Help! Games for class?

Angry Caterpillar

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I've been looking for some free games to shove on my flash drive and play at school during my two almost unbearably easy computer classes. I was wondering if you guys could help me out and list any games that you've found and enjoyed?

I'd prefer they be at least somewhat small because I lost my good flash drive, but go ahead and list any you want in anyways, I may be able to use them later if not now.

Also, bonus points if it's multiplayer, I'm sure my brothers in boredom would love something to do too.
 

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WestMountain said:
I think Motherload is downloadable but you can play that on websites...
I thought you had to pay for the Motherload download? And we have an incredibly block-happy school system, so we can't really get to any sites. They blocked the Escapist for crying out loud; under the category of "Games"!
 

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I suggest La MuLana [http://lamulana.super-turbo.net/wiki/index.php5?title=Main_Page], and you should totally do Hell Temple.
 

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how much space on your
Magic Hobo said:
I've been looking for some free games to shove on my flash drive and play at school during my two almost unbearably easy computer classes. I was wondering if you guys could help me out and list any games that you've found and enjoyed?

I'd prefer they be at least somewhat small because I lost my good flash drive, but go ahead and list any you want in anyways, I may be able to use them later if not now.

Also, bonus points if it's multiplayer, I'm sure my brothers in boredom would love something to do too.
how much room is your flash drive, i might have some great ideas.. also im assuming you need it to be able to run off the flash drive. or will you be able to install it to a computer.. am i correct in this?
 

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Magic Hobo said:
WestMountain said:
I think Motherload is downloadable but you can play that on websites...
I thought you had to pay for the Motherload download? And we have an incredibly block-happy school system, so we can't really get to any sites. They blocked the Escapist for crying out loud; under the category of "Games"!
Just make sure you don't download it from piratebay and do not use proxy servers to get to blocked sites ;] *wink* *wink*
 

Angry Caterpillar

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WestMountain said:
Magic Hobo said:
WestMountain said:
I think Motherload is downloadable but you can play that on websites...
I thought you had to pay for the Motherload download? And we have an incredibly block-happy school system, so we can't really get to any sites. They blocked the Escapist for crying out loud; under the category of "Games"!
Do not download it from piratebay and do not use proxy servers to get to blocked sites ;] *wink* *wink*
I don't pirate, and the school can tell when you're using a proxy.
 

kimosabe

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Babo Violent ftw!! Plays great across a LAN ... We play it all the time at college during dull programming classes lol :p
 

WestMountain

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Magic Hobo said:
WestMountain said:
Magic Hobo said:
WestMountain said:
I think Motherload is downloadable but you can play that on websites...
I thought you had to pay for the Motherload download? And we have an incredibly block-happy school system, so we can't really get to any sites. They blocked the Escapist for crying out loud; under the category of "Games"!
Do not download it from piratebay and do not use proxy servers to get to blocked sites ;] *wink* *wink*
I don't pirate, and the school can tell when you're using a proxy.
K :]

Have you tried the HoN beta or maybe F.E.A.R Combat, but that game may have to good graphics and school computers cant probably handle that

http://projectorigin.warnerbros.com/fearcombat/main
 

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I have the same issue at my high school. Fortunately, I have the gift of discovering the obvious, which lets me get past the school proxy by pressing the massive off button. Anyways, there are three games I recommend in order of popularity:

Tremulous: http://tremulous.net/ : A great aliens VS humans shooter that can be both played online and with a LAN. Unfortunately, its a pain having to teach everyone in your classroom how to play; they seem to not know what RTFM means.

Tribes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege_Tribes: Like a low-grade Halo with jet packs. Tribes is a single player or LAN game. You can play online; this requires a special patch and is blocked by your school's proxy. So don't download the patch.

Gang Garrison: http://www.ganggarrison.com/: A 8-bit demake of TF2. It has to be my favorite out of these three and features some of the best multiplayer. However, it is online only, and can be blocked. There could be a way to make a LAN server, but I haven't bothered looking into it.
 

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AjimboB said:
I suggest Quake Live, which you can play from your browser.
This is very true, but it feels awkward in schools since they usually watch your web traffic.

If you're like me and enjoy games of the far-gone age of pre-2000, here's a list of things I used to keep on my flashdrive for this sort of thing. Now I just have rogue-likes. Moria, Angband, and NetHack are the ones I actually play.



Anyway. All of these games are relatively small since I had a 2 gig flash drive and such. Some of the multiplayer ones were awesome though, because a few of my friends had a computer class at the same time, and we did like classroom vs classroom games where we would all clan-tag our room number, and do 5v5 CTF in unreal tournament during class. It was awesome.

These are the multiplayer ones I played with other people:
-Unreal Tournament '99

-Counter Strike 1.6
-Quake 3 Arena
-Crossfire
-Starcraft
-Age of Empires II
-Stronghold: Crusader

Most of my friends only played FPS and RTS with me, but those are the easiest to play during a class period because of the time required. Average match lasting 10-15 minutes in the FPS we played and RTS games being ~20-25.

When I was alone, I would play more RPG games and more developed-over-time turn-based strategy games:

First off, I highly recommend DOSBox for any older games.

-Heroes of Might and Magic
-Torchlight
-Stepmania (Makes a lot of noise, (on the keyboard, that is,) might not be a good choice.)
-Fallout (DOSBox)
-X-Com: UFO Defense (DOSBox)
-Master of Orion /// MoO 2
-Master of Magic (DOSBox)
-Descent II (DOSBox; I beat this game in Computer Science 1 after doing one level every couple days for like 2 months)
-Plants vs. Zombies
-Defense Grid: The Awakening
-Pretty much anything on abandonia, really.

If you're looking for free, web-based games, we have an entire section called Alt+Escape [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/editorials/alt-escape] that talks about them.

Anyway, there's probably more, but I can't think of them. Any older, smaller, simpler single-player RPGs intrigue me, and multi-player funfests usually require more action and less pacing.

Ansain said:
Tribes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starsiege_Tribes: Like a low-grade Halo with jet packs. Tribes is a single player or LAN game. You can play online; this requires a special patch and is blocked by your school's proxy. So don't download the patch.
This implies to me that playtribes.com is actually out and available and working. If this is the case, OH MY GOD WHY HAVE I NOT HEARD ABOUT THIS EARLIER AWESOMEAWESOMEAWESOME.

Thanks for reminding me that it exists.