Free Games & Software for Everyone

[Voxel1ty]

This is a carefully hand-picked list of games, both classic & new & software, completely free and legal, that work on a variety of low-end computer systems.
This is actually for a project I'm working on called Software4Soldiers, that's made to fit on a single DVD. Just thought I'd share.
http://www.facebook.com/software4soldiers

-Adventure & Action Adventure
King's Quest I - a classic adventure game
King's Quest II - a classic adventure game
King's Quest III - a classic adventure game
Quest for Glory 2 - a classic adventure game
http://www.agdinteractive.com/games/games.html

-Arcade & Action
Celestial Mechanica - an action, puzzle, exploration & adventure game
http://www.celestialmechanica.com/

Chromium - A sci-fi shootemup game, similar to R-Type
http://sourceforge.net/projects/chromiu ... ry/0.9.11/

Hedgewars - A Worms clone
http://www.hedgewars.org/download.html

Icy Tower - An arcade tower game
http://www.freelunchdesign.com/icytower/

Tyrian 2000 - a sci-fi shootemup game, similar to R-Type
http://www.gog.com/gamecard/tyrian_2000

Shoot First - an action game with randomly generated levels
http://teknopants.com/games/shootfirst/

Hydorah - a horizontal shootemup game
http://www.locomalito.com/hydorah.php

-Classic Board Games
Backgammon Classic
http://download.cnet.com/Backgammon-Cla ... 07831.html

Domination - a Risk clone
http://sourceforge.net/projects/domination/

DreamChess
http://sourceforge.net/projects/dreamchess/

100% Free Chess
http://download.cnet.com/100-Free-Chess ... 51840.html

Monopoly Here & Now
http://monopoly-here-and-now.en.softonic.com/download

Scrabble3D
http://sourceforge.net/projects/scrabble/?source=dlp

Solitaire Settlers of Catan - the classic board game, playable against the computer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/solitairecatan/

-Fighting
Beats of Rage - a 2D beatemup game, similar to Streets of Rage/Final Fight
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openbor/

Wrestling MPire Career Edition - A 3D Wrestling Game, similar to WWF/WWE
http://www.indiedb.com/games/wrestling-mpire/downloads

-FPS Action & Adventure
Marathon - classic FPS by the creators of Halo
Marathon II - classic FPS by the creators of Halo
Marathon Infinity - classic FPS by the creators of Halo
http://source.bungie.org/

Lifted - a puzzle/action FPS game similar to Portal
http://www.liftedgame.com/play.html (play in browser only, download coming soon)

Gravity Bone - a spy-themed first person action/adventure game
http://blendogames.com/

-Music
Frets on Fire - A Guitar Hero clone
http://fretsonfire.sourceforge.net/

Stepmania - A Dance, Dance Revolution clone
http://www.stepmania.com/wiki/Downloads

-Platformer
Cave Story (w/ English patch) - an award winning platform game
http://www.cavestory.org/downloads_game.php

Hydra Castle Labyrinth
http://www.rgcd.co.uk/2012/01/hydra-cas ... th-pc.html

Iji - a sci-fi platform/shooter game with role-playing elements
http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php

Momodora 2 - a 2d "metroidvania" game
http://www.pixelprospector.com/momodora-2/

N: Way of the Ninja - a running/jumping platform/puzzle game
http://www.thewayoftheninja.org/

Spelunky - a 2d procedural exploration/action platformer
http://spelunkyworld.com/original.html

Umbrella Adventure - a hand-drawn exploration adventure game
http://www.wearehive.com/games/umbrella-adventure/

Eternal Daughter - an epic platform game, an homage to Castlevani/Super Metroid
http://www.acid-play.com/download/eternal-daughter

-Puzzle
Desktop Dungeons - a quick play, puzzle RPG
http://www.desktopdungeons.net/media/

Pingus - a Lemmings clone
http://pingus.seul.org/download.html

Wind and Water - an arcade/action puzzle game
http://db.tigsource.com/games/wind-and- ... e-battles/

-Roguelike
DoomRL - a dungeon crawler/RL game based on the Doom series with graphic tiles/optional ascii/music
http://doom.chaosforge.org/

Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup - a classic roguelike
http://crawl.develz.org/wordpress/

Dwarf Fortress - a classic roguelike where you rule and manage a kingdom of dwarves
http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

Tales of Maj'Eyal - a #1 voted graphical roguelike
http://te4.org/download

Vulture (Nethack/UnNethack/SlashEm) - a graphic client for Nethack, UnNethack and Slashem, classic roguelikes
http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture

-RPG
ElderScrolls Daggerfall (requires DosBox) - a classic, massive RPG game, part of the Elder Scrolls series
http://www.elderscrolls.com/daggerfall/

Guardian of Paradise (w/ English patch) - a zelda inspired game
http://agtp.romhack.net/project.php?id=rakuga
games.softpedia.com/progDownload/Guardian-of-Paradise-Download-37691.html

Laxius Power I - an award winning RPG series
Laxius Power II - an award winning RPG series
Laxius Power III - an award winning RPG series
http://www.laxiusgames.org/phpbb3/index ... c719fa48d3

Ahriman's Prophecy - a rpg similar to Dragon Warrior with 50+ hours of gameplay
http://www.amaranthia.com/downloads/gam ... ophecy.exe

Ark22 - a sci-fi themed rpg with fast-paced action, puzzle elements and more
http://www.wearehive.com/games/ark22/

Dink Smallwood - a game similar to Zelda
http://www.dinknetwork.com/file/dink_smallwood/

Ardentryst - an action/arcade role playing game
http://jordan.trudgett.com/

StarWars Bloodlines - a RPG based on the Star Wars universe
http://www.moddb.com/games/star-wars-bl ... /downloads

The Spirit Engine 2 - a 2d side-scrolling, hand-drawn RPG
http://www.curlysworldoffreeware.com/games/view/367

Zelda Classic - a remake of the classic Zelda with updated graphics, enemies, items, features and more
http://www.zeldaclassic.com/downloads.php

Barkley Shut Up and Jam Gaiden - a humorous basketball themed RPG
http://www.talesofgames.com/related_gam ... am-gaiden/

-Simulation
Celestia (starviewer) - a simulator/star/universe viewer
http://sourceforge.net/projects/celestia/

-Strategy
FreeCiv - A free Civilization clone
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeciv/

FreeCol - A free Coloinzation clone
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freecol/

FreeOrion - A free Masters of Orion (sci-fi) clone
http://sourceforge.net/projects/freeorion/

Kingdom Rush - A colorful tower defense game
http://download.cnet.com/Kingdom-Rush/3 ... 99726.html

Naev - A sci-fi themed 4x, strategy game
http://sourceforge.net/projects/naev/?source=dlp

Survivors of Ragnarok - a city building/management survival game, inspired by Dwarf Fortress
http://www.indiedb.com/games/survivors-of-ragnarok

The Ur-Quan Masters - A free remake of the classic sci-fi strategy game, Star Control 1/2
http://sourceforge.net/projects/sc2/?source=dlp


***Software***

-Audio & Video

--Editors & Converters
Audacity 2.0.2 - simple audio editing software
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

AviDemux 2.6.1 - simple video editing software
http://avidemux.sourceforge.net/

Freemake Video Converter - convert videos to various formats
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Fr ... 31690.html

HandBrake 0.9.8 - convert videos to various formats
http://handbrake.fr/details.php

--Player
VLC 2.0.5 - award winning, universal media player
http://sourceforge.net/projects/vlc/

WinAmp 563 - award winning, media/stream player
http://www.winamp.com/

--Recorder
CamStudio 2.6 - webcam/desktop recording software
http://sourceforge.net/projects/camstudio/?source=dlp

-Browser & Web Tools
Firefox 17.0.1 - award winning internet browser
http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Free Download Manager - manages/resumes files downloaded from the internet
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Ma ... -1345.html

Google Chrome Portable - a portable internet browser
http://download.cnet.com/Google-Chrome- ... 72513.html

Skype - webcam/computer call software
http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-full

Thunderbird 18.0 - a multi-email management client
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Th ... -2723.html

Trillian 5.2.0.13 - a multi-Instant Messenger client
https://www.trillian.im/

UTorrent - torrent management/downloading software
http://www.utorrent.com/utorrent-plus/index/frmrvh

-Ebook Tools
Calibre Portable - manages, converts ebook libraries
http://calibre-ebook.com/download_portable

ComicRack - a digital comic book viewer
http://comicrack.cyolito.com/downloads

-Graphic Tools

--3D Tools
Blender - award winning, free 3D modelling software
http://www.blender.org/

Sculptris - 3D surface/clay modelling software, similar to Zsculpt
http://www.pixologic.com/sculptris/

--Editor
Gimp 2.8.2 - a free Photoshop alternative
http://www.gimp.org/

Inkscape - a free Illustrator/vector alternative
http://inkscape.org/download/?lang=en

Picasa - photo/image editing
http://picasa.google.com/

Zoner Photo Studio - photo editing/management software
http://download.cnet.com/Zoner-Photo-St ... tag=button

-Office & Home Tools
Libre Office (w/ help files) - a free, cross-compatible alternative to Microsoft Office
http://www.libreoffice.org/download

HomeBank 4.4 - finance/money management software
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Ho ... 45319.html

Nitro PDF Reader - PDF Reader/Converter
http://www.nitroreader.com/download

Notepad++ - an advanced alternative to Notepad, popular with programmers
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/No ... 18287.html

PDF Reader - PDF Reader/Converter
http://www.adobe.com/products/reader.html

-PC & File Utilities

Ultimate Boot CD (iso) - a CD/ISO image that can be burned to disk and used to recover/repair any PC
http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/download.html

Glarysoft PC Utility Collection - a collection of PC utilities
http://www.glarysoft.com/glary-utilities/

Virtual Box - an Operating System virtualizer
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Vi ... -7671.html

--Burn Tools
CD Burner XP Pro - cd/dvd/image burning software
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Pr ... 16979.html

IMGBurn - cd/dvd/image burning software
http://www.imgburn.com/index.php?act=download

--File Management
Absolute Uninstaller - single/batch program uninstaller
http://www.glarysoft.com/absolute-uninstaller/

FileZilla FileManager - a free FTP/file-sharing client
http://filezilla-project.org/

FreeUndelete - used to undelete/recover deleted files
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Fr ... -7447.html

Recuva File Recoverer - used to undelete/recover deleted files
http://www.piriform.com/recuva/download

TreeSize - allows you to quickly analyze disk space useage
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Tr ... 33662.html

Unlocker - a utility to unlock/delete locked files
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Un ... -5549.html

WinDirStat - disk space analyzer/clean up tool for Windows
http://www.tomsguide.com/us/download/Wi ... -1542.html

--Security Tools
Avast Antivirus Free - Free Antivirus software
http://download.cnet.com/Avast-Free-Ant ... tag=button

CC Cleaner - PC cleanup utility, erase history, unused files and fix registry problems
http://www.piriform.com/ccleaner

Microsoft Security Essentials - helps guard your PC against viruses, spyware, etc.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download ... x?id=29942

TrueCrypt - file encryption utility
http://www.truecrypt.org/downloads

Zone Alarm Firewall - free internet/network firewall software
http://www.zonealarm.com/

-RarZip Tools
7Zip - free archive/zip/unzipping software
http://www.7-zip.org/

AlZip 7 - free archive/zip/unzipping software
AlZip 8 (w/ free serial) - free archive/zip/unzipping software
http://www.altools.com/Downloads/ALZip.aspx

[HoboHob]

Iji!

Best game ever!

[Tex]

Got to give the credit, you did an amazing job of finding all of these. +1

[mr.f]

Cave story. yuss.

[Sn3ky]

I have another for strategy.
Warzone 2100 orignally made by Eidos

www.wz2100.net

[Demo123]

Oh look, someone other than me knows about MDickie here.
You should have linked his game about making games here.
Here is the link to his website. Most of his games are free. http://www.mdickie.com/

[Venator]

Oh look, someone other than me knows about MDickie here.
You should have linked his game about making games here.
Here is the link to his website. Most of his games are free. http://www.mdickie.com/

I played his games :D
I like the one where you stab people in a prison for no reason :D

[ThisFrickinSite]

camstudio is broken on some computer builds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOE8-6hpmnM

[Conduit]

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