Flightgear 1.0.0 Released

After more than 11 years of development, Flightgear 1.0 has arrived.Flightgear can be played on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, as well as other *nix platforms including FreeBSD, Solaris, and IRIX. Distributed under the GPL, Flightgear is one of the first major Free Software games and has become a flight simulator that rivals it's commercial counterparts. It is a stellar example of enthusiasts coming together to create something for the community.The...

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Simu-this

OpenCityOpenCity 0.0.5 has been unleashed upon the wider public. The game is, well, not yet much of a game but it is progressing steadily. I would like to see the author approach maybe the Open Transport Tycoon project to see if there's any room for utilizing some of their many wonderous building models. I'm a big believer in project synergy, of which there isn't nearly enough occurence in the Free Software game world. People seem to fear a lack...

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Allo Allo with Allacrost

Ok, I've been slacking. I could make excuses (please somebody tell me a cheat so I can complete level 50 of Kobo Deluxe) but I won't.Another Hero of Allacrost release is up for grabs on their website. This version does bring a few new features to the current tech demo status of the project, but it's a major rewrite of several parts so versions will hopefully be coming thicker and faster in the next few months.I tried it out and it's impressive,...

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Elf Bowling 7 1/7: The Last Insult

PC Game | Action | 22 MbHold on to your stockings! Those crazy elves are up to no good and Santa needs your help to show them what the true meaning of "strike" really is! It's quirky, hilarious bowling fun just in time for the holiday season! Compete in a festive bowling game where the elves are the pins, providing their own special, colorful commentary! With just the flick of your mouse, bowl to get a spare or strike, winning trophies along the...

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Holiday Gift

PC Game | Puzzle | 8 MbDip into the festive season as you relax and celebrate your match-3 imagination with Holiday Gift! Explore 4 different game modes, each with its own addictive qualities! Find gifts through 40 beautiful levels in Adventure Mode, solve 100 Puzzle Mode levels, match groups of four in Quad Mode or just enjoy Relaxed Mode! Let the wonderful music and soft colors carry you away to the infinite world of magic and pleasure in Holiday...

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Mystery Case Files: Madame Fate

Madame Fate, a mysterious fortune teller, has foreseen her own demise at midnight this very day. She has asked for your help in investigating each quirky carnival worker to determine their whereabouts at midnight. Your investigation will include a multitude of fascinating personalities, from Art the Carny to Lucy the Bearded Beauty, while exploring the magical world of Fate's Carnival. Each suspect has a motive, but only a Master Detective can discover...

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Dirty Dancing

Dirty Dancing is basically a series of mini-games aimed at casual gamers and fans of the movie. Gamers start by choosing an avatar for themselves. For those of you who were hoping to choose an elf or dwarf character, you’ll be mightily disappointed, as the choices come down to just a male or female character. After selecting the gender of your character, the gamer can then select the look of the character with the options for skin colour, facial...

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Amazing Adventures: The Lost Tomb

You are an adventure seeker who travels the world in search of forgotten & lost treasures. Search for hidden objects and circumvent unique puzzle traps to recover the most sought after treasures the world has ever known. Welcome to Egypt! A piece of an ancient map was discovered and is believed to reveal the location of the Lost Tomb of Egypt.Under the direction of the Museum, you must immediately begin your adventure to locate the Lost Tomb...

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Dreaming of a Sensi Xmas

Yoda SoccerYoda Soccer 0.73 came out at the start of November - looks like that one slipped past most of the open source community. However it looks like 0.73 will be the last release for this Sensible Soccer clone. Whilst they have gone most of the way to recreating the classic game, the limitations of the platform used to create it (the proprietary BlitzMax) means the authors have created a new project, Open World Soccer, which will be a Sensi...

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Venture Arctic

PC Game | Tycoon | 22 MbVenture Arctic is an interactive ecosystem that you can control as you please. Unlike other Tycoon Games, there are no people in Venture Arctic. You won't have to build hot dog stands, hire janitors, or balance your checkbook. Build your ecosystem however you want to! There are 22 completely unique animals, all with realistic behaviors. Harness the forces of sun, snow, and wind to create balance in these fragile ecosystems...

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Hidden Relics

PC Game | Puzzle/SeekAndFind | 92 MbPriceless antiques have been stolen and hidden throughout Europe. The Professor calls upon her star student Adrianna to help her retrieve the stolen antiques. You will help Adrianna evade the evil thief as she travels Europe in search of the antiques. Mr. Gadget is also there to assist you. Solve his puzzles and he will give you cool gadgets like x-ray goggles, a diamond detector and more! It's a race to stop a...

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Need For Speed: Pro Street

Need for Speed ProStreet boasts impeccable precision and impressively detailed photo-realistic graphics, effectively transporting you to the center of the action. It pushes the "Autosculpt" technology to a new level, allowing you to directly impact your car's performance for the first time as well as personalize its appearance. Need for Speed ProStreet is a true taste of raw adrenaline and racing with consequences. Every dent, every scratch and every...

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Breaking News: Glest Updates

Glest has carried the accolade of being a leading open source game due to the relatively polished nature of it's graphics at the time of release a few years ago. Since then, sadly, the development pace has not matched the original hype surrounding the game.For the first time in quite a while, there's a major development push. This time, the emphasis is on making it multiplayer.There's a windows binary patch, and the code is in SVN for other OS users, although is largely untested on anything other than Windows.Also released today was Star Ship...

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Fab Fashion

The big show is coming up, and Kate Masters has mere minutes to measure, cut and sew her artistic designs before the models hit the runway. Work your way up from small town seamstress to a couture superstar through 48 levels in eight unique cities. Get the highest bids for your cutting-edge designs and upgrade your studio. The amazing depth and endless design possibilities in this fast-paced game give it a unique edge you've got to see to believ...

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SNK vs. CAPCOM: Ultimate 2007

This is a fixed version of SNKvsCAPCOM Ultimate Mugen War. What has been fixed in this version:CharliePocket ZangiefMaster RouweYou no longer need to download the patch files if you download this main file.Here is a description of this game for those who do not know already:Approximately 400 characters from Capcom, SNK, and Sammy universes.Hidden characters to find.Approximately 250 stages, 240 of which are selectable, and every one of them has their...

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Taskforce: The Mutants of October Morgane

PC Game | Action | 6 MbAs a Taskforce Commander, you will control Taskforce team TF1 to fight exciting and terrifying enemies as you transverse a complex plot that starts with a seemingly ordinary hostage situation and ends with a thrilling climax! This squad level turn based strategy game has an immersive 3D environment, more than 30 training and story missions and a huge variety of weapons all at your disposal!System Requirements:OS: Windows 98,...

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Abra Academy: Returning Cast

There have been several strange attacks on Abra Academy. It seems that some unknown creatures have broken into the campus and are causing havoc! The children are frightened and the monsters are creating a huge mess. Wanda and her friends have been called in to investigate the attacks and find a way to stop them! Return to Abra Academy with more than 25 new levels to master, hundreds of objects to discover and a unique crystal ball to help you!DownloadPW:...

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Fashion Fits

PC Game | Action | 23 MbFrancie just got a new job at the Uber-Mart clothing store. The only problem is she's the only employee! Help Francie run a fast paced clothing store by stocking tables, cleaning fitting rooms, providing customer service, and more! It's up to you to set the fashion trends by purchasing new clothing. And don't worry about your mean boss! Complete the first year at Uber-Mart and then help Francie open up her own line of clothing...

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Neptune's Secret

PC Game | Puzzle/SeekAndFind | 51 Mb Dive deep beneath the waves to the lost city of Atlantis and join a young archeologist on her search for the true story of Neptune's demise! Uncover the mystical secrets of her own lineage and the power of her amazing amulet! It's a sea-worthy adventure, filled with seek and find thrills! Featuring 75 gorgeously detailed levels, loads of cleverly hidden objects to find, and a fantastic story to reveal, Neptune's...

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Mahjongg Investigations: Under Suspicion

PC Game | Mahjongg | 20 MbOrganized crime is taking over Metro City! As a detective in the 83rd precinct, use your Mahjongg skills to unearth clues and bring the criminals to justice! Investigate a vast cityscape with more than 20 locations where you'll collect and match evidence tiles to pinpoint perpetrators. Special clue tiles reveal hidden information and mini-games throughout allow you to interrogate, analyze, and close the case! Build your...

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A Day With Charlie Junior

I had an opportunity the other day to do some game playing with my son - so I had the constraint that the games had to be playable by a 7 year old, meaning favourites of mine like Fish Fillets were generally ruled out.First up was the ever-popular Super Tux. The young lad was an experienced campaigner at this so it didn't hold his attention for too long. However, whilst we were playing, I did notice a number of things that I think need addressing...

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Empire Earth III

Empire Earth III takes the legendary real-time strategy franchise and gaming genre to new heights. The ground breaking new game truly puts the EARTH into Empire Earth by introducing a spectacular global perspective to conquering the world. The globe will serve as the battleground between the 3 unique factions (Western, Middle-Eastern, and Eastern) that have been created with a stunning new artistic vision. All of human history and beyond - across...

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Glorious Days of Yonder

Like a time machine, I go back to the days when Free Gamer brought you new games and exciting updates, bound together with poetic abandon that would make a scholar proud.Open FootballThe coveted Free Three Dee football game, Open Football, continues to grow. Like Wembley, a spectacular scene that so many doubted would ever come to full fruition, the developers battle on in their audacious endeavour and, against all odds, the project plods forward...

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Cave Days

PC Game | Action | 18 MbHere's a story of two prehistoric buddies: one feels there must be more to life than just hunting dinosaurs, while the other enjoys every tasty bit of it! Then a woman comes along and all bets are off! Follow these funny cavemen through four full-featured environments with tons of humorous cutscenes and more than 100 goals to achieve! It's time to meet Ugo, Dawson and their friends in Cave Days, the game that reshapes the...

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Diner Dash: Hometown Hero

On a visit to her hometown, Flo and her Grandma Florence take a stroll down memory lane. Bring five restaurants back to life as you help restore Flo's hometown. In the Gourmet Edition (PC only), enjoy special features such as dressing up your waiter and inviting friends to play in a diner you created! You can also buy items for your diner or purchase new downloadable restaurants. DownloadPass: ...

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Read All About It

Mars: Land of No Mercy, it was looking dead, but it's back! The website is back online and hopefully so is development. I would point out that it was always available on Sourceforge but an offline website can be a death knell for an open source game, so it's good to see things running again.Ad InfinitumAd Infinitum, a 2D space strategy game that looks very promising although is very early on in development and, other than the Sourceforge project...

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Hawaiian Explorer: Pearl Harbor

PC Game | Puzzle/SeekAndFind | 55 MbHawaiian Explorer: Pearl Harbor is an addictive treasure hunt game where you will scour caves, beaches, shops, and shipwrecks in search for the legendary 800 year old Japanese Diamond Medal! You will be part of an extreme search team working for an eccentric multi-millionaire who has a passion for traveling and world treasures. With 15 fun and challenging missions and 4 bonus games, this game will keep you entertained...

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Baby Luv

PC Game | Puzzle | 42 MbBaby Luv will have you falling in love with the cutest babies you'll ever see! Choose from hundreds of different items to create and customize your very own baby! Play tons of mini-games, including hide and seek, jigsaw puzzles, memory match and more to earn money that you can spend at the baby store! Feed, bathe and pamper your baby as you experience the joys of first steps, first words, first laugh and all of the fun of...

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To do - do the to do

I have a few things to do - notably:Integerate the planet feedIntegrate the announcements feedIntegrate the forum feedOrganise another interview or twoFinish my half finished articles that are steadily building as a backlog of draftsWe have all this shiney new infrastructure after some brilliant work by notably Ghoulsblade and Hagish, and I'm dragging my toes including it. Sorry guys!The planet and the announcements really could get included in...

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Heroes of Hellas

In Heroes of Hellas, you`ll travel through Ancient Greece to find the thief who stole the scepter of Zeus. This relaxing matching game challenges you to click and drag across objects on the game board to create chains of three or more identical items. Draw from the powers of 7 heroes and use special bonuses. Explore the history behind nine classic mythologies. Easy to learn and challenging to master, Heroes of Hellas offers an unforgettable adventure...

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Luxor 3

PC Game | Puzzle | 45 MbLuxor 3, the next smash hit in this awe-inspiring series, takes you on an ethereal journey where your match-three skills are used to battle the power-hungry god of Chaos! Free the spirits of other Egyptian gods by stopping the procession of approaching spheres before they reach the pyramid at the end of their path or all will be forever lost! There are seven unique game modes and many unlockable power-ups, ball sets and shooters!...

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Flatspace II: Rise of the Scarrid

PC Game | Action/Strategy/Shooter | 25 MbFlatspace II: Rise of the Scarrid is a modern 3D space trading and flight simulation experience. The ultimate objective is to locate and assemble parts of a galactic hyperdrive, however as the celebrated space captain, you can decide what you want to do and how you want to play! You are free to make a living in many ways including trading cargo, bounty hunting, space piracy, performing missions or just exploring....

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Puzzle Mania

PC Game | Puzzle | 20 MbRescue the last unicorn in this fantastic and innovative take on jigsaw puzzles! In Puzzle Mania, you'll journey through many puzzle backgrounds and designs where each level is unique! Grab puzzle pieces from the moving border and place them in their correct place within the puzzle. Place all pieces correctly to begin unlocking each of eight animal totems that will lead you to the last unicorn! Play mini-games between stages...

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Mahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2

PC Game | MahJongg | 13 MbMahjongg Artifacts: Chapter 2 takes tile-matching games in an exciting new direction! Gather pearls to purchase special powers, utilize a selection of ground-breaking powerups, earn trophies, and enjoy the game's beautiful graphics and rich audio! Featuring an epic Quest mode, 99 additional Classic levels and a thrilling Endless mode, there's more than enough tile-matching action in Mahjongg Artifacts 2 to keep you clicking...

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650 Days Later

No, it's not another diabolical sequel... it's the number of days since the last major Freeciv release until yesterday when Freeciv 2.1 went gold.People round on Freeciv for being unoriginal, but for me it fixes most of the problems with one of the greatest game franchises ever and is, well, Free Software. So for me Freeciv is everything that's great about Free gaming too! :-)Hi-res graphics (well, relative to Civ2/Freeciv2.0) and a new SDL interface that got last minute save/load support *cheer*, better AI, and a lot of gameplay balancing - just...

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Yeah, yeah, been quiet, will change, etc

Some people can organise themselves really well and accomplish everything they want to each day. Sadly that's not me!However now my girlfriend is away for 2 months which means I have a lot of extra time. ;-)OpenCityAnyhow, OpenCity 0.0.5beta is available for download. It's not much of a game yet but is a promising start. Underwater schools aside, the user interface is quite nice, it seems solid enough, and the codebase looks like it is engineered...

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The Scruffs

PC Game | SeekAndFind | 45 MbThe Scruffs need your help to save their beloved family home from being sold! Grandpa Scruff has a solution - a scavenger hunt to recover his valuable artifacts. But in a surprising twist, Grandpa Scruff reveals that he's been hiding something else - a shocking family secret! Help the Scruffs uncover the secret that will change their lives forever by finding lost items and putting together the clues they need! The Scruffs...

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Kudos Rock Legend

PC Game | Strategy | 26 MbIn Kudos Rock Legend, you're the star! Select a band name and customize your Avatar as you audition new band members for each instrument type. Write your own songs and, with enough tracks, you can record albums and find a publisher. Manage your band members and upgrade instruments, performance effects, merchandise and more! Play mini-games to improve your musical ability and expand your song catalog! Start your journey to...

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