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old/freeware/classic Games nobody knows about

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 18:15
by Sleksa
I HAVE BEEN A LITTLE BORED RECENTLY AND I DUG UP SOME OLD CD:S TO SEARCH FOR FUN AND SMALL GAMES TO PLAY. THESE ARE ONES THAT I FOUND REALLY GOOD AND WORTHWHILE OF MENTIONING.

THIS IS A SMALL AND FUN GAME YOU CAN PLAY WHILE WAITING IN LOBBY FOR A GAME TO START:

http://www.download-free-games.com/free ... eneral.htm

THE IDEA IS TO CONQUER 100% OF THE LAND, EVERY PLAYER STARTS WITH EQUAL SHARE OF LAND AND RESOURCES AT START, THE ONLY REAL MONEY IS GRAIN, WHICH IS THEN SOLD TO MONIES, MONIES IN TURN PAYS YOUR SOLDIERS AND SCIENTIST'S WAGES. SCIENCE HELPS WITH GLOBAL % UPGRADES 'N STUFF AND SOLDIERS INVADE ENEMY COUNTRIES FOR LAND TO FARM.

ANOTHER FUN GAME IS PAYBACK TIME 2

http://www.free-games-net.com/games/paybackt2.shtml

THIS GAME IS REALLY FUNNY I REMEMBER PLAYING IT WITH 3 OTHER RL FRIENDS FOR MANY HOURS. THE IDEA IS TO COMMAND A SQUAD OF TROOPS TO KILL EVERY ENEMY IN THE MAP, YOU CAN CUSTOMIZE YOUR SOLDIERS 100% WITH MELEE WEAPONS LIKE FINGERTIP LASERS AND KATANAS, DUAL WIELDING PISTOLS & UZIS AND SHOTGUNS AND HUGE SNIPERS AND PLASMA CANNONS AND GRENADES.

THERES ALSO OTHER STUFF INGAME LIKE FLARES, ARMOURS AND _OMG_; TRAPPING DOORS.


THERES ALSO A GAME CALLED AREENA 5 I GOT ADDICTED TO BUT ITS FINNISH - ONLY ATM :- ((((


ONE LAST GAME:

LASER SQUAD NEMESIS.

THIS GAME IS PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS PAYBACKTIME 2 BUT YOU CAN PLAY THIS OVER THE INTERNETS AGAINST HUMAN PLAYERS. AND THERE ARE 4 DIFFERENT RACES AND THE FUNCTIONING OF THE TURNS IS REALLY FUN, ONE TURN YOU CAN SEE 0 ENEMY CONTACT AND YOU ORDER YOUR GRUNTS TO MOVE OUT FROM COVER ONLY TO SEE THAT THE ENEMY WAS SPAMMING GRENADES TO THE POSITIONS YOUR GRUNTS ARE CURRENTLY WALKING INTO.

SADLY THIS GAME ISNT FREEWARE, BUT YOU CAN PLAY 3 FREE GAMES AGAINST HUMANS AND THEN UNINSTALL/REINSTALL IT OR MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT TO PLAY AGAIN. IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED PM ME IN THE LOBBY AND WE'LL HAVE A MATCH.

http://www.lasersquadnemesis.com/

DOES ANYONE ELSE KNOW THESE GAMES OR HAVE SOME OTHER GAMES YOU THINK ARE A LITTLE UNKOWN BUT SHOULD BE KNOWN BECAUSE THEYRE JUST SO GOOD/FUN TO PLAY??

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 18:25
by Muzic
By the looks of your CAPS LOCK, these games must be good..Im going to check out The General.

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 18:27
by Sleksa
IF YOU WANT A GAME JUST POKE ME ON A LOBBY THIS IS MUCH FUNNIER VS REAL HUMANS THAN BOTS MAINLY BECAUSE THE BOTS OWN SO MUCH :D

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 18:33
by Day
BOTS ARE MANNER

http://games.softpedia.com/get/Sharewar ... tion.shtml

THIS GAME IS A TOPDOWN "FPS" STYLE GAME IN WHICH YOU AND A FRIEND DUKE IT OUT IN SOME KIND OF MAZE. YOU HAVE TO KILL EACH OTHER OR ALL KINDS OF MONSTERS THAT ROAM AROUND THE MAZE FOR MONEY, SO YOU CAN BUY ARMOR WEAPONS UPGRADES AND ALL KINDS OF SPECIAL ATTACKS.THERES ALSO ALL KINDS OF STUFF IN THE MAZE LIKE TREASURE AND OTHER STUFF. YOU CAN PLAY IT OVER THE INTERNET THOUGH, ITS SPLITSCREEN ONLY.GOOD GAME I SUGGEST YOU TRY IT OUT!

http://www.soldat.pl/main.php

IS ALSO A FUN GAME, ITS A 2D MARIO STYLE SHOOTER WHERE YOU CAN DO DEATHMATCH CTF AND ALL KINDS OF GAME MODES ONLINE WITH LOTS OF PLAYERS, YOU CAN CHOOSE FROM ALL KINDS OF COOL WEAPONS AND KILL THE ENEMY!YOU CAN ALSO PLAY WITH BOTS WHICH ARE PRETTY GOOD BUT ONLINE PLAY IS MUCH BETTER!

I HOPE YOU HAVE FUN WITH THESE FREE AND SIMPLE GAMES!

<3

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 19:15
by Foxomaniac
oh god.

I'm betting 10 bucks on tobi bringing the caps-lock pliers and fixin you two up =P.

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 19:30
by rattle
Yup, he's gonna pull the skin off your fingers.

http://www.reloaded.org
http://www.abandonia.com

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 19:36
by smoth

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 19:45
by TradeMark
I CAN NOT HEAR YOU SLEKSA CAN YOU TALK ANY LOUDER

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 19:50
by smoth
YEAH, HE CAN!

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 19:52
by Peet

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 20:21
by Sleksa
ITS A REAL SHAME THAT AREENA 5 IS ONLY IN FINNISH, ITS ONE OF THE FUNNIEST GAMES I'VE EVER PLAYED. SEEING A "LEGENDARY" MINOTAUR HIT A CRITICAL HIT BLESSED BY THE GODS WITH A "MIGHTMACE(:DDD)" KILL 4 ENEMY GLADIATORS IS JUST <3

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 20:32
by KDR_11k
There. Happy?

Cho Ren Sha 68k (shmup)
Kenta Cho's games (mostly shmups)
Destruction Desire (fighting game)
Mind Arms (fighting game)
Galax (Shmup)
Frequon Invaders (weird)
Doukutsu Monogatari (platformer)
Every Extend (kamikaze'em up)
Glace (platformer)
Frontline (sidescrolling shooter)
Minebot (... Action?)
N (Platformer)

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 20:51
by Guessmyname
what's a shmup?

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 20:57
by smoth
shoot em up

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 21:08
by tombom
smoth wrote:shoot em up
Generally they're really hard and rely on being very fast on your fingers. Hundreds of bullets on the screen that you have to dodge kind of thing.

Rogue-likes are really cool. Generally you're a character who has to go through a dungeon and reach the end. Except if you die, you're dead. And it's rather hard. There's hundreds of them that can be really different. My favourite is Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup. It's a little more forgiving than NetHack in terms of luck killing you but it's still very hard. There are lots of races, character classes and gods to choose from that are all pretty different. If you feel like finishing it be prepared to lose 100+ hours on it.

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 21:33
by Relative
Can't believe you guys missed cave story:

http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=cavestory

Best shooter/adventure game EVAR!!!

Edit: Opps, KDR mentioned it:
KDR_11k wrote:Doukutsu Monogatari (platformer)

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 22:03
by Caydr
Whorebitch turn that cap off 'fore I get pissy wit yo. Fag.

Also, One Must Fall 2097 is a great game. I *think* it's public domain now.

And don't forget about Subspace/Continuum. A really fun MMO shooter, although not all servers are equal. My favorite server is Trench Wars. Great stuff. It's not world class, but it's free, fun, WinXP compatible, and semi-actively developed, multiplayer, and mostly unlike anything else I can remember playing.

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 23:49
by Sleksa
CAVE STORY, OMG SORRY FOR FORGETTING THIS AWESOME GAME. <3

Posted: 25 Jun 2007, 23:55
by Boirunner
Sleksa wrote: [...] L [...] O [...] L [...] C [...] A [...] P [...] S [...]
Posting in caps is to trolling what wheelchair racing is to sports. It may technically classify, but it's pretty retarded.

Posted: 26 Jun 2007, 00:00
by Ishach
KDR_11k wrote:There. Happy?

Cho Ren Sha 68k (shmup)

This is one of my favorite games as well ~~~~