Cool-freeware-and-FOSS-video-games-list.md

A curated list of cool freeware & FOSS video games

All-time personal favorite free video-games

Notable freeware indie video games for MS Windows:

• Pekka Kana 2 (side-scrolling 2D platformer, with a Level Editor to boost; I made the 2nd (fixed) Bulgarian translation of PK2) (WEB-FORUM for PK2 fans); New map downloads: https://github.com/PK2Lib/pk2lib.github.io (I, @sahwar, was one of the founders of The PK2LIB project!) ( https://pk2lib.github.io/ https://github.com/PK2Lib ) Old Map Store: http://mapstore.the.cz/ https://pistegamez.net/game_pk2.html https://github.com/topics/pekkakana2 https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/Pekka_Kana_2 (how to play Pekka Kana 2 on Windows 10, etc.) PK2 on Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, etc.) https://packages.debian.org/sid/pekka-kana-2 https://packages.debian.org/source/sid/pekka-kana-2 https://www.dropbox.com/sh/x20mu4f9h01qtls/AACXTgeYi5uP4wNl_7X-kZ6sa?dl=0

• Laxius Power 3 & II & I (hardcore plot-driven indie jRPG-style 2D RPG) (HELP: map1, map2, [useful partial walkthrough by Grogor (archived backup copy) Links: http://laxiuspower-shrine.goodforum.net/t462-laxius-power-iii-how-to-unlock http://laxiuspower-shrine.goodforum.net/t362-laxius-power-1-to-3-download-link https://download.cnet.com/Laxius-Power-III/3000-7536_4-10800957.html (TO DO: ADD MORE DOWNLOAD LINKS FOR Laxius Power 3) https://www.aldorlea.org/

• Apprentice I & Apprentice II (freeware 2D point-and-click adventure/quest game)

• Cave Story (legendary cult-classic 2D action side-scrolling platformer, hardcore to beat!) (TO DO: Translate Cave Story into Bulgarian!!!)

• Blobby Volley 2 (also available online!) - my favorite casual gaming addiction after chess

• ? (RTS)

• Wormux (a nice open-source 2D clone of Team 17's Worms 2D)

• Hedge Wars (another cool open-source 2D clone of Team 17's Worms)

• Teeworlds (an online multiplayer deathmatch game similar to Team17's Worms2D games franchise: 'A retro multiplayer shooter: Teeworlds is a free online multiplayer game, available for all major operating systems. Battle with up to 16 (or 64!!!) players in a variety of game modes, including Team Deathmatch and Capture The Flag. You can even design your own maps!')

• BlobWars

• Zak McKraken (freeware), The New Adventures of Zak McKracken & Zak McKraken BTaS, Zak McKracken: Between Time and Space is an unofficial sequel of the adventure-classic Zak McKracken and the Alien Mindbenders which was released in 1988, http://www.mckracken.net/ , https://store.steampowered.com/app/559070/Zak_McKracken_and_the_Alien_Mindbenders/ , https://www.gog.com/game/zak_mckracken_and_the_alien_mindbenders

http://www.zak-site.com/ (how to build an HTML5+CSS3+JavaScript ScummVM-like 2D-adventure-game-like web-browser webpage game...) [ https://archive.fo/GY5Lk ]
http://www.zak-site.com/links.htm
http://www.zak-site.com/whatis.htm#greatest

• Little Fighter 2
• M.U.G.E.N. fighting-game mods (it is a Street Fighter-like game engine)
• Super Mario Bros 3: Mario Forever
• Sauerbraten 2
• Gun Girl ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1ZVAi9BIMw ) & Gun Girl 2 ( https://curlysworld.com/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=8664 , http://www.gungirl2.com/?page_id=31 ,
• The Spirit Engine I (TSE1) & The Spirit Engine 2 (TSE2): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spirit_Engine_2 , https://tcrf.net/The_Spirit_Engine
• Beneath a Steel Sky
• Flight of the Amazon Queen - https://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/finest
• Drascula
• Out of Order (freeware 2D advenure game, powered by the homebrewed SLUDGE engine)
• Lure-of-the-temptress
• FlareRPG = a nice Diablo1-alike cRPG/ARPG 'clone'
• Black Mesa
• CheatBook Database app - https://github.com/cheat-engine/cheat-engine
• Night of the Hermit
• OpenArena (open-source clone of Quake3 Arena), Redeclipse, Nexiuz, supertux2 (sidescrolling 2D platformer), Battle of Wesnoth, Chromium B.S.U., Project Starfighter ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/pr-starfighter/ ), PowerManga (shoot'em'up), https://blends.debian.org/games/tasks/shootemup), etc. ...
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DRL_(video_game)
• Spelunky & Spelunky2Spelunky2
• Legion Saga 2 (RPGMaker2K/2K3 jRPG with decent storyline and okay gameplay)
• Yahtzee's '7 Days a Stranger' and his other video games before Gamegate hit us all and made us sexualTheRedPill - http://escapistmagazine.com
• etc.

Non-freeware (commercial) video games that @sahwar enjoyed:

• Sacred (&Sacred Gold!) & Sacred 2 (by Ascaron)
• Duke Nukem: Manhatten Project (2.5D perspective)
• Diablo II: Lord of Destruction & Diablo III & D3 expansion pack
• Worms World Party, Worms: Armageddon, Worms 3D, Worms 4
• classic RPGs from https://gog.com
• Serious Sam, Serious Sam 2, Serious Sam 3, etc.
• Quake 3: Arena & similar open-source/free-software clones/forks
• CS (Counter-Strike) v1.5/v1.6 & CS:G.O.
• HL1 (Half-Life 1) (& also HL2) Deathmatch multiplayer + GMod (Garry's Mod) + Portal&Portal2 & the freeware predecessor to Portal

BG-HALF-LIFE - Българският Half Life портал (BG-SMURFA-VRATSA-2 & BG-SMURFA-VRATSA-Bat-Man Vs Iron-Man servers) on BG-HALF-LIFE - Присъединете се към нас в Discord или в групата ни във ФБ HL-BG Community; Skype: admina-76 ; smurfa_vr

https://www.gametracker.com/server_info/46.249.76.19:27015/
Name: CS.FreeUniBG.Eu 1.6 Server
Game: Counter Strike 1.6   Browse: Counter Strike 1.6 Servers
Address: 46.249.76.19   Port: 27015   Status: Alive 

https://www.gametracker.com/search/_all/BG/
https://www.gametracker.com/search/_all/BG/?searchipp=50#search

• Half-Life 2 Deathmatch multiplayer
• Tzar: The Burder of the Crown (by the Bulgarian game studio Haemimont Games)
• Dungeon Siege II Heroes III (HoMM3/HoMaM3) Half-Life 2 & HL2: Episode 1 & Episode 2 Star WarsL Knights of the Old Republic (SW: KotOR) I & II Icewind Dale 2 Planescape Torment The Elder Scrolls (TES) franchise Dragon Age: Inquisition Grand Theft Auto (GTA) franchise Resident Evil franchise Devil May Cry 4
• etc.

More FREEWARE games:

• http://pcmania.bg (статиите за безплатни игри)

• http://caiman.us

• http://old-games.com & http://oldapps.com

• http://gog.com (cheap classic video games for modern PCs!)

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_subcultures

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_freeware_video_games

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_commercial_video_games_released_as_freeware

• https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_free_PC_games

• https://pcgamingwiki.com/wiki/List_of_Freeware_Games

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Freeware_games

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Open-source_video_games

• https://www.giantbomb.com/profile/lime/lists/freeware-games/71233/

• https://www.techsupportalert.com/best-free-pc-games.htm

• https://www.revolvy.com/page/List-of-commercial-video-games-released-as-freeware

• https://www.lifewire.com/free-pc-games-a-to-z-812123

• https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/main/freewaregames

• https://alternativeto.net//list/479/free-games https://alternativeto.net/software/caiman-us/ (to add more hyperlinks to freeware&abandonware video games)

• http://homeoftheunderdogs.net/

• http://www.abandonwarering.com/

• http://www.aplaces.net/ (backup: http://archive.is/SkS7D )

• https://www.moddb.com/

• https://etch.io

Tabletop gamebooks with dice-rolling (настолни книги-игри с хвърляне на зарове):

• http://www.rpg.bg/?p=1410

• https://rpgmaker.net/

• https://www.aldorlea.org/ (more RPG video games from the creator of Laxius Power 1, 2, & III; e.g. https://www.aldorlea.org/3starsofdestiny.php )

• https://www.retrogames.cz (e.g. https://www.retrogames.cz/play_216-NES.php ) (INFO: 'RetroGames.cz deals with archiving and on­line e­mu­la­tion of old games for o­pe­ra­ting system MS-DOS and popular ga­me consoles Atari 2600, Atari 7800, Nintento En­ter­tain­ment Sys­tem (NES), Su­per Nin­ten­do En­ ter­tain­ment System (SNES), Game Boy (GB), Game Gear (GG), Se­ga SG-1000, Sega Master Sys­tem (SMS), Sega Mega Drive (Genesis) and Nin­ten­do 64. To­day our database con­tains 1254 dif­fe­rent ga­mes from the eighties and ni­ne­ties. 303 of them are available in two or more versions. To­ge­ther we host 1780 on­li­ne games and we are still adding new ones. All games are e­mu­la­ted in Flash, in Java or by Java­Script and with a few ex­cep­ti­ons you probably do not distinguish them from the o­ri­gi­nal versions. As a bo­nus we offer download of 1064 original game manuals in pdf format.')

• https://www.classic-retro-games.com (e.g. https://www.classic-retro-games.com/games/platform/bubble-bobble-174 )

• http://www.bestoldgames.net (e.g. http://www.bestoldgames.net/bubble-bobble , http://www.bestoldgames.net/alien-incident ,

• http://www.bestoldgames.net/eng/archive.php - backup: http://archive.is/QE0u8 )

• https://softfamous.com/mario-bubble-bobble/

• http://en.gameslol.net/bubble-bobble-961.html

• https://archive.org/details/Bubble_Bobble_1987_Firebird

• https://www.freewarefiles.com/category/Free-Games/ (e.g. DOTA2 MOBA, Heroes of Newerth MOBA, Path of Exile MOBA, SMITE MOBA, Heroes of the Storm MOBA, Knight Online MMO, The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall, Quest for Glory 2 Remake, etc.)

• https://www.freewarefiles.com/Bubble-Bobble-Legacy_program_104744.html

(pasted from https://github.com/sahwar/Bulogos/blob/master/notable-linux-app-installers-list.md ):

• https://www.old-games.com/
• http://www.oldapps.com (download older versions of apps for free!)
• http://gamepressure.com/
• ROMs for MAME (to play video-games for old arcade video-game consoles): https://emulator.games/roms/mame/
• https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/open-source-video-games/
• https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmXoypizjW3WknFiJnKLwHCnL72vedxjQkDDP1mXWo6uco/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games.html
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games
• https://osgameclones.com/
• https://libregamewiki.org//Complete_open_source_games?pagename=wiki/Complete_open_source_games
• https://www.slant.co/topics/1933/~best-open-source-games
• https://itsfoss.com/free-linux-games/
• SteamOS: https://store.steampowered.com/steamos/buildyourown + gog.com (Good Old Games)
• http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/not-steamos-great-linux-distros-gamers/
• Xonotic - http://www.xonotic.org/
• Alien Arena - http://red.planetarena.org/
• Warsow -
• Urban Terror -
• OpenArena -
• Tremulous -
• Nexiuz - http://www.nexuiz.com/ ; Nexiuz Classic - http://www.alientrap.com/games/nexuiz/ ( https://sourceforge.net/projects/nexuiz/ ; https://www.gamepressure.com/download.asp?ID=23030 )
• https://sourceforge.net/directory/games/games/os:windows/os:modern_oses/os:mac/os:linux/os:os_emu_api/os:bsd/

Etc.

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• https://www.freewarefiles.com/Android-Sync-for-Windows_program_108358.html https://www.freewarefiles.com/Microsoft-Security-Essentials_program_52172.html https://www.freewarefiles.com/Everyone-Piano_program_81529.html https://www.freewarefiles.com/Mixxx_program_35053.html https://www.freewarefiles.com/Express-Animate-_program_112456.html https://www.freewarefiles.com/Pencil-Vb_program_37110.html https://www.freewarefiles.com/Renegade-X-Black-Dawn_program_74644.html
• https://www.freewarefiles.com/Essential-Free-Software.html
• https://www.freewarefiles.com/Top-100-Free-Downloads/

etc.