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.kkrieger | Windows | Would you believe it if I said it's possible to cram a whole 3D shooter (okay, just one stage) with modern graphics into 96 kilobytes?! | Link | 
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8-Bit Killer | Windows | Short, but nifty little FPS game that plays like olden FPS games, but with an NES tossed in as well. You only have mouse turning, L&R mouse clicks, space bar, and WASD (plus Q and E for slower turns), so pause (space) doubles as gun-selection (instead of 1-6 like other PC games). Actually controls pretty well with pretty precise gunfire and player movement. Stages follow a pattern of gauntlet (simple level with lots of enemies), labyrinth (multiple corridors and rooms, some locked by keys), and boss (small arena with a boss, who deals and takes more damage than normal foes). Some out-of-the-way rooms hold new weapons and power-ups, so explore often. Enemy AI is mostly simple, but effective. There's even a story, and a shotgun that doesn't just shoot 2 feet in front of you (!) as well. | Link | 
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Ace of Spades | Windows online |
SINCE THIS GAME HAS BEEN FUCKED OVER BY JAGEX YOU CAN PLAY THE ORIGINAL AT buildandshoot.com
Minecraft with guns. Build bases and tunnels while shooting enemies: it's fucking awesome. The last few updates have messed up the gameply a bit, but it's still worth a try. Used to be /v/'s flavor of the month. /v/ has a Steam group which hosts games weekly: Steam community |
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Area 51 | Windows | Weird shit happens in the infamous Area 51. You are a special operative sent to help clean up a mutagenic virus leak, and of course cleaning up means gunning down hordes of mutants from space. This 2005 arcade-ish game from Midway was eventually re-released as ad-supported, but the company is gone and the final patch removes that requirement. There's also a fan-hacked version, Project Dreamland, that improves it further. | Link | 
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Black Mesa (mod) | Windows | A fan remake of the original Half-Life using Source, developed as soon as the engine is available to the public and released as a freeware. The dev team made a decision to reduce jump height so if you're not satisfied with that, just tweak the skill.cfg file.
Note, there are two versions of Black Mesa: the free mod is Windows-only and ends just before Xen. The paid version is set to include Xen, other additional content and refinements, and has a Linux port. Also, keep an eye out for Operation Black Mesa and Guard Duty. |
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Black Shades | Windows | You are a psychic bodyguard, and your duty is to protect the VIP in white. You must protect him from increasing hordes of snipers, gunmen, muggers, and even the hordes of the undead using a variety of weapons, ranging from a simple knife to grenades. If you or he dies, you restart the level. Have fun on the grenade levels. | Link | 
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Blind Monk's Society | Windows | After getting your eyes pecked out by ravenous ravens, you are to be inducted into the Blind Monk's Society, and to prove you've got what it takes, you're given simple tasks to navigate through your blindness. A HL2 mod, so you'll need the Source SDK to run it. It's not too long at all, but it's interesting and quite immersive. Protips: Wear headphones and bind Q and E to turn so that you can turn in small measured amounts. | Link | 
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Chex Quest | Windows | Zap the nasty slime creatures back to their planet! An advergame based on the Doom engine that came in cereal boxes back in the 90s, and it was actually pretty good. | Classic HD remake |
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Darkenstein 3D | Windows | You're a hobo, the Nazis have taken your dog, and that's an excuse as good as any other to kick some ass. A very silly, over the top, and violent tribute to Wolfenstein 3D. | Steam |  |
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Doom 64 EX | Windows | A perfect port of the Nintendo 64 Doom game, and arguably a better alternative than Doom 64 TC. Doesn't add levels and things that weren't there, plays like a charm. The only thing you'll need is a Doom 64 ROM from which to extract the data. There are even some PWADs/mods for this release. The site also has modding tools, so all you old-school Doomers can go nuts.wad.
Kaiser, the creator of this mod, eventually joined Nightdive Studios and helped with Doom 64's remaster/re-release. It even uses the Doom64 EX codebase. Cool huh! |
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Doom 64 TC | Windows | A nearly perfect port of the N64 game. Based on a modified Doomsday engine. Has new levels and a few |
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Doom Remake 4 | Windows | Fan remake / update of good old Doom, with modernized visuals (3D models, high-res textures, advanced lighting effects) and a lot of extra gore. Just add the proper WADs and have fun. Warning: it will humble even machines that can run Crysis! | Link |  |
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Freedoom | Windows Linux macOS Android |
Basically Doom with all the proprietary content replaced with community-made content. | Link | 
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LibreQuake | Windows Linux macOS |
Basically Quake with all the proprietary content replaced with community-made content. | Link | 
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Mac-enstein 3D | Windows | When Wolfenstein 3D was first ported to the Mac, it ended up quite different from the original: some levels were changed, the graphics were redrawn in higher resolution, the music was completely new, and the voices samples were much clearer. Now this is a faithful fan-made port of that version back to the PC. | Link | 
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Marathon (series) | Windows Linux macOS |
The year is 2794 and you are a security officer aboard the UESC Marathon, a multi-generational spacecraft converted from one of Mars's moons. As the ship and the Tau Ceti colony are attacked by hostile extraterrestrials, you find that something is amiss with the ship's artificial intelligences - one of which has gone quite insane after figuring out a secret greater than universe itself.
The predecessor of Halo, this trilogy is famous for its abstruse plot and intricate maps. The first game also had a fan remake as an UT mod. See also its own predecessor, Pathways Into Darkness, further below. |
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Mega Man: 8-Bit Deathmatch | Windows macOS |
Mega Man-themed mod for Doom 2, powered by Skulltag. Includes a tournament-style single player mode and 70+ multiplayer maps, each based on a stage from the NES Mega Man games, and features player skins for nearly every character from the NES and Game-Boy Mega Man games, including the Robot Masters. Technically it's just a *.wad file for Doom2, but Doom2 without the *.wad files is free! Also has a fairly active /v/ community. | Link | 
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No One Lives Forever (series) | Windows | 60s Superspy themed FPS. Play as Cate Archer, a petty thief turned secret agent, and fight an evil organization attempting to take over the world. Game is known for its humor, very wide array of gadgets, and setting. | Link | 
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OpenArena | Windows Linux macOS Android |
Basically Quake III Arena with all the proprietary content replaced with community-made content. | Link | 
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Pathways Into Darkness | Windows Linux macOS |
An extraterrestrial transmission warns us of impending doom: millions of years ago, a reality-manipulating creature fell on Earth, killing all dinosaurs. Now, it will awaken in a few days, and when it does, it will destroy the world entirely. The only solution is to get it back to bed, by means of a nuclear bomb planted on the lowest levels of a mysterious pyramid of non-human origin. The predecessor to the Marathon series, very unique, and one of the hardest games ever.
The straight port is macOS-only, but there is also a recreation on the Aleph One engine. |
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Project Osiris | Windows | Fan remake of the Amiga cult classic Alien Breed 3D done with the GZDoom engine. | Link | 
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Renegade X | Windows | Fan remake of Command & Conquer: Renegade, using the Unreal Engine 3 for excellent modernized visuals.
Note: the single and multiplayer modes were split in two games, if you want single player get the "Black Dawn" installer. |
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Smokin' Guns | Windows Linux macOS |
Quake III with cowboys, pretty much. Started as a mod but now is a standalone game. | Link | 
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Team Fortress 2 | Windows | Arguably the most fun of any multiplayer game with cartoonish graphics and gameplay filled with constant explosions and Play community servers, avoid Casual matchmaking. |
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Transmissions: Element 120 | Windows Linux |
A short but sweet standalone Half-Life 2 mod with a cool horror ambiance and some physics puzzles. | Link | 
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Tribes (series) | Windows | A multiplayer spin-off of the Earthsiege / Starsiege mech simulation games, but other than the setting, it's completely different; Tribes is built around team battles with high speed, high altitude movement in huge open environments. | Link | 
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Urban Terror | Windows | Quake 3 hack that makes good use of the engine. Kinda like CS, but different in more ways than one. Shit like throwing knives and wall jumping ahoy in this game. Pretty good local and net multiplayer all around, too. | Link | 
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Warsow | Windows Linux macOS online |
A fast paced FPS in the vein of Quake, but with celshaded Team Fortess 2 style graphics. It has the typical bunny hopping/strafe jumping found in mods like CPMA and a unique dash/special key that allows for things like wall jumps/kicks and plenty of map tricks.
Development ended in 2016, and the game was removed from GOG, so servers are likely dead or highly inactive (wouldn't hurt to check though). |
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Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory | Windows Linux macOS |
Possibly one of the greatest team fortress-esque game ever concieved. This was suppose to be the added multiplayer for the PC version of Return to Castle Wolfenstein, but id Software decided to release it as a freeware game. If the class system doesn't get you interested, the intuitive gameplay will. Almost every map has some different objective to be completed, making for a very different experience every time you play this game. | Link | 
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Wolfram | Windows | A fan remake of Wolfenstein 3D (or the shareware levels at least) with modernized graphics and almost everything else unchanged. | Link | 
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Xonotic | Windows Linux macOS |
An open-source Quake-like FPS with lots of editing tools and a pretty great community. Very fast paced. Try not to blink.
Note: Originally, it was Nexuiz, but in 2010 IllFonic purchased the rights to the name Nexuiz, and a proprietary license to the source-code, and had THQ handle the game and you can tell what happens next; The game got remade in 2012 using CryEngine 3 (as a commercial product), core distributors got pissed and forked the game as Xonotic, and THQ went under the next year, resulting in Nesuiz's servers being shut down. |
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