Free games for PC

[Warpticon]

So I'm discovering there are some pretty damn impressive games available for nothing...this all stemmed from my asking about free RTS games in that RTS thread. Well, I found a bunch, and many from other genres as well.

Before I start rattling them off, does anybody have any recommendations? I know of many, but haven't played them all, or even most of them.

[flipkev]

So I'm discovering there are some pretty damn impressive games available for nothing...this all stemmed from my asking about free RTS games in that RTS thread. Well, I found a bunch, and many from other genres as well.

Before I start rattling them off, does anybody have any recommendations? I know of many, but haven't played them all, or even most of them.

I play addictive flash games, actually only one:

http://www.handdrawngames.com/DesktopTD/Game.asp

Check out www.jayisgames.com which has some VERY good flash games and reviews.

[Carpet Lint]

All NES games on a Java platform for your browser. Delicious.

http://www.virtualnes.com

Turns out I was a lot better at Balloon Fight when I was six than I am now. I just don't see the angles anymore.

[Sasmasta]

CABAL
Link. (http://cabal.ogplanet.com/main.og) Free MMORPG. [Needs install]

WORLD'S HARDEST GAME
Link. (http://www.addictinggames.com/theworldshardestgame.html) Good time waster when you're in class or at work. [No install]

PORTAL: THE FLASH GAME
Link. (http://portal.wecreatestuff.com/portal.php) Once again, good time waster. [No install]

:u: All found courtesy of SRK GD. :cool:

LINE RIDER
Link. (http://linerider.com/) You draw shit then press play and see if your sledder can ride the lines without gettin' KO'ed. Awesome if you have a tablet, I'm assuming. :/

[Warpticon]

Alright, here we go.

Okay, I'll kick this ish off.

Invasion: Battle of Survival, (http://www.boswars.org/) or BOS Wars, is a real-time strategy game built on the Stratagus engine, featuring all your standard RTS-isms: build tree, vehicles, aircraft, soldiers, defensive structures, multiple resources (energy and magma), etc. Runs on Windows, OSX, Linux, and BSD. Internet and lan play included. Not a bad game, still has some growing to do...a few units behave erratically.

http://www.boswars.org/images/boswars-2.4-0.jpg

[DarkGiygas]

http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=68488.0

[iwst99]

All NES games on a Java platform for your browser. Delicious.

http://www.virtualnes.com

Turns out I was a lot better at Balloon Fight when I was six than I am now. I just don't see the angles anymore.

I love you.

No homo.

Granted, I have every possible NES and NES hack rom out there, but I don't always have them with me. This is fucking awesome. :D :party:

[Sasmasta]

Whoa. :cool:

Awesome link. Battletoads! :p:

Edit: Oh shit, Whomp'Em! :p::p:

[Dragonfave723]

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3148013 (2006 Article, plus 2007 and 2008 articles from the right-side of the page)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_games


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware <--- Commercial games released as freeware

[EndLeSS8]

Home of the Underdogs, it's a great place for really old PC games that are abandonware. Some REALLY good games there. My personal favorite 2 are Syndicate Wars and 4D Boxing. Unfortunately, I can't get DOSBox to run. (http://www.the-underdogs.info/)

[Warpticon]

http://www.1up.com/do/feature?pager.offset=0&cId=3148013 (2006 Article, plus 2007 and 2008 articles from the right-side of the page)


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_games


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_games_released_as_freeware <--- Commercial games released as freeware

These are good links, but a bit overzealous...I'm trying to weed it down a bit. I mean, for God's sake, they have Nanaca Crash on there.

[Saotome Kaneda]

These are good links, but a bit overzealous...I'm trying to weed it down a bit. I mean, for God's sake, they have Nanaca Crash on there.
what's wrong with nanaca crash =/

[Lucretz]

Home of the Underdogs, it's a great place for really old PC games that are abandonware. Some REALLY good games there. My personal favorite 2 are Syndicate Wars and 4D Boxing. Unfortunately, I can't get DOSBox to run. (http://www.the-underdogs.info/)

Yeah, I'll usually stop by Home of the Underdogs every once in a while to look through the archives and find something interesting to play. It's a great site.

Also: If DOSBox doesn't run, maybe you could use something like VDMSound to run older games.

[DarkNecrid]

Mythos, the best free MMORPG in existance. It's in closed beta atm, I'll see if I or anyone I know have invites 4 u. It's from the original makers of Diablo, and it is Diablo 3 basically, only MMORPG.

And man, you can be a troll w/ a cigar. And dual pistols. With machine gun turrets.


Not even shitting you.

[Sasmasta]

That shit sounds interesting. :smokin:

[DarkNecrid]

Yeah, it's really good. The latest test patch adds Crafting and removes the instancing to be a fully open world like Diablo. I checked and apparently they've disabled invites, so sorry. :( When Open Beta comes out soon, make sure to get on it.

[Magulorist]

http://www.gamesradar.com/f/massive-for-nothing/a-20080618101944391072

read the article and have fun, i'm having fun playing private servers on World of warcraft(wow fusion) and Ragnarok online(Blackout RO)

[Kyoujin]

Oh shit, Whomp'Em! :p::p:

Oh man, I fuckin' love Whomp 'Em!:tup:

I used to go save my allowance every weekend and walk to the corner store to rent it; I never beat it, but I always had a blast playing it.

[Warpticon]

Racing games:

Trackmania Nations Forever
TORCS
VDrift

[rush down]

Gametap free games. Deus Ex, metal slugs, so on... Its good.

[Darkstalker]

Battleships Forever (very small scale RTS) - http://www.wyrdysm.com/games.php

Nelly Cootalot (point and click adventure) - http://more.bigbluecup.com/games.php?action=detail&id=860

Mr. Blocko Super Tournament Edition (puzzle game, dodge the Tetris blocks) - http://www.reloaded.org/download/Mr-Blocko-Super-Tournament-Edition/296/

Chalk (SHMUP meets Okami) - http://www.konjak.org/chalk.htm

Just a few highlights.

[jae hoon]

www.nintendo8.com, lots of nes games for free.

[Warpticon]

I forgot about Battleships Forever...silly name, but loks fun.

Descent: Freespace 2 is available for free now, and there's a port of the first game and Silent Threat expansion to the Freespace 2 engine (which was way ahead of its time). Y'all should go get that.

Just played TORCS. Very Gran Turismo-y, just highly simplified.

[Fuzzy_Snugs]

Battleships Forever (very small scale RTS) - http://www.wyrdysm.com/games.php


Chalk (SHMUP meets Okami) - http://www.konjak.org/chalk.htm

Just a few highlights.
I just played this game, and it is REALLY fun and addictive.

[Kaal]

You should also check out http://www.wyrdysm.com/games.php, this guy has made a few games, the most impressive of which is Battleships Forever, a 2d space strategy game with alot of customization. It has interesting effects and lots of graphical quirks that make the game fairly addicting. Edit: Gah, this was already posted.

http://mirrormoon.org/projects/windom, Bootfighter Windom is a fanmade version of the Gundam fighting games that have only been released in Japan. It's fairly fun. It plays like A.C.E.

[DaDesiCanadian]

what's wrong with nanaca crash =/

zuuuubAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAN

naak!

[Warpticon]

Oh my god, Trackmania Nations Forever is so much fucking fun. I just played that shit for an hour when I was just gonna try it out real quick.

[Saotome Kaneda]

zuuuubAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAN

naak!
the thread is still around, isn't it lol

[_MJ_#R]

quake 2 is free

just dl the demo and the 3.21 patch and bam.. full game.

[Weta]

Descent: Freespace 2 is available for free now, and there's a port of the first game and Silent Threat expansion to the Freespace 2 engine (which was way ahead of its time). Y'all should go get that.


The only negative thing I have to say about FS2 is that I don't like wading through the training, but I understand it's a necessary evil. To me, it's the ultimate space sim (barring E.L.I.T.E), it runs beautifully on my 64MB graphics card, and best of all it's free if you're curious (http://www.fsoinstaller.com/).