since i see some abandonware sites here, i'd think it's ok to post
abandonwarering, it links to lots of great sites, one among them
xtc abandonware.
then there's actual freeware games like(i'd have to admit, i got most of the links from another forum i'm on, description is mine though):
frets on fire(guitar hero clone, only you use your keyboard)
trackmania(racing game)
F.E.A.R. combat(fear, online, free)
generally(mico machines like)
neverball(like super monkey ball? you'll like this)
penumbra(horror game, plenty of puzzles, no weapons)
little fighter 2(like the name suggests, fighting game, has got lots of different modes)
gta 1,2, and wild metalmost likely, gta 1 and 2 are well known, in wild metal you control a tank, i think you can imagine what you have to do with it
black shades(you're a bodyguard with psychic powers, killing zombies, and various kinds of assasins, graphics look like the original starfox)
warzone 2100 RTS game, futuristic setting
ground control(also a futuristic rts, pure combat)
crack attack(basically a stripped down version of tetris attack)
tribes(futuristic shooter, huge pretty open maps, jetpack, enjoy)
gunbound(bit like worms, online play)
clonk planet(worms/rts crossover)
narbacular drop(bit like the game "portals")
torus trooper(very fun low tech graphics, very high speed, techno music, you're a space ship, see how long you last)
tremulous(team based scifi shooter, also has you build stuff for upgrades)
scorched 3d(alot like worms 3d, you use tanks though, and need fuel to move)
line rider(like excitebike, only you make the map)
return to castle wolfenstein: enemy territory(online shooter, team based)
cortex command(you are a brain in a jar who has the ability to control robots)
warrock(like a free battlefield 2)
cube(shooter not unlike quake 2)
cube 2(sequal to the above)
abuse(awesome side scroller)
doom legacy(like the name suggests, doom, i prefer to use programs like Jdoom to achieve something of the same effect though)
super mario 3:mario forever(mario world 3 clone)
tux racer(yay! im a pengiun, and im faster then you!)
americas army(online shooter, you die quickly, well, depending on how good you are, but bullets are FATAL in this game)
alien arena(scifi shooter)
savage(real time strategy shooter, wanna know what that is? play the game)
warsow(fun quake like game, with cartoonesque graphics)
nexuiz(fast paced online shooter)
vivid conceptions(side scrolling platformer)
phosphor(browser based online shooter)
GlTron(remember the bike scenes in TRON? this is it)
worms wars(you're a worm army, fighting for garden supremacy, top down view)
elder scrolls: arena(come on, you must know this game, for the heathens that don't. think
ultima)
edit:
oh, how could i have forgotten
plasma pong?
it's a pong close, accept you shoot jets, and can suck the ball up, looks great, very fun sandbox mode.
edit:
oh, and as you said adventures, try white chamber,
http://www.gamershell.com/news/28602.htmlunfortunately, i couldn't find their own site, but i know it,s there, been there.
adventure, anime looks, pretty futuristic, i admit, i haven't played much of it, since the anime style threw me off, but what i played was nice
