Rise of the Triad:

 

Awesome shooter, mix of Doom & Wolfenstein 3D.

not so much unheard of, but still awesome

 

Star Control 2

 

Another game that has gone freeware and SC2 is great.

 

@Virumor: For the longest time, I thought it was actually called ROTT. Another game in the same vein is Shadow Warrior:

 

Edited August 19, 200916 yr by Purkake

And i don't like Tyrian. I prefer Raptor:Call of shadows.

Raptor was cool too.

Everyone is talking about Trials HD, but does anyone remember the games that actually spawned it?

 

Action Supercross:

 

 

And Elasto Mania:

 

 

You can find the shareware versions of both of them online.

I'd say Thunder Star is one great but unknown game.

One Must Fall 2097

 

Best beat em up ever.

Someone should create another thread called "great games no one has ever heard of which have now gone freeware".

Someone should create another thread called "great games no one has ever heard of which have now gone freeware".

 

If your awesome/interesting game has gone freeware, post a link to the download site with the game.

 

More screenshots and as far as I could tell "Thunder Star" is a motorcycle.

You can find a lot on for instance <BEEP>

 

Sure, but there's a difference between something officially going freeware and something losing the copyright holder.

Edited August 27, 200916 yr by Gorth
Quoted Link removed - Purkake is right, please only link to software released to the public by their owners

By the way if you have never played the excellent Another World, the 15th anniversary is well worth the price and still holds up as an excellent game. Even as a trial-and-error based puzzle/platformer, which might doom it for a modern audience, this is probably one of the greatest achievements in video gaming.

Rise of the Triad:

Awesome shooter, mix of Doom & Wolfenstein 3D.

Rott's really cool, (I have the CD version).

 

It had a creepy "carrion-crawler'esque" kind of main boss.

 

(and lots of eastereggs)

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Awright... how about Raaka-tu ~anyone heard of that one?

(it may or may not be awesome...but it was interesting.)

 

Edited September 11, 200916 yr by Gizmo

TRS-80? That's a bit from before my time.

TRS-80? That's a bit from before my time.

I once found an unlabeled hand drawn map, in a pile of donated books and manila folders [several years ago]... and I realized that it was the layout of the temple in Raaka-tu (no game or disks... just this leaflet tucked in an old assembly programming textbook).

 

The game was a short little real time text adventure, where you break into a guarded temple and collect treasure. Standard stuff... Hidden traps, secret doors, a curious poison candle...

 

You typed where you wanted to go and what you chose to do, and the combat was realtime IIRC

Edited September 11, 200916 yr by Gizmo

Omikron (and Outcast) had ace soundtracks too and I'm not just talking about the Bowie. This is the stuff of childhood memories.

Try the Mobygames games browser to narrow it down or you can check the World War II concept page at Giant Bomb

Thanks but no luck. Oh well.

 

HA! I found it, it's called Weird War and here's your yellow submarine:

 

 

Your Google-fu is weak, grasshopper.

 

I'm pretty sure that the game actually came out as Another War, and ultimately wasn't published by Techland but by Cenega Publishing.

 

Never played it but reviews on the net seem to be mixed to negative.

 

 

Something I have not seen anyone mention before, it is my FAVORITE console game of ALL TIEM! Culdcept.

 

It is basically A card game (say kind of like Magic The Gathering, but different), Monopoly (you take control of area squares), is turn based. You basically battle the other players with the cards you both have in each hand (Monsters, spells, effects etc...). It is only out for the PS2/3 and XBox360 sadly. To me, it is basically gamer crack.

 

Some XBox 360 screenies:

 

 

 

I currently don't have my PS2 set up at where I am living now (I only have a small TV, by big TV is in storage), and since there is no PC version thats probably a good thing, as I would NEVER LEAVE MY HOUSE AGAIN.

 

Very fun game, highly recommended.

 

I loved Culdcept; the card art is fantastic. Sadly I have trouble with and game with more than one opponent.

Try the Mobygames games browser to narrow it down or you can check the World War II concept page at Giant Bomb

Thanks but no luck. Oh well.

 

HA! I found it, it's called Weird War and here's your yellow submarine:

 

 

Never played it but reviews on the net seem to be mixed to negative.

 

Another War is (also?) a different game(an RPG as opposed to commandos-style strategy) that I have actually seen in stores here a long time ago:

 

http://i.testfreaks.com/images/products/600x400/216/another-war.1526232.jpg' alt='another-war.1526232.jpg'>

 

Or did they scrap the commandos style and change it into an RPG?

Edited September 11, 200916 yr by Purkake

Looking deeper into it, it looks like "Weird War" was presented as a sequel to "Another War"

 

http://rpgvault.ign.com/articles/456/456360p1.html

 

Techland doesn't list it amid its games - maybe it was never released?

Since I had to search google up and down to find that damn yellow submarine, that's a pretty solid conclusion.

 

Need more awesome/interesting games.

Edited September 11, 200916 yr by Purkake

Need more awesome/interesting games.

Click this link with the utmost care, (and have someone at the ready, to pull you back, or unplug your PC if you refuse to stop playing)

 

http://www.fallingsandgame.com/sand/pyro.html

 

Updated version

http://enigmasand.com/pyro2.html

Edited September 11, 200916 yr by Gizmo

Need more awesome/interesting games.

Click this link with the utmost care, (and have someone at the ready, to pull you back, or unplug your PC if you refuse to stop playing)

 

http://www.fallingsandgame.com/sand/pyro.html

 

That's no game, that's the Devil himself!

 

Only the Dark Lord himself would be so devious as to take the form of the crack cocaine of free flash games.

Edited September 11, 200916 yr by Purkake

Why, Lord, why are those Evony ads everywhere?

Why, Lord, why are those Evony ads everywhere?

 

I like the way they've completely eschewed subtlety and just had a blonde bird with her norks on display.

Need more awesome/interesting games.

Has anyone mentioned Lionheart: Legacy of the Crusader yet?

 

...

 

I kid, I kid!

^ actually, they've got a brunette too. Never clicked on it, what is it?

Why, Lord, why are those Evony ads everywhere?

 

Adblock FTW!

 

^ actually, they've got a brunette too. Never clicked on it, what is it?

 

Evony is an online Civilization-like game that advertises itself with pictures of scantily clad women.