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25 awesome Cross-platform games you can download for free
by Lee Mathews Jun 20th 2009 at 8:00PM
Regardless of what operating system you run on your computer, it doesn't have to be all work and no play. Heck, that could turn you into some kind of axe-wielding homicidal maniac bent on destroying your own family while watching over a remote resort hotel in the dead of winter.
I'd certainly never want that to happen to any of our DownloadSquad readers, so here's a list of games that you can install on Windows, Mac, and Linux (and some even on BeOS and BSD). Enjoy!
...And, as usual, if there's a particularly killer cross-platform game that I didn't include, feel free to post it in the comments -- and tell us why you love it!
Battle for Wesnoth - One of the best known open source games around, Wesnoth is an excellent fantasy-themed turn-based strategy game. There's plenty here to keep you busy - multiple campaigns and large maps, and online multiplayer for when you grow weary of playing on your own.
Battle Tanks - It's got colorful, cartoonish graphics, massive explosions, tanks....And best of all, it's got multiplayer. What could be more fun than blowing up your friends while causing immeasurable damage to an unsuspecting city?
Bos Wars - Realtime strategy in the future. With rocket tanks. That's a thousand times cooler than sharks with laser beams on their heads.
Crack Attack - No, it's not a Dope Wars clone - it's similar to Bejewelled or any of the other click-and-eliminate-blocks games that have been created by world + dog over the past few years. Bonus points to the developer for his awesome advanced features page.
I'd certainly never want that to happen to any of our DownloadSquad readers, so here's a list of games that you can install on Windows, Mac, and Linux (and some even on BeOS and BSD). Enjoy!
...And, as usual, if there's a particularly killer cross-platform game that I didn't include, feel free to post it in the comments -- and tell us why you love it!
So, just how good at time waster games are you? Think you've got the stuff? Well, The World's Hardest Game 2.0 doesn't think you do.
Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Valentine Aaqil Mahmood said 11:33PM on 6-20-2009
Great collection by you, Thank you.
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bacondotty said 8:20AM on 6-21-2009
Wow, no way dude, way cool!
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sRc said 2:12PM on 6-21-2009
wow Battle for Wesnoth... way back in the day I read a tutorial on programing with hex tiles, using Battle for Wesnoth as its example code. might have been before the first version was released and when they were working on the base code, as a matter of fact
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Vlad said 3:23PM on 6-21-2009
What about Quake 3 Arena??? I can run it on Linux or BSD
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shibathedog said 4:04PM on 6-21-2009
Yeah, or more specifically QuakeLive.com, I can't believe its not included as many of these seem to be quake clones!
Vlad said 4:25PM on 6-21-2009
QuakeLive.com currently only works on windows :( Linux/MacOX still under development
shibathedog said 8:50PM on 6-21-2009
Ah okay, I thought it was done, well eventually Quake Live then.
Heavytoka said 12:43PM on 6-22-2009
Awesome, I'll be downloading some of these today
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nandha kumar said 7:59AM on 7-06-2009
send me downloads like any of the software
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Ildamos said 8:47PM on 7-08-2009
It's still a WIP but there's this cross-platform game that's made in the spirit of X-Com. It's called UFO: AI. For more information click here: http://imbacore.blogspot.com/2009/05/freeware-strategy-games-update-ufo-ai_07.html
Please take note that the devs working on this game have no plans of recreating X-Com. This is purely a different game as far as plot and graphic design are concerned. And yes, it's in 3D.
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Kevin said 5:36PM on 7-10-2009
I like a few of these, thanks for the list chaps
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Tait said 12:21PM on 7-11-2009
try Battlefield Heroes. Free Online only game.
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