Free Games

[5/4/07] Game Speed Adjuster [via frwr_news 6/19/06]. I wonder if this'll work with the DOS War2?

[8/31/06] This Windows XP Freeware Game Guide mentions some of the same games below. (So that tells me that they're probably pretty decent.)

[8/30/06] Some commercial-quality games are now available for free downloads including: Abuse (2-D scroller), Grand Theft Auto, Marathon Trilogy (precursor of Halo), Return to Castle Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, Star Control II.

[6/3/06] C-evo is a freeware empire building game for Windows.
With a time scope of several thousand years, it covers aspects of exploration and expansion, industry and agriculture, warfare and diplomacy, science and administration. The game is based on Microprose's famous Sid Meier's Civilization and has many basic ideas in common with it. Actually, this project has arised from the wish to correct annoying design mistakes and AI weaknesses of Civ II. The priorities of the C-evo project are considerably different from big commercial games. While those are focused on easy entertainment and mainly compete for the most realistic and exciting up-to-date multimedia, this one aims at ageless challenge. [frwr-news]

[11/26/05] Most of us have whiled away some spare time playing the cheap and cheerful games that come with Windows, while others invest a little more time and money in the latest 3D games. This is an expensive luxury for lots of people, but the good news is that there are plenty of fun games to be had for free. [frwr-news]