I'm in need of free games, any suggestions?

shivakjo · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:53 pm Post subject:

not everybody lives in the US

"wesnoth" of course,
and "crack-attack" is nice.

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

yep, some people live in GOOD countries

Gherald · Posted: Sat May 21, 2005 9:58 pm Post subject:

What country has done more good in the world than the US?

Drooling Iguana · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:01 am Post subject:

Gherald · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 2:21 am Post subject:

-=GGW=- $ol!d $n4>|e · Veteran Joined: 12 Apr 2004 Posts: 1616 Location: USA

right... the US.... wouldn't touch that with a 10 foot pole.. hell I wouldnt f!@#$ look at that. :lol:

Some free games I've tried that I fell in love with

glob 2
frozen bubble
tuxracer
super tux
vega strike
battle for wessnoth
gate88

GALAXY HACK!!!!!!!!!!!!

ledgends
Enemy Territory
Enemy Territory fortress

NET HACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ivan
Gccg - Mtg
kiki the nano bot.

And of course although I havn't been able to test out a lot of the games of this style the ones I thought were good are

UTOPIA!!!!!

Kingdom Of Loathing

ONLINE DND (much better if you know ppl, but can be just as good with stranges [mainly only once you get to know them])

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wimbo · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 9:08 am Post subject:

GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

lol
there is also a lot of mods for some games as unreal tournament etc...
(if you have the game)
mabe they could work with american army???
(i'm downloadmin american army now before i've got some md5 and archives proclems)
lol

Gherald · Posted: Sun May 22, 2005 5:03 pm Post subject:

omg ??? wtf lol

GNUtoo · Veteran Joined: 05 May 2005 Posts: 1919

lol at the 70 years
threr were no computer games at this time
i've 2 questions
-does ut mods works with the demo
-does they works with others games using unreal engine as american army for example

dismal · n00b Joined: 11 May 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Chicago, IL

1. Doubtful. These mods most likely reference textures and sounds that are only available in the full version.
2. Nope. Same deal as above.

wimbo · Posted: Mon May 23, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject:

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Gherald, are you serious about the US having done good things?

legine · Guru Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 555 Location: Germany

for the US topic. Every country has her bright and dark side. How did George Lukas said it in Episode 3? It always depends on point of view. since this is not the topic to dicuss here I would like to leave it by that.

About the copyrights. Yea there is a time which has to pass bevore it becomes Public domain, but I always thought that goes to music not to Software. Wow. learned something

For good free games.
I would definitly look at freeciv for stragist.
Contiuum is a good arcade play like lbreakout.
For the trading fan of Elite or X fans I would like to recommend Vegastrike. There is a Vegastrike based mod featuring the old Wing Commander Mercgame Privateer. This is a good try too.
Planeshift will be great when it starts working again ^^.

For the future I would hold a eye on. UFO-ai (techdemo is in Portage and this one is pure fun) and on Epiar which gains on development again

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aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Remember: the old music is allways public domain, because there weren't any things like copyright in those times, not because of a certain time period has expired.

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Remember: the old music is allways public domain, because there weren't any things like copyright in those times, not because of a certain time period has expired.

legine · Guru Joined: 27 May 2004 Posts: 555 Location: Germany

Now what is old musik? When does it end. Wich song is the first ever protected by copyright? d is this song still protected?

I can't answer these Questions but I believe the old songs of Elvis are meanwhile Public domain. (I think I heared something like that. But on the other hand you hear a lot when the day is long ...)

Now to the software. The copyright protects the code as is. Yes?
I mean if you rewrite the game without useíng the original art and the original code you make a "new game". So that shopuld not be a problem. The Problem occurs when you violate Software patents (currently just in the US maybe we get it here in Europ too

) Because Patents not protecting what you have done it protects your Ideas.

Last point abandom ware.
This is software a company does not care about. They make no use of their reights on a game since it is not worth the work. The game is to old and not attractive enough to get some share out of it anymore. You could consider them as free to.
I admit this is a very grey right but I would say the market has its own rules how long a Copyright has effect.
(MS wont care for any MS 3.3 copies moving around or do they ^^)
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aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Ohno, I don't mean Elvis, of course there was copyright then, he was really commercial. I was rather looking at the classical music composers...

MdaG · Posted: Thu Jun 02, 2005 11:00 am Post subject:

Reloaded

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Am I wrong of are there only very few linux games on that site?

aidy · l33t Joined: 07 Apr 2005 Posts: 915

Is anybody playing glest seriously here? It's a bit immature but quite cool I think, although it should be more like AoM instead of Warcraft 3 (yuck!)

rpdillon · n00b Joined: 16 Jul 2004 Posts: 50

Nexuiz just came out, which is a HEAVILY modified Quake1 engine based FPS that has been in development for years. Totally free, and includes a nice engine, music and a bunch of levels. A strictly multiplayer deathmatch game right now.

I d/l'ed last night and it honestly my jaw dropped. First off, turn off all the realtime lighting, it brought my computer down to 20 fps (AMD64 3000+, nVidia 5900SE 128MB, 1GB Corsair). Even without it, it is beautiful, and it plays well. IMHO, the highest quality free game ever released. Maybe not the *best*, but the quality is outstanding.

For other linux gaming news, I always visit linux-gamers.net. Check it out. =)

gaminggeek · Posted: Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:18 am Post subject:

it is indeed very nice

another vote for nexiuz here