Today I'd like to highlight two Artifical Intelligence based games - The breve Simulation Environment and NERO: Neuro-Evolving Robotic Operatives.NERO (1)NERO (2)NERO describes itself as,"A unique computer game that lets [...]
Slow News, XMoto, SuperTuxKart
Posted by Onote on Monday, September 18, 2006
It's been slow news on Free Gamer, partly influenced by alcoholic intake and partly by the fact not too much happened in the last several days.XMoto 0.2.1 was released as was SuperTuxKart 0.2rc2. Of course, anybody following happypenguin.org will be [...]
Unidentified Flying Objects
Posted by Onote on Friday, September 15, 2006
UFO: Enemy Unknown was released by Microprose over a decade ago. For those not familiar with it and it's predecessors, or for nostalgia, here's a thorough review of one of the all time great games. It is abandonware these days and as such can be downloaded [...]
Sauerbraten, Site Upgrade
Posted by Onote on Thursday, September 14, 2006
SauerbratenThere's a new Sauerbraten download and this one is looking beautiful. Just check out the screenshot... wow! This update introduces reflective water, performance improvements, bug fixes, and lots of other little [...]
Nexuiz 2.1, Savage
Posted by Onote on Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Nexuiz 2.1 is out (changelog). Not much to say other than this builds upon the success of Nexuiz 2.0 and continues to establish Nexuiz as a first class open source game.I forgot to mention (sorry!) that Savage: The Battle for Newerth is now officially [...]
Oh So Evil
Posted by Onote on Tuesday, September 12, 2006
I don't know how this game isn't more well known, but I only just found out about XEvil. This game is a cross between Commander Keen and Quake and it's very fun, if a little dated. Action packed and chaotic, it's all about extreme violence platform-style. [...]
Brutal Chess, Warzone, Balder2D
Posted by Onote on Monday, September 11, 2006
Does anybody remember Battle Chess? I loved that game. I think it was one of the games that really got me hooked on using a PC after years of dedication to a spectrum. Well, great news Battle Chess lovers, there's an open source modern equivalent: [...]
New Releases on the Horizon
Posted by Onote on Saturday, September 9, 2006
There are imminent releases for OpenCity and Pingus.OpenCity 0.0.4beta is looking a lot more playable than it's version number suggests with the TODO looking like 0.0.5 will contain most elements you'd expect in a city simulation game.Pingus will probably [...]
Hero of Allacrost
Posted by Onote on Friday, September 8, 2006
Hero of AllacrostHero of Allacrost is a Free single player 2D RPG game that's been in development for some time without any real release. Posted in the Wesnoth forums (rather than their own) is an update on the status of [...]
Review: Fish Fillets NG
Posted by Onote on Thursday, September 7, 2006
Fish Fillets NG is the fan-project result of the open sourcing of the original commercial title Fish Fillets from Altar Interactive. It is a fiendishly challenging and addictive puzzle game and is refreshingly original [...]