Racketboy Advent Calendar of free PC games!

[J T]

But Wait! There's more!

HOLIDAY BLOWOUT BONUS!!!
I have decided to also include a bunch of classic games that are not indie titles and were once sold at retail (with a few exceptions), but these are all now legally free games.

Alien Swarm

America’s Army 3

Area 51 (regional restrictions)

Battle Forge

BC Kid (aka Bonk)

Beneath a Steel Sky

Cave Story

Command & Conquer

De Blob

Death Rally

Dungeons & Dragons Online

Elder Scrolls: Arena (now with easy installer)

Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall (now with easy installer)

F.E.A.R. Combat

Full Spectrum Warrior (regional restrictions)

Goonies

Grand Theft Auto I & II, plus Wild Metal

Hidden & Dangerous Deluxe

League of Legends

Lord of the Rings Online

Marathon (series)

Mech Commander (series)

Mechwarrior 4

Psi-Ops: The Mindgate Conspiracy (regional restrictions

Railroad Tycoon Deluxe

R-Type

Sam & Max- Abe Lincoln Must Die

Savage: Battle for Newerth

Shin Megami Tensei: Imagine

The Suffering (regional restrictions)

Trackmania: Nations Forever

Tribes 2

Tyrian 2000

The Ur Quan Masteres (aka Star Control 2)

3D Realms shareware page (Duke Nukem, Blake Stone, etc)

Cinemaware games (It Came From the Desert, Defender of the Crown, etc.)

[YoshiEgg25]

J T, I want to thank you for putting this together. I've found a lot of games that I'd never have known about otherwise that I loved. I know you put a lot of work into this and I appreciate it.

[jfrost]

Thanks a lot for this, J T, specially for Tales of Game's Presents Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa (I had to type the entire name, yes). It's really funny how varied this game is compared to commercial JRPGs. Battle mechanics are really interesting, if silly.

Regarding Hydorah, I tried it a while ago, but I just couldn't enjoy it. It's far, far too hard, to the point where it's not enjoyable anymore. You crash your ship, you're back at the beginning of the level, and crashing your ship is just so stupidly easy. I can't have fun with this type of punishment. Every time I died it felt like I didn't learn anything.

[Hobie-wan]

Thanks for all the posting JT. TIGDB looks like a great resource.

[J T]

J T, I want to thank you for putting this together. I've found a lot of games that I'd never have known about otherwise that I loved. I know you put a lot of work into this and I appreciate it.

And thank you for keeping up with the ongoing list! The main thing that made this fun for me was not only finding some great games, but being able to talk with you and others about what we thought of the games. I suppose it was a lot of work, but it was too much fun for me to notice. Merry Christmas!

[J T]

Thanks a lot for this, J T, specially for Tales of Game's Presents Barkley, Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden, Chapter 1 of the Hoopz Barkley SaGa (I had to type the entire name, yes). It's really funny how varied this game is compared to commercial JRPGs. Battle mechanics are really interesting, if silly.

Regarding Hydorah, I tried it a while ago, but I just couldn't enjoy it. It's far, far too hard, to the point where it's not enjoyable anymore. You crash your ship, you're back at the beginning of the level, and crashing your ship is just so stupidly easy. I can't have fun with this type of punishment. Every time I died it felt like I didn't learn anything.

Barkley was one of my favorite finds as well.

I agree Hydorah is exceptionally difficult, but the board members here that maintain a 1CC philosophy about shmups will likely appreciate it, though I do think the game does have a continue system if you can actually get past the first level... which I cannot.

[J T]

Thanks for all the posting JT. TIGDB looks like a great resource.

You're welcome Hobie-wan. Yes, TIGDB was a great resource for this. Here are the main sites I pulled information from.

TIGDB
Free PC Gamers
Indie DB
Indie Games
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[Niode]

Thread of 2010 right here guys. Thanks again J T.

[J T]

Thread of 2010 right here guys. Thanks again J T.

Thanks dude. I had enough fun with it, I am already planning something similar for flash games.

[Niode]

You're welcome. I'll look forward to it.