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Freeloading PC Multiplayer Party Games

Posted by simoniker on from the cramming-down-gullet dept.

Thanks to 1UP for its 'Freeloader' article profiling little-known but free multiplayer party games for the PC. The author explains of the featured games: "All of them are quick to download, easy on the system requirements, free of charge, and support six or more players. Perfect for the next time you throw together a quick gaming session", before pointing to Little Fighter 2 ("Super-deformed kids hitting each other in the face with baseball bats"), Soldat ("about as close as you can come to a side scrolling Quake deathmatch"), and Liquid War ("Definitely the most fun you'll have playing with puddles since you were six.")

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  1. Liquid War by angryLNX · · Score: 5, Informative

    Liquid war is one of the most fun open source games I've played. I'm surprised BZFlag wasnt mentioned!

  2. This seems a good a time as any by Captain+Splendid · · Score: 4, Informative
    to pimp my favorite free online multiplayer game: Enemy Territory.

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  3. Server Setup by Llynix · · Score: 4, Informative

    I downloaded liquid war and set up a server. If any other slashdotters want to play it's at 68.201.157.203

    It should be in the menu there.

    Seems the only other server that was up was password protected. And no one was playing.

  4. Missing a few games by colk99 · · Score: 4, Informative

    Well they missed a few games out including Allegiance which is still going at http://www.freealleg.net/

    1. Re:Missing a few games by Errabes · · Score: 3, Informative

      Looks like it moved there : http://www.freeallegiance.org/

  5. 2d Quake Deathmatch by I(rispee_I(reme · · Score: 3, Informative

    I think Abuse fits that bill better, and it's public domain, with a Win32 port here
    That is the full game with all media. It comes with a level editor, and only supports 4 player deathmatch. Still, one of my favorite LAN games.

    P.S. I understand the author of this port has a slashdot account. Be sure to let him know what you think.

  6. Scorched 3D by DavidBlewett · · Score: 3, Informative

    Come on, no one remembers the original Scorched Earth? Now there is an open source, 3d version: http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/.

  7. Cube3d, bzflag... by CarrionBird · · Score: 3, Informative
    http://cube.sourceforge.net/, for a fast 3d game similar to Q3 but with a Doom-esque theme.

    Also, bzflag, is easy on the requirements and easy to play.

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