# The Thread of Free Games (Open Source, etc) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 6, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945 "2007-01-06T16:38:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/1 "2007-01-06T16:38:57Z")
No illegal downloads or anything like that, all above board please. Here is my contribution. First Person Shooter [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_first-person_shooters) list of free first person shooters. (couldn’t do better myself) Real Time Strategy: [Trash](http://inhumangames.com/Pages/Info_01.htm) MMORPG [GPotato](http://www.gpotato.com/) has three games that are free: FlyFF, Rappellz and Space Cowboy Add your free game here and lets make a comprehensive list! ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/2 "2007-01-06T16:41:15Z")
Well crap, I don’t know why part of it got cut out, Trash is supposed to be under Real time Strategy and there was supposed to be a link with this under first person shooter: [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_first-person_shooters) list of free first person shooters. (couldn’t do better myself) ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/3 "2007-01-06T18:25:54Z")
[Alien Arena 2007](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_first-person_shooters#Alien_Arena_2007) looks pretty sweet. I’m downloading the windows version right now. Actually there are lots of good looking games listed on that page. ---
**Author:** ![Corporate\_Hippie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/65b543/32.png) [@Corporate\_Hippie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corporate_Hippie)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/4 "2007-01-06T18:36:14Z")
[Quadradius](http://www.quadradius.com/quadradius/index.html) I play under the name “psychocide”. Challenge me if you see me in the lobby and I’ll show you the ropes. ---
**Author:** ![Xan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/ac8455/32.png) [@Xan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xan)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/5 "2007-01-06T18:53:13Z")
[QUOTE=Xan] [Alien Arena 2007](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_first-person_shooters#Alien_Arena_2007) looks pretty sweet. I’m downloading the windows version right now. Actually there are lots of good looking games listed on that page. [/QUOTE] I meant to say I’m downloading the LINUX version right now. ---
**Author:** ![Pushkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@Pushkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pushkin)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/6 "2007-01-06T19:04:00Z")
[QUOTE=Epimetheus] [Wikipedia](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_first-person_shooters) list of free first person shooters. (couldn’t do better myself) [/QUOTE] And their entire list of [free games](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freeware_games). Special mention to Elite, [freely available on the website of one of its creators](http://www.iancgbell.clara.net/elite/game.htm), Ian Bell. ---
**Author:** ![Der\_Trihs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/der_trihs/32/233_2.png) [@Der\_Trihs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Der_Trihs)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/7 "2007-01-06T19:10:49Z")
From [here](http://sc2.sourceforge.net/), the Ur-Quan Masters. It’s the classic game Star Control 2, from people who acquired the rights to the game but not the name, thus the title change. ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/8 "2007-01-06T19:17:03Z")
[Progess Quest!](http://www.progressquest.com/) It’s the ultimate RPG. ---
**Author:** ![metonymic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5f9b8f/32.png) [@metonymic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/metonymic)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/9 "2007-01-06T20:06:38Z")
[N](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N_%28game%29)! It’s a fun, physics-based platform game. I love the [5 Days a Stranger](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilby%27s_Notes) series of adventure games. They’re fantastic. [Doukutsu Monogatari (Cave Story)](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doukutsu_Monogatari) is another amazing game – it’s sort of an action/adventure game with a good story and great graphics. so many more… [Home of the Underdogs](http://www.the-underdogs.info/) is my favourite place to get games. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/10 "2007-01-06T20:06:49Z")
[Transcendence](http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence/) is pretty dang spiffy. It’s like a cross between Elite, Rogue (or Nethack if you like) and Star Control. You play a starship captain who collects and trades goods in a hostile universe. The universe is randomly generated, but the star systems are the same when you return to them. In fact, the AI will often stay busy in some star systems - you may return to one in the middle of a war for example. There’s a metric buttload of items and opponents in Transcendence, and quests too. The game is suitable for casual play, but can get fairly engrossing in classic RPG-style if you want it to. You can write mods for the game using a weird blend of XML and Scheme, if that’s your cup of tea. The only drawback is that it’s still in beta. The author said that he plans on it remaining freeware after 1.0. I’ll also shill for [Anacreon](http://www.neurohack.com/anacreon/) by the same author. It’s a turn-based strategy game where you try to conquor other worlds. It’s a more recent update of the old DOS game with the same name. I’m also a huge fan of [Simon Tatham’s puzzle collection](http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/puzzles/). (He’s the anosmic programmer who brought us [Putty](http://www.putty.nl/).) They’re pretty old-school, but many of them can be pretty engrossing, and they play very well from a flash drive. ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/11 "2007-01-06T20:10:22Z")
I also keep tabs on the [Games section](http://www.portablefreeware.com/?c=17) at [PortableFreeware.com](http://PortableFreeware.com). ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/12 "2007-01-07T03:26:24Z")
For those of us with Firefox, you can try the [Online Games Tool Bar](https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/3031/). ---
**Author:** ![Gukumatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/74df32/32.png) [@Gukumatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gukumatz)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/13 "2007-01-07T06:42:16Z")
I’ve got to give a puff to [Frets on Fire](http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/uv/fretsonfire/)! Don’t have a PS2? Don’t have Guitar Hero? Don’t have a snotty, fake German lording his superior guitar skills over you? Get it here, today! (Good fun) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/14 "2007-01-07T06:53:07Z")
[QUOTE=Gukumatz] I’ve got to give a puff to [Frets on Fire](http://louhi.kempele.fi/~skyostil/uv/fretsonfire/)! Don’t have a PS2? Don’t have Guitar Hero? Don’t have a snotty, fake German lording his superior guitar skills over you? Get it here, today! (Good fun) [/QUOTE] I downloaded this a couple of days ago, seeing as I love Guitar Hero, but don’t own the game and can’t afford it, and wondered if you knew of a good place to get songs for it? I have only found one place (Keyboards on fire) that has some songs, but most of those are just the fret part, no actual music, and a lot of them are songs I don’t care for. I was hoping there was a site with a lot of songs available for download, but I also fear that it would be violating copyright law and hence the small number of songs available. ---
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/15 "2007-01-07T07:23:24Z")
Have you tried here? [Accueil | Freenerd](http://frets.freenerd.org/?songs) ---
**Author:** ![bouv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bc8723/32.png) [@bouv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bouv)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/16 "2007-01-07T07:33:47Z")
[QUOTE=Epimetheus] Have you tried here? [http://frets.freenerd.org/?songs](http://frets.freenerd.org/?songs) [/QUOTE] That has been the only site I have found thus far and is the one I lamented about in my earler post. ---
**Author:** ![rayh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@rayh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rayh)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/17 "2007-01-07T19:05:11Z")
For free games there’s - [The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy](http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml) [Cry Wolf](http://www.crywolfgame.com/CryWolfGateKeeper/) [Broeken Sword 2.5](http://www.baphometsfluch25.de/cms/index.php?id=71,0,0,1,0,0) [Indiana Jones and the Fountain of Youth](http://www.barnettcollege.com/index2.htm) [Duke Nukem 3d](http://jonof.edgenetwork.org/index.php?p=jfduke3d) [ScummVM](http://www.scummvm.org/). You can download Flight of the Amazon Queen and Beneath a Steel Sky [Space Trader](http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/p.spronck/picoverse/spacetrader/STFrames.html) [Colossal Cave](http://www.rickadams.org/adventure/) [The Interactive Fiction Archive](http://www.ifarchive.org/) [Kingdom of Loathing](http://www3.kingdomofloathing.com/login.php?loginid=73bf4983bef04ac4ad5b209dbba55142) [The Hunted Chronicles](http://thehunted.ru1337.com/) [C-evo](http://www.c-evo.org/) [Privateer Gemini](http://www.priv.solsector.net/) or [Privateer Remake](http://www.djgallagher.com/games/pc/privateer/) [Cube](http://www.cubeengine.com/) [Marathon/Aleph On Open source](http://source.bungie.org/) [Clash of Civilisations](http://clash.apolyton.net/frame/) [Phospher - a Shockwave 3d shooter](http://www1.rasterwerks.com/game/phosphor/beta1.asp) [Linux Games](http://happypenguin.org/news) [TuxRacer](http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/) [More Courses for TuxRacer](http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/index.php) [SuperTux](http://supertux.berlios.de/) ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/18 "2007-01-07T19:41:27Z")
Rockstar have got free downloads of GTA and GTA 2 available at their site[here](http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/) ---
**Author:** ![Subway\_Prophet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecb155/32.png) [@Subway\_Prophet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Subway_Prophet)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/19 "2007-01-07T19:58:08Z")
[QUOTE=rayh] [Space Trader](http://www.cs.unimaas.nl/p.spronck/picoverse/spacetrader/STFrames.html) [/QUOTE] I forgot about Space Trader. It was originally for the Palm, but there’s a [Windows version](http://spacetraderwin.sourceforge.net/home.php) and [Pocket PC Version](http://www.spacetrader.co.uk/index.htm) too. It’s kind of like Elite, but not 3d. It’s also turn-based and very casual. I like it a lot. I might as well mention [Taipan for Windows](http://www.digitallabs.net/taipan/), another Windows port of an old-school classic. ---
**Author:** ![tanstaafl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba8739/32.png) [@tanstaafl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tanstaafl)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2007, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945/20 "2007-01-07T20:49:03Z")
[Kingdom of Loathing](http://www.kingdomofloathing.com) [Urban Dead](http://www.urbandead.com) [Shartak](http://www.shartak.com) [Nexus War](http://www.nexuswar.com) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-thread-of-free-games-open-source-etc/386945.md?page=2)