Originally Posted by SEH You should add Trackmania Forever. The game is awesome. It looks fantastic, plays great, and has a really good built in track creator.

It's on my list. I have over 9456 games (last time I counted) that are free and installed. It's a very popular game at my children's center Some of them have even made tracks and mods for the game

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TribesNext aka Tribes 2
Megazell's Top Pick

First Person Shooter
Single Player - No
Multiplayer - Yes

Theme: Science Fiction

Starsiege: Tribes is a sci-fi first-person shooter video game.
It is the first of the Tribes video game series and follows the story from Earthsiege and Starsiege.
It was developed by Dynamix and published by the company now known as Sierra Entertainment in 1998.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher, Linux version available
CPU: 200 Mhz
Memory: 64 Mb
Video: 32 Mb
Hard Drive: 500 Mb

Download it here - http://www.tribesnext.com/

Gameplay Video

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Marathon
Marathon 2: Durandal
Marathon Infinity
Megazell's Top Pick

First Person Shooter
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes
Gamepad Support - Yes

Theme: Science Fiction

Marathon is a first person shooter video game series created by Bungie Studios.
It was released on December 21, 1994.
Following the first Marathon game, two sequels were born; Marathon 2: Durandal and Marathon Infinity.

Megazell's Comment - THIS WAS THE FIRST FPS GAME I EVER PLAYED AS A KID!
I remember my boy was showing me Starfox on SNES when it came out and I took him home and showed him this game.
That dude was so upset he wanted to sell his system and get a computer so bad.
His mother was not having that and almost got the belt on his ass when he started crying. LOL!

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 100 Mhz
Memory: 16 Mb
Video: 8 Mb
Hard Drive: 40 Mb

Download it here - http://source.bungie.org/

Gameplay Video

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Command and Conquer - Red Alert

Real Time Strategy
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes

Theme: Science Fiction

With the release of C&C Red Alert 3, Electronic Arts has released the original Command & Conquer Red Alert as freeware.
Red Alert is the prequel to the original Command & Conquer and takes place in alternative/parallel time line in which World War II never occurred.
Instead the Soviet Union rises to power and draws the free world into an alternative World War II.

Megazell's Comment - May not work properly with Windows XP and higher.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 to 98
CPU: 75 Mhz
Memory: 8 Mb
Video: 1 Mb
Hard Drive: 55 Mb

Download it here - http://compactiongames.about.com/od/...alert_free.htm

Gameplay Video

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Frets on Fire

Action/Arcade
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes
Netbook Friendly
Gamepad Support - Yes

Theme: Music

Frets on Fire (abbreviated 'FoF') is a free, open-source Finnish music video game created by Unreal Voodoo. Players use the keyboard, control pad or modified Guitar Hero/Rock Band controllers connected to the PC to play along with markers which appear on screen, with the aim to score points, achieve a high point multiplier, and complete a song. Frets on Fire was the winner of the Assembly 2006 game development competition.

The game is written in the Python programming language, and is licensed under the GNU General Public License, although the game incorporates other free and open-source code under other licenses. The game's included song files and some internal fonts are proprietary, and their redistribution is not permitted outside of the Frets On Fire executable.

Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard, control pad or modified Guitar Hero/Rock Band controllers connected to the PC as accurately as possible.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher, Mac and Linux versions available.
CPU: 200 MHZ
Memory: 128 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 300 Mb

Download it here - http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/

Gameplay video

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Savage 2
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Real Time Strategy/First Person Shooter/Third Person Shooter
Single Player - No
Multiplayer - Yes

Theme: Fantasy
Theme: Science Ficiton

Savage 2: A Tortured Soul is a fantasy and science-fiction themed video game that combines elements of the first-person shooter, real-time strategy, and action role-playing game genres.
It is the sequel to Savage: The Battle for Newerth and was officially released on January 16, 2008.
On December 9, 2008 S2 Games announced that the game was officially freeware, with a paid "Premium Account" option that expanded certain aspects of the game.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher, Linux and Mac version available
CPU: 1.0 Ghz
Memory: 256 Mb
Video: 64 Mb
Hard Drive: 600 Mb

Download it here - http://savage2.com/
or
Download it here - http://www.desura.com/games/savage-2-a-tortured-soul <- Requires Desura Client

Gameplay Video

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Tiny Wizard

Shooter/Arena
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Fantasy

In Tiny Wizard, your tower has been invaded and you must defeat waves of enemies, floor by floor. Your wizard's hat allows you shoot, the spacebar allows you cast a rechargeable, multi-directional 'uberspell' and bombs appear randomly, which can be collected and thrown when chosen.

The game starts out with promise. It has a nice graphical style and the controls feel smooth and responsive, however by level 15, I felt let down by the scarcity of new power-ups, enemies, terrain and the general lack of reward. - IndieGames.com

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 900 MHz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://www.kongregate.com/games/zink...ve/tiny-wizard

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Tiny Parallel World

Action/Platformers
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Fantasy

Tiny Parallel Worlds is a minimalistic platformer with a few puzzles thrown in. The objective is to help the '3-pixel red dude' find his spoon.

The puzzles won't take much brain power to figure out. It plays like a fetch quest with some backtracking involved. Fortunately, the game is short enough for this not to become tiresome and I found it to be a delightful little time waster. - Indiegames.com

System Requirement

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 900 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://www.ld.madcoretom.com/ld23/index.html

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The Good Ship Higgs Boson

Action/Platformer/Puzzle
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Other

Changing gravity direction is the core mechanic in The Good Ship Higgs Boson. A couple of screens into the game and the text narrator buggers up the 'Higgs Boson generator', which sends your gravity out of whack. After promising to fix the problem and giving up, the ability to control the direction of gravity is given to you. You must use your newly acquired ability to navigate each room.

The Good Ship Higgs Boson isn't the most polished of its ilk, however its short length and thoughtful level design saves it from tedium. - IndieGames.com

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac and Linux available
CPU: 900 Mhz
Memory: 32 MB
Video: 32 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/2963538/HiggsBoson1.1.swf

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Bootfighter Windom XP SP-2

Simulation/Mecha
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes
Gamepad Support - Yes

Theme: Science Fiction

This free Gundam clone offers surprisingly addicting gameplay and lets you indulge that fantasy you've always had ever since you saw your first Gundam anime.

3-D arenas pitting teams of mecha against each other makes the gameplay just like the Gundam Arcade game in Japan, which is similar to Armored Core and Virtual On, but you don't have to blow 100 yen each time you want to play.

Survival Mode: Fight until you drop.
Practice Mode: Go ahead, bully the defenseless computer!
Team Battle Mode: Ever wonder what it was like to pit one army of mecha against another?
Blitz Tactics Mode: One army versus another, but with giant warships too.
Online Contest Mode: Because destroying your friends is always more satisfying.
Custom Pilot Creation: We all love the default cat pilots, but the game also includes the option of using your own avatar pic and different voiced effects, even your own! Don't worry, the cats aren't offended. Base Installer includes custom Ryuusoul pilot (my ego knows no bounds).

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher
CPU: 1 Ghz
Memory: 256 Mb
Video: 64 Mb
Hard Drive: 200 Mb

Download it here - http://mirrormoon.org/projects/compl...indom-xp-sp-2/

Gameplay Video

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As The Village Turns

Adventure
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Fantasy

A narrative-driven experience set within a small, abstract-looking Romanian Village, As The Village Turns was conceived in response to the ending of Mass Effect 3. Having never played the latter, I can't really comment about this. However, one thing is for sure: As The Village Turn is an oddly engrossing affair. The gameplay itself is simple. For the most part, you spent your days engaging various village people in idle conversation. Your nights, on the other hand, are usually spent on more ... nefarious things. With over 1400 lines of dialogue baked into the game, As The Village Turns will keep those who just HAVE to figure out every sub-plot busy for a good while. - IndieGames.com

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 900 Mhz
Video: 32 Mb
Memory: 32 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://www.digitaldreamsgames.com/po...village-turns/

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A Song In The Void

Adventure
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Fantasy

So I've got an idea for this pageant, and I think I'll be able to squeeze it in between the other projects I've got on the go. It's going to be a combination of creation myth and some kind of emergent system. I'm taking my cue from Catherynne Valente's writing:

From In the Night Garden:

Open your ears, and let the sky in.

In the beginning, before you were the spark in the dream of a lice-shagged goat and a lonely farmhand, there was nothing but sky. It was black, and vast, and all the other things you might expect a sky with nothing floating around in it to be. But the sky was only a sky if you looked at it slantwise - if you looked at it straight, which of course, no one could, because there wasn't anyone to look any way, it was the long, slippery flank of a Mare.

The Mare was black , and vast, and all the other things you would expect a horse the size of everything to be.

After a long while, the Mare chewed a hole in herself, for reasons she has kept as her own. The hole filled up with light the way a hole in you or me would fill up with blood, and this was called a Star. They were the first, true children of the Mare, made of the flesh of her own body. And because she liked the light, and the company, she chewed other holes, roughly in the shapes of Badgers and Plows and Deer and Knives and Snails and Foxes and Grass and Water and suchlike, and so on until the Mare was ablaze with holes, and all the holes were Stars, and the sky was not very empty at all anymore. - NiallM

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 900 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb
Hard Drive: 20.6 Mb

Download it here - http://www.superfriendshipclub.com/f...php?f=15&t=486

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XSynergy Gate

Shooter/Vertical
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Science Fiction

XSynergy Gate is an outstanding 3D shooter from Sexy Death Entertainment. The game is a vertical shooter that boasts excellent production values, jaw-dropping graphics, lots of cool weapons and power-ups, and very good ship designs, all rendered in full 3D. Your ship can transform into a robot, with access to different weapons. If you enjoy quality shooters, this is simply a must-have.

Megazell's Comment - Short game but very challenging. The animation and transformation of some of the enemies you encounter are excellent.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher
CPU: 100 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 25 Mb

Download it here - http://megagames.com/freeware/xsynergy-gate

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Galactic Gladiator

Shooter/Vertical
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Science Ficiton

Galactic Gladiator is a challenging, top-down, tactical space shooter. While some of the mechanics follow in the footsteps of many timeless classics, the game aims to expand on the shooter genre by adding more strategy, skill and thought to the game play.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher
CPU: 200 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 25 Mb

Download it here - This game is not available.

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Galshell 2 Bullet Rain
Megazell's Top Pick

Shooter/Vertical
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Horror
Theme: Science Fiction
Theme: Adult

Galshell 2 Bullet Rain is perhaps the most accessible of all Artesneit releases, though they're not taking it any easier on the nudity content.

It's possible to begin playing from any of the three levels, with plenty of continues to use and a different character assigned to each difficulty. Collect items marked with the letter P to increase your power-up gauge. When it's completely filled, your weapon will receive a decent firepower upgrade.

Not suitable for players with weak stomachs.

Megazell's Comment - Warning - The primary link and content of the game is of adult themes with sex, nudity and ultra violence.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher
CPU: 500 Mhz
Memory: 64 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 350 Mb

Download it here - http://artesneit.halfmoon.jp/fortuna/index2.htm

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SMOKING GUNS!

First Person Shooter
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes

Theme: Western

Smokin' Guns is intended to be a semi-realistic simulation of the "Old West's" atmosphere. The game is so called total conversion which was developed on the Quake3 engine. It includes new weapons created with historically correct information about damage, rate of fire, reload time, etc. Moreover, it includes new gametypes and maps inspired mostly by movies as well as a custom soundtrack.

The game differs in many important aspects from similar games which are based on Quake3:

* It is not possible to regenerate health. All damage taken remains until a player finally dies and is revived.
* Weapons have to be bought with money which is given as a reward ("bounty") for defeating opponents. The amount of money depends on the rank of both players involved.
* Defeated players loose their weapons and other equipement which can be picked up by others. There are only very few weapons lying around in maps (in contrast to normal Quake3).
* Money pick-ups can be found in several maps (Depending on gametype).
* It is possible to play in Akimbo-Mode, that is, with two colts in parallel. The colts do not necessarily have to be of the same type.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher
CPU: 1 Ghz
Memory: 256 Mb
Hard Drive: 400 Mb
Video: 64 Mb

Download it here - http://www.smokin-guns.org/
or
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Flare

Action/Platformer
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Science Fiction

This is Flare, a game that six of us put together in 48 hours for the Global Game Jam in January. This pageant version has been improved a bit; I was able to squash a few bugs and give it better gameplay and a better ending.

In a nutshell, your corner of the universe just got a little unstable. A black hole has appeared, and your solar system is circling the drain. Time to leave home and stay one leap ahead of the all-consuming gravity well.

Gameplay is gravity-influenced platforming. You have to avoid getting sucked into the black hole by jumping between planets. If you get careless, you may end up catapulting yourself out into the void of space. - mildmojo

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac version available
CPU: 1.6 Ghz
Memory: 128 Mb
Video: 128 Mb
Hard Drive: 25.6 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://i.getsodizzy.com/flare/
or
Download it here - http://i.getsodizzy.com/flare/ <- Windows and Mac version links under the browser based game window.

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Pestilence Z

RPG
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Science Fiction

Pestilence Z is a zombie survival turn-based RPG with hours of gameplay and content. This includes 3 playable characters with 3 specialization trees each, 5 unique enemy AI zombie types with 9 full zombie animation sets, 60 detailed maps, including 8 secret maps, compiled from a set of 600+ unique tiles, 100s of searchable items and over 602 possible different equip-able items. Pestilence Z features a deep, engaging combat system to battle through the zombie mobs as you fight for survival. This is the first episode of the series of three and includes 5 missions. Pestilence Z also features several minutes of cinematic animation and an original sound track to drive the compelling story of the outbreak's origin.

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 900 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://twotowersgames.com/games/pestilence-z
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No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/563686

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Timeslip

Action/Platformer
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Fantasy

Timeslip is a Windows and Xbox Live Indie Game released for the Xbox on 03/02/2010. You can find it in the Indie Games section of Xbox Live Marketplace or for free on Windows at the link below. It was originally a Playstation Yaroze game that was released on an Official Playstation Magazine cover disk but has been updated with HD graphics and a new soundtrack for the Xbox re-release. The game features a time travelling snail who is caught in a loop in time. Every 30 seconds he is thrown back in time to encounter earlier versions of himself. While the earlier versions can help by opening doors they must also be avoided as colliding with one will cause a paradox

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP SP 2 or higher
CPU: 1.5 Ghz
Memory: 128 Mb
Video: 64 Mb
Hard Drive: 65.5 Mb

Download it here - http://www.smudgedcat.com/timeslip.htm

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A most intriguing thread. You have my thanks for it, and a recommendation for Beneath a Steel Sky