OPENRA(balanced, reworked C&C ORIGINALS + Native linux) [C&C ORIGINALS became freeware several years ago]
Renegade X [Fan made sequel to C&C Renegade]
GTA and GTA2 [became freeware several years ago]
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Are we counting in mobile games, cause then the list gets really f*ing long…
Remember, you must own Red Alert 2 & Yuri’s Revenge in order to play online CnCNet’s free server.
Note, Yuri’s Revenge must be installed to play on CnCNet’s Free Server. The game is not included in this download. EA Games have not released Yuri’s Revenge as Freeware. You can buy a digital copy of all Command & Conquer games from the EA Origin Store
Red alert 2 is not free ware, just the server software for them is.
Same for Dune 2000
Remember, you must own Dune 2000 in order to play online CnCNet’s free server.
Renegade is that same
Download & Install Renegade
You can now buy a digital copy of all 12 Command & Conquer games from the EA Origin Store. If you have Renegade already, skip this step.
Only C&C, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun are free.
GTA 1 & 2 are free at the discression of Rockstar. They are currently not free but were previously.
The op asks for actually good games so I doubt it’ll be that long.
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For old point n click adventures use ScummVM. There are some freeware games for download in the website like Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword. There’s tons more but how you get them is your concern.
There’s also a ScummVM app for Android if you want to play those games on your phone. Wendell played Day of the Tentacle with it in the Zenfone review from a view years ago.
So far i’ve left them out. If there is interest in adding them, i could make a second table for it.
Very relevant
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I haven’t played it yet but the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5 is supposed to be pretty decent.
It should be available on Android devices too, but I linked Apple since I downloaded it onto my iPad from there lol. I haven’t played it much yet though. First impressions are the UI is a little clunky but the experience is mostly the same so far.
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Maybe on tablets, cause it’s not when I check from my Nokia garbage phone… Oh I hate it so much…
In 2009~ all WestWood C&C games were available for free download, I assumed it was then “freeware”. Long before the re-release, maybe licensing terms were changed since? I recall downloading The Command and Conquer Collection. Officially…
Same with GTA 1 & 2 was officially available for free download from Rockstar, but I can’t find it anymore. GTA2 is still categorized as freeware on Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Freeware_games
Yeah they were both a temporarily available. they have since been made pay for again. though this has lead to many websites still offering them fro free in a legally questionable way.
Well there’s no other way to currently get them aside from ebay resale… As they were removed from steam several years ago, due to zero compatibility with modern systems. For a long time you could get it VIA the GTA Complete Pack.
Which is funny as I got GTA 1 and 2 through the collection (I caught the ninja edit) and can just install and play it fine. It was a licencing thing not a compatibility thing.
Just to add because I almost forgot about this:
Warning Forever - http://www.hikware.com/Prod/
Wikipedia describes this as “a freeware 2D fixed (top-down) shooter for the Windows platform written by Japanese indie developer Hikoza T Ohkubo”. Its just boss fights each stage. Then it adapts to your strategy on how you take it down
Any details on the licensing? I don’t recall any music, too they would just remove the infringing material like any of their other games.
I haven’t tried it in years, but it would make the mouse super slow and give a PC speaker beep whenever you move the mouse, this issue also exists in South Park Stick of truth.
GTAIII also lack compatibility. Main Menu will not render without a frame limitter etc. GTA2 wouldn’t launch, -fixed it, -launched minimized mouse super slow and PC speaker beeping - fixed it -game is artifacting[kind of like tearing but rather than a single line cutting the frame it looks like VCR lines]
Bois, we’re getting way off into the weeds here.
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Was in reference to GTA 1 & 2.
They did, I was wrong, I lost track of them and couple not find the link again. I assumed that had been taken down for some reason.
Turns out that was just outside Europe. They took them out of the GTA Collection on steam and off the free download page for the rest of the world but they do still exist officially free from Rockstar on one of their European sites.
https://gta.com.ua/rockstargames-classics-free-download.phtml
This is correct. Sorry for the mix up.
If you like arena shooters like Quake and Unreal, TOXIKK is very fun. But unfortunately, nobody plays it anymore, even though it’s free…