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This is a list of commercial video games released as freeware; games that, in their original license, were not considered freeware, but were re-released at a later date with a freeware license, sometimes as publicity for a forthcoming sequel or compilation release.
Some of the following games are not freely redistributable software, as they have only been made available as a free download as freeware, but may only be downloaded from certain websites and with the explicit permission of the copyright owner. Consult the software license agreement.
For games that were originally released as freeware, see List of freeware video games. For free and open-source games, and proprietary games re-released as FLOSS, see List of open-source video games. For proprietary games with released source code (and proprietary or freeware content), see List of commercial video games with available source code.
The following formerly commercial games have been made available as freeware and are still in that status:
Title | First release | Freeware release | Genre | Platform(s) | Publisher | Additional information |
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3 in Three | 1989 | [1] | Puzzle | Mac OS | Cliff Johnson | |
Adventure Fun-Pak | 1989 | 2004 [2] | Adventure, Action | MS-DOS | Apogee Software | |
Adventureland | 1978 | 1993 [3] | Adventure, interactive fiction | TRS-80, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, PET, Commodore 64, IBM PC, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro, Electron | Scott Adams | |
The Adventures of Fatman | 2003 | 2003 | A point-and-click adventure | Windows | Michael Doak | Released on studio's closing as CC-ND-NC "abandonware" |
Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian, The | 1992 | 1996 [4] | Adventure | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | Game Crafters | |
Adventures of Robbo | 1994 | 2006 [5] | Puzzle | DOS | Epic MegaGames | |
Adventures of Robby Roto!, The | 1981 | 1999 [6] | Maze (Puzzle) | Arcade | Bally Midway | |
Alien Cabal | 1997 | 2000 [7] | First-person shooter | MS-DOS, Windows | QASoft | |
Alien Carnage (a.k.a. Halloween Harry) | 1994 | 2007 [8] | Platform | MS-DOS | Apogee Software | |
Allegiance | 2000 | 2004 [9] | Space simulation/Real-time strategy/Action | Windows | Microsoft Research | Source code released as freeware; gaming enthusiasts developed Free Allegiance from the released code. [10] |
All Walls Must Fall | 2018 | 2024 [11] | Strategy | Windows, Linux, Mac | Inbetweengames | |
Amulets & Armor | 1997 | 2013 | Action/Role-playing video game | DOS | United Software Artists | |
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021 | 1987 | 2004 [12] | Strategy | DOS | Thinking Machine Associates | Updated in 2004 by George Moromisato to run natively on Windows. |
Antheads: It Came from the Desert 2 | 1990 | [13] | Adventure | Amiga | Cinemaware | Expansion pack to It Came from the Desert . |
Arctic Adventure | 1991 | 2009 [14] | Platformer | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Ares | 1996 | 2008 [15] | Space simulation/Real-time strategy | Mac OS | Ambrosia Software | Source code has been released under GPLv3, much of the media released under creative commons, Antares, a straight port, and Xsera, a derivative project were created. |
At the Carnival | 1989 | [16] | Puzzle | Mac OS, DOS | Cliff Johnson | |
Bad Day on the Midway | 1995 | 2022 [17] | Adventure | Windows, Mac | Inscape | |
Baseball Mogul 2006 | 2005 | 2006 [18] | Sports management | Windows | Sports Mogul | |
Battlecruiser 3000AD | 1996 | 2001 [19] | Space simulator | Windows | Derek Smart | |
Battlecruiser Millennium | 2003 | 2005 [19] | ||||
Battle of Britain | 2001 | [20] | Flight simulator | Windows | Empire Interactive | Only source code available. |
Battle of the Eras | 1995 | 2013 [21] | Fighting | DOS | Procryon | |
BC Kid | 1992 | [22] | Platform game | Amiga | Factor 5 | |
Beneath a Steel Sky | 1994 | 2003 [23] | Adventure | Amiga, DOS | Virgin Interactive | Released to support the ScummVM Project. |
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein | 1984 [24] | Stealth game | DOS | Muse Software | ||
Beyond the Titanic | 1986 | 1998 [25] | Text adventure game | Apogee Software | ||
Bio Menace | 1993 | 2005 [26] | Side-scrolling platform game | |||
Blackthorne | 1994 | 2013 [27] | Cinematic platform | Interplay Productions | ||
Blades of Exile | 1997 | 2007 [28] | Role-playing video game | Mac, Windows | Jeff Vogel of Spiderweb Software | The source code has also been released; the game is still being sold on CD, but the open source version contains the full game content. |
Boppin' | 1994 | 2005 [29] | Puzzle | Amiga, DOS | Apogee Software | |
Castle Infinity | 1996 | 2000 | MMOG | Windows | Starwave | |
Castle of the Winds | 1989 | 1998 [30] | Role-playing video game | Windows 3.x | Epic MegaGames | |
Caves of Thor | 1989 | 2005 [31] | Adventure | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Championship Manager: Season 01/02 | 2001 | 2009 [32] | Sports management | Windows, Mac OS, Xbox | Eidos Interactive | |
Clonk Endeavour | 2004 | 2008 [33] | Platform/Real-time strategy | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | RedWolf Design | Only Windows version was released as freeware. |
Clyde's Adventure | 1992 | 2005 [34] | Platoform | DOS | Moonlite Software | |
Clyde's Revenge | 1995 | 2005 [35] | ||||
Command & Conquer | 1995 | 2007 [36] | Real-time strategy | Windows, Mac OS | Virgin Interactive | |
Command & Conquer: Red Alert | 1996 | 2008 [37] | Made freeware in 2008 to promote the release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3 . [38] | |||
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun | 1999 | 2010 [39] | Real-time strategy | Windows | Electronic Arts | Made freeware (along with its expansion pack Firestorm ) on February 12, 2010, to promote the release of Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight . |
Cybersphere | 1996 | 2006 [40] | Arkanoid-style game | DOS | Psycon Software | |
Cybersphere Plus | 1997 | 2006 [41] | ||||
Dark Ages | 1991 | 2009 [14] | Platform | Apogee Software | ||
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion | 2005 | 2007 [42] | Mech simulation | Linux, Windows, Mac OS | GarageGames | |
Death Rally | 1996 | 2009 [43] | Racing game | DOS, Windows | Apogee Software | |
Defender of the Crown | 1986 | [44] | Strategy game | Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Game Boy Advance, Mac, NES, ZX Spectrum | Cinemaware | |
Dink Smallwood | 1997 | 1999 [45] | Role-playing video game | Windows, Linux, Mac OS | Iridon Interactive | |
Dreamweb | 1992 | 2012 [46] | Adventure | Amiga, DOS | Empire Interactive Entertainment | |
The Elder Scrolls: Arena | 1994 | 2004 [47] | Role-playing video game | DOS | Bethesda Softworks | Floppy disk version released as freeware in 2004 to mark the 10th anniversary of the TES series, and as publicity release prior to the 4th installment, Oblivion . |
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall | 1996 | 2009 [48] | Sequel to the aforementioned Arena . Released as freeware on July 9, 2009, to mark the 15th anniversary of the TES series. | |||
Electro Man | 1993 | 2006 [49] | Sidescroller | DOS | Created by xLand Games and published by Epic MegaGames | |
Enemy Nations | 1997 | 2001 | Real-time strategy | Windows | Windward Studios | |
Executioners | 1992 | 2005 | Beat 'em up | DOS | Bloodlust Software | |
F.E.A.R. Combat | 2005 | 2006 [50] | First-person shooter, horror | Windows | Monolith Productions | Originally released as the multiplayer portion of F.E.A.R. |
Fish Fillets | 1998 | 2002 | Puzzle | Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and others | Altar Games | The original Fish Fillets was released under the GPL in 2002. Subsequently, the Fish Fillets NG project has recoded the engine to enable multi-platform release. |
Flight of the Amazon Queen | 1995 | 2004 [51] | Adventure | Amiga, DOS | Renegade Software | Released to support the ScummVM Project. |
The Fool's Errand | 1987 | [52] | Puzzle | Mac OS, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST | Miles Computing | |
Full Spectrum Warrior | 2004 | 2008 | Real-time tactics | Windows | Pandemic Studios | Released as a free ad-supported download. |
FS One 2022 | 2003 | 2022 | RC Flight Sim | Windows | InertiaSoft | Dr. Michael Selig felt that dealing with sales was a distraction from his research and development. Game is still being developed. |
Glider PRO | 1991 | Mac OS, Mac OS X | Casady & Greene | When Casady & Greene went bankrupt, the rights to the series reverted to the author, John Calhoun, who opted to give a few versions of the game away for free on his website. | ||
God of Thunder | 1993 | [53] | Puzzle, Action | DOS | Adept Software | |
Gridlee | 1983 | Arcade | Videa | |||
Gridrunner | 1982 | Scrolling shooter | Atari 2600, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64 | Llamasoft | ||
Ground Control | 2000 | 2004 | Real-time tactics | Windows | Massive Entertainment | Registerware freeware released on July 1, 2004, to serve as promotion for its sequel, Ground Control II: Operation Exodus . |
Hades 2 | 2001 | 2009 [54] | First-person shooter | Windows | Espaço Informática | |
Hardwired (a pre-release version of Red Zone ) | 1994 | Shooter | Sega Mega Drive/Genesis | Zyrinx | ||
Heartlight PC | 1994 | 2006 [55] | Puzzle | Atari 8-bit, MS-DOS | Janusz Pelc (Atari), Epic MegaGames (port) | |
Heros: The Sanguine Seven | 1993 | 2005 | Platform | DOS | Jeffrey Fullerton | Originally published in cooperation with Safari Software and Epic MegaGames. |
Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe | 1999 | 2003 [56] | Action game with tactical elements | Windows | Illusion Softworks | Released as freeware to serve as promotion for its sequel, Hidden & Dangerous 2 . |
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | 1984 | 2004 [57] | Adventure | Flash | Infocom | Made publicly available as a web-based game by the BBC. |
Hong Kong 97 | 1995 | 2023 [58] | Shoot 'em up, satire | Super Famicom | Happysoft | |
Infantry Online | 1999 | 2007 | 2D MMORPG | Windows | Sony Online Entertainment | Similar to PlanetSide . |
Inner Worlds | 1996 | 2001 | Platform | MS-DOS, Linux | Sleepless Software | Similar to Jill of the Jungle . |
Ironseed | 1994 | 2007 | Space trading and combat simulator | DOS | Softdisk | Released as freeware by the author to promote a remake of the game. |
It Came From The Desert | 1989 | [59] | Adventure | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, TurboGrafx-16 | Cinemaware | |
Jetpack | 1993 | [60] | Platform | MS-DOS | Software Creations (US) | |
Katakis | 1988 | [22] | Side-scrolling shoot-em-up | Amiga | Factor 5 | |
Ken's Labyrinth | 1993 | 1999 [61] | First-person shooter | DOS | Epic MegaGames | |
Kiloblaster | 1992 | 2008 [62] | Space shooter | DOS | ||
King of Chicago | 1987 | [63] | Action, adventure, strategy game | Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, DOS, Mac | Cinemaware | |
Kroz | 1987 | 2009 [14] | Adventure | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Kye | 1992 | 2008 [64] | Puzzle | Windows 3.x | Colin Garbutt | |
Lode Runner Online: Mad Monks' Revenge | 1995 | Side-scrolling game | Windows, Mac OS | Sierra Entertainment | Based on the game Lode Runner . | |
Lords of the Rising Sun | 1989 | [65] | Arcade | Amiga, PC-Engine | Cinemaware | |
Lure of the Temptress | 1992 | 2003 [66] | Graphic adventure | Amiga, Atari ST, DOS | Virgin Interactive | |
The Lost Vikings | 1993 | 2014 [67] | Puzzle-platform | DOS | Interplay Productions | |
Mad TV | 1991 | Management simulation game | DOS, Amiga | Rainbow Arts | ||
Major Stryker | 1993 | 2006 [31] | Scrolling shooter | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Marathon Trilogy | 1994 | 2005 | First-person shooter | Mac OS, Windows, Linux | Bungie | Source code to Marathon 2 was released in 2000, and code for Marathon Infinity was released in 2011. [68] [69] |
MechWarrior 4: Mercenaries | 2002 | 2010 [70] | Robotic simulation | Windows | FASA Interactive | |
Monuments of Mars | 1990 | 2009 [14] | Platform | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Mystery House | 1980 | 1987 [71] | Adventure | Apple II | On-Line Systems | Released into the Public Domain in 1987 to celebrate Sierra's 7th anniversary. |
Nogginknockers | 1993 | 2005 | Sports | DOS | Bloodlust Software | |
Nogginknockers 2 | 1996 | 2005 | Sports | DOS | ||
NoGravity | 1998 | [72] | Space combat simulator | Windows, Mac OS, Linux | realtech VR | |
One Must Fall: 2097 | 1994 | 1999 [73] | Fighting | DOS | Epic MegaGames | |
onEscapee | 1997 | 2006 | Action-adventure game | Windows, Amiga | Invictus Games, Ltd. | |
Oo-topos | 1987 | [74] | Interactive fiction | Apple II, DOS | Polarware | |
Out of the Park Baseball | 1999 | 2002 | Sports management | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux | Out of the Park Developments | |
Overkill | 1992 | 2008 [75] | Vertical scrolling-shooter | DOS | Precision Software Publishing / Epic MegaGames | |
Pharaoh's Tomb | 1990 | 2009 [14] | Platform | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Postal | 1997 | 2020 [76] | Top-down shooter | Windows | Running with Scissors | |
Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy | 2005 | Third-person shooter | Windows | Midway Games | Released through FilePlanet as ad-supported freeware. | |
Purge | 2003 | Online first-person shooter | Windows | Freeform Interactive | ||
Puzzle Fun-Pak | 1989 | 2004 [2] | Puzzle, Action | MS-DOS | Apogee Software | |
Railroad Tycoon Deluxe | 1993 | 2006 [77] | Business simulator | DOS | MicroProse | |
Riftspace | 2000 | 2008 | Space simulation | Windows | Starwraith 3D Games | |
Rock n' Roll Racing | 1993 | 2014 [67] | Racing | DOS | Interplay Productions | 'Lite' version of the original Super NES game with just three playable tracks. This version has all rock music tracks changed to simple MIDI music, because the music license expired. |
Rocket Ranger | 1988 | [78] | Action | Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, NES | Cinemaware | |
R-Type | 1989 | [22] | Side-scrolling shoot-em-up | Amiga | Factor 5 | |
Sango Fighter | 1993 | 2009 [79] | Fighting | DOS | Panda Entertainment | Released as freeware by current copyright holder Super Fighter Team. |
Savage: The Battle for Newerth | 2004 | A blend of FPS and RTS gameplay | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | S2 Games | ||
Savage 2: A Tortured Soul | 2008 | 2008 | Windows, Linux, Mac OS X | |||
S.D.I | 1986 | [80] | Action adventure | Amiga, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, Macintosh | Cinemaware | |
SimCity | 1989 | 2008 (as OLPC SimCity) | City-building game | Windows, DOS | Was released under the GPLv3 for the One Laptop per Child project, and as Micropolis to the general public (the original title of the game). | |
Sinbad and the Throne of the Falcon | 1987 | [81] | Action | Amiga, Apple II, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS | Cinemaware | |
SkiFree | 1991 | [82] | Arcade | Windows 3.0 | Chris Pirih | |
SkyRoads | 1993 | [83] | Driving | DOS | Bluemoon Interactive | |
Söldner: Secret Wars | 2004 | 2011 | Tactical shooter | Windows | JoWood Productions | |
Sołtys | 1995 | 2011 | Adventure game | DOS | LK Avalon | |
Spheres of Chaos | 1992 | 2007 [84] | Shooter game | Windows, Linux, RISC OS | Iain McLeod | |
The Spirit Engine 2 | 2008 | 2010 [85] | A 2-D side-scrolling indie RPG | Windows | Mark Pay | |
StarCraft | 1998 | 2017 [86] | Real-time strategy | Windows, Mac OS | Blizzard Entertainment | Made freeware (along with its expansion pack Brood War ) on April 19, 2017, to promote the release of StarCraft: Remastered . Accessible on Battlenet. |
StarCraft 2 | 2010 | 2020 [87] | Real-time strategy | Windows, Mac OS | Blizzard Entertainment | The complete Wings of Liberty campaign, full use of Raynor, Kerrigan, and Artanis Co-Op Commanders, with all others available for free up to level five, full access to custom games, including all races, AI difficulties, maps; unranked multiplayer, with access to Ranked granted after the first 10 wins of the day in Unranked or Versus AI. Accessible on Battlenet. |
Starshatter: The Gathering Storm | 2004 | 2011 [88] | Space combat simulator | Windows | Destroyer Studios | Source code also released, content Freeware. [88] |
Stargunner | 1996 | 2005 [89] | Side-scrolling shooter | DOS | 3D Realms | |
Starsiege: Tribes | 1998 | 2004 [90] | First-person shooter | Windows | Dynamix/Sierra On-Line | Released as publicity for the release of Tribes: Vengeance . |
Star Control II | 1992 | 2002 | Action adventure | DOS, Mac OS | Toys For Bob | Released as The Ur-Quan Masters . |
Star Fleet I: The War Begins | 1985 | [91] | Strategy | DOS | Interstel | |
Star Fleet II: Krellan Commander | 1989 | [91] | Strategy | DOS | Interstel | |
Star Legions | 1992 | [91] | Strategy | DOS | Interstel | |
Star Wraith II | 2000 | Space military simulation game | Starwraith 3D Games | |||
Star Wraith III: Shadows of Orion | 2000 | A space military simulation featuring multiplayer capabilities | Starwraith 3D Games | |||
Star Wraith IV: Reviction | 2000 | 2008 | Windows | Starwraith 3D Games | ||
Strange Adventures in Infinite Space | 2002 | 2009 | by Digital Eel | |||
Supaplex | 1991 | Boulder Dash-like puzzle game | Michael Stopp and Philip Jespersen | |||
Supernova | 1987 | 1998 [92] | Text adventure | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Super Fighter | 1993 | 2001 [93] | Fighting | DOS | C&E, Inc. | Released as freeware by current copyright holder Super Fighter Team. |
Super ZZT | 1992 | Adventure | DOS | Epic MegaGames | ||
S.W.I.N.E. | 2001 | 2005 | Real-time tactics game | DOS | StormRegion | Released as S.W.I.N.E. Free Christmas Edition. |
Teen Agent | 1995 | Graphic adventure | DOS | |||
Telengard | 1982 | Dungeon crawl | DOS | Daniel Lawrence | ||
TerraFire | 1997 | 2005 [94] | Space shooter | DOS | ORT Software | |
The Three Stooges | 1987 | [95] | Action | Amiga, Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS, NES | Cinemaware | |
Timeslaughter | 1996 | 2005 | Fighting | DOS | Bloodlust Software | Timeslaughter Lost, a prototype version of Timeslaughter, was also released in 2005 as freeware after a fan realized the version he had was different from the retail release and sent it to Bloodlust Software. |
Total Extreme Wrestling 2005 | 2005 | 2009 | Booking simulator | Windows | Greydog Software | |
Traffic Department 2192 | 1994 | 2007 [96] | Top-down shooter | DOS | Epic MegaGames | |
Transylvania I,II,III | 1982, 1985, 1989 | [74] | Adventure | Apple II, Commodore 64, DOS | Polarware | |
Treasure Island Dizzy | 1987 | Puzzle | Oliver twins | |||
Tribes 2 | 2001 | 2004 [97] | First-person shooter | Windows, Linux | Dynamix/Sierra On-Line | Released as publicity for the release of Tribes: Vengeance . |
Trivia Whiz | 1988 | 2005 [31] | Trivia game | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Turboraketti | 1993 | Cavern-flying game | Amiga | Heikki Kosola | ||
TV Sports Baseball | 1990 | [98] | Sports | Amiga, DOS, NES | Cinemaware | |
TV Sports Basketball | 1989 | [99] | Sports | Amiga, DOS, PC-Engine | Cinemaware | |
TV Sports Boxing | 1991 | [100] | Sports | Amiga, DOS | Cinemaware | |
Tyrian | 1995 | 2004 | Scrolling shooter | DOS | Epic MegaGames | |
Ultima IV: Quest of the Avatar | 1985 | 1997 [101] | CRPG | DOS | Origin Systems | Re-released again in 2011 to promote Ultima Forever: Quest for the Avatar . [102] |
Ultima: Worlds of Adventure 2: Martian Dreams | 1991 | 2012 [103] | CRPG | DOS | Origin Systems | Released by Electronic Arts exclusively through GOG.com. |
Universal Combat | 2004 | 2008 [19] | Space simulator | Windows | Derek Smart | |
Unreal | 1998 | 2024 [104] | First-person shooter | Windows | Epic MegaGames | |
Unreal Tournament | 1999 | 2024 [104] | First-person shooter | Windows | Epic MegaGames | |
Vantage Master Online | 1998 | 2002 | Tactical RPG | Windows | Nihon Falcom | |
Victory: The Age of Racing | 2014 | 2016 | Racing game | Windows | Vae Victis | |
War Wind | 1996 | 2020 [105] | Strategy | Windows | Strategic Simulations | |
Warzone 2100 | 1999 | 2004 | Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, FreeBSD, AmigaOS 4, PlayStation | Eidos Interactive | ||
WingNuts: Temporal Navigator | 2001 | 2006 [106] | Shooter | Mac OS X | Freeverse Software | |
Wings | 1990 | [107] | Flight simulator | Amiga | Cinemaware | |
Wings | 1996 | Cavern-flying game | Miika Virpioja | |||
Wing Commander: Secret Ops | 1998 | 1998 | Space simulator | Windows | The full version was released by Origin as freeware on 27th of Aug 1998 | |
Wolfenstein 3D | 1992 | 2012 [108] | First-person shooter | Browser-based | id software | |
Word Whiz | 1988 | 2005 [31] | Trivia | DOS | Apogee Software | |
Worlds of Ultima: The Savage Empire | 1990 | 2012 [103] | CRPG | MS-DOS | Origin Systems | Released by Electronic Arts exclusively through GOG.com. [103] |
X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse | 1997 | 2006 | First-person shooter | MS-DOS, Linux, Mac, Windows | WizardWorks | The freeware release includes a walkthrough and a pre-installed patch (pak4.pak) to fix bugs and add additional gameplay features. |
Xargon | 1993 | 2008 [109] | Platform | DOS | Epic MegaGames | |
Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport | 1995 | 2006 [110] | Fighting game | DOS | Apogee Software | |
ZZT | 1991 | Adventure | DOS | Epic MegaGames |
The following are commercial games that were once released as free downloads but were not freely redistributable software.
Rise of the Triad: Dark War is a first-person shooter video game, developed and published by Apogee Software in 1995. The player can choose to play as one of five different characters, each bearing unique attributes such as speed and endurance. The game's story follows these five characters who have been sent to investigate a deadly cult, and soon become aware of a deadly plot to destroy a nearby city. A remake was designed by Interceptor Entertainment and released by Apogee Games in 2013. The shareware version of the game is titled Rise of the Triad: The HUNT Begins.
Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion Virtual Machine (ScummVM) is a set of game engine recreations. Originally designed to play LucasArts adventure games that use the SCUMM system, it also supports a variety of non-SCUMM games by companies like Revolution Software and Adventure Soft. It was originally written by Ludvig Strigeus. ScummVM is free software that is released under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Home of the Underdogs is an abandonware archive founded by Sarinee Achavanuntakul, in October 1998.
Wacky Wheels is a kart racing video game released by Apogee Software for MS-DOS in 1994. The game strongly resembles Super Mario Kart from the Super NES, but the karts are described as lawn mowers and the eight playable characters are animals from a zoo.
Duke Nukem is a 1991 platform game developed and published by Apogee Software for MS-DOS. The 2D, multidirectional scrolling game follows the adventures of fictional character Duke Nukem across three episodes of ten levels each. The game's first episode was distributed as shareware. The name was briefly changed to Duke Nukum to avoid trademark issues.
Kroz is a series of Roguelike video games created by Scott Miller for IBM PC compatibles. The first episode in the series, Kingdom of Kroz, was released in 1987 as Apogee Software's first game. It was also published on Big Blue Disk #20. Kroz introduced the scheme of the first episode being free and charging money for additional episodes, a technique which defined the business model for Apogee and was adopted by other MS-DOS shareware publishers.
Traffic Department 2192 is a top down multidirectional shooter for IBM PC compatibles, developed by P-Squared Productions and released in 1994 by Safari Software and distributed by Epic MegaGames. The full game contains three episodes, each with twenty missions, in which the player pilots a "hoverskid" about a war-torn city to complete certain mission objectives. The game was released as freeware under the Creative Commons License CC BY-ND 3.0 in 2007.
Wings is a World War I video game developed and published by Cinemaware. It was released for the Amiga in 1990. The action sequences are similar in style to those of the 1927 silent film Wings.
Bio Menace is a 1993 game developed and published by Apogee Software for MS-DOS. A 2D multidirectional scrolling platform game, it was built on a licensed version of id Software's Commander Keen game engine. Apart from the engine and music, all in-game content was created by the game's designer, Jim Norwood. In 2014, the game was re-released on Steam, and in 2015 on GOG.com with support for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux.
Alien Carnage, originally released as Halloween Harry, is a side-scrolling platform game developed by Interactive Binary Illusions and SubZero Software, and distributed by Apogee Software. The game features 256-colour VGA graphics and background music in MOD format. Alien Carnage is composed of four episodes. The first episode was released as shareware, and the rest were distributed commercially. In May 2007, John Passfield and 3D Realms released Alien Carnage as freeware. In 2014, the game was re-released with Windows support.
Arctic Adventure is a platform game written for DOS, published by Apogee Software. It is the sequel to Pharaoh's Tomb. The protagonist, Nevada Smith, is an archaeologist searching for a Viking treasure in the Arctic. It was re-released on Steam in 2015 with support for Windows and macOS.
Realms of Chaos is a platform game written for DOS, published by Apogee Software as shareware in November 1995, with the full version released later that month. The game was authored by Keith Schuler, who had previously designed Paganitzu, and was originally to be a sequel entitled Alabama Smith and the Bloodfire Pendant. It is still sold by Apogee. Like previous platform Apogee games, this one utilized the FAST engine. The game was re-released in 2013 on GOG.com with support for Windows, macOS, and Linux.
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Today at 7 pm CST Bungie Software releases the Mac source code for their classic game "Marathon 2: Durandal" to the net.
Since its release in 1994, the game has been made freeware (available for download) and inducted into the Gamespy Hall of Fame in 2002.
From now on you can also get the first part of the POSTAL series for free on GOG.COM, this time permanently.
Apparently the excellent and unique military space sim, Starshatter: The Gathering Storm, has gone open source thanks to its original developer releasing the source code. [...]: "14 DEC, 2011 – STARSHATTER:THE GATHERING STORM – Open Source Version 5.0.5. This download Includes the cumulative Starshatter-TGS game up to version 5.0.5 (No CD Required). It is available for download from our "Lagacy Official File" section."
You will need an Ubi.com account and you must live in the U.S. to play the game