What are some good games I can get for free?

[Dis]

and I didn't mean pirating- that seems too risky. You get viruses doing that ****.

I mean freeware and such you can find on the web. Of course those run the risks of virus' as well. So I'd appreciate virus free games

and many of you know what I like RPG's and TBS games.

[Kloreep]

If you haven't played The Ur-Quan Masters (aka Star Control 2) do so!

http://www.liberatedgames.com/ is a collection of, well, liberated games. Some are source code only and thus can't be run without the actual game for the data files, but some are free full releases.

A TBS to watch is UFO: Alien Invasion. It's a squad TBS in a similiar vein to X-COM. There are two very promising demos out, and a third with a more updated engine is nearing completion. Nowhere near finished yet, but they're a freeware group that actually seems to be committed and making progress, which seems to be a rariety.

http://www.agdinteractive.com/ is another good and committed team that has remade the first two King's Quests and is now remaking Quest for Glory 2; but don't bother if you don't like sierra-style VGA adventures.

[DrSpike]

You know that site I'm not allowed to link to? That's a good one.

[Asmodean]

Originally posted by DrSpike
You know that site I'm not allowed to link to? That's a good one.

You mean the one with the prepositioned canines ??

Asmodean

[Jamski]

Nethack.
Anacreon.
Battle for Wesnoth.
FreeCiv

These are all "community projects"

-Jam

[Nostromo]

Nethack

He wants a good game.

Diss: there's a card game called Hoplites, it's based on a wargame called SPQR, irc. Just google it.

[Jamski]

Oh is an awesome game too good for him?

-Jam

[Nostromo]

Nethack, awesome? Not sure we're talking about the same game here. Let's agree to disagree.

[joncha]

Runescape can be fun. It can also get quite tedious at times too, though.

[ajbera]

I gotta add to the Nethack love. I lost a looooooot of work hours playing that game. Very inventive and fun, and I was always quite sad if my dog died.

[CapTVK]

Originally posted by Jamski
Nethack.
Anacreon.
Battle for Wesnoth.
FreeCiv

These are all "community projects"

-Jam

Can't argue with that (specially the last ). Wesnoth is a very good game both SP and MP. You can look up some of the older threads about wesnoth on this forum. And of course FC itself. You should try out FC 2.0 sometime, the best is still to come.


Another one I can add is Jagged Alliance 2. The source code has been released under a very friendly GPL-type language and is basically free for normal use.

http://www.ja-galaxy-forum.com/cgi-b...?ubb=get_topic;f=39;t=000006

[Grumbold]

We can't link abandonware sites but if you go looking for abandonware, they usually rank games for quality. There are some real gems out there.

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by CapTVK

Another one I can add is Jagged Alliance 2. The source code has been released under a very friendly GPL-type language and is basically free for normal use.

Wow, didn't know that. Great game, though it has a steep learning curve, especially if you get no manual.

[Dis]

feel free to PM me what you can't post here

[snoopy369]

Originally posted by nostromo
Nethack, awesome? Not sure we're talking about the same game here. Let's agree to disagree.

mmm ... roguelike loooove ...

Mines of Moria - or Angband, essentially an upgrade from Moria - is a great roguelike game (ascii-graphics dungeoncrawler RPG) that is based, loosely, on Tolkien's Lord of the Rings. Of course you don't have to know anything about LOTR, and there's no Frodo, Gandalf, or actually any other character except bad guys in it (as roguelike games don't have good guys, just baddies, in my experience). VERY addictive, i warn you.

http://www.thangorodrim.net/ i believe is the site for that.