burning_phoneix Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 (edited) Considering how thrifty I am, I thought I share with you some of the awesome games developers give away for free to promote shit or just because they're old. Though I will try not to include really really old games. 1.Sam and Max Season 1 Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die It does what it says and says what it does. Telltale games gave away one of Season 1's best episodes for free to promote Season 2. Don't worry about dropping in on the middle of the season, all the games can be played individually without the need to play earlier episodes. Get it here:http://www.telltalegames.com/samandmax/lincolnmustdie Command and Conquer and Command and Conquer:Red Alert Technically, this isn't freeware as EA still holds the right to the source code and can stop offering these games for free at any time so get them while they are hot! Get C&C Gold here:http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/48749 Get Red Alert here:http://www.ea.com/redalert/news-detail.jsp?id=62 Full Spectrum Warrior Full Spectrum Warrior is the game version of a training tool the US Army used to train soldiers in Infantry tactics. Now the game is free as a US Army ad supported game for recruitment purposes and the like. Get it here:http://files.filefront.com/Full+Spectrum+Warrior/;11928826;/fileinfo.html F.E.A.R Combat The multiplayer component of F.E.A.R was released freely quite a while ago and if you have the system to run it it's an intense FPS experience. Get it here:http://projectorigin.warnerbros.com/fearcombat/main Beneath a Steel Sky One of the overlooked classics of the point and click genre, created by the guy who would later create the Broken Sword series. If you don't D/L this game right now then you're dead to me. Get it here:http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php Trackmania Nations Forever One of the craziest arcade racers around and freely available to play online (Though you will need to Upgrade to Trackmania United Forever to unlock everything) and there are hundreds of player made tracks and paint jobs for your cars. Don't be worried about the high graphics though, you can scale them back just fine and they won't tax your system too much. Get it here:http://www.trackmania.com/en/index.php?lang=en&rub=nations I think I forgot a game or two but I'm sure to remember them later. Enjoy! Edited January 6, 2009 by burning_phoneix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ike-Mike Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Don't forget the Rockstar Classics page where you can download the first two GTAs among others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balcerzak Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Quest for Glory II Not only is it free, but it's a remade and updated version of the original QfGII. Legal Statement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEnd Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 FUCK YES ABANDONWARE Don't forget the Rockstar Classics page where you can download the first two GTAs among others. I liked the original GTA. I never cared about playing the sequels, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celice Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 The first Elder Scroll game is freeware now, if memory serves, not sure on the second :/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
burning_phoneix Posted December 7, 2008 Author Share Posted December 7, 2008 Elder Scrolls Arena is indeed freeware, Daggerfall is not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmartRutter7 Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 (edited) http://www.champ-em.com/ there's a bunch of dos games here, basically remakes of arcade games. They used to cost money, back around 10 years ago i remember having the shareware copy on my dad's win95 computer. Now you can just get the full version on the site. What's interesting is if you try the new "champ" mode in the games, kinda adds a new twist to some of the game. For example, in ms. pac-em (ms. pacman lol), the champ mode has different mazes, etc. Oh it lets you make your own mazes weeeeeee. Galagon (galaga), lets you have THREE ships combined instead of just two in certain situations. Yeah i've got all of them on my computer, fun to play every once in a while. :P Edited December 7, 2008 by SmartRutter7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rei Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 I HIGHLY recommend Red Alert: Aftermath. One of my favorite computer games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starwolf_UK Posted January 5, 2009 Share Posted January 5, 2009 I just happened to find a blog (is that the word...well its fresh off the press...) that is kind of related to this thread. http://todaysfreegame.com/ Only difference is it isn't all games that used to cost money and at the end of the day will all the titles be as good as what is listen in this thread? Probably not but its still worth a look. Plus don't forget that it has an RSS feed so just add away and occasionally check the feeds to see if there anything you like the look (or sound) of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General Spoon Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 I find the lack of Chex Quest disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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