Bei Wiki hab ich eine Auflistung von einst kommerziellen Spielen gefunden, die von den Linzenzinhabern nun als Freeware im Netz zum Download angeboten werde.
Darunter sind illustre Titel zu finden wie SimCity, Wolfenstein 3D, GTA 1+2, The Elder Scrolls Arena u. Daggerfall und auch der Apple-Klassiker "Marathon" der als die Mac-Variante und direkter Konkurrent von Doom gilt und als Urvater der Halo-Reihe gehandelt wird.
3 in Three
1989
Puzzle
Mac OS
Adventure Fun-Pak
1989
Adventure, Action
DOS
Adventureland
1978
Adventure, interactive fiction
TRS-80, Apple II series, Atari 8-bit, TI-99/4A, Commodore PET, Commodore 64, IBM-PC, Commodore VIC-20, ZX Spectrum, BBC Micro/Electron
Adventures of Maddog Williams in the Dungeons of Duridian, The
1992
Adventure
Amiga, Atari ST, DOS
Adventures of Robbo
1994
Puzzle
DOS
Adventures of Robby Roto!, The
1981
Maze (Puzzle)
Arcade
Akalabeth: World of Doom, a.k.a. "Ultima 0"
1979
Role-playing video game
Apple II, DOS
Alien Carnage, a.k.a. Halloween Harry
1994
Side-scrolling platformer
DOS
Allegiance
2000
Space simulation/Real-time strategy/Action
Windows
Anacreon: Reconstruction 4021
1987
Strategy
DOS
Updated in 2004 by George Moromisato to run natively on Windows.
Antheads: It Came from the Desert 2
1990
Adventure
Amiga, DOS, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Turbo Grafx 16
Expansion pack to It Came from the Desert.
Arctic Adventure
1991
Platformer
DOS
At the Carnival
1989
Puzzle
Mac OS, DOS
Battlecruiser 3000AD
1996
Space simulator
Windows
Battlecruiser Millennium
2003
Space simulator
Windows
Battle of Britain
2001
Flight simulator
Windows
Only source code available
BC Kid
1992
Platform game
Amiga
BC Racers
1993
Racing game
DOS
Beneath a Steel Sky
1994
Adventure
Amiga, DOS
released to support the ScummVM Project
Beyond Castle Wolfenstein
1984
Stealth game
Beyond the Titanic
1986
Text adventure game
Bio Menace
1993
Side-scrolling platform game
Blades of Exile
1997
Role-playing video game
Macintosh and Windows
The source code has also been released; the game is still being sold on CD, but the open source version contains the full game content.
Boppin'
1994
Puzzle
Amiga, DOS
Castle Infinity
1996
MMOG
Windows
Castle of the Winds
1989
Role-playing video game
Windows 3.x
Caves of Thor
1989
Adventure
DOS
Championship Manager: Season 01/02
2001
Sports management
Windows, Mac OS, and Xbox
Clonk Endeavour
2004
Platform game/Real-time strategy
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Only Windows version was released as freeware.
Clyde's Adventure
1992
Platform game
DOS
Clyde's Revenge
1995
Platform game
DOS
Codename Gordon
2004
Sidescroller/Shooter
Windows
Command & Conquer
1995
Real-time strategy
Windows, Mac OS
Command & Conquer: Red Alert
1996
Real-time strategy
Windows, Mac OS
Made freeware in 2008 to promote the release of Command & Conquer: Red Alert 3.[17]
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
1999
Real-time strategy
Windows
Made freeware (along with its expansion pack Firestorm) on February 12, 2010 to promote the release of Command & Conquer 4: Tiberian Twilight.
Cybersphere
1996
Arkanoid-style game
DOS
Cybersphere Plus
1997
Arkanoid-style game
DOS
Dark Ages
1991
Platform game
DOS
Dark Horizons Lore: Invasion
2005
Mech simulation
Linux, Windows, Mac OS
Dark Sun: Shattered Lands
1993
Role-playing video game
DOS
Dark Sun: Wake of the Ravager
1994
Role-playing video game
DOS
Death Rally
1996
Racing Game
DOS, Windows
Defender of the Crown
1986
Strategy game
DOS
Dink Smallwood
1997
Role-playing video game
Windows, Linux, Mac OS
The Elder Scrolls: Arena
1994
Role-playing video game
DOS
Floppy disk version released as freeware in 2004 to mark the 10th anniversary of the TES series, and as publicity release prior to the 4th installment, Oblivion.
The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall
1996
Role-playing video game
DOS
Sequel to the aforementioned Arena. Released as freeware on July 9, 2009, to mark the 15th anniversary of the TES series.
Electro Man
1993
Sidescroller
DOS
Elite/Elite +
1984/1991
Space trading and combat simulator
BBC Micro, Acorn Electron, Apple II, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum, MSX, Tatung Einstein, IBM PC compatible, Acorn Archimedes, Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo Entertainment System
Freeware release in 1999 courtesy of game developer Ian Bell.
Enemy Nations
1997
Real-time strategy
Windows
Executioners
1992
Sidescroller/Fighting game
DOS
F.E.A.R. Combat
2005
First-person shooter, horror
Windows
Originally released as the multiplayer portion of F.E.A.R.
Fish Fillets
1998
Puzzle
Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, and others
The original Fish Fillets was released under the GPL in 2002. Subsequently the Fish Fillets NG project has recoded the engine to enable multi-platform release.
Flight of the Amazon Queen
1995
Adventure
Amiga, DOS
Released to support the ScummVM Project.
The Fool's Errand
1987
Puzzle
Mac OS, MS-DOS, Amiga, Atari ST
Full Spectrum Warrior
2004
Tactical shooter
Windows
Released as a free ad-supported download.
Glider PRO
1991
Mac OS, Mac OS X
When Casady & Greene went bankrupt, the rights to the series reverted to the author, John Calhoun, who opted to give a few versions of the game away for free on his website.
God of Thunder
1993
Puzzle, Action
DOS
Grand Theft Auto
1997
Action
Windows
Released as registerware freeware.
Grand Theft Auto 2
1999
Action
Windows
Released as registerware freeware.
Gridlee
1983
Arcade
Gridrunner
1982
Scrolling shooter
Atari 2600, VIC-20, ZX Spectrum, Commodore 64
Ground Control
2000
Real-time tactics
Windows
Registerware freeware released on July 1, 2004 to serve as promotion for its sequel, Ground Control II: Operation Exodus.
Hardwired (a pre-release version of Red Zone)
1994
Shooter
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
Heartlight PC
1994
Puzzle game
8-bit Atari, DOS
Heroes of Newerth
2010
Multiplayer online battle arena
Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Heros: The Sanguine Seven
1993
Platformer
Originally published in cooperation with Safari Software and Epic Megagames
Hidden and Dangerous Deluxe
1999
Released as freeware to serve as promotion for its sequel, Hidden & Dangerous 2.
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
1984
Made publicly available as a web-based game by the BBC.
Infantry Online
1999
2D MMORPG
Windows
Similar to PlanetSide.
Iron Seed
1994
Real-time strategy
DOS
Released as freeware by the author to promote Iron Seed 2.
It Came From The Desert
1989
Adventure
Amiga, DOS, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Turbo Grafx 16
Jetpack
1993
Platformer
DOS
Quelle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L…ames_released_as_freeware
