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JeF -> RE: Free strategy games (8/1/2005 2:18:17 PM)

Warfare1,

Excellent links. Thanks.

Matrix guys should know about Giuseppe Rava.
He did most (if not all) covers for the Vae Victis French strategy magazine. And they are somptuous.

JeF.



Hanal -> RE: Free strategy games (8/3/2005 8:29:38 PM)

Xconq is and open source strategy game with an extensive editor.......there are many scenarios to chose from, and if you have the patience, you can create your own games.....though graphically challenged, it is an incredible effort by many contributors.....


http://sources.redhat.com/xconq/



warman2000 -> RE: Free strategy games (8/4/2005 2:59:31 PM)

Another nice war game Army Commander
In the game there are: New technologies, U.N. ,War plans, Spies and Satellites operations, Alliances, Relations, World weapon market and more...



sysrkm -> RE: Free strategy games (8/4/2005 4:22:07 PM)

Hi Matti,

Matti, do you have to have MegaMekNet installed and running to play MegaMek?

Regards,

Rob



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (8/4/2005 7:53:37 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: sysrkm

Matti, do you have to have MegaMekNet installed and running to play MegaMek?

Why do you ask? Of course not! Just download MegaMek, unzip it and run megamek.bat. It works with J++ (Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine) which is installed by default on new Windows. MegaMekNET requires Java 1.4 compatibility and is launched from file startClient.bat.



Hanal -> RE: Free strategy games (8/4/2005 8:39:18 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

quote:

ORIGINAL: sysrkm

Matti, do you have to have MegaMekNet installed and running to play MegaMek?

Why do you ask? Of course not! Just download MegaMek, unzip it and run megamek.bat. It works with J++ (Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine) which is installed by default on new Windows. MegaMekNET requires Java 1.4 compatibility and is launched from file startClient.bat.



So Rob, are you sorry you asked?....[8|]



Captain Cruft -> RE: Free strategy games (8/7/2005 5:01:07 AM)

Here is a link to a list of pure PBM and/or PBEM games, many of which are free (the list is too long to pick them out):

http://www.pbm.com/~lindahl/pbm_list/wargame.html

These are not generally games in the sense of being programs you run on your computer, though some do have that ability. It's more about exchanging information via a central third party (referee). Definitely all strategy though.



Alex Fiedler -> RE: Free strategy games (9/26/2005 5:35:31 AM)

Can I be so bold as to suggest http://waronline.net/

It's a free online strategy game that is flash-based.
There's 1-vs-1 Battles, or multi-player Campaigns.

Here's a link to an older screenshot... http://waronline.net/images/screen1.jpg

Still needs some work, but something different.

Ps. This is my personal project, and not a Matrix game



DaveB -> RE: Free strategy games (9/28/2005 10:36:04 PM)

Free games, I wonder if the (might be wrong, but looks like it) author of the 'Conan' game paid Frank Fazetta for use of the artwork as background? <g>



ravinhood -> RE: Free strategy games (12/9/2005 7:16:16 AM)

This is one of the better threads needs a rerun on the front page. Lots of great games here for "FREE"! Vic should "sticky" this to the main page don't yall think? ;)

Vic this is falling down the page again, when yah gonna sticky it? ;)



alaric318 -> RE: Free strategy games (12/11/2005 10:46:48 AM)

greetings, i do not want to miss a post at least in this thread to give thanks to all kindly people sharing freeware here, i have found some very interesting links here, i have another recent thread with some good freeware games of general interest, thanks to all contributions,

and with my best regards,

Murat30



ravinhood -> RE: Free strategy games (12/12/2005 12:31:26 AM)

Yes FREE is goot very goot, need more free games. ;)



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (12/13/2005 9:01:36 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: ravinhood

Yes FREE is goot very goot, need more free games. ;)

Yeah, but don't spam this thread with games which are not strategy. New thread for them, ok



ravinhood -> RE: Free strategy games (12/13/2005 8:07:33 PM)

Actually if you want to get technical all games have some flavor of "strategy" to them. Even adventure games and roleplaying games So, just about any game could fit here. ;)



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (12/15/2005 2:43:42 PM)

Then let's not get technical



Hanal -> RE: Free strategy games (12/15/2005 3:58:19 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

Then let's not get technical


You waste more time spamming your own thread about spam that is not there than contributing to your own topic....putting you on ignore because you irritate me.



mogami -> Matrix titles at Underdogs (12/16/2005 9:05:27 AM)

Hi, Just a quick browse and i saw at least four titles currently published by matrix games at Underdogs. Of course the downloads are of older versions.

"Puresim Baseball" and "reach for the stars"
Also "GG's Pacwar" and "WIR"



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (1/1/2006 1:09:55 PM)

quote:

ORIGINAL: Murat30

Greetings, i do not like pure tactical turn based wargames, but do not know if you already have this one, so here goes...

Fantasy Battlefields... (fantasy medieval battles between armies)
http://membres.lycos.fr/farfpeuf/

merry chrismast for the forum members,

and with best regards...

Murat30.

From
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1014112



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (1/4/2006 10:31:42 AM)

quote:

ORIGINAL : Veldor

Acquire
http://www3.telus.net/kensit/NetAcquire/#Acquire
ASL
http://www.thuring.com/asl/jasl/index.html
Axis & Allies
http://tripleawarclub.org/index.php
Dune
http://homepage.eircom.net/~monalisa/Dune/
FlatTop
http://www.cincpac.com/cgi-bin/welcome.pl
Hitler's War
http://homepage.eircom.net/~monalisa/HitlersWar/
Magic Realm
http://realmspeak.blogspot.com/
Titan
http://colossus.sourceforge.net/
Wizards
http://wizards.dewkid.com/
Wizard's Quest
http://www.geocities.com/strandedtogether/wizardsquest.htm
Wooden Ships & Iron Men
http://www.youplay.it/beta/play/main.asp

From
http://www.matrixgames.com/forums/tm.asp?m=1023308



BlackVoid -> RE: Free strategy games (2/25/2006 6:39:34 PM)

1848
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/articles.php?p=2485&page=1&cat=59



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (7/6/2006 10:34:27 PM)

By request of watchtower I dig this one up from grave [:D]

[image]http://blogs.warwick.ac.uk/images/lblackwell/2005/03/01/thread_necromancer.png[/image]



wodin -> RE: Free strategy games (7/7/2006 12:46:37 AM)

http://www.army.mil/fcs/f2c2/index.html

Looks interesting.



Hentzau -> RE: Free strategy games (7/7/2006 5:59:34 AM)

Here are a few more:

A Panzer General clone http://lgames.sourceforge.net/index.php?project=LGeneral

Cry Havoc boardgame converted to PC http://www.battlephase.com/cryhavoc/

Samurai Blades http://www.battlephase.com/samurai/index.html



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (9/11/2006 4:24:57 PM)

MechCommander serie

This is NOT joke!
(Or if it is, I didn't make it up)

MechCommander serie are computer versions of BattleTech board game and in real time. Even though games have took more liberties over board game rules than Titans of Steel, they are nevertheless fun games to play. In addition to games themselves, community has created wide variety of modifications and missions. Serie includes games MechCommander, MechCommander Gold and MechCommander 2.

Would you like to know more?



andym -> RE: Free strategy games (9/13/2006 1:15:00 AM)

WOW!CRY HAVOC! for the pc!Me and my bro are well chuffed!I used to have a copy of all the CH series,my  bro just paid over £40 for the Siege add on!



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (9/13/2006 10:18:48 AM)

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Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (11/20/2006 10:02:05 PM)

Some links posted here have gone dead. I request posters to check links and URLs they have posted here and update them.



ravinhood -> RE: Free strategy games (11/20/2006 10:45:23 PM)


quote:

ORIGINAL: J P Falcon


quote:

ORIGINAL: Matti Kuokkanen

Then let's not get technical


You waste more time spamming your own thread about spam that is not there than contributing to your own topic....putting you on ignore because you irritate me.



Lol good point J P Falcon.....[:D] Some people just like to be bossy don'tchaknow? ;)



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (12/31/2006 9:37:00 PM)

Advanced Strategic Command

[image]http://www.asc-hq.org/screenshots/screen11.jpg[/image]

Shiish! That screenshot is probably 1600x1200! Anyways someone may think there are familiar looking elements, and that one is right. It really appears to be remake of Battle Isle 2&3. Anyways I haven't played it (yet), but site confirms this suspicion.

Would you like to know more?



Kuokkanen -> RE: Free strategy games (6/21/2007 8:32:18 PM)

[image]http://ufoai.ninex.info/gallery/cache/ingame-screenshots__ingame005.jpg_595.jpg[/image]

What is greatest PC wargame ever that has operational and tactical scale elements? That is UFO Enemy Unknown, also known as X-COM UFO Defense! Game has got several sequels and latest official one is UFO: Extraterrestrials published by Matrix Games. However NONE of the sequels is as great as the original game from 13 years ago.

UFO: Alien Invasion is open source vision of the original Enemy Unknown. Game isn't 1-to-1 with the original and it isn't the point. Relationship of Enemy Unknown and Alien Invasion can be compared to the two Battlestar Galactica TV series: there are lots of familiar elements but also something new. Alien Invasion has everything what the original had: Geospace, bases, research, production... and tactical combat. Most of the stuff seems to work as they did in the original a long time ago, some bit better, some bit worse. What really makes me tick, is weapon selection. From the beginning there are enough weapons to go with: various pistols, submachinegun, assault rifle, SHOTGUN, grenade launcher, bazooka, sniper rifle, flamethrower and flashbang to name the few.

Greatest difference is with tactical level combat. Game picks map from the list (as with many other sequels) and it is run by modified Quake 2 engine. Graphics are throughout good looking and probably better than in Extraterrestrials. But there are things that can't be forgiven: my bazooka guy shoots alien in building's 2nd floor, alien dies but wall or room don't get scratch. So environmental destruction is very limited (but it's still there in some places). Easy difficulty level is bit too easy: armored troops can take incredible amount of fire while gunning down armored alien with couple hits (3 for semiautomatic pistol). I've been through some halfdozen engagements without losses. Regardless this is one helluva game which brings back fond memories.

By the way, game has multiplayer in it!

Would you like to know more?



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