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Oolite – free open-world space opera

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Oolite is a retro 3D Space Simulation in the style of the classic Elite. Many aspects of gameplay will be familiar to players of that game.

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Racer – car simulator project

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Racer is a cross-platform car simulation project using professional car physics to achieve a realistic feeling and an excellent render engine.

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Crack Attack! – based on the Super Nintendo classic Tetris Attack

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Crack Attack! is an OpenGL puzzle game similar to the Super Nintendo classic game “Tetris Attack”.

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gbrainy – free brain teaser game and trainer

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

gbrainy is a platform to train memory, arithmetical and logical capabilities with many sorts of different exercises of different difficulty levels.

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Annchienta – free 2D game engine

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

The Annchienta project is a free, single-player graphical 2D tile-based game engine. The game takes place in an isometric fantasy world.

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Lost Labyrinth – free dungeon crawling game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Lost Labyrinth is a roguelike roleplaying computer game. It uses a Zelda-like graphics engine, and has high replayability.

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Gillo – 2 player game set in 3D ellipsoid playground

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Gillo is a two player game set in a virtual reality 3D ellipsoid environment. Players are cars, moving inside an ellipsoidal playground.

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Grid Wars 2 – clone of the popular Xbox 360 game, Geometry Wars

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Grid Wars 2 is basically a clone of the popular Xbox 360 game, Geometry Wars. It’s a freeware game.

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Digital Paintball 2 – by Digital Paint

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Paintball 2 is a fast-paced first-person game with capture the flag, elimination, siege, and deathmatch (free-for-all) styles of gameplay.

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Yo Frankie! – play Frank

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Yo Frankie! (code-named Apricot) is an open source computer game by the Blender Institute, part of the Blender Foundation.

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Vacuum Magic – fast-paced original action game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Vacuum Magic is a fast-paced original action game. The object of the game is to use your magical vacuum field to collect food and defend against monsters.

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Paintown – free side-scrolling, action packed game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Paintown is a 2D side scrolling beatem-up game in the same genre as Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and the Sega Genesis game, Streets of Rage.

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Boson – OpenGL real-time strategy game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of C&C or StarCraft. Perfect if you enjoy the Age of Empires or Age of Mythology series.

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Phun – 2D physics sandbox

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Phun is an educational, entertaining and somewhat addictive piece of software for playing around in a 2D physics sandbox in a cartoony fashion.

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Go Ollie – the Oligocheata is a worm on a mission

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Go Ollie is a platform game in which you are charge of Ollie the Oligocheata, a worm on a mission. It’s freeware.

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JAG – arcade-puzzle 2D game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

JAG is an arcade-puzzle 2D game similar to KDiamonds, Cradle of Rome, Big Kahuna Reef etc. Break all of the target pieces on each level

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Atomic Worm – Snake like game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

The Atomic Worm is a bit like the classic game, Snake. It slithers through the playing field in search of tokens, which lengthen your character.

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Pink Pony – Tron­-like multiplayer racing­ game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Pink Pony is a 3D racing game with ponies! Pink Pony is a Tron­-like multiplayer racing­ game. It also has similarities with Snake.

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Quake Live – multiplayer game experience

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Quake Live is a new and innovative multiplayer game experience from id Software – the creators of the hugely popular games, Doom and Quake.

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Unknown Horizons – 2D realtime strategy simulation game

November 14, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Unknown Horizons is a 2D realtime strategy simulation with an emphasis on economy and city building.

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