Free Games Directory

Transcendence

George Moromisato — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 22:29:34 GMT

Transcendence is a sci-fi themed freeware adventure PC game designed and created by George Moromisato. Described as a cross between Nethack and Star Control, the player flies around from solar system to solar sytem fighting, looting, trading, and completing missions. The player can upgrade their ship with equipment looted from destroyed ships/stations or bought from one of the various friendly stations. The game is highly moddable and a wide selection of already existing mods are available. The version available here is 1.01 and is considered stable. The most recent version can be downloaded from the Transcendence forums: http://www.neurohack.com/transcendence/forums/viewforum.php?f=15

Zelda Classic

Armageddon Games — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:39:00 GMT

NetHack

Nethack Devteam — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:33:24 GMT

NetHack is a single player dungeon exploration game that runs on a wide variety of computer systems, with a variety of graphical and text interfaces all using the same game engine. Unlike many other Dungeons & Dragons-inspired games, the emphasis in NetHack is on discovering the detail of the dungeon and not simply killing everything in sight - in fact, killing everything in sight is a good way to die quickly. Each game presents a different landscape - the random number generator provides an essentially unlimited number of variations of the dungeon and its denizens to be discovered by the player in one of a number of characters: you can pick your race, your role, and your gender.

http://www.nethack.org/

Elder Scrolls: Arena

Bethesda Softworks — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:24:59 GMT

Arena is the first game in the Elder Scrolls series. It was initially intended as an arena-game, a game in which you would set up a team of warriors and mages and fight other teams in different arenas in Tamriel. But soon the developers wanted to add cities in which you could buy equipment, and dungeons to raid for equipment and to train the skills of your teammates. Eventually Arena became a singleplayer RPG game (thus no teammates) in which the player could be anybody, go anywhere and basically kill anyone.

Decker

Shawn Overcash — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:07:05 GMT

Welcome to the 22nd century. In the game of Decker, you are a hacker who specializes in breaking into corporate computer systems, for which you are handsomely paid. Of course, these corporations don't idly sit by and allow you free run of their systems. The systems are guarded by Intrusion Countermeasure programs (ICE), which attempt to kick you out of the system, or possibly even kill you.

The basic equipment of a Decker is the cyberdeck. This wonderful piece of hardware plugs directly into your brain in order to allow you experience the full virtual reality world of the matrix. While in the matrix, you use programs to attempt to bypass the security measures of the corporate systems, or to crash them if all else fails.

You start out unskilled, unknown, and underequipped, but as you gain experience, you will increase your skills, hardware, and reputation in order to combat more difficult and dangerous systems. That is, if you don't get your brain fried in the process.

Uberstrike

Cmune — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 21:24:15 GMT

UberStrike is a 3D browser-based multiplayer FPS game by Cmune. In this virtual world skill and speed is everything. Players must kill or splat as many opponents as possible in an intense shooting competition. Jump off high-rising platforms, swim, run, and hide to prevent others from taking you out. Chat with friends. Participate in clan tournaments. Customize your character with a wide variety of weapons and protective gear. Join the list of MVP shooters in UberStrike.

Pros: +Good graphics. +Fast-paced gameplay. +Large assortment of weapons.

Cons: -Limited character customization. -Few game modes and maps. -Powerful weapons require expensive credits to purchase.

Dead Frontier

Jagged Blade Games — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 20:39:28 GMT

Dead Frontier is a 3D browser based survival-horror MMO set in a post apocalyptic world overrun by zombies. Chose between 19 classes and work together or fly solo in an attempt to survive. Complete missions, explore a large city environment, battle zombies and other players with knives, pistols, rifles, explosives, and more.

Pros: +Large number of classes. +Solo or group play. +Variety of missions. +High level cap, fast experience rate.

Cons: -Slow paced gameplay & movement. -Poor visuals, difficult to see. -Steep learning curve, players die easily.

Dungeon Empires

gamigo — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 01:24:25 GMT

Dungeon Empires is a 3D fantasy browser based tactical role-playing game that features an innovative dungeon editor. Inspired by games like Dungeon Keeper and Evil Genius, this game lets you invade other players' dungeons personally. Customize your dungeon with a wide variety of rooms, fixtures, and creatures.

Pros: +Good graphics. +Cool dungeon editor. +Dozens of creatures, fixtures, and items to personalize. +Ability to train monsters.

Cons: -Repetitive gameplay. -Limited hero customization. –Looting restricted to one item per chest. –Turn based combat may not be for everyone.