Games
Edmund Tse on Jul 27th 2008
Free Games
Command and Conquer is the original game, from 1995. A real time strategy game, and one of the pioneers of the genre. You play as either GDI or NOD and seek to destroy the enemy.
http://www.commandandconquer.com
FreeCiv is a turn based strategy game where multiple players take the role of a tribe leader in 4000 BC and have to guide their people through the centuries. Over time, new technologies are discovered, which allow the construction of new city buildings and the deployment of new units. Players can wage war on one another or form diplomatic relationships.
http://freeciv.org
Nexuiz is a first person shooter game based on a heavily modified version of the original Quake engine. It focuses on bringing the FPS genre back to the basics with quick, lethal battles and balanced weaponry. As of the current release there are 9 weapons and 24 official maps, as well as 15 player models, with an average of 2 skins each.
http://www.nexuiz.com
OpenArena is a free set of maps and models for the open sourced Quake III engine. Its gameplay is the exact same as Quake III Arena – score frags to win the game using a very balanced set of weapons each designed for different situations. Gameplay modes exist such as the popular deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tournament, and Capture The Flag
http://openarena.ws
Warsow is a first person shooter based on the open sourced Quake II engine, but with entirely new artwork.
http://warsow.net
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory is an online multiplayer game, where the players interact with each other over a network in two teams (axis and allies) to defend or destroy mission objectives.
http://www.enemy-territory.com
Purchased Games
StarCraft was the best selling computer game of 1998. You play as one of the humans, zerg or protoss. Thought by many to be the best real time strategy game ever, it was certainly a huge leap forward in the genre, and still great fun to play now. We have 20 copies.
http://www.blizzard.com/starcraft/
Worms World Party. Your team of worms battle it out against the computer or a friend using bazookas, grenades, dynamite, ninja ropes and many others. We have 5 copies.
http://wwp.team17.com/
Games to buy
- Warcraft 3, RTS game, $50 per copy (too expensive at the moment).
- Battlefield 1942, team FPS game, $10 per copy from Amazon (need testing in Wine).
- Unreal Tournament, FPS game, $10 per copy (not for sale anywhere I can find).
- Quake III Arena, FPS game $10 per copy (not for sale anywhere I can find).
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