Best free games for your PC or laptop

MarkBargain

I thought I'd ask what people consider to be the best free game that can be legally and safely downloaded for the PC?

I think my top 3 (that I have seen so far) are:

1 - Super Mario 3 - Mario Forever (platform)
http://download.cnet.com/Super-Mario-3-Mario-Forever/3000-7433_4-10344976.html?!!!!!contentMain;contentBody

2 - TM Nations Forever (racing)
www.freepcgamers.com/2008/12/trackmania-nations-forever.html

3 - Dirty Split (murder mystery adventure)
www.freepcgamers.com/2008/12/dirty-split.html

As a bonus suggestion, out of nostalgia for the Spectrum and Amiga days I will add Dizzy and the Other Side: www.freepcgamers.com/search?q=dizzy.

I had some PS2 controllers laying around, so for £2 on Ebay I ought USB adaptors for them and they now work on my laptops.

CoolHotCold

Angry Birds

WLM21

Quite a few here .. but all are pretty easy, quick games .. and some daft ones too

Worth a quick look

http://www.ferryhalim.com/orisinal/

Coveredinbees!!!!

oolite if you like a bit of retro http://www.oolite.org/

devizes18193

quake live.com

Spank

F.E.A.R Multiplayer

GeoffX

Steam has a number of free games:
http://forums.steampowered.com/forums/showthread.php?t=851573

Team Fortess 2 is free to play this week. There is speculation that as it is unusual for a temporarily free game to be unavailable to buy that Valve is planning to make this permanent.

renegade

MarkBargain wrote: »

I thought I'd ask what people consider to be the best free game that can be legally and safely downloaded for the PC?

I think my top 3 (that I have seen so far) are:

1 - Super Mario 3 - Mario Forever (platform)
http://download.cnet.com/Super-Mario-3-Mario-Forever/3000-7433_4-10344976.html?!!!!!contentMain;contentBody

2 - TM Nations Forever (racing)
www.freepcgamers.com/2008/12/trackmania-nations-forever.html

3 - Dirty Split (murder mystery adventure)
www.freepcgamers.com/2008/12/dirty-split.html

As a bonus suggestion, out of nostalgia for the Spectrum and Amiga days I will add Dizzy and the Other Side: www.freepcgamers.com/search?q=dizzy.

I had some PS2 controllers laying around, so for £2 on Ebay I ought USB adaptors for them and they now work on my laptops.

Interesting post for me as I am a gamer but never played on the net. What specs should my lap top have to enable these games? What are the usb's you got to convert your PS2 controller?

MackemPunk

Rockstar classics http://www.rockstargames.com/classics/
GTA ,GTA2 and Wild metal country all free and full.

Don't forget open source games there's a large list here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open-source_video_games

MarkBargain

renegade wrote: »

Interesting post for me as I am a gamer but never played on the net. What specs should my lap top have to enable these games? What are the usb's you got to convert your PS2 controller?

I played the games on my P6100 3GB laptop and i3 3GB laptop, but I think most of them would be fine with less powerful machines.

The PS2 to USB connectors sell for £2.25 delivered on Ebay: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/PS2-PS3-PC-USB-GAME-CONTROLLER-CONVERTER-ADAPTER-UK-/230621248903?pt=UK_VideoGames_VideoGameAccessories_VideoGameAccessories_JN&hash=item35b218fd87

flexrider

classic games can be played here

Lemmings-http://www.abandonia.com/en/games/37/Lemmings.html
street fighter(flash)- http://www.bigmoneyarcade.com/?action=playgame&gameid=249
resident evil - http://www.oyunlar1.com/online.php?flash=866
mortal kombat- http://tabmok99.mortalkombatonline.com/mkgames.html

plenty more games i know about on this site but forgot the link will post it later has over 100 games form the past on it