[aclug-L] Re: Games for the LAN party

["Patrick R. Klee" <drwho@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Quake is good, I am currently learning how to run it under Linux.   FreeCiv is
another good one, and NetMaze.  I feel Jon needs to decide what needs to be
covered.  I also feel, how to run the client end of each game would suffice,
and Jon can go over how to run the server over the network at the LAN party, or
give me or Clint or even Dale notes on how to do it, if one can't make it.
Finally, I am buying a network card and need to know how to set it up.

Jonathan Hall wrote:

> Let's scrap Doom and do Quake instead.
>
> And I say lets scratch nettrek... that game has quite a learning curve.
> I've played it a bit, but do not know the game nearly well enough to want to
> play at a LAN party.  That's the sort of game that takes several hours of
> learning rules to play well.
>
> FreeCiv is an excellent game.  It can be long, tho... but we can do things
> to make it shorter.
>
> And NetMaze is a great game, too.
>
> And let's not do WINE stuff.  I a) don't know how, b) don't have the time to
> learn how, and c) don't have any desire to learn how.  If I wanted to run
> Windows programs, I wouldn't be using Linux. :-)
>
> On Sat, Nov 20, 1999 at 05:50:13PM -0600, Patrick R. Klee wrote:
> > I have decided on some games we can play at the LAN party, but there is
> > only so much time at the meeting, I can only talk about how to setup two
> > or three.  Here are your choices:
> >
> > NetMaze (If I can get a client and server for Red Hat).
> >
> > FreeTrek - A 3D version of NetTrek
> >
> > LxDooM - Linux version of DooM
> >
> > FreeCiv - Civilization ][ clone for Linux
> >
> > Or Jon and I could figure out how to setup StarCraft and Diablo and
> > Quake 1 and 2 under WINE.
> >
> > Feel free to give me some feedback.
> >
>
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