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#1 General_X
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My friend has 3 computers in his basement and we use those to play LAN games, and I was wondering what some of the best LAN games and/or 2 player co-op games are. We play a lot of Starcraft and Warcraft 3. Any more good ones. Also these are older computers 2003-2004 so well optimized/older gamers are a plus.
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Tribes 2 is awesome. Runs pretty well on computers from that era.
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#3 Ein-7919
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RTS:

  • Rise of Nations
  • Rise of Legends
  • Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War + expansions
  • Sins of a Solar Empire
  • Age of Mythology
  • Company of Heroes

RPG (and RPG-lite):

  • Neverwinter Nights 1
  • Freedom Force
  • Titan Quest + expansion
  • Diablo Battlechest
  • Hellgate: London


FPS:

  • Any of the Unreal Tournament series (UT2004 probably has the best multiplayer mode in Onslaught)
  • Quake 3: Arena
  • Battlefield 2 or 2142
  • Enemy Territory: Quake Wars
  • Team Fortress 2
  • Counter-Strike: Source

EDIT - deleted a few games...missed the part about the age of the computers.
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#4 inyourface_12
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if you have 2 copies of half life 2, if you bought it and orange box you should, you can download the synergy mod and its basically a co-op mod for half life 2, me and my sister play it on our lan
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How about Operation Flashpoint or Armed Assault? Both titles should have excellent multiplayer, particularly in the way of co-op.
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#6 goblight
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Worms Armageddon! It is a ton of fun and will run on any machine you mentioned.

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#7 HardcoreKiller2
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Basically what Ein-7919 said. Also, Doom, Doom 2 and Duke Nukem 3D, all of them have fantasic multiplayer and co-op, with Duke Nukem 3D being my favorite out of the bunch, especially in co-op.
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#8 maden2004
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great topic. I was gonna create one just like it. I just got my laptop i been lookin for lan / co op games since i have 2 powerful comps now.

Right now these are my co op games i am playin with friends right now:

call of duty 4

lineage 2

guilty gears 2 reloaded (good for 1-2 hours)(only fighting pc game)

gears of war

gettin halo 2 tomorrow

tf 2

umm.. i think thats it oo and gettin company of heroes

But i am lookin for rpg games.. name something other titan quest/never winter nights / dungeon siege /diablo just because i have played them. But i love them so something like that for me that ic an get .

For co op thanks

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Serius sam 2 is a god only works with co-op
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#10 OkuLaris
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Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory was always one of my favorites for genuine 2 player co-op (LAN too)
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#12 Koal_Jadian
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Some of these suggestions don't make sense, lol.

CoD 4 has no co-op at all...

HellGate london doesn't allow lan play, only online

i think the topic was for lan co-op games, no?

If you're playing multiple long sessions, id say neverwinter nights. Even better if you can get more than one buddy to play with you

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#13 Ein-7919
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Some of these suggestions don't make sense, lol.

CoD 4 has no co-op at all...

HellGate london doesn't allow lan play, only online

i think the topic was for lan co-op games, no?

If you're playing multiple long sessions, id say neverwinter nights. Even better if you can get more than one buddy to play with you

Koal_Jadian

Issue 1: Don't dig up 6 month old threads

Issue 2: CoD 4 does have co-op...just not co-op campaign (any online team game can be interpreted as being "co-op"). Otherwise, you can scratch off pretty much every FPS game (only a handful have campaign co-op).

Issue 3: If you're going to discriminate against Hellgate: London for requiring an internet connection in order to play co-op, then NWN is guilty of the same offense (you still need to query the master servers for LAN games...no internet = no co-op multiplayer...at least, that's how it was when I tried to LAN it a whiles ago).

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12 replies in and no one has mentioned Swat 4?

Tsk.

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Agree with Swat 4, except we always end up tasering each other and not the enemy. Also the occasional point blank shotgun to the face of a restrained terrorist. But hey its our lan so we can do these things eh?

Our fav games that have survived test of time:

Ravenshield + Mods - had some seriously fun times, especially as co-op

Quake 3 - the demo is 50 megs and runs on any OS and has bots. Great way to get the lan started and work out nettwork etc without long setup time.

Starcraft- this is probably recognised as the best RTS ever and is cheap

CS: Source - not my fav by the way

Other good ones - UT2004(bots and mods galore)

COH - awesome game but the other guys aren't really into it

If you like flying IL2 and Lock-on are incredible if played seriously in co-op

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Good Co-Op Games for that era of PC;

The Lord of the Rings Return of the King.

Battlefield 1942, Road to Rome & Secret Weapons of WWII.

Starwars Battlefront & Battlefront II

Joint Operations Typhoon Rising & Escalation.

Delta Force Land Warrior & Task Force Dagger.

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Counter Strike, Company of Heroes and WoW! Surprised WoW was actually fun to play at LAN's.

Left 4 Dead should definately be good once it's out too!

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great topic. I was gonna create one just like it. I just got my laptop i been lookin for lan / co op games since i have 2 powerful comps now.

Right now these are my co op games i am playin with friends right now:

call of duty 4

lineage 2

guilty gears 2 reloaded (good for 1-2 hours)(only fighting pc game)

gears of war

gettin halo 2 tomorrow

tf 2

umm.. i think thats it oo and gettin company of heroes

But i am lookin for rpg games.. name something other titan quest/never winter nights / dungeon siege /diablo just because i have played them. But i love them so something like that for me that ic an get .

For co op thanks

maden2004
omg you are in the same position im in. i just got the gateway fx and now i have 2 powerfull comps and i was going to LAN/coop mercenaries but that ended up being a disaster game with no LAN support. and i didnt want to buy two games.
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#19 Koal_Jadian
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call of duty isn't co-op

Hellgate london doesn't support lan

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#20 Ein-7919
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call of duty isn't co-op

Hellgate london doesn't support lan

Koal_Jadian

Going to repost this, because you apparently missed it the first time:

Issue 1: Don't dig up threads that are over one month old

Issue 2: CoD 4 does have co-op...just not co-op campaign (any online team game can be interpreted as being "co-op"). Otherwise, you can scratch off pretty much every FPS game (only a handful have campaign co-op).

Issue 3: If you're going to discriminate against Hellgate: London for requiring an internet connection in order to play co-op, then NWN is guilty of the same offense (you still need to query the master servers for LAN games...no internet = no co-op multiplayer...at least, that's how it was when I tried to LAN it a whiles ago).

Ein-7919

(edited a little to update the age of the thread)

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Well I have a copy of quake 3 arena. I have like three computers, so I want to do a LAN. How do I go about doing this with one copy of the game?
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Worms Armageddon! It is a ton of fun and will run on any machine you mentioned.

goblight

I played it on a friends computer and I really want it ,and I hear its multiplayer is still very popular

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#23 fr34k23
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My roommates and I used to play Q3 and Swat4 for I think two years... I don't know why we played the same two games all over again and again... We digged up Diablo 2 then. Turned boring real quick... We found many games on this site, Freeware games too: http://www.network-games-collection.com/ Smokin Guns is very hot! :)
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#24 nanu32
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Yeh i got some good ones? Killing floor pc ,system shock2 pc, Harry potter games any console,Trine pc 3 players, Call of duty 5pc,360,ps3And my favourite classic ones starcraft Diablo 2 Warcraft 3 Titan quest . Trine is good when u wanna play co-op with some friends It is 3 players so remember that

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SWAT 4, anyone?
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#26 SgtMoreless
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Well I have a copy of quake 3 arena. I have like three computers, so I want to do a LAN. How do I go about doing this with one copy of the game?voneric85

Just make sure they are all connected to a router. You may or may not have to turn off your firewalls. Make sure you can see each other in the network area (im not sure what OS you are using). Have the game installed on all the computers. Boot to game. Pull Cd out. Boot up other computer to game. Pull Cd Out. ect. Click LAN and create a game. Join the game with the other ones.

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#27 PerryTGF
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Hello guys,

I found this topic when I was browsing this site for some LAN-Games and it has been very useful, thanks.

Some of the older LAN-Games were very fun, but we both really like the AI in NextGen-games.

My roommate and I both have a High-End gaming PC, so the new question is:

What are the best co-op LAN-games, regardless of any system-requirements?

Games we are already playing in multiplayer:

  • Borderlands
  • Red Alert 3
  • Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (Co-op missions rock!!)
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Neverwinter Nights 2
  • Empire: Total War
  • Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth, The Rise of the Witch King

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#28 king_loei
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[QUOTE="Koal_Jadian"]

call of duty isn't co-op


Hellgate london doesn't support lan


Ein-7919


Going to repost this, because you apparently missed it the first time:


Issue 1: Don't dig up threads that are over one month old


Issue 2: CoD 4 does have co-op...just not co-op campaign (any online team game can be interpreted as being "co-op"). Otherwise, you can scratch off pretty much every FPS game (only a handful have campaign co-op).


Issue 3: If you're going to discriminate against Hellgate: London for requiring an internet connection in order to play co-op, then NWN is guilty of the same offense (you still need to query the master servers for LAN games...no internet = no co-op multiplayer...at least, that's how it was when I tried to LAN it a whiles ago).


Ein-7919


(edited a little to update the age of the thread)

Issue 1: Poor baby. This is a topic with merit to a rather large demographic. It's easier to re-poste than to create a new thread.

Issue 2: No. CoD 4 does not have co-op. It is not advertised as having co-op, there are no modes for co-op, therefore there is no co-op. I don't know if you understand what co-op is, but CoD 4 is not it. This is doubly true when you consider that the original topic asked for two-player co-op games. You can't play CoD 4 co-op with only two players, no matter how you look at it. Get over it.

Issue 3: It's not discrimination. Hellgate: London doesn't play LAN games. The original query was for LAN games. NWN is capable of doing just that. You are incorrect, by the way. I don't even own NWN, and a rudimentary search on Google told me that the Internet is not necessary for LAN games. Yes, the game will attempt to gain access to online servers, but once it discovers it can't, it should proceed to allow offline LAN play. Do your research next time before you mouth off; You only end up looking like a jack***.

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c&c 3 tbw ut 2004
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#30 djmillard2
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Some of these suggestions don't make sense, lol.

CoD 4 has no co-op at all...

HellGate london doesn't allow lan play, only online

i think the topic was for lan co-op games, no?

If you're playing multiple long sessions, id say neverwinter nights. Even better if you can get more than one buddy to play with you

Koal_Jadian
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#31 spittis
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Hello guys,

I found this topic when I was browsing this site for some LAN-Games and it has been very useful, thanks.

Some of the older LAN-Games were very fun, but we both really like the AI in NextGen-games.

My roommate and I both have a High-End gaming PC, so the new question is:

What are the best co-op LAN-games, regardless of any system-requirements?

Games we are already playing in multiplayer:

  • Borderlands
  • Red Alert 3
  • Operation Flashpoint 2: Dragon Rising (Co-op missions rock!!)
  • Resident Evil 5
  • Neverwinter Nights 2
  • Empire: Total War
  • Lord of the Rings: The Battle for Middle Earth, The Rise of the Witch King

PerryTGF

I'm aware of that the topic itself is from 2008, and that this reply was posted 20 december, but if the question is still is active, or anyone else wonder the same, definately check out Left 4 Dead 2! It's the best team based multiplayer game I have ever played. Playing with friends on a LAN or just online with voice communication is incredibly much fun.

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#32 Ontain
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i've been having a lot of fun with friends on League of Legends. it's like the WC3 mod DoTA. and it's free and can run on low spec systems. it caps at 5 vs 5. you can do arranged teams against matchmade ppl off the internet as well.
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I cant believe no one mentioned half life with sven coop

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Serious Sam baby!
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#35 pezha
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Here are some great classics. Age Of Empires 2. It is basically starcraft in plate armor. Heroes Of Might and Magic 3. All hail turn based greatness. Aliens Vs Predator 2. A deathmach between space marines, predators and aliens ? Hell yes! Sacred and Dungeon Siege 2. Chances are you already ran through diablo for the76th time, so these could be a good change of scenery.
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#36 ShadowedSight
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Stick with the classics like Halo, Starcraft, and Warcraft.

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[QUOTE="Ein-7919"][QUOTE="Koal_Jadian"]

Going to repost this, because you apparently missed it the first time:

[QUOTE="Ein-7919"]

Issue 1: Don't dig up threads that are over one month old


Issue 2: CoD 4 does have co-op...just not co-op campaign (any online team game can be interpreted as being "co-op"). Otherwise, you can scratch off pretty much every FPS game (only a handful have campaign co-op).


Issue 3: If you're going to discriminate against Hellgate: London for requiring an internet connection in order to play co-op, then NWN is guilty of the same offense (you still need to query the master servers for LAN games...no internet = no co-op multiplayer...at least, that's how it was when I tried to LAN it a whiles ago).

king_loei

(edited a little to update the age of the thread)

Issue 1: Poor baby. This is a topic with merit to a rather large demographic. It's easier to re-poste than to create a new thread.

Issue 2: No. CoD 4 does not have co-op. It is not advertised as having co-op, there are no modes for co-op, therefore there is no co-op. I don't know if you understand what co-op is, but CoD 4 is not it. This is doubly true when you consider that the original topic asked for two-player co-op games. You can't play CoD 4 co-op with only two players, no matter how you look at it. Get over it.

Issue 3: It's not discrimination. Hellgate: London doesn't play LAN games. The original query was for LAN games. NWN is capable of doing just that. You are incorrect, by the way. I don't even own NWN, and a rudimentary search on Google told me that the Internet is not necessary for LAN games. Yes, the game will attempt to gain access to online servers, but once it discovers it can't, it should proceed to allow offline LAN play. Do your research next time before you mouth off; You only end up looking like a jack***.

Just to end the pointless fight over hellgate london, the online play got terminated like .. 2 years ago ? so bottom line HGL is unplayable period!

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#38 Wellzification
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Halo CE (Custom Edition), amazing...and i think its open source too. Me and around 12 of my friends once made a big LAN and played this all through the night - at college! haha
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#39 JDonner
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When you noobs dig up all threads, then at least post a link to http://www.co-optimus.com , it's much more useful than anything that is posted here...sigh

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#40 Armored_
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you should try tribes 2..an excellent fps...and you should try half life 2 deathmatch..it was amazing..
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#41 CommanderShiro
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Unreal Tournament 2004 is loads of fun on LAN.

:edit: Thread is olddddddd

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#42 Mikesnype
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Yeah this thread is old, Halo Custom Edition can be played online or lan. It's my fav, and it has low requirements too.
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#44 ArchonOver
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Unreal Tournament, Diablo 2, and Rise Of Nations are some good ones off the top of my head.