Racketboy Advent Calendar of FREE PC Games: 2011

[J T]

Just like last year, I've decided to post a free PC or Flash game for every day leading to Christmas, like those advent calendars where you get a chocolate for every day of December.

Last year was a lot of fun and a few of the games I picked happened to go on to become mini-cult classics in the indie scene. Perhaps I'm nuts, because it was a lot of work to find a fun free game every day, but here we go again!

DECEMBER 1ST:
EGRESS


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SIZE: 57.5 MB

Egress is a point & click adventure game created in the AGS engine, but with a bit more style in the graphics than your typical AGS game. It has a quiet and lonely moodiness to it that I rather like, even though it may feel a bit slow-paced at times.



RUNNING LIST OF GAMES:
12/1: Egress
12/2: Ski Challenge 2012
12/3: Johnny Platform Saves Christmas
12/4: Hyper Princess Pitch
12/5: Tyrian 2000
12/6: Yeti
12/7: Frozzd
12/8: Golden Pearl
12/9: Treasure Adventure Game
12/10: Forgotten Kodama
12/11: A Fistful of Cows
12/12: Empire Earth (limited time offer)
12/13: Dream Ball 64
12/14: At a Distance
12/15: Broken Dimensions
12/16: Dig-N-Rig
12/17: Void
12/18: Deity
12/19: Solace
12/20: A Flipping Good Time
12/21: Escape From Puppy Death Factory
12/22: Epic Inventor
12/23: Dark Ocean
12/24: Gear
12/25: A bunch of games in one post!

[flojocabron]

i'm gonna have to make space on my hard drive now!

thanks!

[RetroGam3r]

Thanks JT keep up the good work.

[J T]

December 2nd:
SKI CHALLENGE 2012



Perfect for the winter time, today's free game is Ski Challenge, 2012! They make one of these every year, and they just get better and better. This year, for the first time, you can even play the game in your browser, though downloads are still available as well. There is a course calendar for when tracks open up. There are even prizes to be won for competitve racing.

[J T]

December 3rd
Johnny Platform Saves Christmas



'Tis the season, right? So here's a holiday themed game that you can pay $3 for on XBLIG, or just download for free on your PC. Johnny Platform Saves Christmas is a game where you drink a lot of coffee, kill evil robots, and in the process, save Christmas.

[J T]

December 4th
Hyper Princess Pitch



Princess Pitch is angry... angry because Mecha Santa didn't bring her the toys she wanted. Now she has decided to exact her revenge in a Smash TV style bloodbath that, if you're successful, will destroy Christmas.

[J T]

December 5th
Tyrian 2000 (Christmas Activated)



A lot of you are already aware that the classic shmup, Tyrian 2000, is a free game at gog.com... BUT did you know that if you try to load the game in the month of December you will get a message that says "Christmas has been detected. Do you want to activate Christmas? (Y/N)". If you type "Y" it will then load a Christmas themed version of the game where you shoot candy canes and presents instead of bullets. Ho ho ho!

[RetroGam3r]

Im flying through that Johnny Platformer game.I do enjoy the simple style and the story is good enough to keep my attention aswel.

For some reason it reminded me of Daze Before Christmas on SNES,Which I am playing through emu on my psp.

Thanks again though for your finds JT.

[sevin0seven]

Hyper Princess Pitch



Princess Pitch is angry... angry because Mecha Santa didn't bring her the toys she wanted. Now she has decided to exact her revenge in a Smash TV style bloodbath that, if you're successful, will destroy Christmas.

i will definitely try this one.

[J T]

December 6th
YETI



In Yeti, you are a documentary filmmaker who has set out to film the mythical Yeti in the snowy Himalayan mountains. The game is viewed through a camera lens, and plays like a point and click adventure with an off-kilter sense of humor. So get out there and see if you can find this beatiful beast in his natural habitat.