This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, free, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/Windows/playable/free/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, free, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg This Month's Most Popular Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, free, casual' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/games/popular/month/Windows/playable/free/casual/?utm_source=feed&utm_medium=rss ]]> en-us Cave Story - Doukutsu Monogatari Cave Story is a freeware sidescrolling action/adventure/platformer title with leanings towards Wonderboy and recent sidescrolling Castlevania titles. You control a little amnesiac who runs around helping out these rabbit-ish creatures called Mimigas while trying to find your way out of the giant cave inside the floating island which makes up the game's setting.

This is a free game made by one man:

Pixel said,
It's been five years since I first thought to myself, "Hey, why not try making a game?" I developed Cave Story at my own pace, taking my time, and while doing so I released a few other smaller games as well.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 01:38:13 Plasma Pong Plasma Pong is a variation of Pong that utilizes real-time fluid dynamics to drive the game environment.

Players have several new abilities that add fun twists to the classic game. In the game you can inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area. All these abilities have fluid-based kinetic effects on the ball, making Plasma Pong a fast-paced and exciting game.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 01:39:25 Draw Play Help the character reach the flag by drawing ground for him to walk on.
]]> 11 Dec 2006 06:58:58 Pokemon Online Pokemon Online (POL) is a Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game (MMORPG) that involves quests, player personalisation, persistent NPCs, sparring and general exploration. Players will have the ability to train and catch pokemon while battling other trainers online in real-time. The POL game is closely based on the original Pokemon Gameboy games, with most of the traditional elements remaining intact. The POL enviroment is completely 2D and replicates the graphics used in the original games. The POL MMORPG has the ability to support hundreds and even thousands of simultaneously connected players. This means that you will interact in a vast virtual world, with many kingdoms and quests, with players from all over the world.

The POL game has no end, it just keeps evolving. POL has many quests, events, tools for building new content and personalising your character, games within the game, chat, forums and much more. POL has been a prominent part of the Pokemon fandom since 1999. Beyond providing the fundamentals of any MMORPG - a dedicated team, a fantastic forum community, and professionalism, Pokemon Online has made for itself a mission. Pokemon Online seeks to involve the community wherever possible.

Pokemon Online has proven itself to be innovative in its approaches to nearly everything - from being the first Pokemon MMORPG project to incorporating a community-driven spirit into the development of the game. This is a site where you aren''t just a fan - you''re a member. This is a community. This is where you can contribute on your own time, as much or as little as you want. This is the ultimate Pokemon MMORPG. This is Pokemon Online.

Check out the group for Pokemon Fans of the World!
]]> 29 Jan 2007 03:43:39 Tankbuster Tankbuster! Blow up many different types of targets (2), while evading enemy fire. Defend your homeland from hordes of rampaging tanks!
]]> 22 Sep 2006 12:47:41 Hot Potato This is my first finished game made with Torque Game Builder. It was all done by me and me alone, and it took quite a while (I used actual potatoes as sprites). There's a small problem with installing on windows, you have to make your own desktop shortcut.
]]> 21 Nov 2006 08:24:46 Atomikube Atomikube is our first game at Sjs-studio. It's a tetris-like game with more shapes. It's a free game and it's available for download now. The game is in French and English. To change language you must go in options in the main menu.
]]> 22 Nov 2006 07:46:15 Within a Deep Forest Within a Deep Forest is a freeware 2D platform game for Windows, featuring challenging gameplay, beautiful music, an evil doctor, infinite cuteness, and a deep forest.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 02:38:21 Seiklus This is an strange endearing relaxing game. All about exploring the world.

It has many nice touches that come out if you take the time to play. Shows how much simple things and bare bones gameplay can still add up to an enjoyable experience.

The environments are strange and unexpected.. Might be a bit challenging for some and frustrating at times, but I enjoyed it overall.

This was made by a single guy using GameMaker, and given away for free! See developer's links below for more info

clysm said,
Well, when I make any game, I make
a game that Id like to see made by someone
else; like partly as just an effort to inspire other people to make little games. I know a lot of people who are really talented, or who have some ambition, but they dont do anything, because they just think they cant....
]]> 26 Nov 2006 11:33:25 Zen bondage In Zen Bondage you cover blocks of wood shaped like various animals with rope. You have a limited amount of rope to cover the block in, which you do by twisting and turning the figure.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 09:45:00 Bontago Bontago is a single or multiplayer 3d real-time strategy/puzzle game. By stacking blocks each player increses their area of influence, and can build closer and closer to the goal in the middle of each level.
]]> 03 Dec 2006 10:02:40 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 Knytt The Knytt was abducted by an alien! Traveling through space, the UFO flies into a meteor and crashes on a nearby planet. Luckily, the Knytt and the alien survive, but the UFO is a wreck. How can the Knytt possibly find it's way back home again?
]]> 06 Dec 2006 12:42:22 LaserAge LaserAge is a retro game similar to Galaxian and Galaga clones. This shooter features power-ups and is highly detailed, combining nostalgia with 24-bit color. Four levels have 100 waves of ships. Destroy 15 enemies with 13 power-ups. You can play in windowed and full-screen modes; then show off your skills to the world with Web-based high scores. Your ship can be controlled with the mouse, which comes in handy when you're trying to dodge enemy fire. The Gold version features a new interface and a massive list of bug fixes.

Genre: Arcade
Developer: Ingava
Version: 2.0A
]]> 07 Dec 2006 08:46:07 RoboCrush Robocrush is the cutest, most original puzzle ever. Control the RoboCrush 5000 as he vaults Bleeps up with his hammer. Match 3 colors, and the Bleeps fall from the sky.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 09:16:03 G-Sector G-Sector is an arcade-style 3D action game. G-Sector is based around hoverboard combat--a hybrid between an "extreme game" and a third-person shooter. Players control the heroine Cyra as she hoverboards through futuristic cities and arenas. Gameplay is based on using ramps and tricks to build velocity and avoid opponents' shots. G-Sector uses the chasecam and a customizable mouse/keyboard interface.

Cyra enters the G-Sector fully-armed and ready for combat. She has the best and latest in shielding, hoverboards, and weapons: Vulcan Gun, Plasma Rifles, Ion Lances, and ICBMs. To give her the edge in G-Sector battles, can create an unlimited supply of renewable energy. This energy can recharge her shields or be converted to matter which provides her with ammunition.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 05:55:05 Outbound Outbound is a far-future combat shooter set on 8 different planets. Guide your AMV (Armored Mobile Vehicle) over varied and treacherous terrain, destroying enemy units to achieve each mission objective. Fast paced with plenty of action, explosions and powerups, fans of shooters can't miss Outbound.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 06:20:56 Really Rather Good Battles In Space Really Rather Good Battles In Space: Galactic Conflict 4320 - 4359 AD

Welcome to Really Rather Good Battles In Space - a space based real time strategy game for Windows and Linux.

The game has a website, complete with a discussion forum. You can visit it at:
http://rrgbis.sourceforge.net
]]> 08 Dec 2006 12:49:23 Enigma Enigma is a puzzle game inspired by Oxyd on the Atari ST and Rock'n'Roll on the Amiga. The object of the game is to find uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. Simple? Yes. Easy? Certainly not! Hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams, and, most of all, countless hairy puzzles usually block your direct way to the Oxyd stones...
]]> 10 Dec 2006 06:24:18 3D Battle Ball Simple, fun, 3D pong-type game that you can play for free online.

Enjoy!
]]> 12 Dec 2006 06:26:35 GeneRally Customizable top-down arcade racing
]]> 13 Dec 2006 03:55:52 Athlete Balls 'N' Walls Try to catch the balls your opponent shots at you so you can shoot them back at him.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:36:14 Avoider Avoid him for as long as you can.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:44:17 Bat and Mouse 2 Collect cheese with the mouse while avoiding being smashed!
]]> 14 Dec 2006 02:27:04 Billy Bob Abduction Explore the town as Happy McGreed and gather evidence to prove that Billy Bob is lying.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 02:36:09 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 Escape from Rhetundo Island Escape from Rhetundo Island is a side-scrolling adventure game. Your character is constantly moving and you have to change the environment around him to make sure he can stay alive.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 03:58:33 Create A Ride Choose a car type and customize it how you like. Add a spoiler, change the headlights, and put a new paint job on it. After you make the car, you can put it in different situations to see how it looks.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 04:13:44 IQ Marathon Help the cow reach the goal. The cow will only move in the direction it is facing, so you are given arrows to change where it goes.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 04:25:54 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 Balloon Hunter It's an archery contest and you need to shoot as many balloons as you can.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:09:55 Catch Thirty Three All of the numbers are jumbled up and moving. You have to find them all in order.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 12:20:21 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 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 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 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 Blow Boat Collect the treasures while avoiding the rocks and sewer drains.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 01:52:57 Comboling You have to link all of the bright squares by moving horizontally, vertically, or diagonally.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 02:01:35 Mercury Drops You have to survive and become the biggest mercury drop. Consume drops that are smaller and the same size as you while avoiding larger drops.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 02:43:12 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 Lander You must fly around the planet and land your ship on different platforms.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 03:57:37 Hakaiman Hakaiman is a top-down action stealth game. You control a commando who on each single-screen map have to complete various objectives, usualyl while killing a large number of enemies all on your own.

You control your character with the arrow keys. Shift is the general action button, which will fire your gun if you have it armed, and punch otherwise, and perform actions if you are in front of something upon which an action can be performed, such as a key (grab) or a team mate (follow/stop). Z is reload if you have your gun out, and grenade throwing otherwise. X changes your weapon.

The whole game is in Japanese, and there's no English translation, it should be reasonably clear what you need to do, otherwise just running around trying out things usually works.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:02:18 Animal Puzzle Help the mole make it to his home by creating a tunnel system from the falling pieces.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:09:20 BloodShed BloodShed is an arcade style on rails shooter with hand drawn cartoon art.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:19:15 Bump Copter Fly the plastic helicopter to the flag as fast as you can.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:28:33 Brendan's Soccer You are Brendan from the show Home Movies, and you have to kick the soccer ball into the goal.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:37:53 Funky Pong You keep hitting the ball in the air with the paddle, and you have to keep it within the circle.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:49:04 Random Excuse Machine Get out of a jam if you can't think of an excuse to use.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 04:58:39 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