Posted by Matt on 04/16/06 18:02

"Pheasant Plucker" <pheasant@plucker.not> wrote in message
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> Hi there,
>
> As a 40-something who has never really been into games (PacMan, Space
> Invaders - sad I know:-) I am looking for some games to play across the
> LAN at home.
>
> My girlfriend has a 14 year old boy who is games crazy and I am going to
> build him a PC ( he already has PS/2, DS, Gamecube etc.)
>
> I was hoping to be able to play some games across the LAN and wondered if
> there is a resource out there that might give a listing of what games are
> available?
>
> I am guessing that we will be going down the 'simple' game route - that is
> not Doom/Quake/Unreal type shoot-em ups but more along the lines of arcade
> driving/flying type of games?
>
> As a complete non-gamer I still have fond memories of games such as Plane
> Crazy and Falcon that unfortunately are not available any more and figured
> there must have been many advances in LAN games since then?
>
> I wonder if there may also be a chess type of game available (boring I
> know) but a complete listing of LAN-aware games would be ideal if such a
> thing exists?
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
> Kind regards,
> -=pp=-
Counter strike.
Free download (well 1.6 is) and it could not be simpler.
Kill people...lots.
Matt

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