MMORPG:
-Fairyland (like Ragnarok):
http://www.fairyland.com.my/
-Adventure Quest (try it, requires Flash 6):
http://www.battleon.com/
-PlaneShift (very nice graphics):
http://www.planeshift.it/
-Faldon (small scale MMO):
http://www.illusorystudios.com/
-Mu Online (looks like Diablo 2):
http://www.muonline.com/
-Build Your Own Net Dream (complicated name for a multiplayer game builder):
http://www.byond.com/
-Fung-Wan (or something, it's Chinese):
http://fwo.edenii.com/
-Runescape (like UO):
http://www.runescape.com/
-Conquer (I think its a MMORPG):
http://www.conqueronline.com/
-Space Federation (kind of like Master of Orion):
http://www.spacefed.com/
-Tibia (looks a bit like UO):
http://www.tibia.com/
-Project Entropia (uses a real cash economy, apparently):
http://www.project-entropia.com
FPS:
-Cube (looks very good, worth a try):
http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/
-Wolfenstein Enemy Territory (basically RTCW, free to play online): http://enemy-territory.4players.de:...p=getit&lid=68t
-America's Army (yeah, the one from the Army):
http://www.americasarmy.com/
-Hidden and Dangerous (I love this game):
http://www.fileshack.com/file.x?fid=3825
-Marathon (redesign of the original):
http://source.bungie.org/ The data files are available here:
http://orbitalarm.bungie.org/downloads/alephone.html
-Wulfram (tank based shooter, online play):
http://www.wulfram.com/
-Blackshades (randomly generated love, Linux and OS/X only):
http://wolfire.com/blackshades.html
-Tribes 1 (yes, the full thing):
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/140246.shtml
-Tribes 2 (again, the full thing) No keys for it at this time:
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/140247.shtml
-Kkrieger (only 96 KB, and has amazing graphics):
http://theprodukkt.com/
Puzzle:
-DROD (check it out):
http://drod.net/
-Chromatron (mirror game):
http://silverspaceship.com/chromatron/
-Laser Tank (tank puzzle game!):
http://pages.globetrotter.net/lasertank/ltank_en.html
-The Timmy's Picross (remake of the classic):
http://www.thetimmys.com/flash/picross/
-MadMaze (old game from Prodigy):
http://pages.prodigy.net/rdbrownmsb/MadMaze2/
-Clickomania (remake of old Mac game):
http://www.clickomania.ch/click/ (Win/Mac),
http://klickety.sourceforge.net/ (Linux)
-Enigma (addictive puzzle game):
http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/
Strategy:
-Warring Factions (Goon-made, so you know its good):
http://www.war-facts.com/
-Wazzal (single player space privateering game):
http://www.monkkonen.net/wazzal.php
-Shattered Galaxy (Real-time, a lot like StarCraft):
http://www.shatteredgalaxy.com/
-Allegiance (GREAT looking spaceship game):
http://www.freeallegiance.org/
-Space Merchant (space trading game):
http://merchant.shareplay.com/
-Star Kingdoms (similar to Warring Factions):
http://www.starkingdoms.com/
-Megamek (BattleTech Board Game):
http://megamek.sourceforge.net/
-FreeCiv (Civ 2 clone):
http://www.freeciv.org/
-Warpath (Conquer the universe!):
http://www.synthetic-reality.com/warpath.htm
-Ground Control (full game):
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/142438.shtml
-Robostrike (robot fighting game):
http://www.robostrike.com/
Side scroller or Top Down shooter:
-Soldat (cool online play, very worms-esque):
http://www.soldat.prv.pl/
-Notrium (single player top-down survival game, like Crimsonland):
http://www.monkkonen.net/notrium.php
-Crimsonland (top-down shooter, free to play, but you can "register"):
http://crimsonland.reflexive.com/crimsonland/
-GunBound (online play, very addictive):
http://www.gunbound.net/
-Survival Project (interesting Asian game):
http://english.spgame.com/
-rRootage (fly spaceship!):
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/rr_e.html
-Continuum (multi-player Asteroids!):
http://www.subspacedownloads.com/?act=file&fid=5
-Liero ("some sort of bastard child of SOLDAT and Worms"):
http://helios.et.put.poznan.pl/~sskowron/liero/
-Scorched Earth (a lot like the classic Bomb):
http://www.classicgaming.com/scorch/
-N (ninja platformer):
http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/downloads.html
-TUMIKI Fighters (old-ish graphics):
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/tf_e.html
-Parsec 47 (apparently, this game goes really fast):
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/windows/p47_e.html
-Warning Forever (direct link):
http://www18.big.or.jp/~hikoza/Archive/wf104.exe
-Shooter's Solitude (direct link):
http://www18.big.or.jp/~hikoza/Archive/sst417.exe
Adventure:
-Kings Quest (there are other games here too):
http://www.agdinteractive.com/
-NetHack (single player RPG):
http://www.nethack.org/v343/downloads.html
-Angband (similar to NetHack):
http://www.thangorodrim.net/
-The Ur-Quan Masters (another space game):
http://sc2.sourceforge.net/
-Ancient Domains of Mystery (like NetHack):
http://www.adom.de/
-Progress Quest (try it):
http://www.progressquest.com/
-Betrayal at Krondor (old school RPG):
http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=116
-Beneath a Steel Sky (I remember this game, play it!):
http://www.scummvm.org/
-Out of Order (in the vein of old school Lucasarts games):
http://outoforder.adventuredevelopers.com/
-Dink Smallwood (like Zelda):
http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/
-Graal (Fantasy/old world RPG):
http://www.graal2001.com/
-Shimlar (a text-based RPG that is coded in Java and PHP):
www.shimlar.com
-Vagabond's Quest (text-based RPG):
http://www.netdragons.com/games/vq1/
Maple Story (cartoony downloadable RPG):
www.mapleglobal.com
Other:
-Tactics Arena (online only tactics game, like Final Fantasy Tactics):
http://www.tacticsarena.com
-Hattrick (manage a soccer team):
http://www.hattrick.org
-Stepmania (home version of DDR):
http://www.stepmania.com/stepmania/
-Button Men (online version of a dice game):
http://www.buttonmen.dhs.org/
-Babylon 5: I've Found Her (space sim):
http://ifh.firstones.com/
-Stair/truck Dismount (great time killer, good physics):
http://jet.ro/dismount/
-Orbiter (space flight simulator):
http://orbit.m6.net/
-Noctis (space picture thing game):
http://www.anywherebb.com/
-Decker (based on the Matrix from Shadowrun):
http://www.caro.net/dsi/decker
-River City Hacky Sack (cool game):
http://www.somethingawful.com/rchs/
-Megamek (adaptation of the old Battletech board game):
http://megamek.sourceforge.net/idx.php?pg=main
-Starships Unlimited (shareware, but fun):
http://www.apezone.com/
-One Must Fall 2097 (old but cool fighter):
http://www.omf2097.com/
-Tong (Tetris + Pong = Tong):
http://www.nongnu.org/tong/
-Vantage Master (engrish RPG):
http://www.falcom.co.jp/vantage/index_e.html
-O2Jam (DDRish, I guess?)
http://o2jam.e-games.com.my/
-Jump 'n' Bump (BUNNY DEATHMATCH!):
http://www.jumpbump.mine.nu/
Collections:
-The Underdogs (where old classics go when they don't sell anymore):
http://www.the-underdogs.org/
-PopCap Games (mostly puzzle games):
http://www.popcap.com/
-Virtual Apple (old Apple 2 games):
http://www.virtualapple.com/
For all of your text-based gaming needs, go here:
http://brasslantern.org/ Games available here:
http://baf.wurb.com/if/index
If you are having problems running old games on your new computer, use DosBox.
http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/