Games needed for an internet cafe.

[Arcadio]

One of my friends runs an internet cafe with some pentium 4 computers with radeon 9800 video cards.

My friend asked me to get a couple of games that could run on those computers. The games must be simple enough for a user to come and play right away without spending too much time figuring out the controls or anything like that.

What are some games that could attract customers?

 

[viivo]

On Radeon 9800s? Half-Life 2 runs great on those. Neverwinter Nights 1, Left 4 Dead 1 should run well. Maybe set up some Madden tournaments, which should run on lower settings.

 

[ChaoZ]

CS:S
TFT2
Warcraft 3
WoW
Starcraft
Quake/Doom/Unreal series

 

[ussfletcher]

CS:S
TFT2
Warcraft 3
WoW
Starcraft
Quake/Doom/Unreal series

This man has good taste.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

CS:S
TFT2
Warcraft 3
WoW
Starcraft
Quake/Doom/Unreal series

Unless you're running a private server of the oldschool WoW, it's going to run like ass on a 9800/p4.

 

[ChaoZ]

Unless you're running a private server of the oldschool WoW, it's going to run like ass on a 9800/p4.

It wasn't too bad for me. You just needed a crap load of RAM.

 

[Fox5]

Gltron or Armagetron.

L4D1 and 2.

Halo PC.

 

[Mursilis]

I've always enjoyed Enemy Territory, and it's free!

TF2 might also work. Such a fun multiplayer game.

 

[zagood]

Armagetron.

Awesome. I used to be addicted to that game. Tried to play again about a year ago and couldn't get the feeling back.

 

[AstroManLuca]

WoW. Every internet cafe I've seen has had virtually everyone playing an MMO, and WoW is by far the most popular one.

I guess it might have trouble running on such old hardware, but try messing with the settings a bit.

Also, Counter-Strike Source, Battlefield 2, and Quake/Unreal Tournament games are extremely popular and will run on older hardware.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

It was too bad for me. You just needed a crap load of RAM.

Which version of WoW, Original, TBC, or WotLK?

 

[ChaoZ]

Which version of WoW, Original, TBC, or WotLK?

Original. I quit right before the first expansion came out.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Original. I quit right before the first expansion came out.

Yea, TBC would play pretty poorly on a 9800pro. WotLK would absolutely crush it; might not even beable to load the game. They've done some decent updating to the game with each expansion.

 

[Dumac]

CS:S
TFT2
Warcraft 3
WoW
Starcraft
Quake/Doom/Unreal series

This plus original CS, which was the most popular local internet cafe game back when I used them (a couple years ago)

 

[Kromis]

 

[DaveSimmons]

Quake 2! Rails only CTF!

(yes, I'm old)

 

[McLovin]

Quake 2! Rails only CTF!

(yes, I'm old)

Ahhh yes the good ole days!

I remember playing an assload of CTF and also using grappling hooks which was awesome.

I played a Mod called King of the server (KoTS) and it was the best mod ever! It was basically an FPSRPG.


*edit* http://planetquake.gamespy.com/View.php?view=MOTW.Detail&id=71

 

[aigomorla]

One of my friends runs an internet cafe with some pentium 4 computers with radeon 9800 video cards.

My friend asked me to get a couple of games that could run on those computers. The games must be simple enough for a user to come and play right away without spending too much time figuring out the controls or anything like that.

What are some games that could attract customers?

bigfish games.

Counterstrike is also a good one to have that will run on almost anything, same with warcraft3, and starcraft.

 

[JJChicken]

One of my friends runs an internet cafe with some pentium 4 computers with radeon 9800 video cards.

My friend asked me to get a couple of games that could run on those computers. The games must be simple enough for a user to come and play right away without spending too much time figuring out the controls or anything like that.

What are some games that could attract customers?

Warcraft 3 + TFT is a big hit in all the internet cafes down here in Australia. Make sure you get that!

 

[WhipperSnapper]

I suggest the original Unreal Tournament (1999)

 

[gimmewhitecastles]

Heroes of Newerth is a stand alone version of the DoTA used map settings games from WC3. Still in beta version but I've seen it in a few internet cafes.

 

[ModeEngage]

Heroes of Newerth is a stand alone version of the DoTA used map settings games from WC3. Still in beta version but I've seen it in a few internet cafes.

I'd recommend this as well. Goes into open beta tomorrow.

 

[JTsyo]

He could also load up free games, for example:

C&C/Red Alert
Ground Control
Mech Commander 2
Allegiance

 

[xCxStylex]

TF2 and WoW are NOT going to run well on these computers.

Also, a lot are too complicated (don't want to spend too much time figuring controls).


How about the "casual" type games like peggle (takes no time in picking up and is fun) and plants vs zombies.

The games must be simple enough for a user to come and play right away without spending too much time figuring out the controls or anything like that.

What are some games that could attract customers?

 

[Newbian]

Just make sure your not breaking any laws by installing the same game on multiple computers or such since your friend could in trouble for doing that.

Even if you have a seperate game for each computer you will often need a separate game license to run them at a place like that for commercial purposes and those can cost a tidy sum.