games by bedheading · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm surprised I haven't seen Medal of Honor: Allied Assault or Spearhead on this list, nor Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Both are great and somewhat modern FPS that work just fine cross-platform.