Free Downloadables?

Lili-Xiang · Post by **Lili-Xiang** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:50 am

would it be possable to request them or add some already-found ones?
Just asking because I'm a noob-girl who loves scrolling shooters. I found
three recently for PC, one is a demo and two others are freeware.

Mortificator · Post by **Mortificator** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:57 am

Shoot the Core has lots of fan-made games, many of which are free or at lest have a free demo. And if you know how to use emulators, there are hundreds of classics you can play in MAME or other emus.

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:57 am

Head here for starters and check out the PC Shmups database, tons of demos and freeware shooters there.

EDIT - Out-Ninja'ed!!

Lili-Xiang · Post by **Lili-Xiang** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 3:06 am

Thanks guys, and seeing a mod say that it's okay is even better for me to not
feel so much of a chickenwuss I am.

worstplayer · Post by **worstplayer** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 9:41 am

There are tons of freeware shooters, but few are good.

The best (in my opinion):
Everything by ABA games.
Everything by Dark hell Company.
Spark Spectra
Cho ren sha 68k
Grid wars (banned game, so no link here)
Warning forever

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:06 am

worstplayer wrote: Grid wars (banned game, so no link here)

Burn in hell M$!!!

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:11 am

I want Soldier Force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MS2pqBJ3lQ

But I can't find anything about it on the page it says to get the game from. Was it taken down? Is there anywhere else I can get it?

Post by **Ghegs** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:34 am

szycag wrote:I want Soldier Force
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MS2pqBJ3lQ

But I can't find anything about it on the page it says to get the game from. Was it taken down? Is there anywhere else I can get it?

Where'd you get the idea it's free? It's a commercial doujin, and apparently sold out in both Himeya and Paletweb. I used to have two copies, but I gave the other one away some time ago...

szycag · Post by **szycag** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:43 am

Damn.

Shion · Post by **Shion** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:30 pm

-snip- has a LOT of Doujin shooters. I'm not sure if it's legal though, since all the games on there are full versions.

MOD EDIT - removed link with copyrighted software - Shatterhand

Kaiser · Post by **Kaiser** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 1:39 pm

Shion wrote:-snip- has a LOT of Doujin shooters. I'm not sure if it's legal though, since all the games on there are full versions.

MODS, REMOVE THE LINK! IT'S TEH ILLEGAL (full commercial doujins there)

Frederik · Post by **Frederik** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:24 pm

Now you should also removed the quote, because the domain name is in it.

Post by **Shatterhand** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 2:38 pm

Thanx, it escaped my attention

sorry 'bout that!

FRO · Post by **FRO** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 8:02 pm

Tyrian 2000 is an update of the original Tyrian by Epic Megagames. It's not very difficult, but it's loads of fun. The game was released as freeware by it's author. Here is a link to a Tyrian fansite with great info & a download of the full version.

http://members.iinet.net.au/~vannevar@i ... au/tyrian/

Also, welcome to the forum!

Shion · Post by **Shion** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 10:48 pm

Kaiser wrote:
Shion wrote:-snip- has a LOT of Doujin shooters. I'm not sure if it's legal though, since all the games on there are full versions.
MODS, REMOVE THE LINK! IT'S TEH ILLEGAL (full commercial doujins there)

Sorry for that, wasn't sure if it was allowed.

The Coop · Post by **The Coop** » Wed Sep 26, 2007 11:39 pm

P_HAT wrote:
worstplayer wrote: Grid wars (banned game, so no link here)
Burn in hell M$!!!

Not like it can't still be downloaded from everywhere.

5.4 is the last version made for those curious.

Necronom · Post by **Necronom** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 12:39 am

And if you like your arena shooter with an extra dose of asteroids...

http://www.binaryzoo.com/games/echoes/index.htm

Edit: Ooops, forgot the part about the scrolling. Sorry. Anyway, still a cool game

Ixmucane · Post by **Ixmucane** » Thu Sep 27, 2007 7:30 am

FRO wrote:Tyrian 2000 is an update of the original Tyrian by Epic Megagames. It's not very difficult, but it's loads of fun.

I agree it's not very difficult, but one can go for 100% casualties and secrets at the highest difficulty and speed settings.
Personally I prefer to challenge myself with ineffective and/or weakened weapons.

Pirate1019 · Post by **Pirate1019** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:21 am

ABA games are full of awesome.

...And the highscore boards are a little stagnant so help liven them up.