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Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Strategy - Recent Posts http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/tags/strategy Giveaway of the Day Forums » Tag: Strategy - Recent Posts en-US Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:00:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 137 - Good Games to Grab - Transcendence (sci-fi strategy adventure)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9619#post-90315 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 21:59:20 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 90315@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ This is an excellent update. Sorry, I tried to post a comment yesterday, but was having connection problems. I'd forgotten aabout this one. found it lurking in my freeware to play folder on a back up disk. chazzo125 on "Week 137 - Good Games to Grab - Transcendence (sci-fi strategy adventure)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9619#post-90304 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:05:08 +0000 chazzo125 90304@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Lol - Never mind that, you'll find the game more than worth it! :) Idunnobutiwastold on "Week 137 - Good Games to Grab - Transcendence (sci-fi strategy adventure)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9619#post-90303 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:00:50 +0000 Idunnobutiwastold 90303@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yikes. Just when I thought I had the 'Speed-Reading' thing nailed, it turns into a proverbial double-edged sword. chazzo125 on "Week 137 - Good Games to Grab - Transcendence (sci-fi strategy adventure)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9619#post-90297 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 11:20:55 +0000 chazzo125 90297@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi Idunno - I hope you enjoy the game! You'll find the link you give the same as on the second line of my post! :) Idunnobutiwastold on "Week 137 - Good Games to Grab - Transcendence (sci-fi strategy adventure)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9619#post-90294 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 09:16:04 +0000 Idunnobutiwastold 90294@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks for the review, Chazzo. :) Awesome screenshots! Looking forward to playing this game. ------------ Footnote: Pavid & Whiterabbit have it listed in the forums' Games Synopsis: <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4624#post-49493" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4624#post-49493</a> chazzo125 on "Week 137 - Good Games to Grab - Transcendence (sci-fi strategy adventure)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/9619#post-90291 Sat, 23 Apr 2011 00:17:47 +0000 chazzo125 90291@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Transcendence (16Mb) Transcendence is a free and excellent space combat adventure with strategy elements. It was first posted as an alternative to the giveaway 2 years ago <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4624#post-49493">HERE</a>, with today's posting following the latest full version 1.01 release this month. In the two years from WR’s previous post it has had a major spruce-up, and is now fully complete for playing the game after 7 years development so far. There is further progress afoot though and it is rumoured that about ¾ of the game ideas have been implemented, so although out of the Alpha and Beta stages, we can expect some further very good future developments. Things have moved on a lot from the days of ‘Elite’! <center><img src="http://cdn2.download-free-games.com/imgs/prod/title/transcendence.png"></center> If you want to do some real-time space exploration with randomly-generated star systems and items, then Transcendence is right up to the mettle. But you might need nerves of steel to do battle with space pirates, enemy alien ships/space stations and enemy solar or galactic systems. However, when you get killed, all is not lost as there a single save slot which can reload from where you left off. As with ‘Naev’ (still in Beta) and the pay for ‘Escape Velocity Nova’, Transcendence features a top-down isometric perspective, fast-paced combat, many ships, a large variety of equipment and a large galaxy to explore. The game is also highly open-ended, letting you proceed at your own pace. Because minor environments and item locations are random for each game, it has a huge replayability, as each new game will be different in many respects to the previous one. <center><img src="http://www.blogcdn.com/news.bigdownload.com/media/2009/01/trans-2.jpg"></center> You commence with one of three space ships, an empty cargo hold, just a few credits and some very basic equipment. Your goal is to reach the centre of the galaxy where it is fabled two mysterious beings ‘Oracus’ and Domina’ with colossal powers, reside. But Oracus is threatening the stability of the galaxy, if not the whole universe, and only Domina can stop Oracus’s plan for domination. There are a series of star-gates left by some unknown race that enable faster than light travel. <center><img src="http://img251.imageshack.us/img251/9847/introductiono.jpg"></center> There are pre-planned major systems and major encounters amongst the randomly generated elements of the game. There are also friendly forces out there, so trade plays an important facet and there are a wide and imaginative range of missions; some military, some civilian, giving plenty of scope for choice and variety. You might for instance choose between taking part in a medical experiment, to escort another space ship, carry a highly sensitive and risky cargo, do some smuggling, or some bounty hunting or take on a mercenary mission, or choose a combat mission. Whatever you decide, you can be sure of meeting enemies as well as friends en mission! <center>Commonwealth ships and space stations</center> <center><img src="http://img687.imageshack.us/img687/9494/overviewk.jpg"></center> As well as trade and battle you will need to loot destroyed space fighters and space stations to add to your funds/equipment. The player has some mysterious link with Domina, and can gain some limited use of Domina’s powers by making donations at various Domina monastery space stations! During the game confederation races, split factions, outlaws and alien races will be encountered. Some missions give the player access to upgraded technology, eg developed by the military. When you have sufficient funds you can buy ship, weapon and equipment upgrades from friendly outposts and trading stations. <center><img src="http://sunrisecodeworks.com/Transcendence.jpg"></center> If you should find the linear nature of the star-gate travel system a bit restrictive, you might then want to consider larger commercial games, but there’s still a huge scope for exploration in Transcendence, and many differences between games, if starting from scratch again for the fun of it! As the game uses an open source XML format and custom Lisp scripting, experienced users can write their own scenarios, modify the story or even generate their own game elements. You can find some 'mods' out there made by other players. You set out to survive and constantly upgrade the ship's armor, weapons and internals, in your quest to find ‘Domina’and defeat the evil ‘Oracus’. There are a huge number of enemy ship types and weapon systems, and devices you can only learn the purpose of by using them. Some of these devices, ‘upgrade’ chips and canisters might turn out to be very dangerous especially in inexpert hands! Some turn out to be just downright dangerous! But some might be of great value and use! <center><img src="http://neurohack.com/transcendence/screenshots/images/System_Map_Thumb.jpg"></center> The ‘future’ sci-fi technological advances are as you might expect, very well developed, and words like antimatter, ion flame and dark acid to name just a few, will soon be part of your speech and engine and craft upgrade/space-thrust/weapon inventory! The main focus is on combat, and the resultant rewards! Battles happen real-time, shmup style, using the arrow keys to move, and different keys for weapons, firing etc. <center><img src="http://halr9000.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/image2.png"></center> The game is keyboard driven, with the mouse just used in-menu, so it is as well to print a copy of the keyboard allocation and have this to hand for reference while playing! You approach a new system in your star-ship. Do you chance battle with your recently weakened hull, take your chances with some slave traders, or retreat to a safe port for repair? <center><img src="http://neurohack.com/transcendence/screenshots/images/St_Katharines_Thumb.jpg"></center> Descriptions such as awesome, superb, splendid and so on while sometimes seeming trite, do apply in good measure here. It really is a remarkably great free game and will give you many many hours of very pleasurable, sometimes tense play and exploration and with truly great gameplay including mega battles, if it’s your type of game! One such recommendation - “This game is by far and away one of the very best free games I have played in a long, long time”. Video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FU16URpGY"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FU16URpGY" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5FU16URpGY</a></a> Download <a href="http://neurohack.com/transcendence/">HERE</a> Manual <a href="http://neurohack.com/transcendence/explore/PlayersGuide.html">HERE</a> delenn13 on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73425 Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:38:39 +0000 delenn13 73425@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks Wrascally Wabbit! Dinosaurs and recycling! Added to your folder.:) Khai on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73346 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:21:13 +0000 Khai 73346@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ no, they are not free. please check your sources.. they are owned by TakeTwo. actually to quote (from TakeTwo's 2007 Annual Report - <a href="http://ir.take2games.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-07-15029" rel="nofollow">http://ir.take2games.com/secfiling.cfm?filingID=1104659-07-15029</a> ) <blockquote> Software Content and Licensing We have established a portfolio of successful proprietary software content. We own all of the intellectual property rights associated with the following brands: Grand Theft Auto, Midnight Club, Bully, Rockstar Games Presents Table Tennis, Sid Meier’s Civilization, Sid Meier’s Railroads!, Sid Meier’s Pirates, Manhunt, Red Dead Revolver, Max Payne, Smuggler’s Run, Spec Ops, Bioshock, Top Spin, Amped, Links, Railroad Tycoon and Xcom.</blockquote> Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73336 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:58:58 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 73336@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ The first two in the series are free now, though you will still see them included in XCom packages. I almost bought the Steam pack, but decided not to as I already have similar games. Khai on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73335 Sun, 28 Feb 2010 08:02:06 +0000 Khai 73335@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ actually the XCOM series are not abandonware. they are owned by TakeTwo now and sold through them and Steam.... Zanza on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73320 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 21:28:11 +0000 Zanza 73320@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ no prob. but could you please tell me from what game this screenshots were? i mean they looked very like command and conquer but it didnt look like original interface. so was it a mod maybe? Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73319 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 20:35:18 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 73319@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Hi Zanza, Thanks for pointing that out. you are right. I had too many images uploading at the time and they have got mixed in with XCOM Zanza on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73318 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:50:00 +0000 Zanza 73318@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ hey whiterabbit, the third and fifth ingame-screenshots you posted for x-com seem to be from another game. they look like command and conquer. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73300 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:27:05 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 73300@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I've got more games to post for tomorrow. These include abrilliant puzzle game called Drod (there's a whole series of DROD games available , but this one is the only freeware one. gorgeous graphics and excellent game play. There will hopefully be one of the original Need for Speed games, though i've been having problems getting it to work. There's an iso image of soldiers at war an excellent WWII strategy game (I've still got an original CD of this game), plus a little known Lemmings game called Lemmings Paintball. Theres also teo more big games, but I'm still not sure of their legality yet. one is called PlanescapeP: tormnt a brilliant rts game from 1999 (gorgeous rich graphics plus another futuristic rts called L.E.D. Wars (I got a copy of it free with a purchase of Mortyr many years ago. Finally I have a great retro space shooter that's reminicient of the arcade games from the 1980's. he viewpoint is isometric rather than side scrolling or top down. It's actually a remake so the graphics look excellent. What's it called? Zaxxon Retro Remake. If I have the time I may add a few more games to make up for the lack of many games over the last week, especially if i have to scrap the ones i'm not sure about.. wizzard has been extremely busy getting ready for his wedding, plus work, so hasn't had much time to post every day. Though the games he posted earlier this week were excellent. Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 77 - Free games for the Weekend - Prehistorik 2, UFO Enemy, Ecoquest I & II" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/7097#post-73288 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 08:14:19 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 73288@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Seeing as ther is no Game Giveaway this weekend, i've dug out some excellent games for you for today and tomorrow (watch out for Sundays games later today (I'm not going to force myself to get up early to post them, so will post them later today). Today we have a great little pixilated side scrolling platform game involving dinosaurs in Prehistorik 2, then an excellent strategy game with UFO: Ememy Unknown (it's placed 78 in the the EDGE Online's list of games 100 games you should have on your computer; I'll have another one from the list tomorrow, (I think I may have already posted this sometime in the past, but it's well worth posting for a second time as i'm sure many will have missed it. I've also included a couple of games for the kids with the two EcoQuest titles, (though they are not just for the kids)and the final game for today is an earlier version of speedball, which was released at the end of the last century (lol). Most of the games play via XP, if one doesn't, try DOSBox. (I haven't had time to test any of the games in DOSBox yet) Prehistorik 2 (1.02Mb) The game runs fine in XP. Once unpacked you’ll have to manually place the games folder whever you wish to place it then create a desktop shortcut. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/59288184968694502718.gif"></center> <blockquote>"Eat and beat your way through 150 screens of awesome, nourishing fun and relive the Prehistorik epic in this incredible platform game. Armed with your Diner Club Anticus, proven to be the ancestor of the baseball bat, you start in pursuit of the Hilarious Maxidocus and take on armies of hairy spiders. Explore the virgin icefields of Antarctica, lush tropic jungles, and the dark and mysterious caverns of the shady continent. Don't worry about beatin' and meatin', it's for the good of the T-bone tribe. The hunt for lunch is on; come and get it!" -- Ad Blurb. Prehistorik is a solid conversion of Titus' Amiga platform hit. The game's highlights are the zany humor, inventive levels, and humorous antics of both your caveman and the enemies. What I like in particular about the game is the many creative weapons you can find and use, as well as secret paths that lead to bonus items. The music is also quite catchy, and better than most games of its type (unfortunately, the PC music, as usual, can't compare to the rocking tune of Amiga version). The sequel Prehistorik 2 boasts even better graphics, as well as all-new levels and monsters. It also removes a semi-annoying requirement in Prehist orik that you must collect a certain amount of food before proceeding to the next level. This makes the game more fun, as you no longer need to roam around levels over and over, looking for that one last food. Overall, both games are fun, "feel-good" platformers that provide just the right level of challenge for the dexterity challenged (like me), with fun levels that are difficult, but not too difficult to frustrate you. Both are highly recommended!</blockquote> Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvfGNkA94k" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fDvfGNkA94k</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpm8-e58kcA" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpm8-e58kcA</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4IQ26Y2Zhs" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J4IQ26Y2Zhs</a> Download: <a href="http://takegame.com/action/htm/prehistorik2.htm" rel="nofollow">http://takegame.com/action/htm/prehistorik2.htm</a> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- UFO Enemy Unknown aka X-COM: UFO defense (3.38Mb) <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/23435171138367267875.jpg"></center> UFO: Enemy Unknow was developed by Microprose back in the early 90’s. There are two executables: try "ufo defense.exe" first, as it seems to work better. If you experience any video card problems or lockups, "ufo.exe" should work okay. <blockquote>You're the chairman of a worldwide organization with the purpose of combating alien invasions on Earth that become more frequent and violent by the minute, as well as researching on alien technology you come across. Your funds come from the trust the rich countries of the world put on you: if you manage to keep aliens away from civils and have an overall good reputation, the countries will gradually decide to grant you more money to keep working. If not, they might decrease the level of investment, and could even ally with the aliens! The basic difference is that in Enemy unknown the action happens on land (ie. cities or the countryside of just any continent) and Terror from the deep takes place pretty much only underwater, using subs and very special survival material. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/96743037825197983722.gif"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/91924685905979277539.jpg"></center> This beginning of the X-COM series (the two first games) is *very* challenging, almost too much. But it's rewarding. It offers a unique management game, where you have to deal with scientists, research, production of equipment, purchases/sales, headquarters, air ships, strike teams... as well as one of the best tactical strategy games ever developed. Once your strike team reach an UFO crash, land or wreckage site, or intervene on an alien invasion on some big city, the game turns into a thrilling tactical hunt through a number of different landscapes, from urban to countryside, from jungle to desert, and the underwater landscapes in Terror from the deep. And here you can ruin everything all in one wrong turn. The humans are dangerously vulnerable to the alien weaponry, while some of the UFOs bring beings that resemble war machines all too well. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/96120096732433208950.jpg"></center> There aren't many commands, but you'll have to get used to rules of safety in the field and management of the base, and that's why the game is so challenging. Even experienced players may need luck sometimes. I can't think of a flaw, the game works fine, it is just perfect, all you'll have a hard time doing is adjusting to the challenge of it. Terror from the deep plays slightly better than its predecessor, but both games are nearly flawless. Overall, the fun factor of these games is undeniable. I don't know a boy of my generation who hasn't played at least one of them, and if you didn't, believe me: fix it before it's too late. Reference <a href="http://abandoneer.com/games.php?gameid=24" rel="nofollow">http://abandoneer.com/games.php?gameid=24</a> [quote]Base building, turn-based strategy, RPG like squad development, resource management – UFO enemy Unknown could have been sprawing, but smartly interlocks it all into singularity. Building the base that houses the squad that’s equioed to attack the alien base to capture the cmmander to research him to advance the story – UFO puts you in charge of everything. Such involvement lends missions great consequence and enthralling tension, with every soldier both vital and mortally vunerable</blockquote> Reference “The hundred best games to play today” <a href="http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-100-best-games-to-play-today?page=0%2C2" rel="nofollow">http://www.edge-online.com/features/the-100-best-games-to-play-today?page=0%2C2</a> (see entry 78) Download: <a href="http://abandoneer.com/games.php?gameid=24" rel="nofollow">http://abandoneer.com/games.php?gameid=24</a> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . EcoQuest - The Search for Cetus <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/10884984552445181160.png"></center> Installation: There is no installer included with the download package. you have to manually install both EcoQuest games and then create your own desktop shortcuts. Although both games are supposed to work within windows I had problems getting them to work. with thhis game it ran fine in windows apart from the audio which wouldn't initialize, whereas the second game I couldn't get to work at all. you'll find help files within the games folders that give tips on how to play the game. Don't let DOSBox put you off setting this up for the children. It's a decent educational game with gorgeous images. In EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus, you play a little boy named Adam who is the son of an ecologist and was brought up to value preserving the Earth. The game starts with Adam moving to a new location, with no friends. What’s a new kid to do? Well, if you answered "Make friends with a talking dolphin and begin an undersea adventure to save the ocean," you’d be correct! What begins as a simple friendship with the talking dolphin, Delphinius, soon explodes when he requests aid from you to help his undersea city. Leaving the surface world behind, Adam begins an adventure involving the discovery of his role in a prophecy of a human boy removing the human waste in the ocean, defeating the flesh-eater, and freeing Cetus, the city's protector. In the end you save the city while learning many important life lessons. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/37101414003083338446.png"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/02881967965673607945.png"></center> The gameplay is similar to any other Sierra game of the time, with a basic point-and-click interface. The graphics are on par with King’s Quest 5 and make for a great game. This game also introduces the recycling icon, whereby Adam can collect trash in his recycling bag! Not only do you learn important ecological principles, but these principles aren’t force-fed to you. This game was originally designed for teaching young kids the importance of preserving the Earth, yet is fun for all ages. The only reason this game got a 4 rather than a 5 is its length. After logging a decent hour - maybe two hours - of game play I discovered I was already three quarters of the way done. Due to such short game play and the somewhat linear plot, this game only scores a 4 with me. Also the puzzles are fairly straightforward with usually very little trouble involved in solving them. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/32951684912944048381.png"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/03149626176174097115.png"></center> In the end, this game is a decent adventure game for all ages. It may be short, but during that short period it’s a lot of fun. A quick note; the code for the door in the beginning is 9721. Sorry to give it away but if you can discover this number without using a guide, be my guest. So sit back, grab your recycling container, turn off all your unnecessary light sources and get ready for some light ecological fun! [i]Works in XP or DOSBox <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/25022344893539367694.png"></center> Forum comments: <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/forum?url=showthread.php?t=614" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/forum?url=showthread.php?t=614</a> . Download <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/182/EcoQuest+-+The+Search+for+Cetus.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/182/EcoQuest+-+The+Search+for+Cetus.html</a> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . EcoQuest 2 - Lost Secret of the Rainforest (6.42Mb) <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/19626586345203170619.png"></center> I had difficulty getting this game to work in windows though there are supposed to be windows install files within the games folder. It works perfectly well via DOSBox though. After releasing EcoQuest: The Search for Cetus in 1991, Sierra followed up with this bright, fun sequel. In EcoQuest 2: Lost Secret of the Rainforest, you play young Adam Greene who, with his father Noah, an ecologist, arrives in a third-world country to study the rainforest. After becoming separated from his father Adam ventures alone into the rainforest, to discover the secret of the mysterious Forest Heart, find the lost City of Gold and attempt to help the endangered Grove People. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/79861283775330169807.png"></center> The game is targeted mostly at the younger end of the market, but adults would also enjoy the lush graphics and the interesting information about ecology and rainforests revealed by your e-corder. The game seemed a little tedious at first, with a little too much help popping up, but when Adam reaches the rainforest and climbs the giant tree smothered in exotic flowers, birds and creatures, it becomes rather fun... like a tropical version of the Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/97587603464675577855.png"></center> If you like wandering around lush forests and interacting with wee beasties, and performing heroic deeds while being presented with educational tit-bits along the way, as I do, then you'll enjoy this game. However, if you prefer your action to come fast and furious, then this gentle, thoughtful game might not appeal. But you do get to play around with an e-corder. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/90292281835907454799.png"></center> Using Windows 98 and DOSBox, I received a 'Your Hardware Has Not Been Initialised' error message at the start of the game. I tried opening the game in pure DOS but received the same message. I went back to using DOSBox, but this time when the error screen appeared, I clicked 'Esc' and the screen closed and the game introduction started. By the way, the music and sound effects proceeded to work fine. However, a warning to those using Windows XP: I found this message on another abandonware games site: A slowdown utility *must* be used to run the game -- otherwise you will get a faulty "888.pal not found" error. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/75233346528569917769.png"></center> . Download: <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/215/EcoQuest+2+-+Lost+Secret+of+the+Rainforest.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/215/EcoQuest+2+-+Lost+Secret+of+the+Rainforest.html</a> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Speedball 2 (<1Mb) <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/03509428561903958619.png"> </center> Way back in the year 2095 the Speedball-league was unregulated and ungoverned due to corruption and violence. Five years later in an attempt to regain public interest the sport was reorganised: Speedball 2 was born. Another five years pass till a new team emerges. The name of this team is Brutal Deluxe. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/22996218706936162116.png"></center> Speedball is some kind of a rugby-soccer-handball-mix plus NO penalties for fouls. In fact one of the things you do most of the time is to beat the crap out of the other team. While doing so you try to hit the opponents goal (after you tried to get rid the keeper), collecting coins for extra money, beamers or speed-ups and hitting the extra-point-goals at the sides of the court. The metal-ball you play with is held in the hand and you can pass it to your team mates if you are oppressed too much. Each game has two halfs of 90 seconds. Before a game starts you can upgrade your players by buying power ups and training units. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/63870960855890743844.png"></center> The gameplay itself is very fast and that is marvelous! You really get into it. The only two bad things are that you never know the name of your current character which would be fine to know when buy the upgrades and the second is that it‘s quite confusing which player will be yours when your current player disappears from the screen. The computer switches to the player that is nearest to the ball. But sometimes you run in the wrong direction for a time. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/77582525761737139838.png"></center> There are different game modes that can be played in single player mode: Tournament, League and Manager Mode. When playing the latter you just buy and sell players and get them upgraded and equipped. The computer makes the hard work and controls all of your players during the match. Maybe the best thing in this game is the multiplayer mode. It is great to play against your friends. If you decide to play the Tournament be sure to do some practising rounds first. Well at the beginning your team Brutal Deluxe is nothing more than a bunch of losers and you have to fight quite hard to earn your money. But by the time it gets more and more brutal. I bet you‘ll love it! <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/90697212457386605342.png"></center> The graphics are not superb but very nice for a sports game. Everything is done is the typical Bitmap Brothers metal-look. The sounds could have been better but it‘s OK because the gameplay compensates everything. If sounds and graphics are more important to you, you probably should try the Amiga version or get the PlayStation version Speedball 2100 which was released autumn 2000. The game is most fun when you play fullscreen and with a joystick - that really beams you back to the late 80s/early 90s. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/18248101006715506598.png"></center> Video: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4s2IimFn-c" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4s2IimFn-c</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdk2u51ufc" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VVdk2u51ufc</a> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwG2JEtV41U" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwG2JEtV41U</a> . Download <a href="http://www.abandonia.com/games/592/" rel="nofollow">http://www.abandonia.com/games/592/</a> ==================================================================================================== Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-73081 Mon, 22 Feb 2010 23:33:31 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 73081@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks Wizz, missed this ages ago. Just revisited so tha tI could add it to the games synopsis. wizzard_of_ozz2004 on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-69079 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:23:09 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 69079@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Link is now fixed Bigun. =) Bigun on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-69076 Sun, 13 Dec 2009 06:56:34 +0000 Bigun 69076@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Rabbit: Your GameSpot reference link for "Strange Adventures in Infinite Space" is a broken link. It is a 404 you are out of there bust. You review however, is top notch as usual. But, do I have to pay fifteen dollars for free game? wizzard_of_ozz2004 on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-68926 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:59:09 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 68926@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Should run fine tnip, it only requires 64mb minimum and suggests 128. thenameipicked on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-68915 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:33:44 +0000 thenameipicked 68915@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ How would this game (the first) run on 2 Gigs of ram? (Looking for a approximate guess) Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-68907 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:54:11 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 68907@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ I've updated Wednesdays free games adding an extra space strategy game (above in the first post) and the precursor to Battlecruiser Millenium in this post: Battlecruiser 3000 (134Mb) <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/64466436571879348711.jpg"></center> There was a lot of controversy over the following game release back in 1999. Derek Smart the lead developer of the game has since said that it was the distributor who forced the game to be released in time for the Christmas rush that was to blame for the fiasco that ensued. Anyway to cut a boring story short. Derek Smart bought the rights for the game back and then released it as freeware with some tweaks. The game engine was then used to develop its sequel BattleCruiser Millenium (BCM), which has since been released as freeware and was the main game for today’s free games The developer has had a long history of space simulators to his credit, with emphasis on both space flight and on the ground action culminating in the recently released game All Aspects Warfare and Angle of Attack, which I almost bought recently when Steam had it on half price sale, but decided it was too specialist for me (it’s a game for flight Sim’ aficionados though it does have some First Person Shooter elements to it. I ended up buying section 8 instead which was more to my liking. There is one more game in the series that’s also been released as freeware, which will be included in the free games for the weekend project sometime in the new year or maybe oer the Christmas period. :) <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/75459931214040734821.jpg"></center> Here’s some of the more positive aspects to Battlecruiser 3000. I’ve copied the review from Gamespot. I’ve omitted the introduction, which covers the scandal regarding the games buggy-ness (it holds the distinction of being the buggiest game ever released), as well as any mention of the bugginess. I’ve only played the game for q few minutes to check to see if it does work, so can’t say how bad the game is with respect to crashes etc. It’s a lot smaller download size to BCM, so I though those on dial up may want to see what you could expect from BCM but with a lot less download to worry about. If you like it, then you could safely download the larger game. BCM is a major update to the game otherwise they are basically the same, so if you’ve downloaded BCM, there’s no need to download this DOS version. The game was improved/tweaked by the developer before it was released as freeware to try and improved the overall running. It is a DOS based game, one of the few that were released at this time as Windows held a firm grip on computer operating systems by the time the game was released. Bearing in mind, the game was first developed prior to Windows being released. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/34061657247575735320.jpg"></center> <blockquote>Battlecruiser 3000 A.D. was planned as a universe simulator, without any real gameplay in the conventional sense, just a world to explore in a large starship that carried several smaller, faster fighter craft. Realizing that this was an unfulfilling structure for a game, the developers added a mission-based campaign, so that you actually have objectives and some sort of narrative. In the end, BC3K shipped with three modes of play: "Xtreme Carnage" is a jump-in action mode, Advanced Campaign Mode is a series of linked missions, and Free Flight is the free-range storyless mode in which you wander the galaxy looking for trouble. According to the hype, BC3K offers an exciting array of new features. With a set of systems - including a bridge view, a tactical ops screen, a navigation mode, and various screens which process and provide information - you can travel to different star systems, scan planet surfaces, send out shuttles and fighter craft, interact with aliens and distant empires, and conduct landing missions and ground combat with jet-pack-equipped space marines.</blockquote> Download: The only download I could find was from fileplanet. I’m not 100% sure, but you may need to create a free account before you can download from fileplanet. I’ve have a paid subscription for several years now, and can’t remember whether you can still download without creating an account. : <a href="http://www.fileplanet.com/62798/60000/fileinfo/Battlecruiser-3000AD-v.-2.09" rel="nofollow">http://www.fileplanet.com/62798/60000/fileinfo/Battlecruiser-3000AD-v.-2.09</a> Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 65 - Free game for the weekday - Battlecruiser Millenium + ..Infinite Space" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6684#post-68884 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:37:47 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 68884@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Today’s game is quite a large download as free games go. It was originally a commercial game and was converted to freeware several years ago to make way for more ambitious projects. Despite its age there is some brilliant game play to be had out of this gem of a free game. . I’ve previously posted a mention of the game in the space shoot ‘em ups thread, but its never been included in the free games for the weekdays project. Its rare that you get a space sim with atmospheric flight and ground manouvers all in one game. This game effectively gives you three games a shooter, a flght sim and a space sim. I've posted more than my usual several images to reflect this aspect of the game. Sorry if your pages were slow in loading. Battlecruiser Millenium (230Mb) <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/95208845418701201068.jpg"></center> Spaceflight simulators have been around in many forms for over 15 years now, and for the most part they generally take on one distinct form or another. Some games are linear and have the player complete missions in order to advance the story, and others are privateer sims where the player has freedom and the object of amassing wealth and a powerful space ship. Battlecruiser Millennium, on the other hand, allows you to do so much more than your average space sim. If you've ever dreamed of commanding a capital ship complete with its own crew, then BCM is your game. Commanding ships aren't the only thing you can do; you can instead choose to play as a fighter pilot or marine. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/70529961605122489187.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/42628839921752976243.jpg"></center> As commander, you are given your own capital ship, either a carrier, transport, or cruiser (ship classes are dependent by race and caste) and are responsible for the ship and its crew. Based on your caste (military, explorer, paramedic, commercial, trader, etc), you'll have different things to do to serve your people and government, and you'll see more or less action based on your initial choices. You can take your ship anywhere in the galaxy via jump points and wormholes, though you won't always meet friendly faces. You are not limited to the coldness of space; you may enter the atmosphere of planets and moons and land on their surfaces as well. Many planets and moons in Sol (including the moon), as well as in other systems can be visited, and they all have their own unique climates and topography (just don't attempt water landing...). Some planets and moons are empty, while others have cities and bases on their surfaces. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/19877722224741841268.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/04072133298964752433.jpg"></center> Commanding a starship is the most complex aspect of the game. Your bridge crew help control ship operations, and your personnel work to keep the ship and its crew in good shape. Medics help your crew recover from injuries, while engineers repair, replace, and upgrade vital ship components. Marines are used to defend your ship against boarding parties and to prevent prisoners from escaping, or they could be sent to attack enemy bases on planet surfaces or capture space stations. As a commander, you are not limited to the bridge of your ship; you could choose to pilot a shuttle, fighter, or ATV (typically used by marines on planet surfaces). If you want, you could even walk around on the outside of your ship or fight on a planet's surface. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/68821015498990574720.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/53908497037775261164.jpg"></center> Your starship has many important facilities and systems on board that can be damaged in the course of a battle or in hostile environments. If your medbay is damaged, wounded personnel may not be able to recover as quickly. If turbo lifts are disabled, your crews may not be able to get from place to place quickly. Some facilities and systems are more important, such as life support or nuclear reactors, while others can wait until later, like research labs. Your starship also requires fuel to power its systems; radine is needed for nuclear reactors, plutonium for shields, and irridium for cloaking devices. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/92126079975419243262.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/46176713946166730497.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/12481839858614285117.jpg"></center> When you command a carrier, you have fighters that can fly in space and in atmosphere, and are used to protect your carrier as well as seek out enemy targets. Carriers are slower and have less firepower than cruisers, but they make up for it with the increased marine capacity, a cloaking system, and the presence of fighters. Both cruisers and carriers can carry shuttles, which, though unarmed, are good for evacuating personnel, deploying mining drones to collect minerals, rescuing other units, and towing ships. If you choose to play as a fighter pilot or a marine, the game is much less complex. Both may be deployed from carriers, space stations, or planet bases and engage threats to their assigned base or conduct strike missions against enemy targets, depending on what type of pilot or marine you are. All marines are assigned jetpacks. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/21943266160667636283.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/02599210667896458594.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/89781470435557101619.jpg"></center> BCM is best played in a roaming campaign which permits you the ability to travel the universe and do what you want. BCM also features a number of scenarios to help you practice playing in different situations, and a full campaign (though the missions are incredibly difficult, even for seasoned veterans of the game). The only real problem with BCM is the incredibly steep learning curve. The best way to learn BCM is by playing as a cruiser or carrier commander because it offers you the ability to try everything the game has to offer. A copy of the manual is also important. Another problem, albeit a minor one, is that certain castes don't play very well in BCM, such as science, police, or explorer. Everything in BCM is in real-time, so you may have to let your ship land on some uninhabited moon somewhere while your mining drones harvest minerals or your crews rest; nothing will happen while the game is not running, so you'll have to keep it active during that time. BCM does not take to being minimized very well, so you'll have to use another computer to do things if you want your ship to continue operating. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/48936091080924612717.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/96241605421416016022.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/77113273967912545848.jpg"></center> Features: • Ground Breaking Seamless Space and Planetary Terrain Engines, Graphics Support up to 1280 x 1024 in 32-Bit • Advanced DirectX Support Including Hardware T&L for Supported Cards, Roam, Campaign, Instant Action and Training Scenario Play Modes • Fully Freeform and Dynamic Universe, Huge Universe w/More Than 200 Planets and Moons In Over 100 Space Regions. Space, Planetary and Vehicular Combat Options as well as 1st Person • Choose From 6 Careers, Incl. Combat Pilot or Space Marine. Choose From 12 Races or 13 Castes, Including Military, Assasin, Trader. Choose From 9 Carriers, 10 Cruisers, 8 Transports, 24 Fighters On Planets and In Space. • Choose from 4 Gunships and 7 Ground Combat Vehicles on Planets, Over 60 Space Stations and 50 Star Bases to Trade With, Defend, or Capture. Various First Person Weapons Incl. Sniping Arsenal. Orbit to Planet Bombardment. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/60976868479433277061.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/98601673800894961741.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/84517771777414604505.jpg"></center> More Images: You can see around 35 images of the game <a href="http://s853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Abandonware%20and%20DOS%20games/Battlecruiser%20Millenium/?albumview=slideshow">HERE</a> via a slideshow, the marine images show the game to be quite old by today’s standards, but others such as the space flight images look nearly as good as you see today Download: The game can be downloaded via the developer’s home site. You’ll find several mirror links <a href="http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bcm.shtml">HERE</a> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Strange Adventures in Infinite Space: Campy posted this a few months ago. I though I’d add it to the free games project as well> (thanks again for the heads up on this one Campy): <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/61346281740517376400.jpg"></center> Quote: <blockquote>Cheapass Games is known by board-game aficionados as a publisher of simple, fast, and surprisingly fun games with fairly low production values and very low prices. Strange Adventures in Infinite Space translates almost everything that is fun about this type of gaming to the computer without feeling like a computer port of something you'd have found 20 years ago in Dragon magazine. Paradoxically, the concept and mechanics of Strange Adventures are very similar to those of the old magazine games. The graphics are extremely dated, and the sound is minimal, but the basic idea and implementation are outstanding. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/64408262078916922714.jpg"></center> game's concept is simple: You're presented with a playing field of roughly 15 stars. Your task is to explore as many of them as possible in 10 years, bring back as many valuable artifacts and exotic life-forms to your home planet as you can, and defeat as many aliens as possible along the way. Traveling from star to star is measured in days, and passing through nebulae significantly increases your travel time, so you have to plan your travels somewhat. Once you reach an unexplored system, you are presented with an encounter. It can be an alien race, an artifact, a new life-form, or perhaps a friendly starship that will join your flotilla. As you proceed from system to system, you collect your findings and fight (or trade with) aliens in preparation for bringing your booty back to your home system. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/94581739970075633557.jpg"></center> Your starship has upgradeable components that you can improve as you find new items in your travels. Many of the things you find will be useful to you on board your craft. Early on you have basic weapons, shields, and drives, but after a few chance encounters with some new ships, as well as the acquisition of a new weapon or two, your little armada can become quite formidable. Because this is completely random, you'll find some games where you're completely on your own, and others where you're a miniature fleet admiral. Part of the fun of the game is taking advantage of opportunities to fight when they're presented to you by chance. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/95161162545711620148.jpg"></center> Starship combat involves a pause-able real-time system that takes weapon ranges, ship speed, and component types into account. There are a number of alien races you can encounter, and there is even a combat simulator in which you can test out various weapons and strategies against different enemies. One of the most amusing episodes we experienced was the sight of a ship being harassed by a single tiny fighter. Because the ship was only armed with slow missiles, it could never get them to hit the fighter, which kept outmaneuvering the attacks. However, the fighter could not inflict enough damage to punch through the larger ship's shields. The result was a standoff that was as whimsical as the game itself. The randomness of the game makes it difficult to plan a strategy, since so much depends on what your encounters present to you. If you're lucky to find an improved interstellar drive early on, you'll likely be able to explore most of the planets and get a high score. However, it's quite possible that at some point on your return journey you'll run into a previously undiscovered black hole and have to choose between turning back and going a different way or proceeding and possibly being blown up. Since the game penalizes you heavily for taking longer than 10 years to carry out your mission, you'll seriously hurt your score if you retreat, so you have little choice but to proceed. These types of random encounters make Strange Adventures seem a bit like an adventure game, where you don't quite know what's going to happen and are in a sense just along for the ride. <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/74237959445882613979.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://www.picdepict.com/images/30748796430021954658.png"></center> The game's short length is what makes it so engaging. In a longer game, the random nature of the encounters and lack of player input would become frustrating, but since you can finish a game in five to 15 minutes, you can always just start another one immediately afterward. Strange Adventures is an addictive little game much like Bejeweled or Tetris, but instead of being a puzzle, it's a little adventure that you can lose yourself in for a few minutes at a time. For $15, it's a great buy that will end up being one of those games you keep running in the background and fire up for a while when you need a break. Designers Rich Carlson and Iikka Keranen have managed to capture the feeling of "what will happen next?" that marked gameplay in very early computer games, with a style that is attractive today.</blockquote> Reference accessed <a href="http://uk.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/strangeadventuresinis/review.html">HERE</a> December 09 Download : You can download the game <a href="http://www.digital-eel.com/sais/buy.htm">HERE</a> =================================================================================================== Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 58 - Free games for the Weekday - Vertix, Satan Sam, Shikun, Titan Omega" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6394#post-66436 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:30:21 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 66436@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks Wizz, :) W.R. reverseOrder on "Week 58 - Free games for the Weekday - Vertix, Satan Sam, Shikun, Titan Omega" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6394#post-66432 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:31:33 +0000 reverseOrder 66432@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Looks like more great games. Thanks, wizzard. :) midori on "Week 58 - Free games for the Weekday - Vertix, Satan Sam, Shikun, Titan Omega" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6394#post-66431 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:06:31 +0000 midori 66431@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Whoa, you did some work finding these, wizzard... will definitely try them, especially the platform types. :) wizzard_of_ozz2004 on "Week 58 - Free games for the Weekday - Vertix, Satan Sam, Shikun, Titan Omega" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6394#post-66393 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 12:27:39 +0000 wizzard_of_ozz2004 66393@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Today I have a few games from the same developer: Satan Sam. The first game is a puzzle called Vertix. The second game is a platformer called The New Satan Sam. The next game is an action/strategy game about catching chickens called Shikun. The last game is a shmup called Titan Omega Revalations. ________________________________________________________________________________ <center>Vertix</center> <blockquote>Vertix is a little arcade style game. The player controls a red orb with the mouse, the aim is to get the blue orb to the flag whilst avoiding anything red (this includes the mouse). The blue orb is affected by gravity from each planet as well as the mouse! Holding down the left or right mouse button will either attract or repel the blue orb! Good luck. It’s quite difficult too!</blockquote> This is actually a pretty hard but addictive game. I suggest giving it a shot, at 2mb you might as well. <a href="http://satansam.co.uk/blog/?page_id=221">Download Here!</a> ________________________________________________________________________________ <center>The New Satan Sam</center> <blockquote>Sam has awoken into a strange land, his last memory being an attack on his village. Sam must venture into a strange world overtaken by an army of strange creatures to discover the truth about his home land and himself. Super Satan Sam is the same as The New Satan Sam but with a higher quality soundtrack and includes a guide. Featuring 10 worlds, 127 levels, loads of enemies, weapons, 14 bosses, and all that for grand 2D adventure. Read everything about it here!</blockquote> Wow talk about a great little platformer. Definitely give this one a go and I recommend downloading Super Satan Sam due to the higher quality. <a href="http://satansam.co.uk/blog/?page_id=11">Download here!</a> ________________________________________________________________________________ <center>Shikun</center> <blockquote>Shikun has been quite a mad success. It all began one day after school, walking home me and my mate Tom saw some kids trying to catch some chickens they accidentally let out. So we helped out and a year later my girlfriend said this would be a fun game, low and behold! It was! Shikun even scooped a 9/10 rating on Gamehippo.com which is nice. The aim of Shikun is to catch chickens using 1 of 13 characters, each with their own stats that affect the game type, be it either a strategy or action way of playing. There are 6 worlds, each with their own obstacles stuff, so hey… enjoy! Oh and there are 3 difficulty settings, a secret minigame and very secret game mode completely different to the regular way of catching chickens.</blockquote> Ok so this is by far the most unique game of the lot. It's a fun game with a small download. If you want to just try it out, there's a demo available on the download site. <a href="http://satansam.co.uk/blog/?page_id=18">Download here!</a> ________________________________________________________________________________ <center>Titan Omega Revelations</center> <blockquote>Titan Omega Revelations is a space shooter, similar to such classics as R-Type, UN Squadron and co. TOR depicts the life changing adventure of 4 pilots in search of the elusive and destructive ‘Core’ whose soul aim is to destroy earth. The game contains many play modes, many unlockables and 13 grand levels. All full of enemies to be disposed of using any of the vast library of weapons at your disposal. Complete with a team command system, levelling up system and multiplayer modes to add a degree of strategy to the game. Read everything about it here!</blockquote> This is an excellent shmup for those who enjoy them. I highly recommend this game as well as the other 3 from this great up and coming developer. <a href="http://satansam.co.uk/blog/?page_id=14">Download here!</a> Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 18 - Free games for the weekdays - 1848 and Glest (strategy games)" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/4606#post-64469 Mon, 21 Sep 2009 22:27:34 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 64469@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Glest, is one of the better free strategy games available at the moment. It has been updated sometime inbetween posting it eight months ago and now. You can find download links via the original link above. :) It's a good game, especially if you have no strategy games of this type. If you are interested ingatting some decent deals on commercial strategy games, direct2Drive has still got some of last weeks $5 deals,the best of wich include The latest civilization (Civ IV) and Sid Meiers Railroads. There's another thread devoted to the filefront bargains. (They have a five week promotion going at the moment to celebrate their fifth anniversary. Each week they are selling some amazing titles for only $5 each. Last week was strategy games, then Action games , and now it's just switched over to RPG and MMO games. Next week is Indie games and the final week will be EA Games. Anyway, I digress. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuQiH1xqB4c">HERE</a> and <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fafu0o8bQeo">HERE</a> are video's of Glest game play, (When I started this project, I never intended to add loads of information, just a brief description and a download link, but as the project has developed and especially when Wizzard and reverseOrder joined me (as well as The Webmaster for a short time), so to did the daily games posts. Anyway, I've got a lot of work ahead of me posting imags for all theses games, lol. I can't imagine uploading 4500 images to upload sites like filefront (based on an average of 3 images per game), but I'll do my best over the coming months. Thanks to G@rgoyle for consolidating the games we've found, it's become an excellent resource that's growing daily. Here's a few images to whet your appetite for the game (if you've not already downloaded it): <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Glest/Glest3.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Glest/Glest.jpg"></center> <center><img src="http://i853.photobucket.com/albums/ab93/whiterabbit03/Glest/glest01.jpg"></center> Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 50 - Free Games for the Weekday - Notrium" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6060#post-63117 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:38:03 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 63117@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Yes Aquaria is a beautiful game. I bought it for my daughter earlier this year. she loves it. Though I've only explored a little of it myself as I never have time to finish one game before I buy another. jempeace on "Week 50 - Free Games for the Weekday - Notrium" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6060#post-63116 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 12:20:47 +0000 jempeace 63116@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ THANKS, when I went to download this, there were a couple other games listed to try and I clicked on Aquaria. I could jump out of your screen and hug you! The game is only a demo but not timed. Beautiful you could spend all day looking around forgetting to play. My niece is downloading it right now and her laptop is here many wkends. and I can't wait to just explore. It's raining maybe I can talk them into going to Wally World for sunscreen?! P&O jempeace Whiterabbit-uk on "Week 50 - Free Games for the Weekday - Notrium" http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/6060#post-63109 Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:25:03 +0000 Whiterabbit-uk 63109@http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/ Thanks Wizz, missed this one. Haven't been able to get to the forums much over the last few days. I didn't realize this game was free. I suggested it as a future giveaway some time ago. Well over a year ago. I suppose a lot changes over a year, lol: <a href="http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1450/page/9#post-11943" rel="nofollow">http://www.giveawayoftheday.com/forums/topic/1450/page/9#post-11943</a> I'm glad it's free. :) WR