[off-topic] Game recommendation??

[Jim Hill]

Wesley Groleau wrote:

>
>Would anyone care to recommend
>
> A two-player game that would interest teenage boys
> (but not too violent or sexy!) and would work over
> a direct ethernet connection between OS X and Win98

Well, when I was a kid I remember being awestruck by a slick new game
called "Pong". I'm sure that OS X and W98 ports can be found.


Jim
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Longhaired freaky people need not apply.

[Sandman]

In article <oDCdnQQkNsCKpIGiXTWJiA@gbronline.com>,
Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@myrealbox.com> wrote:

> Would anyone care to recommend
>
> A two-player game that would interest teenage boys
> (but not too violent or sexy!) and would work over
> a direct ethernet connection between OS X and Win98
>
> (Obviously have to be Java or flash or some other
> portable technology or have versions for both platforms)

Quake I, II or III? Ghost Recon?

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Sandman[.net]

[David Magda]

Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@myrealbox.com> writes:

> Would anyone care to recommend
>
> A two-player game that would interest teenage boys
> (but not too violent or sexy!) and would work over
> a direct ethernet connection between OS X and Win98
>
> (Obviously have to be Java or flash or some other
> portable technology or have versions for both platforms)

"Return to Castle Wolfenstein" has versions for Windows, OS X, and
Linux. It was about CA$70 when it first came out over a year ago.

It's multi-player (up 64 people per server): you can either join a
server on the 'Net, setup your own local server, or use the
single-player game.

Note: I'm talking about the original version, I'm not sure whether
the recent "Enemy Territory" has an OS X version out.

It does involve shooting people (German soldiers and some 'monsters')
but nothing extremely graphics (IMHO). Are no chainsaws, etc.

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Because the innovator has for enemies all those who have done well under
the old conditions, and lukewarm defenders in those who may do well
under the new. -- Niccolo Machiavelli, _The Prince_, Chapter VI

[Wesley Groleau]

Jim Hill wrote:

> Well, when I was a kid I remember being awestruck by a slick new game
> called "Pong". I'm sure that OS X and W98 ports can be found.

Hmmm, I remember pong, too (vaguely)
but I don't remember it working between
two machines. I'll have to look into
that.

[Wesley Groleau]

Wesley Groleau wrote:

> Would anyone care to recommend

Thanks, everyone, for the ideas....

[ward mcfarland]

foo <foo@bar.com> wrote:

> ...except that for some of those (D2 and WC3, I think) the game should
> detect the same serial number and will quit running.

I use one copy of D2 on two networked machines. It appears they only
check for duplicate CD's when logging onto their BattleNet servers.

You either need to make a copy of the play disk (Toast worked for me),
or at least copy all the music, speech and movie files onto one machine,
then eject the CD on that machine after launching the game.

[Matthias Schroeder]

David Magda <dmagda+trace030710@ee.ryerson.ca> writes:

> Wesley Groleau <wesgroleau@myrealbox.com> writes:
>

> > Would anyone care to recommend
> >
> > A two-player game that would interest teenage boys
> > (but not too violent or sexy!) and would work over
> > a direct ethernet connection between OS X and Win98
> >
> > (Obviously have to be Java or flash or some other
> > portable technology or have versions for both platforms)

>
> "Return to Castle Wolfenstein" has versions for Windows, OS X, and
> Linux. It was about CA$70 when it first came out over a year ago.
>
> It's multi-player (up 64 people per server): you can either join a
> server on the 'Net, setup your own local server, or use the
> single-player game.
>
> Note: I'm talking about the original version, I'm not sure whether
> the recent "Enemy Territory" has an OS X version out.
>
> It does involve shooting people (German soldiers and some 'monsters')

So it can easily be classified as 'not too violent', right?

Matthias