Freeware Game Recommendations
Freeware Game Recommendations
Here're some of the most recent, higher profile ones. In particular, some publishers have begun distributing older games free of charge, so there're several quality options.
Doukutsu Monogatari
http://agtp.romhack.net/doukutsu.html
The English translation (Aeon Genesis) was released late last year. The game is a masterpiece.
Eye of the Kraken
http://www.absurdus.net/kraken/game.htm
This is a hilarious graphic adventure. It's short and easy (I finished it in about five hours without hints), but a lot of fun.
Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon: Infinity
http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org
Bungie's first major hits; Mac users raved about them ten years ago.
Five Magical Amulets
http://offstudio.fabry.cz/index3.html
A Czech-developed graphic adventure.
StarGunner
http://www.apogee1.com/index.shtml
A side-scrolling shooter published by Apogee. I played the shareware episode on a CGW demo disc; it seemed okay.
Another World/Out of this World (GBA)
http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=co ... nworld.inc
Hmm.....a fan-made port of a classic platformer. The original designer, Eric Chahi, acquired the rights (and authorized this release), so it's all good.
Battlecruiser Millennium
http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bcm.shtml
The 2nd-gen iteration of Derek Smart's infamous series......I've never touched a Battlecruiser game, and they're usu. dismissed as astonishingly complicated, unfinished products (crash bugs, too many unimplemented features), but a fanbase does exist! It's a free download now, so if you're on a fast Internet connection, it couldn't hurt to try it out, right?
GunRoar
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html
Kenta Cho's latest release. I haven't tried it yet, but his games are usually quite good.
ArmJoe
http://armjoe.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ArmJoe.htm
The game (built with Enterbrain/ASCII's Fighter Maker) itself is at least a year old, but it has supposedly gone through a MAJOR overhaul.
MindArms has also received a significant update, so it might be worth checking out.
http://hb8.seikyou.ne.jp/home/fjj/page30.html
ShadowFlare: Episode One
http://www.shadowflare.us/
OK, the game was released nearly three years ago, and only the 1st of four episodes was released for free. However, it's a pretty fun (albeit clunky) Diablo II clone that was completely ignored by gamers.
I helped edit parts of the English script, and looking back, I wish I had done a much better job. I'm not sure how many of my corrections were incorporated (having finally tried the final version yesterday, I can only say that the most glaring mistakes have disappeared), but the text remains stilted, unclear in places, and awkwardly jumbled. Oh well.
Doukutsu Monogatari
http://agtp.romhack.net/doukutsu.html
The English translation (Aeon Genesis) was released late last year. The game is a masterpiece.
Eye of the Kraken
http://www.absurdus.net/kraken/game.htm
This is a hilarious graphic adventure. It's short and easy (I finished it in about five hours without hints), but a lot of fun.
Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon: Infinity
http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org
Bungie's first major hits; Mac users raved about them ten years ago.
Five Magical Amulets
http://offstudio.fabry.cz/index3.html
A Czech-developed graphic adventure.
StarGunner
http://www.apogee1.com/index.shtml
A side-scrolling shooter published by Apogee. I played the shareware episode on a CGW demo disc; it seemed okay.
Another World/Out of this World (GBA)
http://www.foxysofts.com/index.php?l=co ... nworld.inc
Hmm.....a fan-made port of a classic platformer. The original designer, Eric Chahi, acquired the rights (and authorized this release), so it's all good.
Battlecruiser Millennium
http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bcm.shtml
The 2nd-gen iteration of Derek Smart's infamous series......I've never touched a Battlecruiser game, and they're usu. dismissed as astonishingly complicated, unfinished products (crash bugs, too many unimplemented features), but a fanbase does exist! It's a free download now, so if you're on a fast Internet connection, it couldn't hurt to try it out, right?
GunRoar
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/gr_e.html
Kenta Cho's latest release. I haven't tried it yet, but his games are usually quite good.
ArmJoe
http://armjoe.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ArmJoe.htm
The game (built with Enterbrain/ASCII's Fighter Maker) itself is at least a year old, but it has supposedly gone through a MAJOR overhaul.
MindArms has also received a significant update, so it might be worth checking out.
http://hb8.seikyou.ne.jp/home/fjj/page30.html
ShadowFlare: Episode One
http://www.shadowflare.us/
OK, the game was released nearly three years ago, and only the 1st of four episodes was released for free. However, it's a pretty fun (albeit clunky) Diablo II clone that was completely ignored by gamers.
I helped edit parts of the English script, and looking back, I wish I had done a much better job. I'm not sure how many of my corrections were incorporated (having finally tried the final version yesterday, I can only say that the most glaring mistakes have disappeared), but the text remains stilted, unclear in places, and awkwardly jumbled. Oh well.
Last edited by GLACIER on Sun Jun 26, 2005 12:14 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Freeware Game Recommendations
THOSE ARE FREEWARE?!? I STILL HAVE THE DEMO TO ONE OF THEM! (quickly considers downloading after a reformat... too much crap on hard drive)GLACIER wrote: Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon: Infinity
http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org
Bungie's first major hits; Mac users raved about them ten years ago.
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that was me.Anonymous wrote:THOSE ARE FREEWARE?!? I STILL HAVE THE DEMO TO ONE OF THEM! (quickly considers downloading after a reformat... too much crap on hard drive)GLACIER wrote: Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon: Infinity
http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org
Bungie's first major hits; Mac users raved about them ten years ago.
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found another good one.
Star Control 2 (remake)
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
there are a few differences between this and the original PC version, the first being that this will run perfectly with sound on a windows 2000 PC. the second is that, once you figure out what the filenames needed are, you can essentially "replace" the in-game music and victory "fanfares".
the install size can vary depending on what you want to install: speech files and alternate music (the "Remix" packs) are optional.
(to back out of Hyper Melee [called "Super Melee" in this version], hit F10)
Star Control 2 (remake)
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
there are a few differences between this and the original PC version, the first being that this will run perfectly with sound on a windows 2000 PC. the second is that, once you figure out what the filenames needed are, you can essentially "replace" the in-game music and victory "fanfares".
the install size can vary depending on what you want to install: speech files and alternate music (the "Remix" packs) are optional.
(to back out of Hyper Melee [called "Super Melee" in this version], hit F10)
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Heh, I played Star Control 2 a while ago. It's really quite good, well made, with great aliens to meet, befriend, and destroy should they prove evil (or just unfriendly to humanity in general). Shame that the sequel didn't maintain the same quality...Megaman Z wrote: Star Control 2 (remake)
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
*palm to forehead* Wish I had known that back then...(to back out of Hyper Melee [called "Super Melee" in this version], hit F10)
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For fans of the Elder Scrolls series, you should know (if you don't already) that Bethseda put Arena up on their site as a freeware download.
http://elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm
http://elderscrolls.com/downloads/downloads_games.htm
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kinda dead thead but... freeware games eh? Here's something even the people from gamehippo's forums missed.
http://freegame.on.arena.ne.jp
It lists all the popular doujin freeware games with links to their homepages. The site is in japanese but it's not that hard to navigate.
I'd reccomend Shadow Arts from the fighting games section. Kinda big download with the latest version, but relatively worth it.
http://freegame.on.arena.ne.jp
It lists all the popular doujin freeware games with links to their homepages. The site is in japanese but it's not that hard to navigate.
I'd reccomend Shadow Arts from the fighting games section. Kinda big download with the latest version, but relatively worth it.
How do you make your games? I see. Thank you for the prompt replies, but it is my considered opinion that you're doing it wrong inefficiently because I am a perfushenal professional. Do it my way this way and we can all ascend VN Nirvana together while allowing me to stroke my ego you will improve much faster. Also, please don't forget to thank me for this constructive critique or I will cry and bore you to death respond appropriately with a tl;dr rant discourse of epic adequately lengthy proportions. - Sarcasm Veiled in Euphemism: Secrets of Forum Civility by lordcloudx (Coming soon to an online ebook near you.)
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(this is why http://www.eigo-navi.com exists...)lordcloudx wrote:http://freegame.on.arena.ne.jp
It lists all the popular doujin freeware games with links to their homepages. The site is in japanese but it's not that hard to navigate.
[edit: hey! a Paca Paca Passion remake! YES! (waits for DL...)]
[edit2: darnit... can't seem to load the data files...]
Actually, it's not a unique translation service. They merely licensed the Amikai engine, which is probably the most commonly used translator right now, along with BizLingo (currently licensed by Excite Japan, among others. It's more suited for business writing) and WorldLingo.This Eigo-Navi seems pretty good compared to english based translators
None of them are great solutions, but they're generally better than the Systran engine licensed by Altavista (which is still viable in its own right due to the multitude of languages it covers).
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I don't know if they can be considered freeware or not but there are some great anime-style games available for download from the underdogs
My favorites would be:
Queen of Hearts 98
VG Custom
VG Max
Valkyrie Fight Tag and Valkyrie Fight
g-darius
popful mail
raystorm
raycrisis
and of course the shooters listed on shoothecore
one of my favorites is Twin Seeds DX
My favorites would be:
Queen of Hearts 98
VG Custom
VG Max
Valkyrie Fight Tag and Valkyrie Fight
g-darius
popful mail
raystorm
raycrisis
and of course the shooters listed on shoothecore
one of my favorites is Twin Seeds DX
How do you make your games? I see. Thank you for the prompt replies, but it is my considered opinion that you're doing it wrong inefficiently because I am a perfushenal professional. Do it my way this way and we can all ascend VN Nirvana together while allowing me to stroke my ego you will improve much faster. Also, please don't forget to thank me for this constructive critique or I will cry and bore you to death respond appropriately with a tl;dr rant discourse of epic adequately lengthy proportions. - Sarcasm Veiled in Euphemism: Secrets of Forum Civility by lordcloudx (Coming soon to an online ebook near you.)
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