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[The Monster King]

'ssup guys it's me The Monster King

i am going to a LAN party this weekend and i want to bring cool stuff

what should i bring guys

mostly indie games but i'm open to other stuff... if only there was a way to download games on the internet for "free"...

we played Super Cock Blockers last time and it was a blast

a blast from the cock


what do you guys suggest? We are 20+ so games where there is no limit on players is a top notch idea but i dont mind lower numbers because we dont always end up playing the same game

[easynam]

Probably not what you're looking for but I've had a lot of fun playing custom maps on warcraft3 over LAN when I have friends over sometimes.

[AuthenticKaizen]

i recommend these games:

soldat
http://www.pixelprospector.com/2009/10/soldat/

teeworlds
http://www.pixelprospector.com/2010/05/teeworlds/

openlierox
http://www.pixelprospector.com/2009/11/openlierox/

wings2
http://www.pixelprospector.com/2010/07/wings-2/

gang garrison 2
http://www.pixelprospector.com/2009/11/gang-garrison-2/

nexuiz
http://www.pixelprospector.com/indev/2009/10/nexuiz/

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while the above mentioned games feature online play i thought i also mention so called hotseat games (meant to be played on 1 pc)
http://www.pixelprospector.com/tag/hotseat/
http://www.pixelprospector.com/indev/tag/hotseat/


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this site lists co-op games
http://www.co-optimus.com/system/4/pc.html



here are also some more games...
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=4386.0

[The Monster King]

those are pretty badass suggestions!

nexuiz in particular since i had never heard of it before!!

easyname if you have any custom map in particular to recommend it could be cool

[Tadeon]

You should try out Toblo. It is basically CTF game with destructible environment. Game can be played up to four players. Toblo won best student game award in IGF 2007.
Gameplay trailer
Homepage

[Richard Kain]

Descent, Quake, and Quake II. These were all classic standbys of the Lan parties of my youth. All of them are fast-based and frenetic. And all of them will allow you to install and play on multiple machines with only one hard copy. (ideal for Lan party) I also understand that the original Serious Sam is a blast to play co-op.

[AuthenticKaizen]

those are pretty badass suggestions!

nexuiz in particular since i had never heard of it before!!

easyname if you have any custom map in particular to recommend it could be cool

if you like fps then you might also enjoy these 3 games

warsow
http://www.warsow.net/

acid arena monster blast
http://acidarenaweb.free.fr/

open arena
http://openarena.ws/page.php?12

[fraxcell]

For FPS there's also Smokin' Guns, a western style shooter, and (my personal favorite multiplayer FPS,) Urban Terror.

[Nix]

Soldat and Teeworlds are both excelent. You might also try Infiniminer. I've only played it by myself (), but it could be a fun, light LAN game. TF2 is also a fun game for LAN parties, but only if the group is large enough and everyone has a copy.

[Landshark RAWR]

Play OpenTTD have a map set to be JUST small enough for the amount of people playing so theirs more competition, that and you can get a better chance of running over their buses with your train.

[AuthenticKaizen]

also try subvein.
a nice multiplayer top down shooter.
http://subvein.net/
http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2010/08/30/okay-lets-play-subvein-for-a-bit/

[Türbo Bröther]

I also understand that the original Serious Sam is a blast to play co-op.

It's the best fps for co-op that isn't Operation Flashpoint largely because it supports sixteen players and is silly. It's not free but you can get it cheaply from Good Old Games. No DRM so you can do the thing that people do at LANs when they aren't playing and "share" it around. Out of the two original episodes Second Encounter is probably the best for co-op as there's more opportunities to split up and accomplish goals at the same time.

Die By the Sword is pretty frickin' hilarious when playing with other people once you get used to it.

[Hangedman]

Unreal Tournament. Takes two seconds to install and is simple as dirt.

[easynam]

easyname if you have any custom map in particular to recommend it could be cool

I guess something like parasite would be cool if you can't see eachothers screens (Basically it's a bit like mafia/werewolf; you're on a spaceship and one of the players is infested with a parasite and has to infect or kill the other players, while trying not to be found out)

I've also had fun playing risk maps (middle earth/WoW risk, though the latter is a bit too slow at the end) but it quickly turns into a 1v1 with all of the other players wiped out.

Also DotA I guess, though I don't play it myself.

Can't really think of much atm sorry.

[Nillo]

If you have access to the internets in your LAN party, create a private room in Transformice and have everyone join it for epic lols  This game is the most fun with over 20 players, so I think it would be perfect for a big LAN.

Warcraft 3 is always nice, although it's not very indie. DotA is the best map and I recommend it always. If you don't want to be competitive, you can download one of the AI DotA maps and play 5 people vs. bots.

Other custom maps I enjoy are Warlock, Smash TV Arcade and Doodad Defence.

[C.A. Silbereisen]

It's the best fps for co-op that isn't Operation Flashpoint largely because it supports sixteen players and is silly. It's not free but you can get it cheaply from Good Old Games. No DRM so you can do the thing that people do at LANs when they aren't playing and "share" it around. Out of the two original episodes Second Encounter is probably the best for co-op as there's more opportunities to split up and accomplish goals at the same time.

I have some real fond memories of Serious Sam on LAN. We usually played a map, I think it was a custom one, that puts you in some kinda desert environment and unleashes hordes of every enemy type in the game on you in waves. Brainless fun doesn't get much better than that. 

[namragog]

hoHO! wesnoth me chaps? 
*nods in agreement  with self*

wesnoth.org

[Nillo]

Turn-based strategy games don't work very well with a high number of players. I like Wesnoth, but I wouldn't want to play it with five other people, because then I'd only really be playing it a sixth of the time.

[The Monster King]

thanks for the suggestions guys i will be trying them shortly!!!

[MisterX]

I'll just recommend Subvein again. It's fresh and very cool, I like to think of it as a mixture of Soldat and GTA 2.. with leveling up and special powers. Best top-down multiplayer shooter.

And then you have someone huddle up to you and play Marshmallow Duel together.


Oh, of course: Minecraft!