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25 awesome Cross-platform games you can download for free - your picks!
by Lee Mathews Jun 21st 2009 at 8:06AM
I cut my list off at 25 games, which means some great ones weren't included. Since they started to appear in the comments, I've added a page for your choices. Thanks for pitching in!
FreeCol - Oh crap, I'm in trouble. As if I hadn't blown enough time over the years on the various Colonization/Civlization games. Explore new lands, build a nation, survive, and win! Thanks to wcroskeys for suggesting this one!
Neuiz / Tremulous / Urban Terror - I included Nexuiz and Tremulous on a previous post, but all three of these great FPS games are worth mentioning again. There you go, zezke!
OpenArena / Alien Arena - By now you've noticed that cross-platform, open source gaming and FPS go hand in hand. Two more great choices, and as posted by 404 it may just have the most polished visuals of any in the bunch. Thanks to him, and to Austen for OpenArena!
Scorched 3D - A remake of the classic turn-based artillery game. Challenge other players online and be sure to check out some of the interesting mods, like Christmas and Stone Age. Big ba-da-boom. Thanks, Randy!
Warzone 2100 - Thanks to, er, John Doe for offering Warzone - a 3D RTS set in the future with a massive number of technologies (over 400) and units (more than 2,000). Multiplayer mode supports up to eight players.
Want more RTS action? Check out the list of games built on the Spring Engine, which feature themes like Star Wars, Gundam, and WWII (Spring: 1944). Thanks, Waldo!
Want more RTS action? Check out the list of games built on the Spring Engine, which feature themes like Star Wars, Gundam, and WWII (Spring: 1944). Thanks, Waldo!
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Randy said 8:44AM on 6-21-2009
Scorched3D, the 3D remake of the popular DOS game Scorched Earth is one of my favorite open source games.
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LuckyWaldo said 10:18AM on 6-21-2009
Don't forget Spring! http://springrts.com/
I guess technically its an engine, not a game. Here are some of the games that run on it:
Kernel Panic: http://www.moddb.com/games/kernel-panic
Spring 1944: http://www.moddb.com/games/spring-1944
Gundam RTS: www.moddb.com/games/gundam-rts
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Sey Hee Park said 10:41AM on 6-21-2009
Oolite is also a good space strategy/shooter/trading game.
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Jamie Magee said 11:17AM on 6-21-2009
I just found this last night, it's on open source version of worms http://www.hedgewars.org/
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Allanon said 11:31AM on 6-21-2009
I'm addicted to Armagetron, it is an open source 3d Tron light cycle game. There are a lot of servers and a lot of different game types to play.
http://armagetronad.net/
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Devon Meunier said 1:04PM on 6-21-2009
http://www.openttd.org/en/ Fantastic rail-baron game for just about everything.
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NiteStar said 1:07PM on 6-21-2009
You should check out Daimonin. It's a MMORPG that's 100% free to play (they sell "donation" items on a web shop but the donation items are NOT required to play and some in-game items are better than the donation items). In addition to being free and cross-platform, it's also open-source. People can contribute to the game by coding, creating graphics, creating music, or making maps, in addition, of course, to providing comments and feedback in the forums.
Daimonin has a great community of players who are very helpful, especially to newbies, if the newbies ask for the help in /shout. A new version of the game (which is in continual beta for some reason) is slated for release within the next few months. Check in out: http://cli.gs/YNS9m2
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joem said 2:01PM on 6-21-2009
Now, I know it's not as flashy as the other listed games, but how about an awesome game with tremendous staying power: Nethack!
http://www.nethack.org/
And it's been ported to more platforms than any other game listed here. ;]
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Elliot said 4:24PM on 6-21-2009
I've been playing "Cave Story" recently, it's really very good.
http://www.miraigamer.net/cavestory/
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Alex M said 1:14PM on 6-22-2009
Cave Story is quite awesome. It should be on this page even if the Mac and Linux ports are unofficial.
Bob said 10:04PM on 6-21-2009
I can't believe no one has mentioned Lugaru!!
Nothing is better than ninja rabbits!
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Jam0864 said 1:52AM on 6-22-2009
Toribash... nuff said
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www.digizal.com said 8:33PM on 6-24-2009
Great List! We have a few more listed at http://www.digizal.com/categories/Fun+%26+Games/all/ and will be adding these to the list as well!
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Matt.C said 1:43PM on 6-22-2009
What, no love for Soldat?
Think Worms+Humans+Real Time.
Add a glorious multiplayer-mode.
Fun. :)
http://www.soldat.pl/en/
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noerrorsfound said 8:34PM on 6-23-2009
Soldat is only available on Windows.
Greg said 10:30PM on 6-22-2009
I love TrackMania Nations!!
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siralos said 7:46AM on 6-23-2009
i think you are missing a free tetris game in your list.
tetris just got 25 year celebrations and is an evergreen.
my favorite tetris games are:
CubeStorm:
http://www.cubestorm.com
LockJaw:
http://www.pineight.com/lj/
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noerrorsfound said 8:35PM on 6-23-2009
AssaultCube
http://assault.cubers.net/
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