Top 5 best (free) open source games
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Top 5 best (free) open source games
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Peter Sbarski21 January 2008, 12:49 AM
Why spend your money on expensive commercial games, when you could instead check out our favourite open source games and start playing!
Why waste your money on expensive commercial games when you can play for free, and, if you're so inclined, dive into the code and modify the game to suit your exacting requirements?Apcmag.com presents its selection of the most addictive, fun and refined Open Source games for January 2008.
#1 Secret Maryo Chronicles
Powerups
There are some very cool powerups available to the player. The classic red mushroom makes Maryo bigger, a fireplant grants fireball shooting ability, blue mushroom lets Maryo shoot iceballs and ghost mushroom makes Maryo hidden to enemies. There are other powerups and secrets for you to discover.
#2 UFO: Alien Invasion
Multiplayer
UFO: Alien Invasion can be played via LAN or Internet. Up to six players can face off against each other playing as humans or aliens.
#3 FreeCiv
Languages
Freeciv has been translated into an astounding 29 different languages including: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified), Chech, Danish, French, German, Hebrew, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish and so on. Grab a copy in your language today!
#4 Alien Arena
Weapons
So what kind of weapons do you get? Well, there is the blaster, violator, rocket launcher, alien smartgun, chaingun, flame thrower, alien disruptor, alien beamgun and alien vaporizer. All weapons can alt-fire too. Fun for the whole family.
#5 The Battle for Wesnoth
Races
There are six major races available to the player. These include humans, elves, orcs, dwarves, undead and drakes. As the game progresses, the player can ally with other races such saurians, merfolk, nagas, ogres, trolls and woses.
OK... and one more cheeky game to take #6th place in this top 5 list...
#6 Scorched 3D
Mods
Mastered the game? Good. Now, take a look at the mods. There's the Apocalypse mod, Operation Scorched, Scavenger Hunt, Sniper, ScorchWars Mod and a few others.
Honourable Mentions
Nethack: a popular roguelike single player RPG.SuperTuxKart: inspired by Mario Kart.
Crossfire: a cooperative multiplayer RPG game.
FreeCol: open source colonization.
Frozen Bubble: bubble bobble clone.
FlightGear: a sophisticated flight sim.
Armagetron Advanced: cool, 3D (tron) racing game.
Open Arena: a remake of Quake III Arena
FreeOrion: Master of Orion goes open source.
And, finally...
...free but not Open Source games which you should try.Sam & Max Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die: Sam & Max. Need we say more?
Synaesthete: a magnificent rhythm and motion game.
True Combat: Elite: team-based shooter.
Echoes: an exhilarating abstract game with great sounds and graphics.
Have we missed anything you like? Let us know in the comments below.
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