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Free PC Games (not pirated!)

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Tain

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It's all about how the resources are made. Textures like GTAIV's aren't going to come from slider-controlled procedural patterns.
 
T

thepotatoman

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League of Legends.
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http://www.leagueoflegends.com/

Everyone who knows what DotA is should already know about this game but for those that don't its basically a very competitive multiplayer game where you control a single character with unique abilities and magic powers and it controls from an overhead view via a thousand mouse clicks. I almost want to call it an action stratagy game.

Its has tons of people playing, has a good matchmaking service, is very balanced on the standard 5v5 map, and you can unlock everything gameplay worthy with currency rewarded to you in game for free (or you can use real life money for all that stuff plus costumes).

Seriously you can spend 100s of hours on this without spending a dime. A great entry point to the DotA genre.
 
B

bozeman

Member
Wow. Had no idea Cave Story was free. Saves me an eventual Wiiware download. Thanks for that.

Bookmarked for future free game greatness.
 
P

Parham

Banned
Here is the list of games so far:

Babylon 5: I've Found Her (PC)
--- Download

Ben There, Dan That (PC)
--- Download

Canabalt (Flash)
--- Play Now

Cave Story (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download

Command and Conquer Classics (PC)
--- Download

Eversion (PC)
--- Download

Facewound (PC)
--- Download

Fantasy Earth Zero (PC)
--- Download

Grand Theft Auto 1 & 2 (PC)
--- Download

Hidden & Dangerous (PC)
--- Download

.kkrieger (PC)
--- Download

Knytt (PC)
--- Download

League of Legends (PC)
--- Download

Marathon Trilogy (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download

Masq (PC)
--- Download

N (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download

Narbacular Drop (PC)
--- Download

Prometheus (PC) (Note: This game no longer requires UT3)
--- Download

rRootage (PC)
--- Download

Savage 2: A Tortured Soul (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download

Spelunky (PC)
--- Download

Starseige: Tribes (PC)
--- Download

The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall (PC)
--- Download

Ur-Quan Masters (Star Control II) (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download

Warning Forever (PC)
--- Download

Warsow (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download

Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (PC/Mac/Linux)
--- Download
 
E

Erasus

Member
There is all the free MMOS too!

http://mmohut.com/gamelist

Only a few that are great though :p

I have to recommend Leuge of Legends again.

And QuakeLive Its Quake 3 for free!

With these you have 100s of hours of gameplay. The MMOS vary, in some you "have" to spend real money to be competetive, this is not the case with leuge of legends though.
 
G

Grayman

Member
www.quakelive.com
quake 3 + the mandatory fixes from cq3/q4/etc free in your browser, real easy to install and start up and configure. has skill ranked servers(but not lame match making)

Warsow
Pretty good game, seems to have lost direction since version .21 but is still better than whatever YOU are playing.

Torus Trooper http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tt_e.html
Shooter moving throw tunnel(strafe around sides of tube instead of left right) goals based on time, lose time by dieing. Minorly similar to wipeout hd fury detonator mode but came first.

I wanna be the guy http://kayin.pyoko.org/iwbtg/
fuck you level platformer hell.
 
G

Grayman

Member
is it ok to post nquake? It can run with the shareware version and comes with lots of community maps.
http://nquake.com/
installs itself, comes configured in a playable way with an option menu for everything you could ever want to change(ie this has hide weapon scripts by default).
 
S

Sciz

Member
3DRealms put up a bunch of their old titles as freeware a while ago, to say nothing of the various substantial shareware games.

FGodmom: You are a fairy godmother. All of the other fairy godmothers have been kidnapped by Giant Enemy Crabs and it's up to you to save them by collecting seven pennies in every level. You can't jump and your only weapon is your wand. Thankfully your wand has the ability to copy and paste level elements at will, so you can morph brick walls into ladders, ladders into pennies, crabs into the exit door, and so forth. And you can create rips in the fabric of space and time. A kind of clunky and archaic game that happens to feature a cool mechanic and a lot of fiendishly clever level design.

Retro Epic Megagames stuff:

ZZT: Tim Sweeney's first commercial game, and the title that raked in the cash for him to found Epic proper. More popular as a game creation utility (LBP, eat your heart out) than for the game itself, but it's pretty good anyway, to say nothing of the crazy amount of user-created levels. Freeware since 1997.

Tyrian: 1995 shmup. Features a massive amount of content and happens to have fantastic gameplay as well, in large part thanks to the extremely wide array of upgradable weapons and equipment. There is also a large amount of unnecessarily good writing of varying degrees of importance. Plus the music is by Alexander Brandon. Everyone should play this.

One Must Fall 2097: Fighting game. With giant robots. The catch is that you pick both the pilot of the robot and the robot itself, each of them having distinct stats, so there's a good deal of mix and match potential. The biggest draw is the tournament mode though, in which you start out weak and puny and earn cash prizes to upgrade your character and bot as you see fit. Also has a kickass title theme.
 
D

Dambrosi

Banned
Pimped it here last time, so I'll pimp it again - Vanguard Princess, a fighting game made by a supposedly ex-Capcom staffer calling himself Sugeno.

Unofficial VP "Poverty Wiki"

Sugeno's official blog (Japanese only)

OT on shoryuken.com forums

The girl-on-girl animu game appearance is belied by a varied selection of characters, some silky-smooth animation, very high production values and a suitably hardcore fighting system, which employs the use of KOF 2000-style "assist" characters to enable and extend combos. If you can look beyond the slightly embarrassing presentation, you'll find a skillful and addictive fighter that stands up to the best out there. Well, it's better than Arcana Heart, at least!

Some screens and movies:

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Official Sugeno highlight reel from the 1.0 release

A casual match from Serikamo's Youtube channel featuring Ayane (archer in exceedingly short skirt) vs Kaede (glasses-wearing ninja with added rekkas)

Haruka (white dress & staff) vs Lilith (shortstuff Stone Cold with teddy bear)

The current version available for download is v1.07c (original here, English-language PC compatible version courtesy of Saikyou from SRK here - be sure to remove the "_" after the filename to get this to work). There is a recent post on Sugeno's blog reporting that he is going to add a new character called Rikako-senpai in the next version, and thankfully, this time she at least looks legal:

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There's also netplay, although hacked on by fans and untested by myself, so I couldn't tell you how well it works. Even so, the game still supports local multi, which is how fighters are supposed to be played IMO.

Overall, though, this game deserves at least an unbiased look, if only for the lovingly-rendered animation and solid fighting engine. and to think this was done in Fighter Maker!
 
E

Erudite

Member
thepotatoman said:
League of Legends.

http://www.leagueoflegends.com/

Everyone who knows what DotA is should already know about this game but for those that don't its basically a very competitive multiplayer game where you control a single character with unique abilities and magic powers and it controls from an overhead view via a thousand mouse clicks. I almost want to call it an action stratagy game.

Its has tons of people playing, has a good matchmaking service, is very balanced on the standard 5v5 map, and you can unlock everything gameplay worthy with currency rewarded to you in game for free (or you can use real life money for all that stuff plus costumes).

Seriously you can spend 100s of hours on this without spending a dime. A great entry point to the DotA genre.
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+1. Granted I only play with friends nowadays, but I broke 300 hours today, and we started playing around December.
 
H

Hazaro

relies on auto-aim
J

Jokey665

Member
Sciz said:
Retro Epic Megagames stuff:

ZZT: Tim Sweeney's first commercial game, and the title that raked in the cash for him to found Epic proper. More popular as a game creation utility (LBP, eat your heart out) than for the game itself, but it's pretty good anyway, to say nothing of the crazy amount of user-created levels. Freeware since 1997.

Tyrian: 1995 shmup. Features a massive amount of content and happens to have fantastic gameplay as well, in large part thanks to the extremely wide array of upgradable weapons and equipment. There is also a large amount of unnecessarily good writing of varying degrees of importance. Plus the music is by Alexander Brandon. Everyone should play this.

One Must Fall 2097: Fighting game. With giant robots. The catch is that you pick both the pilot of the robot and the robot itself, each of them having distinct stats, so there's a good deal of mix and match potential. The biggest draw is the tournament mode though, in which you start out weak and puny and earn cash prizes to upgrade your character and bot as you see fit. Also has a kickass title theme.
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You motherfucker! I wanted to post Tyrian and OMF. ZZT was alright, too. I played all of those a shitload while I was young (and I still frequently play Tyrian >_>).
 
R

Roquentin

Member
Area 51 - Download - Metacritic (67)
Featuring online play, Area 51 is set in the U.S. government's most top-secret and secure facility located in the Nevada desert. Players take on the role of Lt. Nick Cross, a hazardous biological waste specialist sent to investigate. During his investigation, Lt. Cross stumbles across alien creatures and becomes infected with a biological mutagen that eventually transforms him into something not quite human. To save the earth and himself, Lt. Cross must fight to solve the enigma of Area 51. Features extensive Single-Player Campaign: Battle through corridors of Area 51 and attempt to discover the secrets of the extraterrestrial menace before it is too late. Engage in an epic adventure through eight massive sections of a secretive complex. Equip yourself with more than 15 types of human and alien weapons and other equipment as you explore dark corridors. An infectious mutagen gives Lt. Nick Cross alien-enhanced physical abilities but is also slowly transforming him into an alien. Find the cure before it's too late and humanity is lost. Compete against your friends via a four-player split screen and system link through numerous multiplayer game modes including Death Match. Battle online where you can easily access the many systems allowing you to find your friends and set up your own matches.


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The Suffering - Download - Metacritic (80)
Players assume the role of Torque, a man convicted of a horrible crime that he may or may not have committed. He's sentenced to life in Abbott State Penitentiary, a haunted place that hides a terrible secret, one that threatens both the prison guards and the hardened criminals that call this isolated hell home. Torque's tale unfolds in nine terrifying levels, where grisly mutated creatures, sadistic prisoners and guards lurk around every corner. A variety of deadly weapons are at his disposal to help him survive and escape from prison. In addition, Torque has a "rage meter" that, when filled, transforms him into a hideous and bloodthirsty creature that looks and feels right at home with the other dozen monstrosities stalking his every move. Torque will be able to interact with other inmate NPC's and enlist their help in escaping, or take them out if they get in his way. The Suffering also features three distinct endings based on how the game is played. In revealing Torque's story, he could be a cold-blooded killer, a man wrongfully accused, or something far, far worse.


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viewtifulsub

Member
Sciz said:
Tyrian: 1995 shmup. Features a massive amount of content and happens to have fantastic gameplay as well, in large part thanks to the extremely wide array of upgradable weapons and equipment. There is also a large amount of unnecessarily good writing of varying degrees of importance. Plus the music is by Alexander Brandon. Everyone should play this.
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Most people should checkout the OpenSource Tyrian project, instead of setting up Dosbox in hopes of getting Tyrian running. But yea, Tyrian was an amazing shump for its time.

Win & Mac versions available.
http://code.google.com/p/opentyrian/
 
R

Ruuppa

Member
I see Hero and Hero Core, but no Iji, by the same maker? 'Tis a travesty!

iji_screen1.gif


"Iji is an action-packed strategic platform shooter with a detailed story, large levels with multiple paths, powerful bosses and lots of secrets. There are alternate gameplay events, dialogues and scenes depending on what you do, a wealth of extras and bonus features, and seven stats to upgrade through a leveling system. Iji herself has superhuman strength and abilities, and can crack Nanotechnology, use her enemies' most devastating weapons against them, and be a pacifist or a killer - the story adapts to how you play."

Trailer

Get the game (and the soundtrack) here.
 
Haunted

Haunted

Member
You know you've spent too much time on gaming in your life when you see this thread, think "awesome, it's time to try some new games out" and then proceed to mentally check all of those mentioned off because you've already played them. :(

edit: I concede that the free MP stuff doesn't really interest me.


Time to head over to Adrian's site again. http://adrianwerner.wordpress.com/freeware-of-2010/
 
S

Seraphis Cain

bad gameplay lol
hetchi said:
Fantasy Earth Zero

Fantasy_Earth_Zero.jpg


I downloaded the game out of curiosity, looks cool.

:D

Description: Fantasy Earth Zero is a 3rd-person action-MMORPG. There is a large emphasis on PvP on a massive scale. Armies of up to 50 players, each from their own Kingdom, can go head to head in a type of war known as "Kingdom vs. Kingdom." The KvK battles are balanced so that, on the battlefield, one side will have 50 players max and the opposing side will have 50 players. KvK battles are all held on the same server.

At character creation, they create a male/female scout, warrior, or sorcerer. Then, players must choose their allegiance; the Kingdom that they will fight for. This determines the King or ruler that speaks to the player on the battlefield and in towns.

You can also create clan/guilds to play with friends and cooperate with other people. These groups give special benefits.

One of the features of FEZ, that makes it different from most other fantasy-setting MMOs on the Free-to-Play market, is that attacks must be aimed manually and there is no auto-attack. Players manually aim at their opponent and then click the left mouse button to attack. Various special abilities become available to the player as they level up and gain Skill Points. Skill Points are spent to learn new abilities.

Here's a video on the game.
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I was interested in this until

Fantasy Earth Zero is a 3rd-person action-MMORPG. There is a large emphasis on PvP on a massive scale.
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Aww. :(
 
M

mclem

Member
RiverBed said:
I don't understand how .kkrieger is 96KB. Can anyone explain?
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Procedural generation, mostly. The vast majority of objects and textures in the game don't exist in the code as graphics, but instead are generated from simple algorithms that take up very little space.

There's quite a long startup time; that's the code just running through an initialisation step where it runs those algorithms to create the objects and then store the created objects in memory.

Check the amount of RAM it's using while running. I think you'll be surprised!
 
K

Kamaki

Member
Seriously guys Quake Live is where it's at. It lets you do tons of things visually, even play with way to much bloom if you'd like.

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Please no laughing at my inability to play the game :D
 
M

Metroid Killer

Member
Transformice

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The goal of transformice is for you and your mice friends to deliver cheese back to your hole. It sounds simple right?
Well, its a lot harder than you think: video(Note: Vid contains offensive written words)
 
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Peff

Member
Beneath a Steel Sky, an old little Point and Click adventure by the makers of Broken Sword and artwork by Dave Gibbons (Watchmen). The CD version has been ported to iPhone and they added a hint system, a cutscene and better audio quality, if anybody wants to play it on the go.
 
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infinityBCRT

Member
Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters (1992)
Platforms: Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, BSD (there are also ports available for various handhelds)
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If you ask any PC gamer who actually played this game back then, this would likely be among their top games of all time. It did so many incredible things for it's time. And if you want to see where some of the inspiration for Mass Effect came, you also may want to check it out.

I believe Atari (which absorbed Accolade) holds the rights to the name "Star Control" so the creators of this game released the source code under it's subtitle, "The Ur-Quan Masters".

The original PC version had no speech in it, but this version does since its ported from the 3DO version (although open source coders eventually added back all of the stuff that was missing from the PC version to the open source version). However, for some reason theres a critical line of speech that was not recorded for the 3DO version (telling you the homeworld of a certain species) so you'll need to read the README about that and it will tell you about the missing info.

Also, when you install it, don't download the modern remixes. Thats music that the original composers remixed but IMO its not that great and you're better off with the original/3DO music (which was one of the most amazing things about this game back then-- as far as I know it may have been the first or pretty close to one of the first games to have a fully digital soundtrack).

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See all those dots? Those are all solar systems that you can actually go to!

Download: http://sc2.sourceforge.net/downloads.php
 
C

close to the edge

Member
Warsow has been mentioned, good. It's a great FPS, the movement is very unique and fun.

Toribash
www.toribash.com
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Call it a free-form, turn-based Beat 'em up, if you will. You have to contract and relax joints of your fighter to do moves, you can basically create your own moves as you play. It's pretty damn hard to do so but very rewarding and fun. Very stylish, clean visuals.
 
L

leroy hacker

Member
Gorgon said:
Amazing no one links to this site:

Home of the Underdogs

http://homeoftheunderdogs.net/

That site has THOUSANDS of PC abandonware games. You can loose hours upon hours just looking at the amount of stuff they have there.
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It's amazing you didn't notice the "not pirated!" in the thread title.

Edit: And to make a legitimate contribution to this thread, there are tons of great free text adventure games in the IF Archive. Here's an alphabetical list of the top rated ones:
http://wurb.com/if/rating/5

Photopia and Shade are my picks of two very accessible ones for text adventure newbies.
 
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