Tator Tot's Free Games list - Overclock.net

Tator Tot · 12-20-09

Welcome All!
This is the One and Only
Tator Tot's Free-Games list!
~For the Masses edition

Online Sports Games

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Project Powder

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Contrary to your first thought, this isn’t a cocaine simulator, but rather a top notch snowboarding simulator that’s free to play after registration on the Project Powder website. If you can imagine a Tony Hawk’s title overrun by anime characters, then you’re basically in the Project Powder zone, as it combines fast paced and visually rocking snowboard action across a variety of tracks with a racer whose appearance can be customised during the setup process.

There’s a well paced and simple tutorial to go through at the start of the game which will teach you everything from basic movement to combining jumps, tricks and twists for maximum combo points, but nothing will prepare you for your first online race against other players. It’s fun filled chaos as you and up to 7 opponents fly at breakneck speeds around often geometrically impossible tracks, often flying clean off hairpin turns and into oblivion. Barrels of fun whether you’re amateur or pro, Project Powder is an excellent tongue in cheek foray into snowboarding goodness. Download it now and get airborne.

Smashball~BASQUASH! (Only I'll get that reference probably)

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Smashball is a fast-paced, ultra violent first-person sports shooter. Two teams use super-human maneuvers, a real-physics grappling hook and high-powered weaponry to try to get a single ball into their opponent's goal. On the league web site, players can see match stats, create teams and participate in our cash tournaments!

Key features:

* INCREDIBLE MOBILITY! Smashball players can use their Turbo Moves to amp up their speed. The Grappling Hook can be used to swing across open areas and wrap around corners. Combining the two allows for supreme feats of acrobatics.
* INTENSE ACTION! Play is focused on The Ball. Every second has to be used to score Runs or Shots on the enemy goal. Players in four different Positions run plays with trick Passing while trying to knock each other out. All weapons have infinite ammo, and players Regenerate Health. A brutal Charge is the best way to knock out or kill a player.
* CHARACTER CUSTOMIZATION! Players get XP for playing, and can buy special Skills when they gain Levels. Skills are used in-game to tailor your character's capabilities for specific roles. There is an entire dimension of strategy in picking the right combination of skills.
* BUILT-IN LEAGUE PLAY! When you play, the game will automatically register you for the Intergalactic Smashball League. Through the league web site you can create or join Teams and compete in Tournaments for Prizes! The league

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First Person Shooters

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Ascension

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Ascention is another free ware game, this time based on the Tribes gameplay, and developed by old school Tribes 1/2/Vengeance moders, and old Tribes developers.
Also tailored as a new Genre called FPSZ

Full Spectrum Warrior

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In-game advertisements have become the conduit through which free games can be offered to the masses, and Full Spectrum Warrior – originally a commercial published by THQ – is no exception. Thanks to in-game ads we can now enjoy this stunning tactical shooter for no financial outlay, and Full Spectrum Warrior is well worth the download.

Based around the ‘squad’ mechanic, the player controls two teams of soldiers with each team made up of individual marines with various weapon and equipment load-outs. Players work through a serious of campaigns based heavily on the all too familiar terrorist threats we’re bombarded with on television each and every day. Urban desert warfare is the name of the game, and the 3D engine does a great job of rendering, with detailed use of shadow and texturing on player models and buildings backed up by the Havok 2 engine for in-game object physics.

Full Spectrum Warrior is yet another top tier commercial release gone freeware that despite being released over 4 years ago still manages to hold a candle to current generation warfare FPS titles.

Urban Terror

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Urban Terror represents a total realism mod of Quake III Arena in a modern day setting, and thanks to being built on the freeware IOQuake3 engine it is completely standalone not requiring ownership of the original Quake III game. Good news on its own, but add to that the fact that Urban Terror is absolute bucket loads of fun and you’ve got an obvious choice for a list of free games.

At its heart, Urban Terror is Quake III Arena without the crazy alien settings and weapons. Instead players are kitted out with Colt M4 Carbine’s, Remington SR-8’s and smoke grenades and sent into urban surroundings to blow each other sky high. The engine will run on a PC with modest system specs, producing solid – if plain – 3D effects and a good dose of hearty FPS action awaits anyone willing to invest in the client download.

Without the need for the original Quake III in order to play, Urban Terror is the perfect way to get in quality team based shooting action without an associated cost, however if you do happen to own the original game you can access servers with the Punkbuster anti-cheating system enabled. There appears to be an active clan community behind the game too, so if you’re keen, you can enter into the ‘Tournament of Terror’ match competition which recently wrapped up its 3rd season.

Combat Arms ~ Now with Nut Shots

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Getting hit in the nuts isn't just for a youtube video anymore, as free online FPS Combat Arms has recently employed such a technique. Whenever a male player is shot, uh, down there, the words "Nut Shot" will appear at the top of the screen, next to a pair of shattered walnuts. Min Kim, director of Nexon America, told MTV Multiplayer that "including this helps the game stand out from all of the other FPS titles on the market, allowing Combat Arms to be more 'Jackie Chan' than 'Bruce Lee'," with the latter being used to label your more traditional FPS games such as Call of Duty and Counter Strike.

If you're playing a female character, however, you're immune to the Nut Shot ... for obvious reasons. And if you're already playing as a dude, well, it's possible to change genders in the game. If Nexon doesn't come up with a female equivalent,I expect most players will stick to girls.

Crossfire

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Another Free FPS taking its ranks up online.

Crossfire is a tad different then most games, blending Unreal/Quake with CoD/CSS. Most people will feel at home playing another IGA based game.(In Game Ad)
Crossfire takes its pride in game type variety. Classic "Spades & Nades" comes out strait from the .exe. Other game types like Melee/Pistols Only. Melee only. Zombie. And a host of other types also come in right out of the box. Making this a very fun game for a quick match of whatever you feel like. Also boasting its own out of the box Gun Game Mod.
Only downside is that their is no Nut Shots in this game.

Massively Multi-player Online Games

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Sugar Rush

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Sugar Rush, the Free-To-Play action 2D arena fighter should debut later this year, and faces a large gap to huddle over after Nexon's recent bad press. But in the light side of things, this is only a Nexon supported game,a nd actually developed and after market release support from Klei Entertainment, a new indy dev team.
Look for this game later on in the year. As a good pick up and play game.

Requiem: Bloodymayre

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Amongst the crowded free-to-play MMORPG market there exists a select few titles that shine brightly and are well worth checking out. From that small selection, Requiem: Bloodymare shines perhaps brightest of all. This gritty horror/fantasy MMO offers so much in the way of quality that you’re seriously doing yourself a disservice not at least downloading the client and giving it a thorough run through.

Set in a steampunk world ravaged by generations of scientific and magical abuse, the player takes up the fight against hordes of nightmarish creatures produced by this warping of the planet. Requiem serves up a gory experience that makes World of Warcraft look like a dandy tea party of rainbows and lollipops, earning itself a well deserved ESRB rating of Mature 17+. After choosing a profession and heading out to fight the dark denizens of the land, you’ll come face to face quickly with a heavy horror element. Combat results in both yourself and your enemies becoming spattered with blood or losing limbs, the creatures you fight are nightmarish mutants, and the land itself is oppressively dark and moody.

Requiem is a breath of fresh air from the standard MMO model that’s generally tailored for the younger crowd. The dirty, violent atmosphere in combination with some wicked character models and unique classes gives Requiem everything it needs to earn a look from any gamer that has the MMO bug but is growing weary of monthly subscription fees.

Star Sonata

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The easiest way to explain Star Sonata is a poor mans Eve Online. Building on the space-trading/combat formula that made games like Supremacy and Galactic Civilisations so popular, Star Sonata uses a simple 2D universe complete with resources, trade routes and planets then connects thousands of players via online servers to create a complete Universe where people can form teams, seize control of territory or play the role of space pirates praying on the weak or foolish.

While visually and aurally unimpressive, this type of 4x style space-sim has never relied on shiny things to get it over the line, but rather substance and depth. From our brief mucking around with the infant empire given to us at the start of the game, there’s certainly plenty of the latter.

You’ll begin the game cordoned off from the rest of the galaxy, and provided with simple missions to get you accustomed to the controls and combat. Once you’re ready to explore the game proper, you’ll be unleashed into the same space as competing teams and players who are all vying for the same prize – being crowned Emperor of the Universe (a corny, but nonetheless catchy title). Each time a new Emperor is crowned, the game world resets and it’s time to have another crack.

An addictive space sim that’s free to play despite the connection to a remote server, and well worth exploring for the excellent social aspect of the online play. Did we mention you can be crowned Emperor of the Universe? Seriously, it doesn’t get much better than that.

Conquer Online

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Conquer Online is certainly TQ Digital’s most popular game, as the game has well over 60 servers, and some of the servers are so full that players can’t even log into them at times. The game certainly has a much nicer ‘login’ screen than TQ Digital’s other games, but aside from that Conquer Online’s core gameplay no different than Zero Online, Eudemons Online or Crazy Tao. The one thing that TQ Digital did add to the game is more character classes. Unlike TQ Digital’s other games which usually have two or three playable classes, Conquer Online has five, and they are:

Ninja- Ninjas are the fastest and hardest hitting class in Conquer Online. They can deal massive amounts of damage in a short amount of time, but they have the least hit points and defense of any class.
Archer - Archers are swift characters that can attack enemies from a distance using their bows. They have powerful attacks but are vulnerable in melee range. Their skills allow them to hit multiple targets as well, which make them very capable at dealing damage.
Trojan- Trojans are all out melee damage dealers. They can deal massive amounts of damage with their dual weapons, but they have low defense compared to warriors.
Warrior - Warriors are similar to Trojan’s but are more balanced in terms of attack power and defense. They are very capable of both dealing and absorbing damage.
Taoist- Taoists are the primary spell casters in Conquer Online. They can be built to be either supportive ‘Water Taoists’ or offensive ‘Fire Taoists’. They generally have low hit points and melee combat, but more than make up for that with their powerful magic.
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Silkroad Online (Best free MMORPG/non-WoW clone)

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Silkroad Online offers little in the way of character customization, with only two available races (Asian and European) but makes up for this with the ability to access over 13 different classes. Players begin by choosing a weapon and armor type, customizing their characters to their individual liking, before later choosing a mastery with a pre-determined set of skills, spells and abilities. The innovative PvP/Profession system is a standout feature, allowing PvP fans to get involved in several different forms of player vs player combat.
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S4 League

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S4 League is a fun fast paced sci-fi MMO shooter. With fast paced gameplay, catchy techno music and balanced gameplay it’s a must play for any MMO fan. S4 League has two different game modes; Deatchmatch and Touch Down. Deathmatch is a team vs team type game where whichever side gets the most combined kills at the end of the round wins. Touch Down mode is basically capture the flag with a twist; players have to grab the ball from the center of the arena and bring it to their enemy’s base before dieing. When you die with the ball you drop it and it can be picked up by both a teammates and enemies. The game has a large selection of weapons and gadgets in the store ranging from rockets to swords.

Florensia-Explore The 7 Seas

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Florensia is a 3D fantasy MMORPG published by Alaplaya. The game offers something that I’m surprised a lot of other MMORPGs don’t, access to the sea. Unlike traditional MMORPGs, Florensia lets players access both the land and sea and players have to play both aspects of the game if they expect to progress. In order to leave the starting continent players have the physically get on their boat and fight their way through the seas to a new city.

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Explorer - Can become a Excavator or Sniper at level 40
Mercenary - Can become a Gladiator or Guardian Swordsman at level 40
Noble - Can become Court a Magician or Magic Knight at level 40
Saint - Can become a Priest of Shaman at level 40

Perfect World

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Perfect World is a 3D Fantasy MMORPG Set in a gorgeously designed fantasy world. Create your character using the game’s innovative character creation system and explore this lush fantasy world. Perfect World has three playable races and 2 unique classes for each race for a total of six playable classes; the three races are Humans, Winged Elves and Untamed. The six playable classes are Blademasters, wizards, archers, clerics, barbaians and venomancers. Perfect World is one of the best looking free to play MMORPGs out there and is definitely worth the download. Make sure to read our full review!

5Street

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5Street is a gorgeous 3D rhythm dancing MMO. The game is known as ‘HighStreet5′ in Asia and has only recently arrived in the United States. 5Street breaks away from traditional racing games by offering a persistent world where players can do as they please. Players can dance anywhere they want in the games designated dancing zones and also stop whenever they want. There aren’t any strictly defined matches or competitions, so you can start and stop dancing in the middle of a song if you choose to. If you’re looking to practice, you can even dance by yourself in a corner if you’d like to. 5Street adds variety to the game by allowing players to dance as couples as well as solo. The game’s core gameplay is similar to that of every other dancing MMO, but the game offers much more than dancing; 5Street offers a huge persistent world that players can explore and interact in. 5Street is definitely one the most unique dancing game out there, so if you’re into rhythm based games, this ones worth checking out.

Luna Online

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Luna Online
Luna Online is a MMORPG where Elves and Humans must bond together to fight the evil that invades their Blue land. Game characters have super cute style, with very manga-like facial expression. The game also provides the unique "Friendship system" and "Family system", and it has a very convenient trading, dating, family and community system for everyone. You can also build up your farm, plant, business, train and feed your own lovely mounts and pets.
Luna Online is a socially-focused MMORPG that introduces many innovative features never before seen in the MMO genre, including a robust farming system, player families, reality-based Match Making and Date instances.

Are you brave enough to face these challenges? You'll need to master Luna's 40 dynamic character classes and make new friends and allies to become Luna Online's next great hero! Join us for Luna Online Closed Beta testing! Game play begins April 17th at 4:00 pm PDT

Strategy Games

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Puzzle-Adventure Games

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Racing Games

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Driving Speed 2

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While the rich people play Race Driver GRID, the frugal gamer may have to seek out cheaper ways of getting his or her four-wheeled thrills. Enter Driving Speed 2. Completely free to play and featuring amongst its vehicle choices a car that bears a striking resemblance to a modern Commodore Holden sans badges, Driving Speed 2 offers you the thrills of racing up to 11 AI opponents offline or up to 8 human drivers over WAN or LAN.

DS2 differs from many freeware racing games in that the visuals are actually up to scratch, with suitably impressive mirror reflections on car bodies and sunlight gleaming off the tracks. The handling isn’t quite as smooth as some other freely available driving games, but once you get the hang of it you’ll be hand-braking around 90 degree turns at 200kph like a 90yr old Grandmother running late to bingo.

On the subject of tracks, a downside for DS2 is that there seem to only be two available in the game, Bathurst and Adelaide. But hell, you’re not paying for the game, so it’s really hard to complain. Fingers crossed that more circuits will be added down the line, but for now there’s enough driving action to keep you occupied for a rainy Sunday afternoon.

Project Torque

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Game Features:

* MMORG (Massively Multiplayer Online Racing Game)
* Cutting Edge 3D Graphics
* Several Types of Game Modes
* 2-20 Player Races
* Advanced Experience and Licensing System
* Online Community features like Chat and Email within the Client
* Shop and Item Mall for Upgrades and Car Customization
* Online Rankings
* Tournaments
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Drift City

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Drift City has got to be one of the most original games I’ve ever played. Part racer and part rpg, Drift City is the only game that can be truly labeled a racing MMORPG. Besides a lobby based racing game, Drift City offers a huge persistent game world complete with 4 cities, each with unique missions, side quests and geography. Drift City even has a back story — a new valuable fuel source called mitron was discovered on an island in the Pacific. The island was named after the substance and quickly developed but mysterious unmanned cars began to appear and harass the inhabitants. Dubbed HUVs (High-Tech Unmanned Vehicles), they posed a threat to the island forcing all pedestrians off the roads. Expert drivers from around the world (such as yourself) were called in to deal with the HUV menace.
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Fighting Games

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Facewound

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Facewound takes the ultimately simple idea of a side-scrolling 2D shoot-em-up game and adds the surprisingly awesome twist of advanced effects normally reserved for 3D titles. At its heart Facewound pits the player against wave after wave of radioactive zombies, using all manner of grenades, pistols and rifles to blast a way from one side of the map to the other. Where Facewound begins to impress, is in the graphical touches throughout each level.

Water contains refraction and reflection, specular and particle effects seep out of every corner of the screen and bloom abounds throughout. Rag doll physics is applied to the enemy zombies, so after you’ve blown off their head with a pistol the remaining body parts will roll and bump around the screen in a hilarious parody of real life.

It’s well executed, and if you need an example of how a little 3D processing can lift a simple 2D platform game, lob a few grenades in the first level and get back to us.

Facewound is a poster child for taking a solid working concept and adding a little flair here and there to create an incredibly fun shooter with some snazzy 3D effects thrown in to keep your interest peaked.

Just a warning for those with weak stomachs, Facewound is absolutely packed with jugular spurting and decapitation on-screen, so if bathing in blood isn’t your thing, we’d suggest a few solid hours of NeoPets instead.

Street Fighter Online

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Let’s get one thing straight from the outset; this game has more potential copyright issues than the North/South Korean border has landmines. We’re not advocating the use of this game if it happens to be illegal, we’re just pointing out it exists, and it happens to be an excellent remake/rip-off of X-Men Vs Streetfighter. So download or play entirely at your own risk.

Now that we have that out of the way, it has to be said that Street Fighter Online is a fantastic erm ‘emulation’ of the famous CAPCOM fighting series, available to play both in web browser or downloadable form. Featuring all your favourite characters from both franchises, Street Fighter Online has faithfully reproduced (raped? pillaged?) all the effects, super flashy moves and audio of the arcade cabinet and stands tall as one of the few enjoyable fighting games on the PC, a platform sorely lacking in the sorts of beat-em-up goodness that console owners have known and loved for years.

The downloadable version can be played independent of the internet, but you’ll still need to register an account online, and if you’re running Windows Vista, you’ll need a constant connection as the only way for Street Fighter Online to be Vista compatible is to stream the game within a flash window.

Toribash

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Toribash is one of the very few games where you get to creatively, artistically, and inteligently beat the living hell out of anyone in your way.
Only limited by your imagination, Toribash is the new Doom in terms of violence. A PC fighting game that also is the only new freeware game to come out for both PC & Mac.
Summed up by my first sentence, I can only say that you are a tree hugging hippy if you don't like this game.
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzjl0Cu9HgM

Simulator Games

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FinWars II

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FinWars might be a game remembered by a few people from the Battlefield 1942 community. Now its own full fledged game instead ofa Mod, FinWars II is a WWII mod that takes pilots into the air of Finland vs the Soviet Union. A good step away from Axis vs Allies. Fin Wars II is developed on the Mammoth game engine and should hit gamers hands soon.

Naumachia: Space Warfare

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Naumachia is a fast and gritty multiplayer space battle simulator set in a future where Earth has been abandoned, no habitable planets has been found yet and three factions are struggling for resource control.

The game offers a realistic approach to space combat (based on newtonian physics) with immediate fps-like controls. A rank system will let players gain more hardware and responsibility during the battle, giving them the opportunity to issue orders and play the game like a rts. Finally, strategic control of the battlefield will assure the proper amount of resources needed to build new ships.

Players will be able to pilot and command all sort of ships such as fighters, gunships, dropships and capital ships. Weaponry, defense and misc systems will be fully customizable to answer any tactical situation.

We are currently working on the first playable alpha of the game. And we are interested in potential investors.

Beneath a Steel Sky

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Cast your mind back to a time when Commodore computers had just gone bust and black holes had been spotted by Hubble telescope. It’s 1994, and the point-and-click adventure game genre is at its peak. King’s Quest, Hero’s Quest, Myst, The Curse of Monkey Island – all the highlights of this often forgotten style of game were doing the rounds and impressing gamers. Beneath a Steel Sky, while perhaps not one of the biggest names in the adventure game stable was nonetheless built on an awesome storyline of a future Australia where the states and territories have been consumed by two opposing forces – Unions and Corporations, fighting for power amongst a nuclear fallout ravaged world.

If a polished adventure game featuring Australian imagery and lore isn’t enough to peak your curiosity, then add to that the fact that much of the games comic-book style background and introductory artwork was done by Dave Gibbons of Watchmen fame and you have yourselves a free game that’s well worth checking out. With recent rumours of a sequel in the works for current generation consoles, the timing is perfect to revisit a classic adventure title especially for those who have a special place in their heart for old school gaming.

The graphics are a little grainy thanks to screen resolution restrictions circa early 90s when the game was first released, but despite its age Beneath a Steel Sky will happily run on a modern Vista system with no hiccups and since becoming supported by ScummVM is now playable on Windows, Mac and Linux. There’s really no excuse for not checking out this stylised point-and-click tale when it won’t cost you a cent.

Babylon 5: I’ve found her

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Strange title aside, this is a particularly cool treat for anyone with a penchant for the long discontinued Sci-fi series ‘Babylon 5’. It would seem a group of Russian fans have been busy building a space sim that contains the ships, lore and universe of Babylon 5 and the finished product looks damned impressive. Built by professional developers in their spare time, ‘Bablyon 5: I’ve found her’ features a series of campaigns that lay out a reasonably well constructed storyline that shows obvious signs of being constructed by loving fans of the show.

Built on a custom ‘FYLM’ 3D engine which is entirely moddable via an internal scripting language, it’s surprising more noise hasn’t been made about the title considering the legion of Babylon 5 fans out there keeping the spirit of the show alive.

If you’ve ever wanted to get down and dirty with the Mimbari in an OpenGL 3D environment and play out a story from the Babylon 5 mythos, here’s your chance – for free!
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Mech Commander 2

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Ahhh Mechs - the mere mention of them gets any geek toasty in the pants, so knowledge of free games based in the Mech universe should light up your trousers like a suitcase nuke. Originally a commercial release, Microsoft was kind enough to chuck this (along with Mech Commander and Mech Commander Gold) out as freeware in their complete and unblemished form.

Set across a series of campaigns, players get to control a number of Mech units and support vehicles familiar to anyone with a handle on the franchise with the goal of completing different mission objectives. Tonnage restrictions for each mission add a suitably strategic flavour to the proceedings with plenty of time between scenarios to repair Mech units or purchase upgraded gear.

While it has nothing on more recent titles, it’s worth noting that Mech Commander 2 has aged well in terms of graphics and UI layout. It’s clean, crisp and doesn’t get in the way of all the fun of setting your giant robotic death-dealers down on the terrain to engage the enemy. Coming in at just over 500MB it’s well worth a look if only because Mech titles these days are thin on the ground.

Assault Tech

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Celebrating our 10 year anniversary (and BattleTech's 25th anniversary) MekTek.net is pleased to announce the immediate community release of AssaultTech1: BattleTech version 2.3.0 (better known as AT1:BT). Mechwarriors, the wait is over, choose your mech, choose your map, and choose your battle in 'instant action style gameplay, featuring classic BattleTech rules, in this latest standalone installment of MekTek's MechWarrior action-simulator.

You may have noticed the timer the last couple of days and wondered what was going on. We have no clue either! Just kidding! We are pleased to announce the official Open Beta release of MekTek's Assault Tech 1: Battletech through MTX.

Arcade Puzzle Games

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Clonk Rage

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In a similar vein to the age old classic ‘Lemmings’ Clonk Rage takes the concept of a group of little critters – in this case ‘Clonks’ – and charges the player with utilising them to mine resources, build bases and survive various 2D worlds of varying landscapes. Although drawing on the classic Lemmings formula of assigning different skills to each creature to safely navigate and utilise the terrain, Clonk Rage enables the player to form complex production chains in order to achieve whatever objective the level sets out. This could be anything from mining all the gold on a map, to surviving harsh arctic tundra with limited resources.

Each map is a dynamically modifiable environment with a physics engine allowing for flowing water, crumbling terrain and advanced weather effects, all playing a part in creating a deeply strategic challenge beneath a disarmingly cute front.

Replay value is incredibly high with Clonk Rage, thanks to a huge – mainly European – community and inbuilt developer tools for creating new scenarios, buildings and devices for in-game use. With the basic game offering hours of fun and head-scratching as you achieve the various objectives, you’ll find almost endless variety in a number of official and unofficial extensions to the title, such as futuristic scenario packs where Clonks can use shrink rays and missiles to alter tertian or Fantasy add-ons for that Lord of the Rings magic flavour. LAN and WAN modes (including split-screen) are available for challenging other Clonk players to survival of the fittest and the sheer scope of skills, objects and scenarios available makes Clonk Rage the perfect armchair distraction in times when your wallet is dishearteningly empty.

Battle Chess

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Chess is one of those games that’s incredibly difficult to put a new, interesting twist on. It’s Chess after all, just about everyone has either played it, or has a working knowledge of what’s involved. Battle Chess however, is an age old classic now classed as freeware that took the concept of Chess and made it a comedic endeavour well worth the download (and subsequent fiddling with DosBox to get it working under Windows XP/Vista).

Battle Chess makes absolutely no game mechanic advances on the original game. All the pieces move and act as they would in any other chess game, it’s what happens when they do, that makes this so worth of note. Each character has its own unique style of combat, and depending on which piece takes which, any number of highly humorous and often violent animations can unfold.

When a knight takes a knight, the two armour clad warriors hack at each other in a perfect pixel parody of the Monty Python sketch from The Holy Grail, resulting in one knight ending up armless and legless. The King, despite being old and frail will often approach another piece and produce a pistol from his robes, putting one clean shot through his opponent pieces head. It’s pure genius, and despite being a ridiculously ancient game, is perfect for Chess lovers after some light relief or to get those with a passing interest get more involved in the game by virtue of its amusing animations. A must have for zero bucks.

Ray Hound

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Another tiny package offering tons of fun, Ray Hound is a unique slant on the old asteroids shooter game. While you have a spaceship much like Asteroids, and have to destroy enemies and objects much like Asteroids, you have no weapon.

What’s that? Shock horror? No pulse laser or plasma beam? It’s true, but Ray Hound offers something far more cunning and ultimately more interesting. In place of a weapon, your ship has the ability to project a gravity field around it, which ‘catches’ the projectiles fired by enemy turrets and allows you to control their flight path to a degree, allowing you fling them back at the firer in order to destroy them. It’s a great game play mechanic and leads to a completely different style of thinking as opposed to your standard 360 degrees top-down shooter.

Weighing in at an entire 500KB, you’d be mad – rabid even – to not give this a try.

Armagetron Advanced

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The light cycle racing in Tron was easily one of the highlights of the movie, with just about every geek on the planet who’d ever watched the film desperately waiting for the day we’d sort out our differences on a glowing grid of light cycle mayhem.

Armagetron Advanced manages to serve up the strategic wall building fun of Tron’s unique racing vehicles in a tidy little 2.9MB package, and it’s a hell of a polished effort. Don’t expect mastery of this game early on, the AI is incredibly fast and reactive, so you’ll spend the first few rounds flying at ridiculous speeds into the map barriers or your opponent’s light cycle wall.

Given time, you’ll come to grips with the admittedly strange controls and find yourself hooked on beating the AI with every trick in the book. The engine is still in beta at the time of writing, but development is active, so grab version 0.2.8.3 for now and keep a careful eye on

Unreleased Projects

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~ More to Come

LCK · 12-20-09

Requiem: Bloodmayre looks like it's worth a try. I'm downloading it at this very moment.
This is a great list and I'll be sure to check back frequently when I'm looking for some entertainment.
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Deegan · 12-20-09

Americas Army.

Tator Tot · 12-20-09

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Originally Posted by Deegan

Americas Army.

Don't worry, that's going in there as well. I just had to take a break from writing.

awaizy · 12-20-09

Man, I've been waiting for Shadows of Lylat for ages. I can't wait til it's released.

gtsteviiee · 12-20-09

Alliance of Valiant Arms?

Tator Tot · 12-20-09

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Originally Posted by awaizy

Man, I've been waiting for Shadows of Lylat for ages. I can't wait til it's released.

I check the site about once a week

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Originally Posted by gtsteviiee

Alliance of Valiant Arms?

Do you have a link?

If you would like to write a little bit about it, then send me a PM with the link, and a short 1-2 paragraph piece on it. I'll give you credit of course