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Typhoon 2001
Megazell's Top Pick

Shooter/Top Down
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Other

Typhoon 2001 is a freeware game inspired by both the Atari Jaguar hit game Tempest 2000 and the arcade hit Tempest. It takes ideas and concepts from both games, but rearranges and changes them. A few new ideas have been implemented as well.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher, Linux versions available
CPU: 800 Mhz
Memory: 64 Mb
Video: 64 Mb
Hard Drive: 6.96 Mb

Download it here - http://typhoon.kuto.de/download.html

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Gameplay Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhB1Iv02tIc

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The amount of free MMORPGs, MMORTS, MMOFPS and browser based games has jumped to ridiculous number this month alone.

Many of them are in alpha and beta stages but a great deal of them are up and running.

Waiting for some reviews before I start posting...In the mean time...

What do you guys and gals want to see?

MMORPG?

MMORTS?

MMOFPS? <- This one I think has been done to death by what I posted so far...but it's up to you'll.

can always use more actiony mmorpgs with active combat systems/mechanics. gonna be hard to beat ddo though.

Originally Posted by crystalklear64 can always use more actiony mmorpgs with active combat systems/mechanics. gonna be hard to beat ddo though.

I quite agree. The storyline and depth of DDO is a high standard for many of these other MMOs to beat.

ArchLord would be my 2nd best since it's PVP format is quite engaging.

Verge

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

Theme: Fantasy

Verge is a game that is based off of an idea from H. P. Lovecraft's Commonplace Book for a competition over at The Independent Gaming Source. The idea chosen for this game was Life and Death.

"27 Life and Death.
Death—its desolation and horror—bleak spaces—sea-bottom—dead cities.
But Life—the greater horror!
Vast unheard-of reptiles and leviathans—hideous beasts of prehistoric jungle—rank slimy vegetation—evil instincts of primal man—Life is more horrible than death."

The game is puzzle platformer that revolves around a mechanic involving life and death. When the character dies, it's not the end of his journey. The player will find themselves in situations where death is in the answer to solving the puzzle. There are 9 levels in this small "Compo Edition" of the game.

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher
CPU: 800 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb
Hard Drive: 7.89 Mb

Download it here - http://www.kylepulver.com/view.php?id=45

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Gameplay Video

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The General

Turn Based Strategy
Single Player - No
Multiplayer - Yes

Theme: Military

The General is a turn-taking military strategy game, in which between 2 and 20 states (players) can take part. During the game you have to solve problems of economy, science and military policy. The General uses very high quality artificial intelligence. Also, the game supports all types of multiplayer modes (local net, modem, Internet, HotSeat etc). The graphics are simple, and the weight of the game is carried by the strategy, where The General scores highly.

Megazell's Comment - I posted the wiki link because it will lead to everything you need to get this game up and running. You can play this on the same PC with a friend or online. The official site is in Russian.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher, Mac and Linux version available
CPU: 500 Mhz
Memory: 16 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 3.35 Mb

Download it here - http://akasoft.genliga.ru/download/gen45hen.zip

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Carnage Street
Megazell's Top Pick

Shooter/Vertical
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes

Theme: Horror

MINDLESS ZOMBIE-BLASTING FUN

This is a short project that turned into a fun and appreciated game. Quoting the TIGsource forum, "It's just shoot all the crawling ducks, but the ducks are so gushy and the guns are so beefy that it's rather enjoyable.

It features 13 different weapons, two-players co-op and an exciting visual manual.

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher
CPU: 1.0 Ghz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb
Hard Drive: 5.14 Mb

Download it here - http://gmc.yoyogames.com/index.php?showtopic=460649

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Gameplay Video

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Incinerations

Adventure
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Science Fiction

Box of Mystery is proud to present an epic sci-fi action-thriller almost a decade in the making. “Incinerations” continues the legend of Sierra Online’s “Space Quest”, returning space janitor Roger Wilco to the front-lines to save the galaxy once more.

“Incinerations” is a non-commercial 2D adventure game from the mind of Chris Ushko, developed in Chris Jones’ AGS Engine and rendered with 3D software. In it, you must help Roger and his friends take on a legion of villains in his quest to rescue the woman he loves, stop the universe from going up in flames, and heroically recover his missing luggage!

Features:
Over 45 minutes of fully-animated cinematics!
Nearly 100 CG-rendered backgrounds!
More than an hour’s worth of original music!
Dozens of original new characters!
Tons of classic adventure puzzle solving!
Lots of comedy and drama set against an intergalactic thrill ride of a story!
Unlockable Achievements and Trophies!
Alternate endings!

System Requirements

OS: Windows XP or higher
CPU: 900 Mhz
Memory: 64 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 700 Mb

Download it here - http://www.boxofmystery.com/games/incinerations/

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Gameplay Video

http://youtu.be/1mwp-OzItYo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii8Lz0RJUK0

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Hey I got a game for you. Meteor (1 & 2). It's an awesome top down shooter. It's been awhile since I played, so I don't remember the story. Both feature full mod support. Like, the most extensive you've seen in awhile. Each have a level editor (1 has a simple tile-based system, while 2's is layer-based and more flexible, but more complicated), and simple sprite editor (Well, its more for putting your stuff in game; you need to make the actual sprites in paint or something)

Anyway, they are easy to start out, but can get very advanced if you want to. And theres a good amount of mods for 'em too.

Originally Posted by Shockdrop Hey I got a game for you. Meteor (1 & 2). It's an awesome top down shooter. It's been awhile since I played, so I don't remember the story. Both feature full mod support. Like, the most extensive you've seen in awhile. Each have a level editor (1 has a simple tile-based system, while 2's is layer-based and more flexible, but more complicated), and simple sprite editor (Well, its more for putting your stuff in game; you need to make the actual sprites in paint or something) Anyway, they are easy to start out, but can get very advanced if you want to. And theres a good amount of mods for 'em too.

Thanks going to check these out when I can

FEAR IS VIGILANCE

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

Theme: Social Commentary
Theme: Humor

Sometimes people just aren’t willing to take the necessary steps to ensure their good cause is appreciated by the masses. That’s something the star of free indie pixel action game, Fear Is Vigilance, doesn’t misunderstand. When her attempts to give out free personal alarms to students, to protect them when walking through the park at night, she finds people just aren’t interested. So she strikes upon a brilliant scheme: Beat people up in the park at night!

It’s so obvious, and yet for whatever inexplicable reason so few tend to think along these lines. Amnesty should hold a lot more people captive. So it is that you alternate between two game modes. Trying to hand out safety alarms to students within a 40 second time limit, and then trying to duff up a minimum number of people in the park before your own lights get knocked out. The more you beat up, the more likely students are to take your alarms the next day. See? Perfect logic! - RPS.com

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher
CPU: 900 Mhz
Memory: 32 Mb
Video: 32 Mb

No Heavy Download Needed - Browser Based - http://wootfu.com/vigilance/

Gameplay Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eDgGPgpjNFA

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Just played about 20 minutes of Rockman 7 tonight. Made it to Burst Man but got my butt handed to me. I recommend it. Love the 8-bit style. Can't wait to see if any of those other MM fanmakes go beyond alpha.

Originally Posted by ChernobylCow Just played about 20 minutes of Rockman 7 tonight. Made it to Burst Man but got my butt handed to me. I recommend it. Love the 8-bit style. Can't wait to see if any of those other MM fanmakes go beyond alpha.

Have you played Bonesaw yet? Not a direct remake of Megaman but it has a lot of flavor from it.

Nelly Cootalot: Spoonbeaks Ahoy!

Adventure
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Pirates

Nelly Cootalot, fearsome pirate and lover of tiny and adorable creatures, is charged by the spirit of a dead buccaneer to investigate the mysterious disappearance of a fleet of birds known as spoonbeaks. Her adventure will bring her face to face with the nefarious Baron Widebeard as she uncovers corruption and wanton punning in the Barony of Meeth.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher
CPU: 500 Mhz
Memory: 128 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 35 Mb

Download it here - http://www.bigbluecup.com/games.php?...=detail&id=860

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Gameplay Video

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I tried out a few games:
Robocop 2D: the game has great menus and a joypad configuration thingy. It features some clips from the flick (in horrible resolution). But I can't really recommend it because the gameplay is god awful slow and Robocop is slightly unresponsive.
Living Hell: great graphics but also slow gameplay. I beat the horse on the first level and the game crashed (win7).
Castlevania: Bloodletting: seems to work alright but I encountered some strange glitches with the whip and walking up stairs that really turned me off.

FreeCol

Turn Based Strategy
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Other

FreeCol is a turn-based strategy game based on the old game Colonization, and similar to Civilization. The objective of the game is to create an independent nation.

You start with only a few colonists defying the stormy seas in their search for new land. Will you guide them on the Colonization of a New World?

Megazell's Comment - It's been a long time but this was my game of choice as opposed to Civilizations. I can't say if one is better than the other...it's just that this one presentation and GUI appealed to me. I highly recommend those that are into TBS games to try this one out.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 800 Mhz
Memory: 256 Mb
Video: 32 Mb
Hard Drive: 42.1 Mb

Download it here - http://www.freecol.org/

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Gameplay Video

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Originally Posted by ChernobylCow I tried out a few games: Robocop 2D: the game has great menus and a joypad configuration thingy. It features some clips from the flick (in horrible resolution). But I can't really recommend it because the gameplay is god awful slow and Robocop is slightly unresponsive. Living Hell: great graphics but also slow gameplay. I beat the horse on the first level and the game crashed (win7). Castlevania: Bloodletting: seems to work alright but I encountered some strange glitches with the whip and walking up stairs that really turned me off.

Robocop is based on the NES and SNES games and I can tell you from playing the original...he moves SPOT ON like he suppose to. I did manage to end those games.

I ended Living Hell - Windows XP. This is another game based on Splatterhouse from the TurboGraphic 16 game system and that character moves SPOT ON like the original. That's part of what made those games hard as hell.

Castlevania: Bloodletting - Yes - He did not get a chance to fully code the whip to be used like the hidden character in 'Symphony Of The Night' - Where you hold the whip button and then move your pad or arrows around to have the whip whirl and attack on it's own while you can not move. The only glitch I got with the stairs is that when you jump in the middle of the stairs and try to climb up it resets you back to the bottom. The character does have some nice jump features that help you bypass a lot of the traps and stages quickly and even lead to a hidden room that is a spoof of 'Ghouls and Ghost.' The storyline is tight though!

Windows 7 seems to crash with a lot of games - Which is part of the reason why I never got the OS - Even though I can get a new copy for $32.50. At the time when I was considering the upgrade, I was still playing a lot of MODs for Freedom Force and Freedom Force II. Both games did not seem to work with Windows 7. The steam version do work with Win7 but I had the retail version and did not feel like re-buying them on STEAM just to play them. Justice League vs X-Men: Dark Times is by far one of the best mods I ever played for any game...it's made with such polish it looks like a retail game.

Sorry to hear the games are not working well with your OS.

Linley's Dungeon Crawl
aka
Dungeon Crawl

RPG
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - No

Theme: Fantasy

Linley's Dungeon Crawl (or "Crawl") is a well-known roguelike that features expansive race/class selection and a large religious pantheon. The goal of Crawl is to recover the "Orb of Zot" hidden deep within the dungeon complex.

Megazell's Comment - Like all roguelike games - You can dl tiles and mods to make the games graphics more appealing. These games do not appeal to everyone for the lack of graphics but the games challenge is why most give these games a go.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher, Mac and Linux versions available
CPU: 200 Mhz
Memory: 16 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 564 Kb

Download it here - http://www.dungeoncrawl.org/

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Gameplay Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAWN951InO8

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C-evo

Turn Base Strategy
Single Player - Yes
Multiplayer - Yes
Netbook Friendly

Theme: Other

C-evo is a freeware empire building game for Windows.
With a time scope of several thousand years, it covers aspects of exploration and expansion, industry and agriculture, warfare and diplomacy, science and administration. C-evo follows the spirit of popular turn-based strategy games from the mid 90s, but with more emphasis on powerful AI and careful design of the rules, resulting in a true challenge.

The game is based on Microprose's famous Sid Meier's Civilization and has many basic ideas in common with it. Actually, this project has arised from the wish to correct annoying design mistakes and AI weaknesses of Civ II. The priorities of the C-evo project are considerably different from big commercial games. While those are focused on easy entertainment and mainly compete for the most realistic and exciting up-to-date multimedia, this one aims at ageless challenge.

Megazell's Comment - One the same page of the primary download link are mods and maps for you to enjoy. I highly recommend you check them out as they had a lot of different dimensions to this wonderful game. BTW this game is BRUTALLY hard once you get pass the beginning learning curve.

System Requirements

OS: Windows 95 or higher
CPU: 200 Mhz
Memory: 16 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 10 to 50 Mb (Depending on the mods you dl)

Download it here - http://c-evo.org/

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Nikujin

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

Theme: Humor
Theme: Fantasy

In Nikujin you play a ninja, who's goal is to progress through a ninja fortress of increasing difficulty, utilising your ninja skills to ensure your survival.

Megazell's Comment - This game is made by one of the most famous freeware game makes of Japan - Ikki. All of this games are top notch. The only drawback is they are all in Japanese. This game uses the arrows to move, shift to jump and ctrl to attack. But I am going to quote another person's review to better describe this game's play mechanic...

'Without Nikujin, nobody in the world would probably know who the hell is 'Ikki'. Well Nikujin exists and we all know that Ikki is a little mysterious, but very talented Japanese game developer. Nikujin is a bit of an oddity. It was created by a person known as 'Ikiki'. And that's everything I know about the creator, except that he created one of my favourite 2D-platformers. (Xander) All you have to use in this game are arrows, jump button and attack button. Easy? No! It takes a while to master all the possible moves and don't take me wrong - it's not like some fighting game where you use five random buttons and perform a combo. No, evertything makes perfect sense in Nikujin and that is what makes the game unique. Every move you perform is so fluid and fun, that if you watch some master playing Nikujin, you will find it's pretty spectacular just to watch the game. Hail to the Naked Ninja! - raelz'

System Requirements

OS: Windows 98 SE or higher
CPU: 500 Mhz
Memory: 16 Mb
Video: 16 Mb
Hard Drive: 1.34 Mb

Download it here - http://www.acid-play.com/file/nikujin.lzh

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Gameplay Video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fo6p40RpzrU

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