High Quality Freeware Games!

[MdaG]

I've been suggested to start a freeware thread where people can post links to freeware titles.

Food Force (Real life simulation) (http://www.food-force.com/)

Spice Trade (http://www.spicetrade.org/)

Crown and Cutlass (Pirates clone) (http://crownandcutlass.sourceforge.net/)

Highway pursuit (Racing) (http://www.adamdawes.com/windows/win_hpursuit.html)

Penguin Command (Remake of Missile Command with better graphics) (http://www.linux-games.com/penguin-command/)

FunBlobReturn (3D Platform game) (http://phrounz.chez.tiscali.fr/php/games/irr/index.php?lang=en&name=./funblobr.txt)

Globulation 2 (RTS game) (http://epfl.ysagoon.com/wiki/)

XPilot (Multiplayer 2D spacewar game) (http://xpilot.sourceforge.net/)

Gallipoli - The Game (A Lemmings clone (sort of)) (http://www.um.com.au/gallipoli.html)

FreeOrion (Strategy inspired by Master of Orion) (http://www.freeorion.org/index.php/Main_Page)

Zelda - Secret of Eternia (Fan made Zelda game) (http://www.game-cade.com/zeldasoe.php)

White Chamber (Adventure horror game) (http://www.studiotrophis.com/wc.php)

Bombic (Dynablaster clone) (http://bombic.sourceforge.net/)

No Gravity (OpenGL space sim) (http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity/)

U.F.O. - Alien Invasion (http://www.ufoai.net/)

Crimson Fields (Strategy) (http://crimson.seul.org/index2.php)

E.V.E. Paradox (Puzzle) (http://www.entropicsoftware.com/eve/eve.html)

Hornado (Side scrolling shooter) (http://www.hornado.de/english/index.html)

Star Lords (The game that led to Master of Orion) (http://moo3.quicksilver.com/game/starlords.html)

Dungeon Master (Java remake of Dungeon Master) (http://www.cs.pitt.edu/~alandale/dmjava/)

Beneath a steel sky (Freeware release) (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php)

Flight of the Amazon Queen (Freeware release) (http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php)

Freedroid (Remake of Paradroid) (http://freedroid.sourceforge.net/)

Marathon (Open source release) (http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/)

SCOURGE (Dungeon bashing) (http://scourge.sourceforge.net/)

XU 4 (Remake of Ultima 4) (http://xu4.sourceforge.net/)

Advanced Strategic Command (Strategy similar to Battle Isle) (http://www.asc-hq.org/)

Tower Toppler (Remake of Nebulous) (http://toppler.sourceforge.net/)

Battle for Wesnoth (Fantasy strategy) (http://www.wesnoth.org/)

Privateer (Remake of Origin's classic) (http://priv.solsector.net/)

Fish Fillets (Puzzle) (http://fillets.sourceforge.net/)

Glest (RTS) (http://www.glest.org/eng/index.htm)

Ur-Quan Masters (Remake of Star Control 2) (http://sc2.sourceforge.net/)

Falcon's Eye (NetHack with enhanced visuals) (http://www.hut.fi/~jtpelto2/nethack.html)

Frozen Bubble (Clone of Bust a Move) (http://www.frozen-bubble.org/)

Tux racer (Snow racing) (http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/)

Bub & Bob brothers (Remake of Bubble Bobble) (http://bub-n-bros.sourceforge.net/)

Alien Swarm (Tactical squad-based shooter *semi freeware, it requires UT2004*) (http://www.blackcatgames.com/swarm/index.shtml)

Abe's amazing adventure (Classic platform game) (http://abe.sourceforge.net/)

Gate 88 (Online RTS in space) (http://www.queasygames.com/gate88/)

FreeCiv (Multiplayer remake of Civilization) (http://www.freeciv.org/index.php/Freeciv)

Paradroidz (OpenGL remake of Paradroid) (http://www.jpct.net/paradroidz/index.html)

Scorched 3D (OpenGL remake of Scorched Earth) (http://www.scorched3d.co.uk/)

Torcs (Car racing game) (http://torcs.sourceforge.net/)

Slune (Car racing game) (http://home.gna.org/oomadness/en/slune/)

Flightgear (Flight simulator) (http://flightgear.org/)

BZFlag (3D tank battle game) (http://bzflag.org/)

Enemy Territory (Multiplayer 1st person shooter) (http://enemy-territory.4players.de:1041/)

Enemy Territory - Fortress (Multiplayer 1st person shooter) (http://www.etfgame.com/)

Jake 2 (1st person shooter using a Java port of the Quake 2 engine) (http://www.bytonic.de/html/jake2.html)

Legend (Multiplayer 1st person shooter similar to Tribes) (http://hosted.tribalwar.com/legends/)

Egoboo (Dungeon basher) (http://egoboo.sourceforge.net/)

Eternal Lands (MMORPG) (http://www.eternal-lands.com/)

Planeshift (MMORPG) (http://www.planeshift.it/main_01.html)

Runescape (MMORPG) (http://www.runescape.com/)

Drake Equation, Anasazi, Aftermath, Armored Onslaught, Galactic Hacker (http://www.gamesforfree.net/)

Star Fight series (http://www.jpproduction.fi/games/)

Heroine Iysayana (http://www.skullbyte.com/iysayana.php)

Holotz Castle (Platform) (http://www.mainreactor.net/holotzcastle/en/index_en.html)

LGeneral (Panzer Genereral clone) (http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LGeneral)

Blobwars (Platform) (http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/blobWars.php)

Super Tux (Platform) (http://super-tux.sourceforge.net/)

Galaxy Hack (Strategy) (http://galaxyhack.sourceforge.net/)

Super Mario Clone (Platform) (http://smclone.arturh.com/index.php?page=news)

Pingus (Lemmings clone) (http://pingus.seul.org/welcome.html)

Wormux (Worms clone) (http://www.wormux.org/en/)

[Timpsi]

I'd like to recommend the great remake of the legendary International Karate + available at http://www.poke53280.de/ (go to downloads, International 64k-Rate).

Screenshot (http://www.poke53280.de/gallery/zoom/107_600.jpg)

[dishwasherlove]

Wing Commander : Privateer.

http://priv.solsector.net/downloads.htm

Is the abandonia remake site still getting made?

[Timpsi]

A nice computer adaption of the Hero Quest board game. I especially like the editor, although I'd wish it had more options. http://home-1.tiscali.nl/~lbroers/download.htm

[Borodin]

Ur-Quan Masters (Remake of Star Control 2)
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

This isn't a game. It's a remake that's been in-process for several years. The only things available for download are remixes of songs from the original game. Things have been very quiet over the last year, and I wouldn't expect anything for at least two more years.

[Timpsi]

Originally posted by Borodin@Mar 14 2005, 03:06 PM
Ur-Quan Masters (Remake of Star Control 2)
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/

This isn't a game.* It's a remake that's been in-process for several years.* The only things available for download are remixes of songs from the original game.* Things have been very quiet over the last year, and I wouldn't expect anything for at least two more years.
Yes, there is a fully working game there. Please refer to the reply from me to you at the thread over here (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4012).

[DeathDude]

Some cool games, got to check them out.

[MdaG]

Some more :D
I haven't tried any of these so I can't say if they're any good.

*MOVED TO BEGINNING OF THREAD*

[TaloN]

very nice

[Borodin]

Originally posted by Timpsi@Mar 14 2005, 01:18 PM
Yes, there is a fully working game there. Please refer to the reply from me to you at the thread over here (http://www.abandonia.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=4012).
Cool. Thanks for catching that. :)

[Mad-E-Fact]

There's actually a lot more Ultima remakes in the works. You can keep track of them on this site:

http://ultima.rpgdot.com/

[Borodin]

Yeah, I've been watching them every 6 months or so. I don't pay much attention to them because only one team to date, Exult's, has produced anything, and a good half of those that were listed one year ago are now deadlinked.

[MdaG]

Three MMORPGs which all seem good.

*MOVED TO BEGINNING OF THREAD*

[Mad-E-Fact]

Originally posted by Borodin@Mar 15 2005, 01:50 PM
Yeah, I've been watching them every 6 months or so.* I don't pay much attention to them because only one team to date, Exult's, has produced anything, and a good half of those that were listed one year ago are now deadlinked.
Hehe, true. I've been keeping the pile of crap, Dungeon Siege, on my HD for years now, so I could run U5 Lazarus, but it seems it will be a looong wait, if they ever finish it at all...

[JJXB]

isn't the marathon page here? (http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/)

[MdaG]

Originally posted by JJXB@Mar 15 2005, 10:41 PM
isn't the marathon page here? (http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/)
Yup, changed it.

[bohor]

what is this maraton game about??

[Timpsi]

Originally posted by bohor@Mar 16 2005, 04:54 PM
what is this maraton game about??
They're Bungie's older titles that were incredibly popular on Macs. Predecessors of Halo in a way.. story driven first-person shooters.

[bohor]

oh, I see, thx timpsi!!

[MdaG]

And yet some more...

*MOVED TO BEGINNING OF THREAD*

[Sean]

5 Days A Stranger

7 Days A Skeptic

Poseidon12(Beta)

First 2 can be found at www.fullyramblomatic.com.
The link for P12 can be found at the www.fullyramblomatic.com forums!

[DeathDude]

5 days and 7 days can be found here at abandonia as well.

[Sean]

I know that.....

However

The author has an intresting site that deserves some hits.. he is a most percuilar kind of guy!

[Flop]

I noticed that Anacreon isn't on that list. Some guy's been doing a remake for windows, with highly improved graphics.

Anacreon remake (http://www.neurohack.com/anacreon/)

Unfortunately he hasn't implemented all features of the original yet, but he makes updates fairly often, and the game is playable.

[MdaG]

More...

*MOVED TO BEGINNING OF THREAD*

[Omuletzu]

Just post here all the links you find to freeware games, don't just make a new thread for every one :ok:

[MdaG]

Here's another one:

No Gravity (http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity/)

[Hark]

Geez, Privateer remake for free? A UFO Remake? This is great! Shoudn't abandonia put a section for links to these freewares?

[BeefontheBone]

nope, we don't do freeware.

[Sebatianos]

I'd recomend these two classics:

Bruce Lee (http://planetflibble.com/blitz/)
and
Styx (http://www.digger.org/styx/)

[mouse31e]

Originally posted by BeefontheBone@Apr 13 2005, 09:55 PM
nope, we don't do freeware.
On the contrary - there's plenty of freeware on the site.

eg. 5 Days a Stranger, 7 days a Skeptic, Enclosure, Dink Smallwood and plenty of others.

[BeefontheBone]

yeah, for now - look in the translating to other languages thread.

[The Niles]

Those games will not dissapear but they will be removed from abandonia in the neat future.

[Reup]

I found a great remake of the old "Marble Madness" game, only in decent quality 3D! It's pretty hard but also pretty addictive when you get the hang of it!

Trackballs (http://trackballs.sourceforge.net/)

[BeefontheBone]

there's a similar(ish) mod for UT2004 about (can't remember then name though...) involving controlling a ball with various physics properties at different times, and collecting things, getting through traps, or racing round a track. it's pretty good.

[El Pollo]

A very addictive Asteroids-Clone

Maelstrom 3.0 (http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/Maelstrom/)

[LuckyLlama]

Noctis (http://www.anywherebb.com/postline/index.php?l=D4JeGEdhacS6Srr6NfweDCUh&r=lYUhcug3l3hh9gr6Rtv1flhhT4s6Spx5)
(Space Sim)

The most open-ended game I've ever played. Explore the universe, discover new worlds, name planets and stars...
Highly recommended! :ok:

[The Levitating Nun]

How about kingdom of loathing? not sure if it counts as it's a browser game but it's definitely high quality in my opinion.

Kingdom of loathing (http://www.kingdomofloathing.com)

[THEEVILOFMEN]

What about Zelda Classic? A favorite of mine, if I say so myself. and so many varities!

www.zeldaclassic.com

[THEEVILOFMEN]

Hey, isn't there a monster summoning freeware game somewhere? Vantage Online or something? I have heard of it, but I have no idea where to get it. :wall:

[Lizard]

You mean Vantage Master Online?(at least that was a game that I googled under vantage online :whistle: )
Use Google! :Titan:

[parska]

Well of souls (http://www.synthetic-reality.com/wosHome.htm)

Dink Smallwood (http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/)

[THEEVILOFMEN]

Originally posted by Lizard@Apr 21 2005, 06:55 PM
You mean Vantage Master Online?(at least that was a game that I googled under vantage online :whistle: )
Use Google! :Titan:
Ahhhh... found it. thank you.

THough it is embarassing for an evil genius to ask help from anyone.

:sniper: :rifle: :guns:

[Lizard]

Originally posted by THEEVILOFMEN+Apr 22 2005, 02:28 PM****</div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (THEEVILOFMEN @ Apr 22 2005, 02:28 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> ******QuoteBegin-Lizard@Apr 21 2005, 06:55 PM
You mean Vantage Master Online?(at least that was a game that I googled under vantage online :whistle: )
Use Google! :Titan:
Ahhhh... found it. thank you.

THough it is embarassing for an evil genius to ask help from anyone.

:sniper: :rifle: :guns: [/b][/quote]
Even greatest villian need help sometimes :whistle:
Anyway what about are Vantage Masters Online?
It looks intersting but the page was in Japan so I wasnt able to understant anything :blink:

[Leviathan]

Great games, best are (imho)

Enemy Territory ( 9.5 out of 10 )
Ur Quan masters ( 9 out of 10 )
Alien Swarm ( 8 out of 10 )

[MdaG]

My three favorites are:

Beneath a Steel Sky
Ur Quan Masters
and a hard tie between Fish Fillets and Flight of the Amazon Queen.

[LordHart]

Going along with another thread where i've posted about adventure games, http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk is the official website of AGS, a freeware... well, adventure game studio. It is capable of creating any kind of 2D adventure game that you can think of, including games like Sierras classic AGI, SCI0, SCI1 and SCI32 style games, Lucasarts SCUMM style games, and so on with little to no programming knowledge neccesary, and you can also make other types of games if you know how to code (there has been a Zelda style RPG made, a platform game, a game which is very much like Cannon Fodder, and currently in the works, a game that is heavily inspired by the original Command and Conquer).

At the site, you can browse the games index which features about 100-200 free games ranging in size, whilst the forums at http://www.bigbluecup.com/yabb/index.php are likely to have double that if you are patient and want to go through the completed games section of the forum.

If you don't know, 5 Days a Stranger, 7 Days a Skeptic and Cirque de Zale, available here at Abandonia were made with AGS (not sure if any other AGS games are here, haven't looked). If you liked them, then you'd be surprised to find that there are many more games that are rated better in the AGS community. You should all check it out.

[MdaG]

I know of the site, it's a great addition to the adventure game arena :ok:

[parska]

Originally posted by MdaG@Mar 14 2005, 10:31 AM
Super Mario Clone (Platform) (http://smclone.arturh.com/index.php?page=news)
Here is another super mario clone.

Super mario XP (http://www.acid-play.com/download/super-mario-xp/)

[Rugz]

I would like to add these games in list
Laxius power (console style RPG)

It is actually a series. the game has 2 sequels both better than original. But its best if you play from very first episodes.
http://www.laxiuspower.cjb.net/

[Virgil]

Some good freeware games ,but without descriptions (sorry).
Racer (http://www.racer.nl/) - car sim with lots of downloadable stuff : extra cars ,extra tracks etc.
Those three games made on Crimsonland's 2d engine :
Notrium (http://www.monkkonen.net/notrium.php) - survival simulator .
Wazzal (http://www.monkkonen.net/wazzal.php) - space privateer game .,some elements taken from Pirates!
Magebane (http://www.monkkonen.net/magebane.php)- action rpg, where you control party of three monks.
Star Wars : Battle of Endor (http://www.bruneras.com/endor.htm) space arcade simulator based on one of Star Wars films.
Star Wars :Battle of Yavin (http://www.bruneras.com/yavin.htm) - another SW inspired game .

[mika]

Here's one I just found: http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html

And also there are links to a lot of oldie remakes here: http://www.retroremakes.com/

BTW: I know it's a bore, but could you put the list into alphabetcal order? It would be much easier to search then.

[Doubler]

How about a digger remake?
Digger (http://www.digger.org/)

Be warned: Terrible music!

[MdaG]

Originally posted by mika@May 4 2005, 02:02 PM
Here's one I just found: http://www.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/~martins/orbit/orbit.html

And also there are links to a lot of oldie remakes here: http://www.retroremakes.com/

BTW: I know it's a bore, but could you put the list into alphabetcal order? It would be much easier to search then.
Well I'm going with the "put the new entries on top" to make it easier to see if there are any new additions. Also I'm not adding the entries further down the thread to the list. I guess I'm a bit lazy. If I'm really bored someday I might add em all to the list :max:

[mika]

Wow, found a really cool site here: http://www.reloaded.org/ ;)

[taikara]

roflmao!

:D

Yeah, that's a great one ;) :ok:

[NrmMyth]

Originally posted by mika@May 8 2005, 09:37 PM
Wow, found a really cool site here: http://www.reloaded.org/ ;)
Uuuu ....

How did you find it??? ;)

[MdaG]

Originally posted by mika@May 8 2005, 07:37 PM
Wow, found a really cool site here: http://www.reloaded.org/ ;)
Bah, there're more games in this thread than on that site :bleh:

*edit*

Since Reloaded is around nowadays I won't post anything else here. This thread can be closed now. Future posting can continue in the Reloaded forums.

[WolverineDK]

Bubble Bobble (a remake of the original bubble bobble) (http://sourceforge.net/projects/bubbob)

Bubble Bobble - an Opensource video gaming project (the main page) (http://bubbob.sourceforge.net/)

[a1s]

why is this thread still open? :not_ok:

[MdaG]

This laser ninja, badbehind-kickbehind super thread is just too immortal i guess... :bleh:

*Now it's REALLY gonna get closed*

[Bobbin Threadbare]

Yes, yes there is.