LAN (local area network) games

[khanzarate@lemmy.world]

Yeah you play single player, pause, and hit "open to lan"

Then someone else can connect to lan by typing in the IP. I think it autodetects a lan connection that's already open, too, but it's been a bit since I've used it.

[badabinski@kbin.earth]

Lethal Company is another example.

[fauxliving@lemmy.world]

Co-Optimus is a great resource for this.

Here's their database with a filter showing all PC games that support LAN play:

https://co-optim.us/3PFAKyZ

[usrtrv@sh.itjust.works]

Most multiplayer PC games before 2010ish.

[dark_arc@social.packetloss.gg]

Anything with a server software you can host can be played on LAN (okay probably not some things because they're being weird but in general this is true).

That means counter strike, Minecraft, supertuxkart, xonotic, enshrouded, pal world, etc

[risingswell@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

Escape, open to lan. autodetected by other Minecraft clients on the network and works modded without issues. You can enable cheats (or not) by default every time you open it again.

[randombullet@programming.dev]

I self host satisfactory. It's going swimmingly.

[mujtablue@programming.dev]

Can you name them from your memory please?

[mujtablue@programming.dev]

Thank you so much!

[tolstoy@lemmy.world]

This list is the way to go.
My last Lan party was about 17 years back but there is one golden rule, which is still more important than anything else: pick a game no one has played or one that everybody is familiar with! The biggest fun killers are unbalanced teams and matches.
Despite that, we liked the first flat out game which now should be wreckfest and strangely enough a soccer mod for CS:S back then.

[iceblade02@lemmy.world]

Planetary Annihilation, Warcraft 3 (at least pre-reforged if you can get a hold of an old copy), Unreal Tournament, Killing Floor, Battle for Middle Earth (1 & 2), OpenTTD, Simutrans, Settlers: Heritage of Kings, some of the older Wolfenstien games, Battle for Wesnoth, Warzone 2100, Teeworlds, Widelands

[johndclay@sh.itjust.works]

Oh yeah, I remember now. It wasn't registering the IP. But yeah there should be a way, I was just having technical issues with it.

[slazer2au@lemmy.world]

Farcry 1 and 2 have Lan support.

[khanzarate@lemmy.world]

You do need to forward the port in some routers.

Or connect via Ethernet cable and avoid the router, if possible.

But yeah, once any initial little hiccups are done, its actually very smooth, opening Minecraft takes longer.

Also that can turn on cheats in a world where cheats are disabled.

[encryptkeeper@lemmy.world]

SWAT 4 - $4.99

[bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de]

Diablo and Diablo 2 (not Resurrected)

I think Diablo 2 even came with an extra disc specifically so you could give it to your friend to play via LAN. Then these fuckers removed the option in Resurrected even though they promised they wouldn't.

StarCraft and the old Warcraft games work via LAN as well.

Quake, Doom, Unreal (Tournament), Half Life

[ampersandrew@lemmy.world]

Oh, I'll add on to this one that Rainbow Six 1 and 3 have been some of the best co-op games I've ever played, and both have LAN. The second game isn't readily available for sale anymore. Even that first game involved editing a lot of level config files in order to circumvent bugs, but it was a great time.

[landedgentry@lemmy.zip]

StarCraft you could use the same disk to “spawn install” to play with your friends. I think they could only play as Terran though.

[hydration9806@lemmy.ml]

Stardew Valley!

[blastboomstrice@mander.xyz]

• SuperTuxKart (open source super mario cart alternative)
• Luanti (open source minecraft alternative)