Games

This is a personal selection of shareware and freeware games. Some of these include source code to provide some academic justification for their inclusion. If you want more, there are numerous other games sites around (e.g. The Games Domain) and most archive sites (e.g. TUCOWS or Download.com) will also have a selection of games available.

WARNING: Playing games can be hazardous to your academic health!

Adventure games:

	ccave.zip	Colossal Cave, the original adventure game. An essential part of every computer gamer's cultural heritage. Includes C source code.    ¤  Jun 1984. Freeware.
	exil3v10.exe	Exile 3, a role-playing game for Windows.    ¤  May 1999. Freeware. Home site: http://www.spidweb.com/
	lost.zip	Lost Infinity, an adventure game in which you are a humanoid lost in space, trying to find your way back to your homeworld through a succession of alien encounters.    ¤  May 2000. Shareware. Home site: http://members.xoom.com/ariesmid25/index.html
	moria.zip	Moria, the classic 2-D dungeons & dragons game ported to DOS.    ¤  Oct 1989. Public domain.
	winadv21.zip	Colossal Cave, a Windows version of the original adventure game.    ¤  Sep 1992. Freeware.

Shoot-em-up games:

	dooms_19.zip	Doom, the legendary 3D bloodbath. Another essential part of every computer gamer's cultural heritage. The source code is also available.    ¤  Feb 1995. Shareware. Home site: http://www.idsoftware.com/
	quake106.zip	Quake 1.06, the renowned blood & guts game from the creators of Doom.    ¤  Oct 1996. Shareware. Home site: http://www.idsoftware.com/
	spaceinv.zip	An implementation of the classic Space Invaders game for Windows.    ¤  Jun 1998. Shareware. Home site: http://www3.nf.sympatico.ca/nf/lepresoft/
	stw9x122.zip	A version of the original Star Trek game for Windows.    ¤  May 1999. Shareware. Home site: http://www.andy3ware.com/
	wolf3d1.zip	Wolfenstein 3D, another 3D bloodbath from the creators of Doom. As for Doom, the source code is also available.    ¤  Aug 1996. Shareware. Home site: http://www.idsoftware.com/

Traditional games:

	bg.zip	A nice implementation of Backgammon for Windows.    ¤  Mar 2000. Shareware. Home site: http://www.towersoftware.com/
	chessexe.zip	GNU chess for Windows.    ¤  Aug 1990. Free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
	draughts.zip	Draughts for Windows, including a tutorial.    ¤  Feb 1993. Freeware.
	gnuchs31.zip	GNU chess for MS-DOS (with source code).    ¤  Jun 1990. Free software under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
	kyodai.zip	A version of Mahjongg solitaire for Windows.    ¤  Jul 1999. Shareware. Home site: http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/
	mahjongg.zip	A Mahjongg patience game.    ¤  Dec 1998. Shareware.
	mvpcrb22.exe	MVP Cribbage, a Windows cribbage program which also lets you play opponents over the Internet.    ¤  May 2000. Shareware. Home site: http://www.mvpsoft.com/
	othello.exe	A free implementation of Othello for Windows.    ¤  Nov 1999. Freeware. Home site: http://www.cybercable.tm.fr/~espin/
	pinball2.zip	Epic Pinball, a pinball game with excellent graphics.    ¤  May 1994. Shareware. Home site: ftp://ftp.uml.edu/msdos/Games/Epic/
	puzzle32.zip	A version of the 15 puzzle (sliding blocks) for Windows.    ¤  Oct 1998. Freeware. Home site: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/6645/
	reversi.exe	A version of Reversi (Othello) for Windows.    ¤  Jul 1999. Shareware. Home site: http://www.blochweb.com/
	scrabble.zip	Scrabble, a version of the well-known board game for Windows.    ¤  Jul 1999. Freeware. Home site: http://wo.nu/arneh/
	ssbatl.zip	A Battleships game for Windows.    ¤  Apr 1993. Shareware.
	turbogo5.zip	Turbo Go, a Windows version of Go, the classical Japanese board game.    ¤  Aug 2000. Shareware. Home site: http://www.turbogo.com/
	winbr34.exe	MVP Bridge, a Windows bridge program which includes a tutorial and the option to play with other players via the Internet.    ¤  Feb 1999. Shareware. Home site: http://www.mvpsoft.com/
	winrisk.zip	Risk, the well-known conquer-the-world board game for Windows.    ¤  Dec 1992. Freeware.
	yahtzee.zip	Yahtzee, a version of the popular poker dice game for Windows.    ¤  Aug 1994. Shareware.

Other games:

	andor.zip	A logic puzzle game for Windows.    ¤  Jun 1998. Shareware. Home site: http://www.mgsoft.com/
	arkanoid.zip	Arkanoids, a version of the breakout-style arcade game for Windows.    ¤  Oct 1998. Freeware. Home site: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Heights/9886/ (now gone)
	enoid.zip	Electranoids, an excellent breakout-type game similar to Arkanoids.    ¤  Jan 1995. Shareware.
	plateau1.zip	Plateau, an abstract strategy game for Windows.    ¤  Jun 1998. Shareware. Home site: http://www.PlateauGame.com/
	rotm2.exe	Rings of the Magi, a 30-day trial of an award-winning logic puzzle game.    ¤  Jun 2001. Shareware. Home site: http://www.ringsofthemagi.com/
	soko15.exe	Sokoban, a free Windows implementation of the well-known Japanese logic puzzle game.    ¤  Feb 1999. Freeware. Home site: http://www.sourcecode.se/sokoban/
	suprebou.zip	Super Rebound, an arcade game for Windows.    ¤  Jun 1998. Freeware. Home site: http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/
	tictac20.zip	3D Tic-Tac-Toe for Windows.    ¤  Nov 1997. Freeware. Home site: http://www.cincitek.com/
	winlife.zip	John Conway's Life game for Windows (with source code).    ¤  Jun 1994. Freeware.
	wtetris.zip	WinTetris, another Tetris game.    ¤  Jan 2000. Freeware.