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What Are The Best Free Games Online?

Posted by Zonk on from the big-fan-of-line-rider dept.

almostdead writes "CNET has just put up a story about what it thinks are the best online flash games of all time. These include titles like Line Rider, Bejeweled, Desktop Tower Defense and Portal, all of which I enjoy playing a lot. But my thirst for free games is peaking at the moment, probably due to an incredibly boring job and lack of imagination. Can you suggest any more good free games online?" Two words: Puzzle Pirates.

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  1. Nethack by Hatta · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Try Nethack. You can play online at nethack.alt.org. All you need is telnet.

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    1. Re:Nethack by cromar · · Score: 3, Interesting

      Or Angband.

  2. Puzzle Pirates is Not Flash by eldavojohn · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Two words: Puzzle Pirates. Well, believe it or not, Puzzle Pirates uses Java 1.4, not Flash (like the title of the article states). From the installation requirements:

    Puzzle Pirates runs in Java 1.4 and is presently supported on Windows 98, ME, 2000, and XP, on Mac OS X 10.3 'Panther' on Linux and other Unix platforms. If this article were not restricted to flash only games, I think the quality of the games would be a bit better.
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  3. How about offline flash games? by EricR86 · · Score: 2, Interesting

    One letter:

    N

    Free, flash, but you play offline on your own computer.
    Of course for the online competitive people you can still submit scores online.

    500 levels of amazing platforming goodness :).

  4. N? by davek · · Score: 4, Interesting

    The greatest free cycle eater in the universe doesn't make the list? I can't believe it.

    http://www.harveycartel.org/metanet/n.html

    Average play time ranges from 30 seconds to 10 hours. Perfect for those long software builds when you've already checked your email 30 times in the last 5 minutes. No scrolling, just perfect stick-figure ninja goodness.

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  5. BattleMaster by Joe+the+Lesser · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Check out BattleMaster

    It's kind of a mmorpg web-based feudalism simulator.

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  6. Why Does Puzzle Pirates require unlimited access?! by arete · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Why Does Puzzle Pirates require unlimited access to my computer?

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  7. Peasant's Quest! by Dahamma · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Not just the best Flash game, but possibly the best use of flash in the history of time!

    http://www.homestarrunner.com/disk4of12.html

  8. Free simple opengl shooter by tjstork · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I wrote a 3d shooter called Independent. You can download it from http://www.mightyware.com/independent.htm. It's shareware, but, since all of you folks put up with my loony rants, the registration code is 1138. Enjoy!

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  9. Sniper/Subspace/Continuum by Exuder · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Fun free 2D multi-player shooter (glorified asteroids)... Info: Continuum info Client/Site: Continuum download

  10. Planeshift by spikedvodka · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Personally, I love Planeshift http://www.planeshift.it/ It's Free, fun, constantly growing, and it has a great community

    I'll be the first to admit, it doesn't have quite the polish of a full-blown MMORPG, but we're working on it, (Yes, Disclaimer: I am a dev), but it is highly playable

    If you like MMORPGs, and want to get your hands dirty working on one, please look and see if you want to help out, we're always looking for artists (2D and 3D), and coders

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  11. Check out Dofus by code+shady · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Funny name notwithstanding, it's a pretty cool little MMORPG that's done entirely in flash.

    It has free to play and pay to play modes.

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