Wow. I am amazed at the number of cool games that are ending up in the Freeware category. The latest that you may be interested in grabbing from my favorite abandonware site are:
1. Re-Volt
2. Tetris Classic
3. Star Trek – The Next Generation – The Transinium Challenge
I recently purchased Re-Volt for the N64. I returned the N64 version becuase it was so badly coded. The port gets horrible reviews on IGN and GameSpot and holds true to those reviews. This prompted me to read reviews about the PS1 version as well. Apparently the PS1 version suffers much of the same woes as the N64 port: Poor frame rates, control sensitivity and bad graphics. The DreamCast version is hailed as the closest port of the PC version–which holds the gold medal for all versions of the game. I highly recommend downloading this and using a PS2 controller on your PC to play it. Whether you’re a racer game type or not… it simply rocks.
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I downloaded Re-Volt. If anyone wants to try multiplayer, I’m game.
I downloaded Re-volt. Looks promising. Control was sloppy with the joystick I was using. I’ll have to try a PS2-like controller next.
Any other anbandonware, that would make good multiplayer?
I need to find a better copy of Re-Volt to pass around the one you and I downloaded is a pre-release cracked version. It’s kinda sucky–but playable. I think Jon posted about FreeSpace… I downloaded that recently as well. So I could put it up for someone to grab. What we should really do is have a LAN Party geared at trading abandonware.