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

Aaaaah, thanks for the nostalgia TechSpot. Now we can revive some cherished memories that are now freeware.

Also, Ground Control, liberatedgames.com

Yes, there are way more but here is another worth your time:

http://download.cnet.com/Starsiege-Tribes-full-install/3000-7441_4-10294998.html

thats an awesome way of drumming up a lil business from people who killed lots of time playing these games years ago to buy the newest versions

I just filled in the form for GTA2 and already sent the link to a friend of mine. He loved GTA2 as much as I did.

P.S.
I have had an account on Quake Live for about 4 months already.It was nice at the beginning but, I honestly got bored of it. Maybe I just don't enjoy games as much as I did when I was younger.

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.

Thanks, TECHSPOT...

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.

cool! thanks for the link!

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".

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?

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

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!

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!

Wow this stuff is old.

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.

You just made my day Techspot!

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.

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 .