Freeware/Open Source Games

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 26, 2009, 04:29 PM

Here's a few from my bookmarks.

StrandedII, where you're stuck on a desert island and have to try to survive.
Enigma, logic puzzles based on Oxyd, an old game on the Atari.
Micropolis, which is actually SimCity Classic under another name, IIRC.
OpenTTD, open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Requires some graphic files from TTD.
Save the Russian Leopard, it's where you play the WWF, trying to save an endangered species, the Russian Leopard.
WolfQuest, a biological simulation of the wolf life. It's fun to just run around and try to kill other animals.
SuperTux, based on Super Mario Bros, but starring everyone's favourite penguin.
SuperTuxKart Cart racing game. I'm not very good at it and always end up flying off the road.

Toni1 · Mar 26, 2009, 11:49 PM

I maintain rather large collection of links to major Freeware and open source games. There are plenty of links to major mods for some of the commercial games I like or have liked (mainly RPG's). Feel free to check it out. Link is in my signature.

Maniacal · Mar 27, 2009, 02:10 AM

http://www.wesnoth.org/
The creator of Wesnoth goes to this forum too.

Thorn · Mar 27, 2009, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni1

I maintain rather large collection of links to major Freeware and open source games. There are plenty of links to major mods for some of the commercial games I like or have liked (mainly RPG's). Feel free to check it out. Link is in my signature.

Thanks, good link!

Ondskan · Mar 27, 2009, 12:35 PM

Perhaps the best multiplayer FPS game out there after CS, BF2 and Unreal Tournament:

Wolfenstein: Enemy Terretory.
Just a purely awesome game. Awesome enough that I would've donated if there was a donate button.

Also I'd like to promote a cool lil game called Dink Smallwood.
http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/

It might look bad but its really really good and funny and relaxing and...just great.
A bit slow NPC movement, that's all. It's not even buggy.

Rub'Rum · Mar 27, 2009, 08:42 PM

Holy crap, Dink Smallwood, I remember playing this for a few weeks many years ago. I never had the patience to make it very far though. It was sluggish and cliché I found.

Rub'Rum · Mar 27, 2009, 08:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toni1

I maintain rather large collection of links to major Freeware and open source games. There are plenty of links to major mods for some of the commercial games I like or have liked (mainly RPG's). Feel free to check it out. Link is in my signature.

Many of these links were blasts from the past for me! You know, Noctis needs a new version now. A version that my eyes can actually make sense of. It's such an awesome concept though... It's just, I tried playing it again a few months ago and the graphics... Well, yeah... I can't make sense of them anymore.

Luckymoose · Mar 28, 2009, 01:41 AM

Dwarf Fortress.

Ondskan · Mar 28, 2009, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SimonL

Holy crap, Dink Smallwood, I remember playing this for a few weeks many years ago. I never had the patience to make it very far though. It was sluggish and cliché I found.

Thats the point

Kan' Sharuminar · Mar 28, 2009, 04:14 AM

N

Such an addictive little platform game

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 29, 2009, 05:45 PM

Spice Trade, where you're this poor young man who inherents some land, and you have to grow spices, and eventually beat Europe in the spice monopoly. (Oh, and it's only 190 MB.

)

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 30, 2009, 10:27 AM

Some freeware/open source game sites. Not the ones that say 'free games!' but are actually demos of bargain-bin games.
Abandonia Reloaded
Acid Play Freeware Games
Best Freeware Games and Clones
Free Gamer - open source games

There's also a few lists of freeware/open-source games on wikipedia, but I'll leave them for people to get themselves. Just google "list of open-source games" or something.

And some I forgot to mention --
Simutrans -- looks a lot like Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Haven't tried it yet, but I will once I get my computer back.
Virtual U, where you're a university president. I have tried it but I can't figure out how to do anything.

Widelands, which I'm told is a lot like The Settlers. I tried it once (years ago), should try again.

aimeeandbeatles · Mar 30, 2009, 12:48 PM

You can get Railroad Tycoon here.

Here's some more games, I haven't tried any of them yet.
FreeTrain.
C-Evo, it looks a lot like CivII.
Extreme Tux Racer

croxis · Mar 31, 2009, 12:40 PM

Dont forget freeciv!

aimeeandbeatles · Apr 01, 2009, 01:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by croxis

Dont forget freeciv!

Yup, Freeciv is pretty good (although I prefer the real Civ myself.)
And FreeCol.
If you have old NES ROMs, I've found Nintendulator to be a good emulator. I won't be linking to ROM downloads as they're technically illegal and I don't want to be breaking any forum rules. Google them yourself!

aimeeandbeatles · Apr 03, 2009, 05:51 PM

I found another one that looks interesting, I've installed but haven't tested it yet. City of Rauma. From what I see, the gameplay is somewhat like SimCity, but the graphics look TTD-inspired.

EDIT: Tried it. It was fun until I ran out of money. You don't really do much in it, though -- just build buildings and roads and stuff.

aimeeandbeatles · Apr 05, 2009, 05:02 PM

Freeware Games
Commercial Games Released As Freeware
Open-Source Games
Free First-Person Shooters (not my thing, but thought I should link anyways.)

Also found a weird looking game -- Duck Doom Deluxe

suiraclaw · Apr 06, 2009, 09:02 AM

Wesnoth seconded (http://www.wesnoth.org)

I'd also like to mention Teeworlds (http://www.teeworlds.com)

Both open source and among the best in their respective genre.

aimeeandbeatles · Apr 07, 2009, 02:10 PM

mopyfish! (yes, I know it's a fansite -- the original one doesn't offer it anymore.)
Free Empires

Rub'Rum · Apr 07, 2009, 08:17 PM

This online game is hilarious http://www.brokenpicturetelephone.com/

Mar 26, 2009, 04:29 PM	#1
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	Freeware/Open Source Games Here's a few from my bookmarks. StrandedII, where you're stuck on a desert island and have to try to survive. Enigma, logic puzzles based on Oxyd, an old game on the Atari. Micropolis, which is actually SimCity Classic under another name, IIRC. OpenTTD, open-source clone of Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Requires some graphic files from TTD. Save the Russian Leopard, it's where you play the WWF, trying to save an endangered species, the Russian Leopard. WolfQuest, a biological simulation of the wolf life. It's fun to just run around and try to kill other animals. SuperTux, based on Super Mario Bros, but starring everyone's favourite penguin. SuperTuxKart Cart racing game. I'm not very good at it and always end up flying off the road. __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn

Mar 26, 2009, 11:49 PM	#2
Toni1 Warlord Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Forssa, Finland Posts: 257	I maintain rather large collection of links to major Freeware and open source games. There are plenty of links to major mods for some of the commercial games I like or have liked (mainly RPG's). Feel free to check it out. Link is in my signature. __________________ Petrell's Domain Webmaster

Mar 27, 2009, 02:10 AM	#3
Maniacal the green Napoleon Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: British Columbia, Canada Posts: 17,200	http://www.wesnoth.org/ The creator of Wesnoth goes to this forum too. __________________ Civilization Fanatics Steam Usergroup (I am) Fresh Prince of Buckingham \| Game Sales & Bargains Thread Insults are the last refuge of the out-argued.

Mar 28, 2009, 01:41 AM	#8
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Mar 28, 2009, 04:14 AM	#10
Kan' Sharuminar Fluffy Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland Posts: 9,937	N Such an addictive little platform game __________________ A Madman with a Box

Mar 27, 2009, 12:35 PM	#5
Ondskan Emperor Join Date: Dec 2007 Posts: 1,110	Perhaps the best multiplayer FPS game out there after CS, BF2 and Unreal Tournament: Wolfenstein: Enemy Terretory. Just a purely awesome game. Awesome enough that I would've donated if there was a donate button. Also I'd like to promote a cool lil game called Dink Smallwood. http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/ It might look bad but its really really good and funny and relaxing and...just great. A bit slow NPC movement, that's all. It's not even buggy.

Mar 27, 2009, 08:42 PM	#6
Rub'Rum Hates acronyms Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Québec Posts: 4,227	Holy crap, Dink Smallwood, I remember playing this for a few weeks many years ago. I never had the patience to make it very far though. It was sluggish and cliché I found.

Mar 29, 2009, 05:45 PM	#11
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	Spice Trade, where you're this poor young man who inherents some land, and you have to grow spices, and eventually beat Europe in the spice monopoly. (Oh, and it's only 190 MB. ) __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn

Mar 30, 2009, 10:27 AM	#12
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	Some freeware/open source game sites. Not the ones that say 'free games!' but are actually demos of bargain-bin games. Abandonia Reloaded Acid Play Freeware Games Best Freeware Games and Clones Free Gamer - open source games There's also a few lists of freeware/open-source games on wikipedia, but I'll leave them for people to get themselves. Just google "list of open-source games" or something. And some I forgot to mention -- Simutrans -- looks a lot like Transport Tycoon Deluxe. Haven't tried it yet, but I will once I get my computer back. Virtual U, where you're a university president. I have tried it but I can't figure out how to do anything. Widelands, which I'm told is a lot like The Settlers. I tried it once (years ago), should try again. __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn Last edited by aimeeandbeatles; Mar 30, 2009 at 10:37 AM.

Mar 30, 2009, 12:48 PM	#13
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	You can get Railroad Tycoon here. Here's some more games, I haven't tried any of them yet. FreeTrain. C-Evo, it looks a lot like CivII. Extreme Tux Racer __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn

Mar 31, 2009, 12:40 PM	#14
croxis Chat room op Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Portland, OR, US Posts: 3,251	Dont forget freeciv! __________________ - David, Proud to be saving the world since 1984 Economic Left/Right: -8.00 Social Libertarian/Authortarian: -8.72 Official #civfanatics chatroom - where we chat about anything but! CivFanatics Minecraft Server!

Apr 03, 2009, 05:51 PM	#16
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	I found another one that looks interesting, I've installed but haven't tested it yet. City of Rauma. From what I see, the gameplay is somewhat like SimCity, but the graphics look TTD-inspired. EDIT: Tried it. It was fun until I ran out of money. You don't really do much in it, though -- just build buildings and roads and stuff. __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn Last edited by aimeeandbeatles; Apr 03, 2009 at 07:59 PM.

Apr 05, 2009, 05:02 PM	#17
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	Freeware Games Commercial Games Released As Freeware Open-Source Games Free First-Person Shooters (not my thing, but thought I should link anyways.) Also found a weird looking game -- Duck Doom Deluxe __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn Last edited by aimeeandbeatles; Apr 05, 2009 at 05:05 PM.

Apr 06, 2009, 09:02 AM	#18
suiraclaw Hell is other people Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Belgium Posts: 168	Wesnoth seconded (http://www.wesnoth.org) I'd also like to mention Teeworlds (http://www.teeworlds.com) Both open source and among the best in their respective genre.

Apr 07, 2009, 02:10 PM	#19
aimeeandbeatles watermelon Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Aperture Science Laboratories Posts: 12,130 Images: 10	mopyfish! (yes, I know it's a fansite -- the original one doesn't offer it anymore.) Free Empires __________________ Note: I'm female. Don't forget that. \| The Petty Archives \| Let's Play: Portal 2 "When he goes to bed at night, Chuck Norris checks under his bed for aimeeandbeatles." -- choxorn

Apr 07, 2009, 08:17 PM	#20
Rub'Rum Hates acronyms Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Québec Posts: 4,227	This online game is hilarious http://www.brokenpicturetelephone.com/

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