Windowed games that you can alt-tab out of/hide quickly are better, playing huge games like Oblivion would take a while to minimize, especially on school computers.
I used to play Little Fighter 2 (good for non-network multiplayer), the bridge building game, Ragdoll Masters, Super Stealball etc.
We also had a little program that would hide that bar on the toolbar using hotkeys.
Ah, good times.
LF2 is fun with friends.