Counter Strike V1.6

If you like to play online computer games, the name Counter Strike (aka CS) will not be unknown to you.

And if you are someone who has recently started taking comfort in online gaming then you should definitely try CS.

Counter-Strike 1.6 is a tactical first-person shooter video game developed by Valve Corporation in year 2000 and was announced as most played game by gamespy in 2008, there are still countless people playing this game all across the globe. There has been continuous modifications in the original game since years till now and the extensions thus created include  Counter-Strike: Condition Zero, Counter-Strike: Source, and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.

As of August 2011, the Counter-Strike franchise has sold over 27 million units

Game Play : Like almost all first person shooter games, the game play of CS revolves around shooting opponent player till death.

In CS a person can join either a terrorist team, a counter-terrorist team or become spectator. If you join a terrorist team then the mission is to bomb a targeted site and mission of counter-terrorist team is to avoid this. Each team gets different weapons and try to complete their objective/mission in the given time.

Each round starts with the two teams spawning simultaneously.

A player can choose any one of the available eight character to play as, how ever the abilities of all characters are kept same the only difference is in their appearance. As a team wins the round Standard monetary bonuses are awarded in terms of points that can be used to buy different deadly weapons in the next round.

From the initial start of a round all players are given a few seconds called “freeze time”, During this time a player cannot move or play, this time is just given as a countdown to start the round and also gives time to players to buy weapons and other equipments. Once the round ends surviving players retain their weapons of previous round and players who are killed join with standard weapons. During a round if a player is killed, becomes spectator and is able to see the movement of not only allies but also of opponents.

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How to Play Online : There are several methods of playing CS with other human players on line. Some of them are described below.

• Online Gaming through valve : Open counter strike > click on multilayer option ‘a list of available servers will pop up’ > double click on the server which is available in your country> start playing

This type of method is not very useful as there are very less chances to find server with out password protection

• Play CS 1.6 on Garena : Follow the following steps:

>Open Garena, and enter any CS 1.6 room.
>Select “Counter Strike 1.6” From the game list.
>Select any room, preferably the room which is from your region and has a good nmber of players in it.
>Click on “settings” and browse your “cs1.6.exe” or “hl.exe”.
>Now in the “Game bootstrap parameters” type this : “-game cstrike” (without quotes.)
>Click on update and then click on “Start Game”
>Type slist in the console, to open the console press “~” on your keyboard.
>When you type slist, a bunch of servers are listed, type Connect “number of the server” Eg. Connect 1
>Now you have successfully configured your cs1.6 on Garena !

• Counter Strike Through Hamachi : In order to play any multilayer game on Hamachi there is a need to be connected to other players, which is done by either creating your own network or by joining an existing network. once you have sufficient number of people linked to a common network all you need to do is to go through following steps.

. Turn off your firewall (or disable it). Remember to turn it back on after you finish playing.

>Run CS.

>Press the ~ key on the keyboard. It is to the left of the 1 key on the top row of the keyboard.

>Type connect “your hamachi IP” to connect if you are hosting the game. If someone else is hosting the game look at their Hamachi IP address and use that instead of yours.Or you can type the hamachi name instead of the ip address

> The game will connect and you can start playing.

• Counter Strike On LAN : This method of online playing is most commonly used, where two ore more people connected on a same LAN (Local Area Network) are able to play with one another without even been connected to internet.

Once you have different computers connected a common LAN with CS 1.6 installed on them. Follow these steps

>know your LAN IP Address : Go to command prompt. For XP, Start -> Run -> cmd. Then type [ipconfig] with out brackets.Keep it in mind to note the IP address down

>Start CS (Server side) : in one of the computers open HLDS which must be located in C:\Program Files\Counter-Strike or in the folder where you have installed CS, You should see an executable named hlds.exe. Run the exe file You should see a GUI. Select your desired maps and settings.

>Start CS (Client side) : Start CS in other computers click “find servers”>LAN>you should be able to see the name of the server you created on server side”double click it”

>if you are not able to see the name of the server try joining through LAN IP Address of the server computer

*Make sure all the computers are connected to the main server

This might seem lame but you also need a couple of humans, otherwise with whom will you play?

There are sill several other to play CS online but above 4 methods are widely used and successful.
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Hamachi: No Server Lag!

It is a tiny program that allows gamers to play the online games over the internet. It generally creates a VPN (Virtual Private Network) across the internet and thus allows gamers to play online games; a person with Hamachi installed, can play network games across the internet directly with no server lag!

Hamachi allows you to play the network games on their on own network, the network it create is VPN (Zero Configuration VPN), which makes you act like a network and even play the network games across the internet directly. For security purposes, it allows you to apply password for your network so that you can protect it from spam comers and thus only users you allow can join, this way you can restrict unauthorized access to your VPN. Once you get it installed, you have the option for a free version, which has a 30 days time period, generally to test the premium account.

There are an increasing number of people using Hamachi for online game playing, generally to connect to a VPN using Hamachi, both sockets must have the software installed.

With this tool a network can host 273 users, which are counted as:

• 16 Free members
• 256 Premium members
• 1 Host

Here’s a list of some Hamachi Games:

Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2: Special Forces

Call of Duty 2

Live For Speed S2 Demo

GT Legends

Crashday

FIFA 2005

FIFA 06

NHL 2005

NHL 2006

Need for Speed: Underground

Need for Speed: Most Wanted….

And Almost All Arcade Games

Disney Pixar Cars 2: Global Racing Adventure

Disney Pixar Cars 2 is a third person world-class racing game, fundamentally based on the movie Cars 2 and developed by Avalanche Software. It was released by Disney Interactive on different major platforms such as PSP, Xbox 360. Its PS3 version feature stereoscopic 3D gameplay.

Grab your PSP, Jump into the Cars universe with a brand new international spy theme, hit the road and race your way around the world.

Disney Pixar Cars 2 offers the players global high-speed racing adventure with its splendid stereoscopic 3D gameplay. Game provides 25 different characters to choose from. Players do have the opportunity of upgrading car machines from the garage. A player can choose his/her favorite speedy machines. Players participates in missions as a world class spy, smack enemies down, completes missions, achieves levels and wins trophies throughout the gameplay, with medals and crest, cheats, codes, unlock cars and a lot more!

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Trophies and Ponits are awarded in each success to the players throughout the gameplay depending on the beat-timing and what type of vehicle players are driving, respectively. There are three types of trophies awarded to the players, which are Bronze, Silver and gold. There are generally three modes: heavy, medium and light. With targeted achievements players can unlock the new cars.

Disney Pixar Cars 2 has multiplayer features too; up to four players can have the enjoyment to play simultaneously.

Age of Empires

Age Of Empires is a series of real time strategy game spanning 10,000 years, developed by Ensemble Studios and published by Microsoft Studios and was release in year 1997. Age of Empires is a winner of wargamer award for excellence and has also obtained a score of selling more then 20 million copies till date world wide.

players are the guiding spirit in the evolution of small stone age tribes. Starting with minimal resources, players are challenged to build their tribes into great civilizations.

Gamers can choose from one of several ways to win the game, including: world domination by conquering enemy civilizations, exploration of the known world and economic victory through the accumulation of wealth.

What makes this game a huge success is its historical theme and fair play, the artificial intelligence (AI) player’s fight with less “”cheating”” than in many of the series’ competitors but the major advantage of this game over others is its free online multiplayer gaming experience.

AOE (Age of Empires) comes with an option to play with a maximum of 8 other players in multiplayer mode. This multiplayer option can be used over LAN or internet and doesn’t require very high speed internet. You can either host a game and let others to join or can also join an existing game, there are also different 3rd party softwares(game ranger, game spy arcade etc) available which let you communicate with other gamers and hosts rooms for AOE online.

Top 10 Multiplayer online games

For years Multiplayer Games has given gamers such a fantastic platform to have fun together.

Playing against Computer is great but there is nothing quite great about playing against friends, throwing all bumps on them in all n ease while playing games.

Gamers would generally find a lot of multiplayer games to play. But there’s only a few that certainly would give you so unimaginably awesome experience of gaming world.

Here I list some Multiplayer Games that have been simply great to roll over the unimaginable platform.

1. Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare

• Is a shooter video game, which was developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, PlayStation 3, Xbox 360 and Wii.

• It features team-based and death match-based multiplayer modes on various maps. Each mode has an objective that requires unique strategies to complete.

• It runs on the IW engine, specifically IW 3.0, featuring true world-dynamic lighting, HDR lighting effects, dynamic shadows and depth of field.

2. Super Smash Bros 64

• Super Smash Bros  was actually released for the Wii’s Virtual console.

• Super Smash Bros is essentially a crossover between several Nintendo franchises, such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda and Kirby.

• The Super Smash Bros. series is a dramatic departure from many fighting games. Instead of winning by depleting an opponent’s life bar, Smash Bros players seek to knock opposing characters off the stage.

3. Counter- Strike

• The great thing about the game is that once you’re dead,you’re out. This makes game Competitive rather more fun and spiritual one.

• Counter-Strike divides players into teams of terrorists and counter-terrorists. The game modes include Slaughter /protecting a VIP.

4. Mario Kart 64

• A racing game developed and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 64. It is the second furnishing in the Mario Kart series.

• You can play the game in four different forms: Grand Prix, Time Trial, versus, and Battle.
• Game provides 8 different characters to play with.

5. World of Warcraft

• World of Warcraft is an enormously vast, rich role- playing online multiplayer experience that has factually consumed people’s lives.

• This game is incredibly fun to and magnificent in terms of its and creativity.

6. Time Splitter 2

• This game is a first person shooting video game available for Playstation 2, Xbox, and Nintendo Game consoles.

•  Many still hold TimeSplitters 2 as one of the best FPS multiplayer experiences around.
• This game can be enjoyed by two or more players. Its gaming experience will give you the magnificent gaming experience throughout the play.

7. Street Fighter

A lot of people like Street Fighter.

• Playing against the CPU in the original was certainly always fun and challenging, but the best side of Street Fighter was introduced in its second outing, which saw the birth of 1 on 1 versus matches.
• It has added new depth to series that would set the tone for later additions.

8. Pro Evolution Soccer

• Formerly known as ISS, PES (as it’s often affectionately abbreviated), is the well-known competitor to the long standing FIFA series.

• Pro Evolution Soccer has come up with 11 series of it yet.

9. StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty

It’s the complete multiplayer RTS experience you’re looking for.

• Even though its kind of an amassing of all the RTS games before it, Starcraft II has more polish, balance and user-friendliness.
• Beginners Welcome: it’s a whole new different world for gamers.

10. Quake 3:Arena

• Is a multiplayer first-Person shooter video game.

• Quake 3 is available on a number of platforms and contains mature content. The game was highly praised by reviewers who, for the most part, described the game play as fun and engaging. Many liked the crisp graphics and focus on Multiplayer.