Category: Free Games

350p Adventure – a new port of an old game

Screenshot of Adventure on C64

Adventure is often considered to be the very first text adventure. It was written in 1975-76 by Will Crowther. Don Woods found it at his university, asked Will Crowter for the source code, expanded it greatly, and released his own version, which we now know as 350p Adventure. Adventure was sometimes called Colossal Cave Adventure. Sometimes it was just called…

Scene World Ep. #202 – Making the fan-made Broken Sword 2.5 with Marius Gosch

In our new episode we welcome Marius Gosch, one of the founders of the Broken Sword 2.5 project. (which also runs on Amiga btw thanks to being added to ScummVM since 2016!) He’ll tell us about some insights and his work as a story- and puzzle writer on this amazing fan-made Broken Sword 2 sequel of the adventure classic. The…

Latest Atari 8-bit games registered for NOMAM’s Ten-Liners 2024 | Download

NOMAM’s BASIC Ten-Liners 2024 is back with its thirteenth edition, featuring games programmed with just ten lines of code in BASIC for the cherished Atari 8-bit computers.

Gamebook collection

Gamebook Coild of Hate

Have you ever tried gamebooks, AKA Choose Your Own Adventure books? You read a paragraph of text, then you get to choose what the main character should do next, and turn to different pages depending on what you choose. If all goes well, you reach a good ending. More likely, you don’t. A number of gamebooks have been published, most…

Download | Enhanced version of “Der Schränker 1” for Atari 8-bits

The update of “Der Schränker 1” for Atari 8-bit computers brings significant improvements in gameplay dynamics and difficulty. The game, whose name translates from German as “The Wardrobe”, places you in the role of a solitary thief tasked with breaking into a series of safes to loot all the treasure before advancing to the next level. Janko “Kveldulfur” Grewe, the…

“Slicks Racing”: A vertical perspective racing game for Atari 2600

"Slicks Racing": A vertical perspective racing game for Atari 2600

“Slicks Racing,” the brainchild of Czech developers Vojta “nooly” Nedvěd (code, music) and Petr “Raist” Šťastný (graphics) offers a fresh racing experience on the beloved Atari 2600 console. Players step into the shoes of a retired race car driver who, throughout his career, lived in the shadows of more illustrious competitors. Now, in their grizzled years, a spark ignites –…

Stinger: electrifying shooter for 8-bit computers

"Stinger": electrifying shooter for 8-bit computers

Developer Fabrizio Caruso (Italy) has unveiled his latest creation: “Stinger,” the eighth game developed using his own open-source framework, CrossLib. “Stinger” is a fast-paced vertical shooter where players must fend off advancing enemy tanks. It offers an exhilarating experience with six challenging levels and introduces five different types of enemies, ranging from nimble “light” tanks to powerful “howitzers.” One of…

Ooze: The Escape, Amiga Version Updated.

In this first patch of the game, the difficulty has been tweaked on some of the harder areas of the map. There is also a couple of minor tile changes. Download: Ooze-amiga.zipSource: bubblesoftgames.com

Mickey and Donald Game & Watch, ZX Spectrum

A building is on fire. Donald Duck is on the roof trying to put out the fire as it climbs up the building. Goofy is working the water pump, but if Mickey does not keep after him, Goofy goofs off. The hose is patched in two places. When a big volume of water is pumped through the hose, the patches…

Tiny Nightmares, ZX Spectrum

Tiny Nightmares is a game for the Spectrum 48K, based on the masterful 2017 indie game Little Nightmares, the work of Swedish team Tarsier Studios, developed for PS4 , XBox , PC and Switch. Tiny Nightmares is very far from the original concept of the Swedish game, since its mechanics, often based on the setting and psychological terror, are difficult…