Tech Tip of the Week: A List of PC Game Classics Available Free of Charge

[LightHeart]

Thanks

Thanks for the list. A good game is still a good game years later and free is even better. Games are supposed to be fun and entertaining not just some cool graphics with no plot like some modern games.

 

[elroacho72]

Thanks, TECHSPOT...

 

[TomSEA]

Good stuff! Every once in a while I'll break out a golden oldie to play. There's even an Intellivison emulator out there that's very good. They're pretty short-run in the entertainment department though. Even though these games may have rocked my world at the time they came out, the luster seems to be lost with age and new technology.

 

[supyo]

cool! thanks for the link!

 

[alexandrionel]

Thanks for the list. A good game is still a good game years later and free is even better. Games are supposed to be fun and entertaining not just some cool graphics with no plot like some modern games.

I don't agree with you.
What is modern now for you and me it will be at one point classic and for sure there will be people that will say in 10 years "god! I miss playing that".

 

[Guest]

I'm with you lightheart, Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II was immersive and broke the mold with those wide open vistas back in the day, and can even play on modern OS. Up to then most games were in dark tunnels or rooms. It also had a backdrop plot that wasn't mind numbing or clumsy or non-existant like so many are today. Another example, the Need For Speed series is really adrift(!) these days. In contrast, NFS Porsche Unleashed was extremely well done and is just begging for a well done sequel, much to the angst of most of the genre's fans. Who's listening?

 

[Deso]

I loved red alert back in the old days, never got Westwood online to work tho , it's the program you used to play it online

 

[Vicenarian]

Hey, I know this isn't a "classic" game per se, but Trackmania Nations Forever is a totally FREE arcade racing type game, with awesome graphics (I really mean that) and online gameplay. You can watch a trailer for it here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_HOJxiQ34C0 (watch in 720p if possible)

And you can get it here: http://www.trackmania.com/

As well as on Steam I think...but yeah, it's a free game, and it's awesome. You can race the more realistic tracks, or you can go all out on the crazy tracks with loops and stuff like that. It also includes a full featured TRACK BUILDER. Enjoy!

 

[rskapadia2294]

even though the old games lack the graphics detail and much better gameplay that is offered by the new games of now but the old games are a faun to play with!
they are great! u start playing one and u get addicted with it! and the best part is they are free! YIPEE! go try some!

 

[Matthew DeCarlo]

I have to admit vicenarian, TrackMania looks like a pretty cool little game. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Arcanum67]

Wow this stuff is old.

 

[Tekkaraiden]

I was playing the windows version of Doom a month ago, I was surprised how much fun it still was. I ended up playing for 6 hours straight, haven't done that in a long time.

 

[DryIce]

You just made my day Techspot!

 

[TuesdayExpress]

Ah, Fallout, Daggerfall.and C&C. Talk about a trip down memory lane...

For any of you thinking about giving Fallout a spin, be sure to hit up NMA's Fallout patch site: http://www.nma-fallout.com/forum/dload.php?action=category&cat_id=12

You should definitely grab the unofficial patch (bugfixes) and the hi-res patch. Plenty of other good files there if you nose around a bit.

 

[Relic]

Ah, C&C is a great classic and any RTS fan should play it. While I personally am a bigger fan of the Tiberium series all three are a lot of fun. Dune II would be the best start if you can find it though as that's the true beginning of RTS play .

 

[AfricanTech]

Must confess that I find it hard to invest the kind of time that I did 20 years ago! It's also very disappointing when you try to play these games on the big monitors that we now have - it's just not a very good experience.

 

[Riun355]

people get way too hung up on graphics these days. need somma that oldskool gaming to put em in their place.

 

[ourboyblue]

I spent so many hours playing thous games...
I learned a lot about networking when Doom multi player came out, the first Lan-Partys man that was fun...

 

[Orionlocke]

Some of those games definitely brings back some memories! I remember taking turns with my brother playing some of those games when a 25MHz processor was lightning fast!

 

[Timonius]

Sweet. Thanks for the info, I was aware of some of these but it's good to find out about others. Reminds of my good ol' abandonware hunting days

 

[Kibaruk]

GTA2 rocks big time!

Also, FEAR Combat looks very promising, downloading now!

 

[zyodei]

Oh man, I would love to play red alert again. I have some fond memories

Man, I HATED GTA2. I thought it was such a dog. Even GTA1 was way more fun. I guess that's just my opinion.

 

[burnunit]

Thanks! My kids love these old games and we can run them on our older system! Excellent Article!

 

[jacob007]

That`s what i`m talking about

IDKFA

 

[rufio]

nice! quality games right there. i think i'm going to install doom just for old times sake. i remember staying up late night playing that game with the lights off haha