50 FREE GAMES
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COMMAND & CONQUER: RED ALERT
Westwood’s alternate history spin-off is still a great RTS, and one of a number of classics in the genre available for free. Visit CNCNet and you’ll find downloads of Command & Conquer, Red Alert and Tiberian Sun, all updated to work nicely on modern systems and integrated with the CnCNet multiplayer platform for easy online play. If that isn’t enough to sate your RTS desires, the brilliant Twisted Insurrection — available from the same site — is a total conversion of Tiberian Sun, available standalone. And, for fans of Westwood’s main competitor, Battle.net lets you download StarCraft for free. PS
THE ELDER SCROLLS II: DAGGERFALL
The second Elder Scrolls game is a glimpse of Tamriel before its modern incarnations in Oblivion and Skyrim. This absolutely enormous RPG is literally the size of Great Britain, although the primitive 3D visuals haven’t aged terribly well. Still, this is a big old adventure, with a lot of features that would go on to define the series. AK
OPENTTD
Transport Tycoon was the ultimate dad game. That’s not to say that all dads enjoyed it, or that you had to be a dad in order to play. Rather, it embodied the metaphysical state of mid-90s suburban dadness in that specific way that only a game about constructing a sprawling transportation empire can achieve. PS
THE DARK MOD
The Dark Mod is a standalone platform for user-made Thief missions. It’s easy to install new maps, meaning the hardest part is deciding what to play. Highlights include The Tears of St Lucia, Briarwood Manor, Full Moon Fever, and the multipart William Steele series. PS
MARATHON
The 90s wasn’t a great time to be an Apple fan,
