Printable View
I wanted to make a thread dedicated to finding and sharing freeware games. Even though I think most of us remember these first three, I'd like to start by recommending the following:
N:
Warning Forever:
and more recently Cave Story:
Still, there's a lot of shit out there and I want to find out what I'm missing out on. So if you've played anything recently or have some favorites that are still available this is the place to share them.
Cho Ren Sha 68k.
Thread won in the second post. Cho Ren Sha 68k is so damn slick. Still,
http://static.flickr.com/115/288112188_a9142749c5_d.jpg
Blue Wish Resurrection
Ugly, but awesome. Plays very much like a Cave game.
http://www.fun-motion.com/images/mu-cade-1.jpg
ABA Games
Everybody knows Kenta Cho's games. They're cool little experiments in mechanics worth checking out, and some of them are really solid.
http://infotech.rim.zenno.info/produ...enshots/s2.jpg
Blocksum
This is a really fucking good puzzle game. I know it looks bland, but please try it.
http://home.swipnet.se/~w-73296/Nethack-Aboutpic.jpg
Nethack
It's Nethack. It was released the same year that I was born, and it's still updated today. Really, really difficult if you've never messed with the genre before, but also a pretty cool experience. The only roguelike I've put a decent amount of time into.
I'd link more if I weren't sleeping soon.
GFW Magazine Issue 15 has 52 great ones listed there.
http://www.1up.com/do/feature?cId=3165201
Here's 101 more and links to 202 more.
Holy shit! I forgot Blocksum existed. I loved playing that game. Thanks, Tain!
http://www.rome.ro/games_daikatana.htm
Also, believe it or not, the public doman ROM of Daikatana for the GameBoy Color is supposedly good.
We already have this thread:
http://www.the-nextlevel.com/board/s...light=blocksum