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Do you know you can find, download and play computer games totally free and perfectly legal? This is not about demo versions, try-outs or torrents with hacked computer games! These games are risk-free, legal and high-quality give-aways.

New games are expensive, but of course does offer plenty of play value, top notch graphics and thrilling sound effects.

Free games are made by enthusiasts or abandoned by the creators. Some are full featured games, whereas others are old with crappy graphics, no sound, but brilliant gameplay!

Take a look below and find great games with stunning graphics and gameplay like commercial games and classic games, once commercial, now free.

UFO: Alien Invasion

real time strategy game

UFO:AI is a full computer game with excellent graphics, sound and game play. UFO:AI is inspired by the old X-COM games. And it has the same feel to it. However it is not a clone, copy or bad remake. UFO:AI is it's own.

In the game you switch between base management mode and battle mode. In the game you train and hire soldiers and staff, buy weapons and ships and research new technology. And you command your troops in battle and solve missions against the aliens. The aliens attack or setup bases on different locations, and in the missions it is your responsibility to secure the areas.

Download UFO: Alien Invasion here: UFO:AI website

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SimuTrans

Transportation simulator like Transport Tycoon

Many gamers love simulation games. The building of an empire, making things happen, earn money and dealing with trouble and crisises. All elements of great simulators. like Sim City, RailRoad and Transport Tycoon. SimuTrans is a freeware game similar to Transport Tycoon, but not a clone.

SimuTrans features many different transportion options, trains, planes, monorails etc, and also a choice of different graphics sets.

SimuTrans also runs on both Windows and Linux.

SimuTrans Homepage

TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator

racing game

TORCS is short for The Open Racing Car Simulator - and open in this sense means Open Source, essentially free software you can get the original source code for if need be. It is a full featured racing game and driving simulator. Drive different cars on several tracks.

Download the game from TORCS.org.

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Computer game magazines

Gaming buffs like us, find great pleasure in reading magazines on computer games, new and old.

Abandoned, but not forgotten

classic games

Old computer games are sometimes given to the public for enjoyment. This is because the game is old, and the company no longer supports it, or is able to sell it. Sometimes the creators don't even exist anymore. This is called abandonware, as in abandoned software.

Abandonware is usually old DOS games made for 10 year (or more) old hardware. Windows was not a gaming platform then, and many games will not run properly, or at all with Windows XP or Windows Vista. There is a solution to this, called DOSBox (see more below).

If you own an older computer you can use that to play abandonware on. No need to fight the kids for the newest pc in the household.

Find abandonware here: Abandonia - please read the game description, sometimes there are tips on installing and playing the game.

Here are some inspiration:

OutRun

Commander Keen 6 - aliens ate my baby

Miner 2049er

Transport Tycoon Deluxe for Windows

DOSBox

running DOS on modern pc's

DOSBox is made by computer game enthusiasts who simply wanted a way to run DOS games on modern Windows computers. Windows XP and Vista does not supply enough DOS features for older games. DOSBox fixes that.

DOSBox is free and a great way to run older games.

You can download DOSBox for free here: DOSBox.com.
if you need help to get going, take a look in the DOSBox FAQ - there are a few things you need to consider and setup.

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Add your favourite site with free games, and remember to vote for it. It can be browser games and downloadable games as long as they are free. Free trials are not accepted.

I always visit the sites, if it throws me a pop-up or anything that asks me to download software, I will not approve your site - and on a side note, there is a limit to how many dress up, bingo and slot machine sites I want here. Please do not submit a lot of almost identical games.

Free pc games

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UFO: Alien Invasion

real time strategy game

SimuTrans

Transportation simulator like Transport Tycoon

TORCS - The Open Racing Car Simulator

racing game

Computer game magazines

Abandoned, but not forgotten

classic games

DOSBox

running DOS on modern pc's

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