> Now there's a thought. Let's keep this topic alive. List anything that has
> rolled into freeware or public domain that used to rock our socks in the late
> 80s and early/mid 90s.

Bunch of stuff in there:

- Abuse.
- Beneath a Steel Sky.
- Warzone 2100.
- Star Control 2.
- Super Methane Bros.

Plus these (not in Linux):
- GTA 1 and 2.
- One Must Fall 2097.

And some very good remakes:
- Head over heels (WIN only)
- Hurrican (turrican remake - WIN only)
- Supertux (mario remake, all systems).
- Privateer Gemini Gold (WIN only I believe).


And there's much more...plenty to get busy for a while:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_open_source_games
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freeware_games




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