# Can you recommend any awesome pc games that can only be downloaded from the internet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 7, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629 "2003-05-07T10:47:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lukaspriest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@lukaspriest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lukaspriest)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 10:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/1 "2003-05-07T10:47:58Z")
I know that there are some small companies and developers out there that can’t afford marketing campaigns like the names but still release their software on the internet for download - sometimes freeware and sometimes not. Has anyone here run into any absolutely awesome games of this nature? Preferably ones that are highly immersive and have at least a semblance of quality to them. Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/2 "2003-05-07T12:45:13Z")
_Scorched Earth_. VERY low-tech and, by today’s standards, absolutely horrible graphics. But I can’t stop playing it! I don’t have time to dig up a link right now, but I imagine if you go to [download.com](http://download.com) and search for it you should find it. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/3 "2003-05-07T15:00:12Z")
snood. It is a “quickie” puzzle game. I think its at [www.snood.com](http://www.snood.com) brian ---
**Author:** ![peri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/67e7ee/32.png) [@peri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peri)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/4 "2003-05-07T16:19:38Z")
Immediately after downloading Snood go on a BONZI BUDDY killing rampage. It’s piggy-backed on the file. That said, I love this game! ---
**Author:** ![anewthought](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@anewthought](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anewthought)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/5 "2003-05-07T16:27:40Z")
[http://www.americasarmy.com/](http://www.americasarmy.com/) 100% free high quality FPS using Unreal2 game engine. ---
**Author:** ![blainer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a698b9/32.png) [@blainer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blainer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/6 "2003-05-07T16:51:21Z")
If you like sports, try Out of the Park Baseball. Virtually no graphics, but excellent stat-based sim. [www.ootp5.com](http://www.ootp5.com) ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/7 "2003-05-07T17:11:02Z")
4 winds mah jong is a great mah jong game, a real mah jong game, not the lame sile pairing soliatre version. If you pay you can even confiure your own rules. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/8 "2003-05-07T17:52:52Z")
[Gazillionaire](http://www.gazillionaire.com/gaz.html)! ---
**Author:** ![Engywook](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bc8723/32.png) [@Engywook](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engywook)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/9 "2003-05-07T19:01:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by HeyHomie \* > \*\*_Scorched Earth_. VERY low-tech and, by today’s standards, absolutely horrible graphics. But I can’t stop playing it! > > I don’t have time to dig up a link right now, but I imagine if you go to [download.com](http://download.com) and search for it you should find it. \*\* They ever get around to a version that doesn’t require a DOS prompt? The more recent versions of Windows, going to and using DOS is a horrible experience. Tended to crash my old computer bad, and with WinXP I wouldn’t know for sure if you can do it at all. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/10 "2003-05-07T19:12:13Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Engywook \* > \*\*They ever get around to a version that doesn’t require a DOS prompt? The more recent versions of Windows, going to and using DOS is a horrible experience. Tended to crash my old computer bad, and with WinXP I wouldn’t know for sure if you can do it at all. \*\* Sadly, no. Nothing has been done since v.1.5, the supermag shield still needs to be fixed. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/11 "2003-05-07T20:12:29Z")
[Sherlock](http://www.dosgames.com/g_puz3.php) may be a bit low-fi, but it’s a great logic game. ---
**Author:** ![criminalcatalog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e68b1a/32.png) [@criminalcatalog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminalcatalog)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/12 "2003-05-07T20:17:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*[Gazillionaire](http://www.gazillionaire.com/gaz.html)! \*\* I like this game alot. Unfortunately I’m not willing to spew 30 bones for it. Maybe if it was 10, but no more. Nobody should have to pay that much for such an outdated game. :mad: ---
**Author:** ![Grousser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9d8465/32.png) [@Grousser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grousser)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2003, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/13 "2003-05-07T22:58:37Z")
**Fortune Raiders** , from Dexterity Software: [http://www.dexterity.com/fortune-raiders/](http://www.dexterity.com/fortune-raiders/) That company releases interesting games, but this is a simple one and adictive as hell!! For two years I have been playing it (from time to time, of course) and it seems to me as funny as the first time. Worth a try, believe me, even with his 16 colors graphics! ---
**Author:** ![HoldenCaulfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/22d042/32.png) [@HoldenCaulfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoldenCaulfield)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-recommend-any-awesome-pc-games-that-can-only-be-downloaded-from-the-internet/173629/14 "2003-05-08T00:19:33Z")
I’ve been playing Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory since the day it came out. It is only a demo test right now, but it even when it is released it will be a completely free download. There are some mirrors here: [http://www.splashdamage.com/download.php?op=viewdownload&cid=6](http://www.splashdamage.com/download.php?op=viewdownload&cid=6)