| Alien Carnage | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Harry is the name. Action is the game! If Duke Nukem has a twin separated at birth, you can bet it is the hot-action hero Halloween Harry! Do not let the name fool you. This guy is no pumpkinhead! The planet is in trouble, so Harry is blasting double! Only you can help him save the earth from aliens intent on transforming humans into zombie slaves to conquer the universe. Called to Space Station Liberty, Harry stands tall and receives his orders. Join him on his high-risk mission to infiltrate the bizarre alien ship, now burrowed under a high-rise city! ❞ ❝ In May 2007, John Passfield and 3D Realms released Alien Carnage as freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Beneath a Steel Sky | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Robert Foster is an innocent outsider stranded in a vast city where oppressed civilians live and work in soaring tower blocks. All while the corrupt, covetous and wealthy lie underground, shielded from all pollution. Alone with a robot circuit board, Foster must fight for survival and discover the sinister truth behind this abduction. ❞ ❝ The game was made available as freeware – and with the source code released – for PC platforms in 2003. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Bio Menace | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ You are Snake Logan, a top CIA operative who likes to do things his way. Metro City has fallen under the attack of hideous mutants. Your mission is to fly recon over the city and report back. While circling over the city, you're shot down by hostile forces and forced to crash land on the streets of Metro. Grabbing any supplies you can find, you are out to discover the source of these mutants, especially the guy who shot you down! ❞ ❝ Apogee released the game as freeware on December 23, 2005 as a 'Christmas present', and the full game can be downloaded from the Apogee website. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Blackthorne | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Through the dark vastness of space, exiled prince Kyle Blackthorne returns to Tuul to avenge his murdered father and restore the shattered Lightstone. The conqueror Sarlac opposes his vicious troops against the enraged prince. But the evil lord will soon find out: an army is not enough against a single fierce fighter with a vengeance! ❞ ❝ In 2013, Blizzard released the game for free on their Battle.net PC client. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Electroman | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1992 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ After drifting off to sleep late one night at the planetary base, Jacek woke to discover that his unit had lost all its power. Climbing the darkened stairway, he found that alien beings had invaded the HQ and killed all humans - including his wife and children! Only his friend Placek remained, and together they escaped to another planet. Now, it is time for revenge. Spending all his insurance money, Jacek underwent many costly operations, giving him superhuman strength and senses. He armed himself with weapons and set out for the conquered station. Jacek is unaware that the aliens have rebuilt the station with numerous security systems built to keep him out. Can you help our hero? ❞ ❝ Though initially offered under a shareware license, the game was released as freeware by the developer on June 25, 2006, under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5 license. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Flight of the Amazon Queen | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Joe King, a pilot for hire and owner of the Amazon Queen aeroplane, arrives at a hotel in Rio de Janeiro to transport his next customer, famous film actress Faye Russel, only to be ambushed by his Dutch rival Anderson. When Joe pilots the Amazon Queen towards the location of Faye's shoot, a storm causes him to crashland in the Amazon jungle. Joe begins searching the jungle, encountering an entire tribe of Amazon women who capture him and take in Faye. ❞ ❝ In March 2004, the game was released as freeware, and support for it was added to ScummVM, allowing it to be played on Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and many other operating systems and consoles. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| God of Thunder | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ You are Thor, The God of Thunder! Your father is Odin, the mightiest Norse God and the ruler of Asgard. Odin must fall into a deep sleep (known as the Odinsleep) every few hundred centuries to rejuvenate his power. Your half-brother is Loki, The God of Mischief. Loki has seized the opportunity of this most recent Odinsleep and obtained the help of his most powerful allies to take control of Midgard (Earth). ❞ ❝ On March 27, 2020, Ron Davis released the source code, music and sound effects as public-domain software on SourceForge. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Jetpack | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ Use your Jetpack model L1069-E to explore 100 hazardous levels of dungeons! Equipped with Jet Turbines and armed with a powerful Phase Shifter, you quest for precious gems through dungeons full of treasures and peril. ❞ ❝ Jetpack is a platform game available as freeware, developed by American studio Adept Software and originally published as shareware by Software Creations in 1993. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Lure of the Temptress | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1992 ┃ Genre ‣ Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ You play Diermot, who finds himself imprisoned in a depressing cell. Meanwhile, life in the village of Turnvale goes on as ever, just an ordinary day. Well, as normal as you could hope for, considering the Skorl are in town. They're big, ugly, and not particularly pleasant! Will they overpower Diermot? Or can he escape from his cell and bring peace back to the land? It depends on you. ❞ ❝ The game was well-received and re-released as freeware on April 1, 2003. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| One Must Fall: 2097 | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1994 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM |
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❝ Governments are puppets to big corporations. One of the largest corporations is "World Aeronautics and Robotics" (WAR). If you want to get ahead in the competitive corporate corridors of WAR, you need to master the use of human-assisted robots (HARs). These gigantic robots' purposes include defence and controlling far-flung planetary outposts. The next outpost up for colonization is Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The highly-paid job as pilot of the WAR representative will compete fiercely, and you must qualify for the position by proving your worth in the arena. It will be the grandest one-on-one combat since the Roman Era. ❞ ❝ In February 1999, the game was declared freeware by the developers. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Stargunner | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1996 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ Deep within the Andromeda galaxy, the people of Zile grow restless and greedy. The Zilions secretly prepare for a massive strike against the nearby planet Ytima. Fearing such an attack, the Ytimians train an elite squad of "Stargunners." Their mission: To strike and wipe out the Zilions' three strongholds, where the Zilion war fleets await the launch order. Good will triumph if the Stargunners can surprise the Zilions and destroy most of their fleet. ❞ ❝ On June 22, 2005, Stargunner was released as freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Supaplex | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1991 ┃ Genre ‣ Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ CD-ROM ┃ Patched ‣ Sound bugfix ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ You are Murphy, a bug hunter extraordinaire, exploring deep inside a crazy computer. The only way out of each brain-teasing level is to collect the Infotrons. The fun begins! Avoid Snik Snaks at all costs; falling Zonks will trap the unwary, exploding discs, electrons, and ports. All add up to this awesome action game! ❞ ❝ The developers of the game have declared the software to be freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Teen Agent | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1995 ┃ Genre ‣ Adventure ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package ┃ No Manual |
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❝ One day, two men in dark glasses and long coats captured a teenager; this could be the start of a very long day! Get ready for a wonderfully humorous adventure. Teen Agent is a point-and-click animated graphic adventure that features dozens of detailed hand-painted backgrounds. ❞ ❝ When the game was originally released, "The Three Tasks" was shareware, and the remaining two sections could be obtained by registering the game. However, the game was later released as freeware. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| The Lost Vikings | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action • Puzzle ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Floppy Disk ┃ Copy Protection |
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❝ Three hairy Norsemen set the stage for a decade of legendary adventure. Meet Erik the Swift, Baleog the Fierce, and Olaf the Stout - your typical, borderline-insane Vikings who happen to get abducted by aliens. Now it's up to you to slash, smash and solve their way home, an intense arcade action. Pillage and plunder your way through 35 levels of mind-bending arcade action. Combine the unique skills of three distinct Viking personalities to conquer dozens of marauding foes. ❞ ❝ In 2014, the game was added to Battle.net as a free download emulated through DOSBox. ❞ — Wikipedia |
| Xargon | 📌 ┃ Year ‣ 1993 ┃ Genre ‣ Action ┃ Platform ‣ DOS ┃ License ‣ Freeware ┃ Media ‣ Compressed Package |
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❝ Trapped in a fantasy world of bizarre creatures and landscapes, guide archeologist Malvenious through dangerous lands and out of Xargon alive! Avoid spears, spikes & mechanical mashers as you fight lizards, trolls, enormous spiders and deadly purple hoppers through breathtaking 256-colour scenery & animation. Be prepared to lose touch with reality in this new magical adventure. ❞ ❝ Allen Pilgrim declared the registered version freeware and released the source code on August 4, 2008. ❞ — Wikipedia |