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Cross-Platform LAN Gaming Suggestions?
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?"
Quake 3 and its accompanying mods run fine on both platforms.
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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MacGamer
It lists all kinds of Mac games and if they are compatible with their Windows counterparts.
Tada. Case Closed.
I remember a really cool Pool Party one with mostly dwarves and wights. It would rain on and off, so big piles of bombs would collect when the fuses were getting put out, then the rain would stop or a bomb would manage to go off...
Yeah, Bungie was really great back then, before getting bought out by Microsoft. Any word on if they're ever going to come out with Halo for PC like they said? And will there be a Mac version?
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Unreal Tournament (OS9/OSX)
Unreal Tournament 2003
Warcraft 3 + Expansion
Diablo II
Quake 3
Quake 3: Team Arena
Jedi Knight II (this is awesome)
Plus I am sure there are stacks of others. These are all games that I personally play on my LAN at home (I have a Titanium PowerBook, the other machine is a Pentium III XP box).
No problems what so ever!
Some of those games (Like War3, D2) are hybrid cd's and contain PC and Mac on the same CD. Others like Q3 are very easy to convert... just copy pak0.pak of the CD, and get the latest q3 patch off the net to get the OSX binaries. Your off!
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You can tell how powerful someone is by the magnitude of the crime they can commit and be able to get away with.
What about games that are network compatible on Windows, Linux and OS X:
As far as Mac and Windows, don't forget about Ghost Recon..
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....
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.
blarg.
I highly suggest Urban Terror. -- it's a team-based (or DM) semi-realism mod that bares some semblence to QuakeWorld mixed with Counter-Strike. Very fast paced when you want it to be, but has semi-realistic weapons and excellent maps. Personally, I found that it always beat Counter-Strike in pure fun-factor hands-down.
Enjoy!
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.
No one has mentioned Armagetron yet...
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