All-Time Highest Rated Games Tagged 'core, shooter, free' on The Great Games Experiment http://www.greatgamesexperiment.com/css/logo.jpg en-us Warning Forever is a special shoot 'em up. Instead of flying around, dealing with hoards of enemies, and the occasional boss, it's just you, and the boss. And every time you beat the boss, it comes back, meaner than the time before.

]]> 04 Dec 2006 11:33:56 Counterclockwise is a remake of 1983 Spectrum game "Knot in 3D". Your goal is to navigate a mass-trail propulsion craft through zero-G space and survive as long as you can. There are other crafts (chasers) around, trying to cut you off with their trails. Avoid crashing into trails and showoff some fancy flying and shooting skills for extra score.

]]> 02 Feb 2007 12:37:48 The Game

Out in the vastness of space lies the heart of an Intergalactic Criminal Network, TALOS, a man-made asteroid slowly spinning through the void, spreading its evil through the Universe. At the head of this seemingly unstoppable force sits one man, the unspeakably vile Cyrus T. Gross.


A name spoken only in whispered voices, Gross is the embodiment of all that is criminal. Avoiding any attempt to curtail his ever spreading empire, he has crushed all opposition and seems invincible, ruling his depraved Zealots with a fist of iron and a heart of ice.

In a last ditch attempt, the rulers of the Free Worlds have called in the Nemesis organisation, a hardened cadre of humanoid and robotic freebooters who have assigned N.O.M.A.D. 471 (Nemesis Organisation Mobile Attack Droid) to penetrate Gross's heavily armed home world and destroy this vile despot once and for all.

Your mission is to guide N.O.M.A.D. through the four sections of Capital City towards Gross's inner sanctum.

You arrive at the spaceport and must then progress through the slums, into the city centre and penetrate the HQ; "Dun Dentin', before you reach his personal quarters for the final deadly confrontation.

Many dangers await you in all sections of Capital City. In true cowardly style, Gross has installed magnetrons, heat-seeking missiles,
and an infinity of equally deadly obstacles, all of which must be confronted and conquered.

N.O.M.A.D. 471 Specifications

Autonomous war-droid with high-intelligence, Infra-red visual receptors and high-frequency audio-receivers.
Fitted with anti-gravity pods and twin thrusters functional in both forward and backward directions and capable of great speeds with a high degree of manoeuvrability.

Armament

Titanium body shell ... Not totally impregnable. Two magnum 57 calibre blasters. The N.O.M.A.D. 471 series is as yet untested. This is his first and possibly deadliest mission. The chances of survival are slim ...

The freedom of the Universe is in your hands.

We salute you!

]]> 04 Feb 2007 04:07:40 Hurrican is a freeware jump and shoot game created by Poke53280 that is based on the Turrican game series. Blast your way through nine action-packed levels filled with different enemies and powerups.

]]> 24 Jun 2007 04:37:39 Please try it and then let me know what you think :)

Toy Robo is an Action-Adventure Shooter that requires quick hands and engaging strategy. You play as Toy Robo, a robot action figure on the side of good. Your goal is to rid the world of evil toys which appear only at night. You will do this in Arena style combat using your Blaster and Energy sword. To help you along your way, you can equip several types of batteries, each with different combat effects and
bonuses.

This game was developed as an entry to the gamedev.net 4e4 contest which required that it encorporate at least 2 of the following four elements (elements of which ALL games are apparently made of): pirates, ninjas, robots and zombies.

I opted for robots and zombies because robots are easy to model and zombies are easy to animate ^_^

The contest had a 6 month time limit, so I wanted to make sure I didn't bite off more then I could chew. In the end I came in 2nd out of at least 20 - the 1st place finisher was developed by 5 people! so even though I didn't win I felt like the game did very well and the process was rewarding.

Belowe are a few screen shots and the game download.

]]> 23 Jan 2007 10:40:46 Beyond the Red Line is a stand-alone total conversion for the award-winning Freespace 2 released by Volition and Interplay for the PC. It is based on the popular new tv-show Battlestar Galactica. No, not the one from the 70s.
The game is made by the fans, for the fans.

]]> 08 Jun 2007 02:05:54 Empyreal Nocturne is a 3D aerial action game in which you combat enormous flying monsters by commanding a legion of birds.

Each flying monster, called Hydra, is a series of nodes connected together. You must defeat each weak point node to destroy the entire monster.

The design of the game is influenced by "Shadow of the Colossus". You battle enormous creatures that initially appear to be insurmountable. It is also partially inspired by "Rez" in the sense that they are both non-traditional, abstract shooter games.

]]> 11 May 2007 03:13:53 Includes a vector graphics ship editor, online leader list, custom sounds, and an acid trip graphics engine! Customize everything about your ship from mass to rate of fire. Use physics to create powerful ships. Massive ships take more hits, less massive ones take less engine power. Big projecties connect easily but small projectiles have more pressure ripping through baddies with less velocity! It's up to you to figure out what combination works to get you to the top of the online charts!

]]> 24 Jan 2007 01:25:07 True-Vol is an online multiplayer first person shooter and a role playing game. The objective of the game is to "ice" your competition as many times as possible by shooting them (click left mouse button) and using your own special techniques while avoiding being "iced" yourself. Fly around the level and collect Vol power-ups (look for -=V=- on screen), which increase your abilities to shoot, fly, zoom in, and move. After collecting enough Vol power-ups you will reach an ascended state called "True-Vol". With this new acquired label comes the ability to annihilate your opponents with an incredible rate of fire, great vision, and speed. Every time you "ice" an opponent you get one point. However, if you are "iced" by an opponent you lose one point, but don't worry, you can't get negative points!
You begin the game with 200 experience points. After a few games you will have gained more experience points, which you can use to create your own techniques. During gameplay you can use your techniques by first placing your target box on an opponent at least for a moment. Once you have seen their name pop up that means they are the target which your techniques will home in on unless someone has the homing virus (or you clear your technique's target by pressing zoom-in and zoom-out simultaneously). Enter the Button Sequence of the Technique you want to use and it will fire toward the last targeted opponent. You can also target opponent's special techniques and destroy them before they hit you. Simply target one (it will say "(Playername's) Special Technique") then fire off your own technique. You can even change the course of your techniques movement by choosing another target after you have fired off a special technique.

]]> 25 Jan 2007 04:42:43 Dixerius allows users to use their own media - MP3 audio, DivX movies, and a variety of other formats - and blast through enemies in space to the beat, and/or the visuals. This innovative concept allows for virtually unlimited gameplay. Dixerius features the proprietary R-Cube Engine, which features advanced lighting and rendering techniques, a robust client-server architecture for multiplayer, and easily extendable content.

Dixerius also features a short story mode, with a first-person intro sequence. Both musical and story modes can be played multiplayer over the Internet or LAN via TCP/IP with up to 16 players. For musical mode, the media (including video) is also synchronized between all clients.

]]> 29 Jan 2007 10:10:08 Allegiance, the multiplayer space-combat game from the minds of Microsoft Research, combines the challenges of tactical squadron-based combat, intense one-on-one space dogfights, and amazing graphical and sound effects into a space-action experience like nothing you've seen before.

Allegiance is an online multiplayer game featuring a mix of 3D space combat, and real-time strategy.

]]> 16 Dec 2006 12:55:54 In Ray-Hound you control a space ship in a circular arena where you have to survive for as long as possible and eliminate all turrets that keep shooting on you. Unfortunately you don't have a gun yourself, so instead you capture the shots the turrets fire at you and use their own shots againts the turrets

Ray-Hound is created by Hikoza Ohkubo, creator of Warning Forever.

]]> 08 Feb 2007 01:37:01 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 Half-Life 2 Capture the Flag is a mod for half-life that lets you play Capture the Flag on all of the Half-Life 2 deathmatch maps, and more.

]]> 29 Apr 2007 03:54:27 Survive the onslaught for as long as you can. You are an elite commando, with access to multiple weapons. In addition to your standard rifle, you have a rocket launcher, shotgun, grenades, and mines. As you run and jump across the map, more and more soldiers will come after you. First soldiers will just run on to the map. However, they will eventually begin to parachute into the battlefield, and call in snipers as well. Survive for as long as you can while racking up the kills and headshots.

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]]> 18 Jul 2007 05:28:30 Endless War 3 is a top down shooter. Control your character movement with WSAD, and aim your gun with the mouse. Your soldier has access to guns, grenades, and knives. You have to fight your way through multiple levels and multiple different wars. The wars range from WWII, to a future alien war. Endless War 1 and 2 are also included in this game, so there are a multitude of campaigns to play through.

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