Wayfarer247 Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Well, I think I was lucky. A nearby school was getting rid of their computers so they could buy new ones. I told my friends to pick up 3 and I would reimburse them. Wasn't expecting much, but I was pleasantly surprised. For $20 each I got a Monitor (CRT type), mouse, and keyboard, and of course the box. Each Computer had a 40GB HDD, @2.00 GHz Processor, a 10/100 LAN Card (maybe 10/100/100) Integrated Graphics, and integrated sound. They also came with XP Proffesional. I thought it was pretty sweet. So, what do I do with new computers? Network them! I bought some Cat6 cable and tossed together a network, using a switch to connect the new computers directly. So now I have a great little Gaming Station. My friends love coming over to play LAN. So now I want some new fun games. Mind you, these computers aren't great, they cannot run Spore and Medieval 2 Total War. However, these are the games which they are running fine: Warcraft 3 (Frozen Throne) Age of Empires 2 (Conquerors Expansion) Starcraft (Brood Wars Expansion) Settlers 3 (Gold Edition) Pax Imperia Eminent Domain Unreal Tournament 1997 Most of the games are cracked so I don't have to have CD's in all their trays at once. So I would like to ask everyone out there if they have any good ideas on fun games to play. We like playing RTS games, FPS, RPG, anything fun. So suggest away! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 Zdaemon is pretty good. Counterstrike plays pretty decent on older hardware. QUAKE 3 Unreal tournament(all of them except 3) Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-920510 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Suprjacob Posted October 7, 2008 Share Posted October 7, 2008 Ahh, if you like online gaming and not just LAN, try Guild Wars. Totally awesome. I play it all the time Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-921780 Share on other sites More sharing options...
abscheele Posted October 16, 2008 Share Posted October 16, 2008 If the motherboards have PCI express slots you could upgrade the video so they would be better for gaming Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-933393 Share on other sites More sharing options...
inimicus Posted October 17, 2008 Share Posted October 17, 2008 Tribes! The original. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-933597 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayfarer247 Posted October 19, 2008 Author Share Posted October 19, 2008 I do play GW, it is pretty awesome. I don't these computers could handle it, but that is what my Laptop is for! Thanks for the suggestions, keep them coming, I'm looking into these! Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-935766 Share on other sites More sharing options...
vbetts Posted October 19, 2008 Share Posted October 19, 2008 If they can run ut99, they'll run WoW. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-936252 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deomitrus Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Tremulous. Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-937162 Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmt scott Posted October 20, 2008 Share Posted October 20, 2008 Awesom games.......... Jimmy Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-937260 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadDoggyca Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Rainbow Six - With Eagale watch (year 97 Rainbow Six (year 99) both games do not need the cd key or disc to play... happy lanning Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/129886-lan-gaming/#findComment-938334 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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