All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, Linux, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/alltime/Windows/Linux/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, Linux, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, Linux, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/alltime/Windows/Linux/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us SimCity 3000

Overview

SimCity 3000 was published in 1999 by EA Games and developed by Maxis. New features included the ability to import SimCity 2000 cities, terrain skins, city advisers, a news ticker and landmarks. New disasters were included, such as whirlpools, UFO attacks, and locust swarms. However, old disasters in the series, such as floods and hurricanes were omitted.

Gameplay

Gameplay in SimCity 3000 is similar to other SimCity games. However, new industries, utilities, and other buildings have been added. SimCity 3000 allows for farms and hi-tech industry. Although hi-tech industries were represented to a degree in SimCity 2000, they were upgraded in SimCity 3000. They now had their own distinctive architecture, and produced less pollution. Farms were also added, giving players the option to build rural cities. The addition of garbage disposal added a third resource players had to manage- waste. Landmarks from around the world were added, giving players the ability to add a cultural flair to their city, as well as the benefit of the land-value increase.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 04:26:07 Diablo II: Lord of Destruction Diablo II: Lord of Destruction (commonly abbreviated LoD) is an expansion pack for the popular hack and slash Action role-playing game Diablo II. Unlike the original Diablo's expansion pack, Diablo: Hellfire, it is an official expansion designed by Blizzard North.

More than a standard expansion, Lord of Destruction not only added content in the form of new character classes and an additional scenario, it also dramatically revamped the gameplay of the existing Diablo II for solo and especially multiplayer. As a result, LoD is largely considered a "must-buy" instead of only being an addition, making it a huge multiplayer success and one of the most successful expansion packs of all time.

]]> 12 Feb 2007 12:58:34 Lego Star Wars Lego Star Wars. It's what everyone loves. They love star wars. They love lego. So now... Lego Star Wars!!! Lego Star Wars (LSW) is perfect for those who can't decide between lego or star wars. Using the star wars gameplay but with lego characters, products, and action, it's so cool, it's even got a second one coming out! LSW. The object is to go throughout the first, second, and third episodes of Star Wars. You can team up with another player, or wing it by yourself. Collect coins and battle known enemys... to buy different items. Lego Star Wars... you'll love it.

]]> 15 Dec 2006 09:34:39 Command & Conquer: Yuri's Revenge In Yuri's Revenge, the Allies are celebrating their victory over the Soviet Union in the previous game. However, Yuri escaped both the Soviets and Allies and formed a secret army of his own, drawing heavily on telepathic abilities and genetic manipulation. He then constructed a network of mind controlling Psychic Dominators all across the world in order to control the entire planet all at once. He activated the network and started turning the world's population into mindless slaves. At the last minute, an air strike ordered by the President of the United States Michael Dugan barely manages to damage the nuclear plant powering the device in San Francisco, saving the United States military command from falling under Yuri's control.

Yuri's Revenge creates a whole new side to Red Alert 2- Yuri- as well as adding new vehicles, weapons, buildings and bonus's.

]]> 09 Feb 2007 02:37:18 Professor Fizzwizzle Professor Fizzwizzle is a fun, mind-expanding puzzle game, where you take control of the diminutive genius, Professor Fizzwizzle. You must help the professor use his brains and his gadgets to solve each exciting level. Do you have what it takes to get past the Rage-Bots and bring the prof back to his lab?

The game includes:

- Over 230 exciting levels, with something for everyone! "Regular" levels to help beginners learn the ropes, "Advanced" levels for the brainy among us, and even "Kids" and "Alphabet" levels for the young in years, or the young at heart!

- A full featured level editor! If solving puzzles isn't enough for you, make your own masterpiece with the easy-to-use level editor!

- Exciting unlockables! As you solve puzzles you'll earn photos to add to the professor's gallery. You'll see the professor and his Friend-Bots in photos from all over the world!

Professor Fizzwizzle has something for everyone to enjoy; download it for FREE, today!

]]> 27 Nov 2006 03:48:47 Orbz Orbz is an action/arcade game set in colorful 3D environments. The object of the game is to shoot your orb at targets located throughout 14 distinct courses in a race to score the most points. Game play contains both intense action and also strategy in planning the best scoring shots. Power-ups, like the "Money Shot" and "Curse of the Goober", are also available to either give you a scoring advantage or to slow down your opponents.

]]> 22 Sep 2006 01:57:51 Mutant Storm Inspired by RoboTron, Smash TV and Llamatron. Mutant Storm is a classic arcade game with a new age twist. One hand controls the firing the other controls the movement. Simple controls and addictive gameplay with decent graphics set Mutant Storm apart.

]]> 17 Jan 2007 01:27:17 GISH As an amorphous ball of tar that rolls and squishes around, players experience a one-of-a-kind, 2D side-scrolling action-adventure game featuring unique gameplay only provided by GISH.

Developer: Chronic Logic
Publisher: Chronic Logic
Release Date: September 2004

]]> 22 Sep 2006 06:29:09 Kachinko In the style of traditional Pachinko machines, Kachinko features an onslaught of colored balls and only a few places to catch them. The name of the game is strategy and quick wits. Kachinko starts simply enough, requiring you to eliminate sets of three like-colored balls at a time. The challenge is significantly increased when you're forced to put together longer chains and set up massive combos in order to get a score worthy of completing a level.

]]> 05 Dec 2006 10:53:16 FizzBall Why has everyone fled the islands? There's not a person in sight! Who will feed the animals and find out what scared the people away? Professor Fizzwizzle, of course!

Bounce bubbles, rescue hungry animals, and solve a mystery, all at the same time! Download FizzBall now, and get playing!

- Over 180 levels of brick-busting, animal-rescuing mayhem!
- Includes over 40 special bonus levels!
- Easy to learn and control
- In the Animal Sanctuary you can visit the animals you've rescued!
- Over 60 adorable species to rescue!
- Special kids' mode with more forgiving gameplay and educational quizzes!
- Win dozens of cool trophies by accomplishing special feats!
- Compete with players from around the globe for online high scores!

]]> 27 Nov 2006 03:12:42 Descent III The third installment of the famous 3d shooter Descent. Hop in your Pyro-GX, dive at high speed into the mines and blast hordes of robots without mercy !

Descent3 features the same 360 degrees, 3 axis action that the players of Descent1 & Descent2 have come to love, but this time the game has far improved 3D graphics, more diversified objectives, more lethal weapons, and 3 different ships you can pilot. And for the first time in the Descent series, you can actually fly out of the mines and explore outdoor areas.

Descent3 was also designed with multiplayer play in mind, and features a lot of mutiplayer game modes: the classic deathmatch, teamplay, capture the flag, monsterball (a kind of soccer with giant balls) and enthropy.

]]> 03 Feb 2007 12:12:56 Marble Blast Gold

Are You Ready To Roll?

Marble Blast Gold is an arcade action game with simple yet addictive gameplay, suitable for players of any age. In the rich cartoon landscape of Marble Blast Gold, players will race their marbles through moving platforms, dangerous hazards, sparkling treasures and power up enhancements in an effort to complete each course in record time.

Marble Blast Gold introduces new players to the game with a set of progressively more difficult beginner training levels, each designed to showcase a power up or game hazard. The hazards players will face in Marble Blast include powerful fans, whirling tornados, land mines, pinball-style bumpers, narrow catwalks, moving pistons, dizzying chasms, and more.

To get past these obstacles, players can find and use five different ability enhancing power ups - the SuperSpeed, SuperJump, SuperBounce, Shock Absorber and Gyrocopter. Some levels contain gravity modifiers, which allow the player to change the direction of gravity.

Marble Blast Gold comes with 100 whimsical and challenging levels, as well as the ability for advanced players to craft and share their own levels. Each level has 'gold standard' set for the high score, so you can test your skills against the record 'gold' times. Marble Blast Gold is sure to provide many hours of fun for the whole family.

Features:

100 Whimsically Challenging Levels
Unique Power-Ups - Including Gyrocopter and Super Bounce
Beautiful Full Screen Display
Delightful Sounds and Music

]]> 22 Sep 2006 12:59:23 ThinkTanks

Charge in, take aim and take off!

ThinkTanks is a tank combat game designed to be a blast for the new and experienced gamer alike with lighthearted, fast paced pandemonium. Either battling against brain-hungry bots in solo play or going head-to-head against others online, ThinkTanks has something for everyone.

Solo Play

You find yourself in a ThinkTank... just one of many brain slaves imprisoned by Alien Mind Control-- only you have managed to escape their brain rays. But the moment you are free, you are besieged on all sides by insane bot-tanks. You must destroy or be destroyed and keep on your toes at all times. Luckily you can collect powerups that give you wacky weapons to help you stay alive. As you progress through each level, the bot tanks get smarter, stronger and crazier as Alien Mind Control reprograms the bot tanks to match your wits. Your goal is to beat the bosses, then rescue your brain-brethren and continue the fight on other worlds.

Quickplay Battle Mode

Upon entering, you are immediately engaged by heavy artillery. This is no-holds-barred warfare and to the victor go the points. You can be catapulted or thrust in any direction by rolling over the boost and jump pads to escape attack or rush the enemy. The lush, green hills are scattered with bots on the warpath, bots choking in their own smoke, floating orbs with special powers and ammunition, boulders, trees, AND the dreaded pit of doom. The goal here is to keep your brain intact, and triumph over bots of every shape, size, speed and skill.

Scrum

You are cast into a veritable feeding frenzy of tanks. You need to simultaneously track the position of your tank relative to the scrum ball using your radarscope, while navigating your tank along the bumpy terrain. If you are quick enough to pick up the ball yourself, you must make a mad dash to the goal, evading the thirsty pack of mad bots heavy on your trail. You win by capturing the most scrum balls in the allotted time.

Both On-line BattleMode and Scrum games have team-play variants and online chat that allow players to play together cooperatively.

]]> 22 Sep 2006 01:35:46 Puzzle Pirates Puzzle Pirates is an online game. Unlike other online environments, the game does not include simulated violence or gore. There are no guns in Puzzle Pirates. Instead, competitive interactions between players are resolved using one of fifteen different interactive puzzles. A player's skill at each puzzle determines how well he or she is likely to do in the game.

Online games can create an enormously fun environment. People are, after all, far more fun to interact with than computers! The challenge comes with making these kinds of interactions a positive experience. Our approach has been to design Puzzle Pirates so that it encourages our community of players to work together. Success in the game comes from learning to work cooperatively: Players are rewarded for forming crews, organizing expeditions, and interacting socially with those around them and not for being abusive or otherwise acting out.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 08:11:19 Pong PONGÃ¢â€

]]> 13 Jan 2007 02:32:44 Frontier: First Encounters First Encounters is the sequel to Frontier (1993), which itself was a sequel to the seminal 1984 game Elite. The game was created by David BrabenÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s company, Frontier Developments. Many fans of the game refer to it by the shortened title of FFE.

Like Frontier, First Encounters features realistic Newtonian physics and the ability to land on planets. It has graphics that are an improvement over Frontier (the main difference being Gouraud shading) and, as well as employing the same open-ended gameplay of its predecessors, it also features a storyline concerning an alien race called the Thargoids.

Like the other two Elite games, it has been re-released as shareware and can be freely downloaded from the Elite Club site.

Being a DOS game, First Encounters has difficulty running with Windows XP or Windows 2000 machines, although the official site does offer solutions to get the game running. A recreated game engine called JJFFE allows playing the game on Linux, Windows and DOS.

First Encounters plays much like its immediate predecessor Frontier: the game is a combination of trading, fighting and a variety of other activitiesÃ¢â‚¬â€

]]> 03 Mar 2007 01:23:22 Toboggan Jump Jump through the hoop with your toboggan by choosing how much power to push it with. You get three attempts to make it successfully through.

]]> 18 Dec 2006 03:05:54 Kingdom of Loathing The Kingdom of Loathing (or KoL, as it has come to be known by its player base) is a free, comical RPG, brought to you by the folks at Asymmetric Publications.

KoL is currently in open beta -- it's open to the public to play, but it's not quite finished. More features and things to do are being added on a nearly daily basis. Despite its unfinished state, it has already attracted a thriving community of interesting, intelligent, and helpful players.

KoL is, and always will be, free to play, but donations are appreciated and rewarded.

KoL is played from the comfort of your browser, and is adorned with a staggering array of stunning hand-drawn images. It is turn-based, which means you get a certain number of turns (Adventures) each day.

]]> 24 Dec 2006 01:26:21 Frogger The game starts with three frogs. The player guides a frog which starts at the bottom of the screen. The lower half of the screen contains a road with motor vehicles, which in various versions include cars, trucks, buses, taxis, and/or motorcycles speeding along. The upper half of the screen consists of a river with logs, alligators, and turtles. The very top of the screen contains five "frog homes"Ã¢â‚¬â€

]]> 13 Jan 2007 02:39:31 Frets on Fire Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible.

]]> 06 Dec 2006 04:17:44 Hexxagon You are the red diamonds, and you have to take over as much of the board as you can.

]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:26:40 GLtron From the SourceForge Page:

gltron was inspired by the film tron - actually, more by all the games that where inspired by the film tron :-) It's a game for one to four players, the objective is not to drive into a wall.

]]> 12 Dec 2006 07:55:58 Triptych Triptych is a fast-paced physics based block dropping game that will keep you coming back for more. Maneuver and rotate blocks as they fall so that 3 or more of a color are adjacent to each other. By achieving this, the blocks will be destroyed and the player will collect points. As blocks are destroyed, connected blocks are freed to move independently and blocks above will fall to fill the empty spaces. Unlike other puzzle games, the game board is a living entity where the blocks obey the laws of physics. Every game is a unique experience!

]]> 29 Dec 2006 08:14:29 Majesty: The Fantasy Kingdom Sim Ever wonder what it would be like to sit on the throne of a growing fantasy kingdom? To enlist the aid of Wizards, Elves, Barbarians and other fantastic heroes in tackling epic fantasy's classic challenges? If so, CyberloreÂ® Studios and Hasbro Interactiveâ„¢ have prepared for your ascension to power.

MajestyÂ® is a unique sim putting you in the crushed velvet hotseat of your own kingdom. With an epic quest before you, you make the decisions of where to build your settlement's guilds and temples. From these you recruit a varied cast of larger-than-life heroes. Each one has a mind of his own and must be enticed to meet your goals, via rewards you offer and spells you cast. Meanwhile you must make sure that your treasury stays flush with cash to support these and other outlays necessary to maintain a thriving medieval town. The fact that you are being barraged by attacks from mythical beasts and fantastic creatures doesn't make your job any easier.

Poor choices will leave your kingdom in ruin but a wise ruler will complete his quests, fill his coffers and create a kingdom that will be remembered in song and story.

It's all just another day on the throne in Ardania. Think you're up to it?

]]> 31 Mar 2007 01:32:15 Second Life Second Life is a 3D digital world imagined, created and owned by its residents.

Since opening to the public in 2003, it has gotten a total of almost four million members.

]]> 04 Dec 2006 06:29:57 Gridlock Move the gray blocks left, right, up or down in order to free the blue block through the opening on the right.

]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:38:44 Gold Miner You are a miner and you need to collect as much gold as possible. You can buy items between levels that increase certain attributes for the next level.

]]> 15 Dec 2006 05:15:23 The Fancy Pants Adventure Fancy Pants Adventure is a smooth, flowing side scroller. You can do back flips, roll down hills, and run up walls all while wearing your fancy pants. There are three levels that end with a final boss fight.

]]> 27 Dec 2006 04:45:57 SuperTux SuperTux is a classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game featuring Tux the penguin. It currently features 9 enemies, 26 playable levels, software and OpenGL rendering modes, configurable joystick and keyboard input, music and graphics. It runs on numerous different platforms, including Linux, Windows, MacOSX, PSP and more.

]]> 02 Mar 2007 07:52:53 Avoider Avoid him for as long as you can.

]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:44:17 Winterbells You control a rabbit with the mouse, and you have to guide him to the bells. He goes up and up, as he hits each bell, but if you fall down, youre back to square one. Try hitting the birds for double score.

Game made by Ferry Halim. More of his games can be found at www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal

]]> 20 Dec 2006 05:57:57 Hapland Hapland is a point and click puzzle game. You must find a way to light the two torches and activate the big portal.

]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:49:37 Ball 4 Revamped Guide your ball through 100 small levels, attempting to make it through in the best time.

]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:51:59 RaidenX RaidenX follows the same formula of virtually every other shmup: Powerful weapons, lots of enemies, plenty of powerups. Collecting powerups of the same colour in a row will make your weapons more powerful!

]]> 02 Feb 2007 04:00:19 Flash Element TD This addictive little flash game uses the Warcraft defensive towers to protect your little strip of land from wave after wave of "creeps".

Place your towers around the track to prevent the creeps from reaching the end. You earn interest based on the amount of gold you have left at the end of each turn, so place your towers sparingly.

]]> 30 Jan 2007 12:07:07 Twin Distress A game in which you remove the blocks from the screen before the time runs out.

]]> 28 Nov 2006 09:14:45 Adventure Quest AdventureQuest is a fully Flash-animated RPG that you can play when you are on your lunchbreak, when the big game servers go down, or even for hours every day! You fight against hordes of monsters and enemies so that you can grow stronger and obtain ancient weapons of unimaginable power. You need nothing more than your web browser and the latest Macromedia Flash plugin to play.

Create a NEW Free Account today and enter the world of AdventureQuest! Explore an entire world, filled with over 700 monsters, hundreds of items, magical powers to gain, and many classes to master! Become a Fighter, Wizard, Ninja, Vampire Slayer, Rogue, Knight, Mage, Paladin, Dragonslayer, and more.

Always changing!
This game is in an ongoing development phase. We are always creating and adding new content to the game and updating the main game engine to improve the experience for everyone. New quests, areas, items or events show up every week in AdventureQuest!

There are currently over 600 unique enemies to encounter, 400 unique weapons, over 150 unique armors and shields to use, and hundreds of spells and pets to aid you in battle, all found in dozens of quests, towns and areas through the world.

]]> 29 Nov 2006 10:43:52 Hapland 2

Robin Allen said,

Restore power to the portal in order to...save a princess or something. Just light the damn torches

]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:03:15 Super Fishing Catch fish while avoiding trash and being struck by lightning. The more fish you catch, the longer you can go for a high score.

]]> 20 Dec 2006 03:08:54 The Missile Game 3D You are piloting a missile through a tunnel and you need to make sure it doesn't hit any walls. Where your mouse is on the screen is where the missile is. As the levels progress, your missile starts to go faster and faster. Can you beat all 9 levels?

]]> 27 Dec 2006 03:30:59 Drag the Dot Drag the dot through obstacle filled levels to reach the end. Most obstacles move when you move your mouse, so you have to be careful.

]]> 14 Dec 2006 03:36:12 Duck Hunt Remade It's classic Duck Hunt, but now you can play it in your browser. There is also a new mode for added fun.

]]> 14 Dec 2006 03:45:15 Bow Man Practice your archery skills against a target, and then compete against a computer character or a firend.

]]> 15 Dec 2006 03:32:07 The Classroom 2

After one year since the accident, Alex still decided to continue his scholarship, and thus he decided to step within the university

]]> 18 Dec 2006 02:15:13 Galcon Galcon is an awesome high-paced multi-player galactic action-strategy game. You send swarms of ships from planet to planet to take over the galaxy. It's arcade action risk with planets! Anyone can play - only takes 30 seconds to learn. Multi-player network game for up to 12 players with teams. 15 different single player missions against 7 different computer players. Attack planets with thousands of swarming ships! Short battles, epic warfare - only 5 minutes per round. Net ranking of all net players. Good times guaranteed!

]]> 23 Jan 2007 06:58:24 Digger Digger was released by Windmill Software in 1983, popular in the era of the IBM PC with a CGA graphics card and monitor. Digger was resurrected by Andrew Jenner in 1998, when he reverse engineered it to run using VGA on fast Pentium based computers. The source code of the remastered version was released under the GPL with permission of the original author Rob Sleath.

]]> 24 Dec 2006 02:53:39 Create-a-Face Create a face by choosing from a big number of options. Change the eyes, hair, mouth, and accessories to make a face of your very own. You can't do anything with the created face, but it can be fun to try and create yourself or your friends.

]]> 27 Dec 2006 01:11:37 Desktop Tower Defense Desktop TD is a fun flash based puzzle / strategy game where you have to protect your desktop from invaders by spending money on attacking pieces and building a maze for them to follow. Strangely addictive yet stress relieving... how many levels can you survive?

]]> 03 Jul 2007 01:44:20 Interactive Buddy Release your aggression by causing harm to the little guy. More damage gives you more money to buy new items and skins.

]]> 14 Dec 2006 04:51:33 De-Animator De-Animator is a simple flash game, "based on stories by HP Lovecraft". The goal of the game is simply to fend off the zombies as long as possible, with help of your Revolver and Shotgun. The gameplay may be simple, but it might provide a good distraction for a few minutes.

]]> 29 Jan 2007 04:38:43