Humbug ... 1990 Text Adventure.

Previously shareware, now released as public domain, download from author's website
https://grahamcluley.com/misc/humbug/

Written for DOS, cleanly it appears, as I have been able to run it in a Win7 32bit command prompt with no problems so far. Recommended for people who like Hitchikers Guide to The Galaxy, Terry Pratchett, Red Dwarf, Fawlty Towers, or other offbeat UK humour.

awgamer wrote on 2021-09-25, 14:50:

Apparently you still get fallout tactics, 1 & 2 if you buy fallout 76, last update april 2020, don't know if still going. https://samagame.com/en/if-you-own-fallout-76 … -copy-on-steam/

Interesting idea. Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are some 30€ on GoG or Steam without discounts, while 76 is 40€.
Essentially you buy 2 good, 1 decent and 1 shitty game for 40 or 2 good and 1 decent for 30.
Or wait for a discount and get for something like 6€ the 3 at least decent ones.

and by buying 76 you'd be supporting that game, bleh.

Free games associated with a purchase have been brought up before in this thread, I don't have an issue with it but others do for some reason.

kolderman wrote on 2021-09-25, 19:05:

It's not free if you have to pay money.

The "free" games that come with buying amazon prime have been regularly posted here so the fallout deal is the same by my eyes.

RandomStranger wrote on 2021-09-25, 15:03:

Interesting idea. Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are some 30€ on GoG or Steam without discounts, while 76 is 40€. Essentially you buy […]
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awgamer wrote on 2021-09-25, 14:50:

Apparently you still get fallout tactics, 1 & 2 if you buy fallout 76, last update april 2020, don't know if still going. https://samagame.com/en/if-you-own-fallout-76 … -copy-on-steam/

Interesting idea. Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are some 30€ on GoG or Steam without discounts, while 76 is 40€.
Essentially you buy 2 good, 1 decent and 1 shitty game for 40 or 2 good and 1 decent for 30.
Or wait for a discount and get for something like 6€ the 3 at least decent ones.

I take it you're saying wait for a 75-85% steam sale on 76, then grab 1,2,t as a result. As far as 76 sucking, it's like 4, the official game is a fail, it sucks that they aren't actual fallout games but people have scavenged a different gameplay out of them by making them sandbox build games, which works for people who enjoy that, again yes not fallout, just fallout skinned build game , and when it comes to that, 76 vs 4, the consensus is 76 is better looking, primarily thanks to lighting, though there are lighting mods for 4. Anyway, if you like playing with sandbox building and like soaking in some fallout aesthetic, then the 76 deal isn't complete trash.

awgamer wrote on 2021-09-25, 22:07:

I take it you're saying wait for a 75-85% steam sale on 76, then grab 1,2,t as a result.

No. I suggest skipping 76 and buy 1,2,t on a sale. They are sometimes discounted to just 2-3€ each.

Dawn of the Dead free on microsoft 9 hours left. https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/dawn-of-the … vot:overviewtab
Note, requires windows 10. doubt, but they don't let you download it if they don't detect 10, but you'll still have it in your account.

Here's a fun one.
Iji
http://www.remar.se/daniel/iji.php

A 2D platformer with RPG elements, including weapon/ability upgrades.
Even has a semi-secret ending depending on how you play.

Looks like it was updated somewhat recently (July 2021)
I had originally completed a play through of the 1.6 version (March 2010)

RandomStranger wrote on 2021-09-25, 15:03:

Interesting idea. Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are some 30€ on GoG or Steam without discounts, while 76 is 40€. Essentially you buy […]
Show full quote

awgamer wrote on 2021-09-25, 14:50:

Apparently you still get fallout tactics, 1 & 2 if you buy fallout 76, last update april 2020, don't know if still going. https://samagame.com/en/if-you-own-fallout-76 … -copy-on-steam/

Interesting idea. Fallout 1, 2 and Tactics are some 30€ on GoG or Steam without discounts, while 76 is 40€.
Essentially you buy 2 good, 1 decent and 1 shitty game for 40 or 2 good and 1 decent for 30.
Or wait for a discount and get for something like 6€ the 3 at least decent ones.

Thought I'd mention one of the several websites I ran across that tracks deals including freebees, https://gg.deals , is tracking 40 stores. quick filtered search, I like the historical pricing graph, all time low, at the bottom of each game page. Here's a search filtered to freebees with expired freebees hidden: https://gg.deals/news/?availability=1&type=6

fallout 76 is going for $8/6.79 euros https://gg.deals/game/fallout-76/ (currently $10 on steam,) a lot more palatable than 40 euros. If that's still too unfathomable, Fallout 4 goty is also $8, all time low, that has mods like the new vegas port to fallout 4. https://twitter.com/Project_F4NV

$10 voucher at epic store for signing up or even already signed up, account info, communications, check mark "yes, email me about epic game products.." but only for games at least $15.
https://gg.deals/freebie/free-10-voucher-to-u … ic-games-store/ This is where the price graph comes in handy, checking whether something is a good deal, desperados iii is $20 on epic, $10 after discount but checking gg.deals it's already $10 elsewhere and been around $10 for months, so not a deal at all, waste of a discount if used in this case. Informative info. Battlefront another, price is up currently, but graph shows big drop regularly so if you wanted that it wouldn't be long to wait for a price drop without this discount, another don't bother situation.

DosFreak wrote on 2022-03-05, 14:35:

This was previously posted but I had deleted:
UnDUNE II
https://liquidream.itch.io/undune2

It's for PICO8 not PC?

Shponglefan wrote on 2022-03-24, 20:47:

The Earthseige and Tribes series of games are all available for free from Hi-Rez Studios: https://www.tribesuniverse.com/

that's really old news and it's likely still the same mostly bungled up dumps. It's already in the other free games list thread.

Zoom Platform https://www.zoom-platform.com/
Downloads are all DRM free. Some notable freebies including Postal 1 and Killing Time (this version actually works properly).
Annoyingly you can't search for FREE, so here are links to I think all of them.

Alien Carnage (Halloween Harry) https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/alien-c … halloween-harry
Arctic Adventure https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/arctic-adventure
Bio Menace https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/bio-menace
Dark Ages https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/dark-ages
Death Rally (Classic) https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/death-rally
Killing Time https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/killing-time
Major Stryker https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/major-stryker
Monuments of Mars https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/monuments-of-mars
Pharaoh's Tomb https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/pharaohs-tomb
Postal https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/postal- … assic-and-uncut
Shadow Warrior (Classic) https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/shadow- … ic-and-complete
StarGunner https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/stargunner
Warzone 2100 https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/warzone-2100
Xenophage https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/xenopha … lien-bloodsport

So Bioshock 2 Remastered almost works with the below but a popup will appear stating to use the epic launcher and the game screen is frozen. Currently no epic emulators are supported for this game.

"Bioshock2HD.exe -AUTH_LOGIN=z -AUTH_PASSWORD=z -AUTH_TYPE=exchangecode -epicapp=zTest -epicenv=Prod -EpicPortal -epicusername="z" -epicuserid=z -epiclocale=en"

This appears to work:
Bioshock2HD.exe from steam release
steam_appid.txt from steam release
BakedScripts folder from steam release
Goldberg steam_api.dll

It's possible comparing the bakedscripts files between steam and epic releases may come up with something better. Possibly above command and a replaced or modified bakedscripts file.

It's also likely that someone could use the GOG versions of these games to fix the epic releases. I can't test since I don't own these games on GOG.

The above is intended for those who own the copies of "their" games to make "their" games offline. No files or links to files will be linked and no PM requests.

Bioshock Infinite appeared to work with Nemirtinga's Epic Emu but when you go to start a game it attempts to connect to 2k and errors out.

shippingpc-xgame.exe -AUTH_LOGIN=z -AUTH_PASSWORD=z -AUTH_TYPE=exchangecode -epicapp=zTest -epicenv=Prod -EpicPortal -epicusername="z" -epicuserid=z -epiclocale=en

Steam files and LumaEmu w/ Lumaemu ceg don't seem to help here. It appears that the Epic Bioshock Infinite version is a new compile since the content version.txt is updated and the data files are larger. I checked the current steam release and it's still the same 2013 ver so thanks for nothing 2k.

GOG release may be the solution here since that is possibly the same version.

Bioshock 1 Remastered behavior is the same as Bioshock 2 remastered, replacing the same files for steam results in it working.

Is BS2 remastered playable? The Steam version crashed to desktop every couple minutes. Completely unplayable. Searching for the issue reveals that apparently it's just how it is on modern systems and nobody bothered fixing it. But they still sell it...

realnc wrote on 2022-05-27, 08:51:

Is BS2 remastered playable? The Steam version crashed to desktop every couple minutes. Completely unplayable. Searching for the issue reveals that apparently it's just how it is on modern systems and nobody bothered fixing it. But they still sell it...

I wonder how people do walkthroughs then with it. Maybe 2K didn't optimize every Hw for the game, but they ain't R* so there's no other option.

Minecraft: Java & Bedrock Edition for PC
https://www.reddit.com/r/FreeGameFindings/com … _other_version/
https://www.minecraft.net/en-us/article/java- … n-pc-out-june-7

Amazon Prime Gaming
*Requires Amazon Prime

Legacy Games: Click on "Instructions" for each game

8Doors: Arum's Afterlife Adventure
10 Second Ninja X
Addling Adventures (Legacy Games)
Bang Bang Racing
Clouds & Sheep 2
Death Squared
Giana Sisters: Twisted Dreams
Gone Viral
Hue
Manual Samuel
Metal Unit
Puzzle of the Year (Legacy Games)
Rain World
Road Trip (Legacy Games) (For some reason I couldn't redeem this one)
Serial Cleaner
The Crow's Eye
The Darkside Detective: A Fumble in the Dark
The Metronomicon: Slay the Dance Floor

FREE AGAIN
Fatal Fury Special
Metal Slug 2
Pumped BMX Pro
Samurai Shodown II
The King of Fighters 2000
The King of Fighters 2002

I wonder who plays the majority of these games, the fighting games I can see some appeal the others meh.