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Free Games and Demos
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(link) Friday, 7-April-2006 15:58:27 (GMT +10) - by Agg
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If you're having a slow Friday afternoon, pass the time with some of these demos and free games:
Juppy sent word about FuturePinball. It's a freebie pinball sim with inbuilt table designer. Programmer is actually an Aussie (WA I think). On a decent machine it plays damn nicely.... realtime 3d with OpenGL, camera follows the ball etc (if you want it to). Theres about 70 tables for it so far I think ... more coming every week from the community, they are a mix of reallife table designs and unique new designs, all free so far, some are crap whilst other are awesome.
Iroquois told me about Trackmania Nations ESWC, a free racing game where you can design tracks etc. It’s a high octane, free wheeling game of insanity where players can construct totally original tracks with gigantic jumps, loops and high-speed corners. Apparently it's like a modern version of Stunts or Stunt Car Racer if you remember those classics.
From bees_man we have BATracer, a free browser-based Formula One racing and management simulator game. More info in this forum thread.
From Warpy, Phosphor, an in-browser First Person Shooter in Shockwave. Both single player (with AI-controlled bots) and multiplayer (using peer-to-peer Internet or LAN connections) game modes are supported. Our goal is to create a gaming experience similar to classic FPS games like Unreal Tournament and Quake 3, but with the accessibility of a webgame. More info in this thread. Wow, for an in-browser game, that's freakin' amazing.
There's a demo of the new Tomb Raider Legend game out, get it here on AusGamers. For installer size reasons on this demo version, the 'Next Generation' graphics option has been de-activated. However please check back after the 7th April 2006 for an update which will unlock all the high-end content and fully optimise the demo to that of the full retail version. Discussion in this thread.
Apparently you can get a free 12-month Planetside subscription now, according to this thread.
While we're here, AusGamers have new downloadable demos of Strategic Command 2 Blitzkrieg, Hearts of Iron 2, Rise of Nations: Rise of Legends, GTI Racing and Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WW2.
Enjoy! For more, check out our Games Forum.
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