All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, Mac, free' on The Great Games Experiment All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, Mac, free' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'Windows, playable, Mac, free' on The Great Games Experiment 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 Head over Heels Control the two characters Head and Heels in this isometric arcade adventure/puzzle game.
]]> 09 Dec 2006 07:02:02 Torus Trooper Torus Trooper lets you control a speeding ship sailing through barrage.
]]> 12 Dec 2006 05:11:36 Slouching Towards Bedlam Enter a steampunk adventure set in a London that might have been. The year is 1885. Bedlam Hospital still stands in Moorsfield, a decaying shell used to house the poor and the hopeless. Steam-driven mechanical wonders roam the streets. Gear-wheeled analytical engines spin out reams of thought onto punched paper tapes.

And in the darkness - in the alleys and the side shops - hide secrets.
]]> 11 Feb 2007 12:49:30 Nethack After the Creation, the cruel god Moloch rebelled
against the authority of Marduk the Creator.
Moloch stole from Marduk the most powerful of all
the artifacts of the gods, the Amulet of Yendor,
and he hid it in the dark cavities of Gehennom, the
Under World, where he now lurks, and bides his time.
]]> 26 Nov 2006 12:00:10 MegaPixel MegaPixel is a fast paced first person action game in an interesting abstract setting. It features exciting and challenging gameplay inspired by great games like Halo, crazy-awesome abstract graphics made out of particles and 8 bit type sound effects. My vision was a game of pure intense action where reflexes are essential and the player is rewarded for making difficult shots, being patient in the heat of battle and using skill and strategy to destroy many enemies at once.

MegaPixel won first place in the 3DU Game Design Contest.

Megapixel has been picked up by Shockwave.com. It was released on shockwave 5/15/07
]]> 28 Mar 2007 09:59:43 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 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 Sauerbraten Sauerbraten (a.k.a. Cube 2) is a free multiplayer/singleplayer first person shooter, built as a major redesign of the Cube FPS.

Much like the original Cube, the aim of this game is not necessarily to produce the most features & eyecandy possible, but rather to allow map/geometry editing to be done dynamically in-game, to create fun gameplay and an elegant engine.

The engine supporting the game is entirely original in code & design, and its code is Open Source (ZLIB license, read the docs for more on how you can use the engine).
]]> 08 Dec 2006 07:07:01 Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory It's a game based on the Quake 3 engine, but it's totally different from Quake 3. It's a WWII themed FPS game, but it's not as realistic as say CoD. It has realistic textures, but the movements are Quake 3 style and it's also very fast paced like Quake 3. It's one of the best game out there in my opinion. The combination of a realistic theme with an unrealistic gameplay is just awesome. Try it out for yourself, you'll get hooked.
]]> 27 Nov 2006 04:18:18 Tremulous What is Tremulous? A multiplayer online game, you might say. Or an awesome FPS shooter. Whatever it is, Tremulous is a sure game for hard-core gamers. Choose between two species, alien or human. They both have special weapons, modules, and construction abilites. Or... choose to be a spectator and watch the game from a Tribes like style. Defeating aliens or humans reward you an unique way. Join or create servers, choose your map, and play! Which should I play?... Tremulous.
]]> 15 Dec 2006 06:28:02 FlightGear The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 09:48:50 Riders on the Storm Riders on the Storm is an experimental shmup for the Autofire 2007 Shooter Competition at Shmup-Dev.

It started off as a title, named after the classic song by The Doors. Inspirations also include Plasma Pong, and Real-Time Fluid Dynamics for Games.
]]> 26 Feb 2007 02:19:59 Freeciv Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal:
To become the greatest civilization.
]]> 10 Dec 2006 12:49:47 gate 88 Relive a childhood daydream of deep space intergalactic battle inspired by Herzog Zwei, Star control, SubSpace, Homeworld, and PARSEC47.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:42:12 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 The Battle for Wesnoth The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 10:48:36 NERO Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives, or NERO for short, is a unique computer game that lets you play with adapting intelligent agents hands-on. Evolve your own robot army by tuning their artificial brains for challenging tasks, then pit them against your friends' teams in online competitions!
]]> 10 Dec 2006 05:23:36 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 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 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 BattleTech Simulator I am building a 3D Real-Time Simulator for the BattleTech/MechWarrior Universe. The rules will follow the role-playing rules and only vary in the conversion from a turn-based system to a real-time system. All conversions will be justified and will result in similar, if not identical behavior, if viewed in a turn-based time frame.

Physics, scale, and interactions will be of highest importance, followed by accurate input/output (i.e external hardware, see MechWarrior Combat Simulator Cockpit for more explanation), and with visual impressiveness being of lowest importance (i.e. I'm not starting out with beautiful models that don't interact with their environment correctly). Network multi-player is not a priority.

The initial project will cover the technology of 2550. It will start in the year 2550 and span to current time of 3070's. Since a game that size would be imposible to create in one shot, it will start with the range 2550 to 3025, a decline in technology. Each faction will be a separate add-on as will steps in time (3025-3050, 3050-3055, etc.). Clan will be an option, but only through participation in the Exodus.

The primary focus is a single-player game, multi-player is a separate function with the possibility of tying the two together with Solaris VII. The game will be comprised of a multi-generational character (obvious given the time frame). The game will be a collection of campaigns, divided into battles. Progress through the game will present options to the user allowing them to shape their destiny. All element of the game can be either scripted (pre-determined), randomly generated, or a combination of the two.
]]> 21 Nov 2006 06:10:29 Maelstrom You pilot your ship through the dreaded "Maelstrom" asteroid belt -- suddenly your best friend thrusts towards you and fires, directly at your cockpit. You raise your shields just in time, and the battle is joined.

The deadliest stretch of space known to mankind has just gotten deadlier. Everywhere massive asteroids jostle for a chance to crush your ship, and deadly shinobi fighter patrols pursue you across the asteroid belt. But the deadliest of them all is your sister ship, assigned to you on patrol. The pilot, trained by your own Navy, battle hardened by months in the Maelstrom, is equipped with a twin of your own ship and intimate knowledge of your tactics.

The lovely Stratocaster R&R facility never sounded so good, but as you fire full thrusters to dodge the latest barrage you begin to think you'll never get home...
]]> 03 Jan 2007 02:46:07 Senha Discover the password, by the tips offered.

White tips = you hit the color, but wrong the position;
Black tips = you hit the color and position.

PS:
Senha in portuguese is Password in English, or Seña in Spanish.
]]> 28 Feb 2007 11:09:09 Oxyd Oxyd is a computer puzzle game released for the Amiga, Atari, Macintosh, PC, and the NeXT platform by Dongleware Verlags GmbH in 1992.

It is a game of puzzles and tests that challenge you to restart all the oxygen generators (called Oxyds) on your home planet.

The player controls a small black marble that rolls around and picks things up, touches things to activate them, and bashes things to move them. The game's playfield is called a landscape. To get to the next landscape, the player must open all the Oxyds on the current landscape, which is done by touching them, but they will only stay open if you touch Oxyds of the same color in sequence.

There are clues on many landscapes: some are helpful, but others are confusing or not so helpful. To help the player there are bombs, dynamite, lasers, mirrors, hidden passages, and other useful items. To retard the player there are bottomless pits, crumbling floors, slides, pools of water to drown in, quicksand, and assorted traps.

At the time of its release, Oxyd gained enough popularity to spawn a number of sequels: Oxyd Magnum, Oxyd Extra, and per.Oxyd (also known as Oxyd 2). Additionally, Oxyd itself was a sequel to a lesser-known game, called Esprit.

The Oxyd series is no longer maintained by Dongleware; however, the free game Enigma is a clone.
]]> 29 Jan 2007 10:10:39 Curses What started off as a mission to find a tourist map of Paris in the extensive attic of your house, Meldrew Hall, becomes a random adventure to many places and times. There are plenty of puzzles to be solved along the way, of course. This is an interactive fiction adventure.
]]> 26 Feb 2007 03:29:05 Glow The player is charged with the task of retrieving data on a biological weapon from the site of a major test failure. Assisted by military allies, the player will adapt his character to survive the environment and upgrade with larger weapons and improved strategy.

It features a unique shader-driven art style and a streamlined play interface that will seem familiar to enthusiasts of Robotron and Tri-Stat-based game players.
]]> 20 Dec 2006 11:54:52 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 Stair Dismount - Porrasturvat It is a physics game where the goal is maximising the 'damage' done to a 3D stick figure; the player causes damage by briefly applying a force to the figure to make it fall down a staircase.

Made by the same developer as Truck Dismount - Rekkaturvat.
]]> 05 Dec 2006 11:00:02 Liquid War Liquid War is a unique multiplayer wargame. Its rules are truely original and have been invented by Thomas Colcombet. You control an army of liquid and have to try and eat your opponents. A single player mode is available, but the game is definitely designed to be multiplayer, and has network support.
]]> 07 Dec 2006 08:09:39 Kumoon Kumoon is a hybrid of a third person shooter and a puzzle game. Player controls a chick that tries to knock down boxes in various rooms by shooting them with a revolver, shotgun or a bazooka.
]]> 14 Dec 2006 02:57:11 Scorched 3D Scorched 3D is a game based on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth. Scorched 3D adds amongst other new features a 3D island environment and LAN and internet play.

The gameplay remains much like in the original game. Aiming towards a certain opponent is earily done with the A button, and after that the aiming with angle and power is exactly as in Scorched Earth. However, some weapons will react differently when landing due to the three dimensional terrain.
]]> 13 Feb 2007 01:38:57 Pogo Sticker This is certainly not an average platformer! This is what you get when you make a "Jump'n'Run" game, but leave out the Run. It's all jumping from start to beginning, and you aren't allowed to stop bouncing around.

Funky physics, stylish graphics, catchy music and bunch of weird levels to say it short.
]]> 07 Feb 2007 10:00:40 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 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 SlingStar Sling your wingmen to destroy the enemy in this addictive, physics based game.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 11:57:25 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 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 Electricman 2 Take control of Electricman in the quest to become the most powerful being the the stick man universe. You have different martial arts skills and superhuman powers that you can use. The normal fighting moves can be used as many times as needed, while the super moves require battery power to perform. Also, some of the moves are context sensitive, and Electricman will perform a different move depending of if someone is behind or in front of him. After every match, you are given a code that can be used to continue your progress after you decide to take a break.
]]> 09 Mar 2007 06:15:32 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 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 Nexuiz Nexuiz is a fast-paced 3D deathmatch first-person shooter. The purpose of the game is to bring deathmatch back to the basics, with perfect weapon balancing and fast paced action, keeping itself away from the current trend of realistic shooters.
]]> 04 Jan 2007 05:17:20 Facade You, the player, using your own name and gender, play the character of a longtime friend of Grace and Trip, an attractive and materially successful couple in their early thirties. During an evening get-together at their apartment that quickly turns ugly, you become entangled in the high-conflict dissolution of Grace and Trip's marriage. No one is safe as the accusations fly, sides are taken and irreversible decisions are forced to be made. By the end of this intense one-act play you will have changed the course of Grace and Trip's lives - motivating you to re-play the drama to find out how your interaction could make things turn out differently the next time.
]]> 02 Jan 2007 03:43:06 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 Scribble Scribble is a timed connect the dot game. There are 20 pictures to create by connecting the numbers in order. If you draw a line to the wrong number, you have to start the picture over again. See how fast you can complete all 20 images.
]]> 13 Mar 2007 05:06:31 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 Avoider Avoid him for as long as you can.
]]> 13 Dec 2006 05:44:17 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 DragonFable DragonFable is an fully animated role playing game built to run in your web browser. Build a character and explore our ever expanding world to battle monsters, find treasure, and participate in our ongoing epic storyline quests and special events.

DragonFable is in an ongoing perpetual development! Even as you read this new monsters are being made, new items crafted, and dungeons overflowing with horrible surprises are being designed to test your bravery and intellect. We listen carefully to player suggestions and feedback on the forums making DragonFable's growth the result of our entire community!
]]> 24 Jan 2007 03:47:41 Book and Volume
Your pager tickles you awake.

Upstairs in the house of your childhood, in your room, and it must be time for school because -- no, it's the weekend, you remember, but your alarm is going off anyway. You should have been awake already. You're going to miss the bus. Your mother climbs in the window. You're dreaming.

You're a grown-up: It opens to you again, a sluggish window summoned by a mouse click. Waking up now in your own apartment, your new apartment. Your pager is buzzing and vibrating both, serious. It is in fact the weekend, but you're not in elementary school. No one is crawling in through the window. You're a system administrator for nWare. Waking up urgently, here in nTopia.
]]> 10 Feb 2007 05:40:41