what commercial games have gone freeware?

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:02 am

what games have lately (by which i mean, the past couple of years) to be distributed as freeware? X-Com: UFO Defence is the newest one that i know of.

philosophist · Post by **philosophist** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:02 am

Ultima IV

philosophist · Post by **philosophist** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:03 am

Oh, and The Elder Scrolls: Arena

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:13 am

hitbyambulance wrote:what games have lately (by which i mean, the past couple of years) to be distributed as freeware? X-Com: UFO Defence is the newest one that i know of.

XCOM is NOT freeware, unless you can show me a page on MicroProse/Atari/Infogrames website that says it is.

Just because it was released on a magazine CD does NOT mean it's freeware.

hitbyambulance · Post by **hitbyambulance** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 3:23 am

Kasey Chang wrote:
hitbyambulance wrote:what games have lately (by which i mean, the past couple of years) to be distributed as freeware? X-Com: UFO Defence is the newest one that i know of.
XCOM is NOT freeware, unless you can show me a page on MicroProse/Atari/Infogrames website that says it is.

Just because it was released on a magazine CD does NOT mean it's freeware.

what about this link?

and hey! i just downloaded it and it has your strategy guide included with it!

disarm · Post by **disarm** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:28 am

Grand Theft Auto and GTA2 are now freely available from Rockstar, along with some game called Wild Metal Country that i never played... download load all three here 8)

JayG · Post by **JayG** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:33 am

Beneath a Steel Sky and Lure of the Temptress are available to download from here;

http://www.revolution.co.uk/_display.php?id=10

Kasey Chang · Post by **Kasey Chang** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 5:21 am

hitbyambulance wrote:
Kasey Chang wrote:
hitbyambulance wrote:what games have lately (by which i mean, the past couple of years) to be distributed as freeware? X-Com: UFO Defence is the newest one that i know of.
XCOM is NOT freeware, unless you can show me a page on MicroProse/Atari/Infogrames website that says it is.

Just because it was released on a magazine CD does NOT mean it's freeware.
what about this link?

and hey! i just downloaded it and it has your strategy guide included with it!

That would make it even LESS likely it's a legal release, since I never gave any one permission to include it with any distribution of the game.

I stand by my opinion that a Fileplanet filechecker screwed up big-time. They are supposed to kill any mention of "abandoneware" ASAP. Fileplanet can't take the legal risk (and by extension, IGN) Looks like this one got through somehow.

warning · Post by **warning** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 8:38 am

Betrayal at Krondor
The first Ground Control

TiLT · Post by **TiLT** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 9:11 am

Star Control 2 - Now known as The Ur-Quan Masters. Hell, it's even been improved, with voiceovers, some new graphical effects, support for all kinds of operating systems, and best of all, new music for almost all the races and situations, some of these composed by yours truly.

Second best game ever, after X-Com.

Harry F. Ishnuts · Post by **Harry F. Ishnuts** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 11:57 am

Abandonware sites

http://home.swbell.net/jekenn/abandonware.htm

HFI

ChrisGwinn · Post by **ChrisGwinn** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:12 pm

Sierra did at least a limited free release of Tribes 2 when Tribes: Vengeance came out.

Defiant · Post by **Defiant** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 12:16 pm

Mystery House. (released on 10th? anniv)

B-17 Flying Fortress (released when sequel came out)
Enemy Nations
Zork 1 (only if you get it directly from Activision - you can't give it out freely). Maybe 2 and 3?
Hitchikers Guide to the Galaxy (only from the late Douglas Adams website)
Cinemaware's Games (Only from their website?)
The original battlecruiser game?

Was one of the freespaces released, or was it just the source code?

Star Control 2 - Now known as The Ur-Quan Masters.

To be strictly accurate, Star Control 2 isn't, Ur Quan Masters is.

Spock's Brain · Post by **Spock's Brain** » Mon Mar 21, 2005 4:08 pm

There's a whole site devoted to formerly commercial games re-released as freeware. Before you get your hopes up too much, in a lot of cases it's only the source code that's been "liberated."

Liberated Games

Zitterbacke · Post by **Zitterbacke** » Tue Mar 22, 2005 7:17 am

Hidden and Dangerous I Deluxe came as free download when gathering advertised for H&D II.

http://www.gathering.com/hd2/hddeluxe.html

you still can get it there. And you should.

Octopus Overlords

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