Help me choose 10 games for school computers

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Hi guys,

As my role being the ICT Prefect Captain i've been asked to come up with a list of 10 games which will be installed on the school computers and will be played in a 'Games Club'. We'll be having small tournaments at the end of each term for each game.

The games must fit into the below criteria:
  • Can't be too expensive (I should think around £20 would be the maximum per game)
  • There must be a range of games, can't all be FPS's (:()
  • Must be able to set them up easily on the schools LAN
  • Must be able to play them on a LAN without the need for multiple cd keys
  • Must run well on lower spec pc's. I haven't got the exact specs of the school pc's but you can imagine that they will have integrated graphics and not much memory

Now, being an FPS fanboy i don't really know which non-fps games will be best suited to the school environment or which ones will be good fun to play.

I thought about getting the retail version of CSS as it includes DOD:S and HL2: DM yet only costs £15. The only problem with this is that we'd need multiple copies so that Steam doesn't throw a hissy fit over using the same serial number.

Other than that, i have no idea really :confused:

Any help would be great :)

EDIT: The age ratings must be maximum 16. Take into account that the games will be played by 11-16 year olds.
 
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As long as Steam can't get internet access once it's got all the Games installed, it should work okay on a LAN for other games, it's only when you're playing on internet servers you'll have issues, then again, I'd have to query the legal issues with all that, as being a LAN, though free, Valve might want money for Steam LAN licences. Also age ratings on games etc I guess could be an issue, but depends on how anal techies want to get about it really.

If you want the games to run well, then go for Counter-Strike 1.6 perhaps? Will run great on pretty much all PCs these days.

Other than that:
Starcraft: Great RTS, multiplayer very good.
Unreal Tournament 2k4
Jedi Knight II
Age of Empires
Quake III Arena

Dunno how suitable they'd all be really.
 
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Team Fortress Classic!

great game, cheap (only need to buy Half-Life) and loads of fun, you could then see about setting up different teams for the different classes etc.
 
So your really looking for great old games.

I would personally go with:

Unreal Tournament - no cd key so technically can be installed on as many computers as u like once updated to latest version
Starcraft - Allows you to install a spawn version, i think one cd allows for 1-4 spawn versions to be installed. While these can not play single player games they can legally play lan games created by main cd fine.
Half Life 1 - You should be able to get copies of the original for like a fiver each, you can then download for free all the main mods like cs, tfc and dod. This imo would be better than going the steam route for what you want. While they may not be the latest versions it would probably work better for you.
 
I'm afraid that the vast majority of games will require one licence per machine (or rather, per copy in use). Picking up Half-Life (probably can get it for a couple of pounds; get the super-duper cd edition, and you get two keys that are good for play (HL *and* CS). This gives you a lot of potential to play mods...HL/CS/DoD/TFC.

UT also comes to mind...should be able to pick it up for a few pounds.

As for RTS, Starcraft, AOE2 and RA2 were popular back in the day (so was Zero Hour, but I'd hope your machines couldn't run it)
 
FPS
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Tactical Ops: UT engine version of CS, approx £5
Enemy Territory: Free download FPS
America's Army: As above
Warrock: BF2 wannabe, free though :)

RPG/MMORPG
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KAL Online: Fun if you don't mind bad Korean translations and endless monster hacking this is the game for you
Baldur's Gate 2: Fun RPG that can be run on a LAN

Adventure
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Sid's Pirates!: Great fun

Console
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You could always bring a console in and set that up as well...
 
I'm sure some game liscenses allow you to use the same copy for lan gaming over x pc's.

Now I say I'm sure, but finding definitie information on it is another story.

The best bet would be to find a range of games that fit the bill and then get in contact with the publisher to find out for sure.
 
As far as CS 1.6 goes my mates and I used to set up a LAN at school for a charity week. We would charge people 50p for a break time's worth of play. We had it installed on 24 computers and we found that one licence key would work on 5 machines before it started complaining. This was with the old versions of CS before steam etc.

hope that helps

Panzer
 
For the younger ones have a look around for some nintendo to PC converstions, bomber man would be ideal, or a mario cart like game ( dont think mario cart made it to PC )
Also War craft 3 is fun and will run on a pritty low spec PC.
 
Call of Duty and Call of Duty United Offensive
They both played when I had integrated graphics.

Could also try Pro Evolution Soccer 5
 
This is honestly not ment in an aggressive way, but I take it the parents will be told what games their kids will be playing? Some may take objection if they found out the "violent" games their children were playing.

Just a thought is all :).
 
Memphis said:
This is honestly not ment in an aggressive way, but I take it the parents will be told what games their kids will be playing? Some may take objection if they found out the "violent" games their children were playing.

Just a thought is all :).
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Leisure Suit Larry I :)
 
Age Of Empires 2
Unreal 99 (too gory maybe?)
Serious Sam 2
Diablo 2
Jedi Knight: Jedi Acadamy
Half Life 1
Battlefield 1942
Worms World Party
Fifa xx
Simpsons Hit & Run
 
AOE:2
Warcraft 2
Starcraft
Quake 2
Unreal Tournament
Revolt
Starwars Podracer
Carmageddon
Hi-Octane (if you can find it)

Graet games that will run on crappy machines :D
 
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