Recomend free games for my mom and dad

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-05-27 03:56am

Okay I am setting up a old computer for my mom and dad.

Now I need some free games that they might like, please recomend them here and you earn the gratitude of a moderator

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2005-05-27 04:13am

mmm...
what type of games do they enjoy?

Puzzle? Cards? Brain Teasers?

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2005-05-27 04:32am

DarkSilver wrote:mmm...
what type of games do they enjoy?

Puzzle? Cards? Brain Teasers?

All of those.

Tetris, misc card games and mahjongg is the current favorites

DarkSilver · Post by **DarkSilver** » 2005-05-27 04:47am

Let me give my mom a call tomorrow morning, she likes most of those types of games herself.

so...I'll get back to you on this.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-27 11:38am

Faram wrote:Okay I am setting up a old computer for my mom and dad.

Now I need some free games that they might like, please recomend them here and you earn the gratitude of a moderator

My mother is obsessed with Bejewled, my father is obsessed with Age of Empires. AOE isn't quite free but it's soooo old you can probably get it for like $1 somewhere.

Drooling Iguana · Post by **Drooling Iguana** » 2005-05-27 11:42am

Do they like strategy games? If so, you might want to install Battle for Wesnoth, a free strategy/RPG game.

Archaic` · Post by **Archaic`** » 2005-05-27 12:32pm

Revolution Software's old adventure games, including Lure of the Temptress, and Beneath a Steal Sky, are available for free download.

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2005-05-27 03:00pm

Steel Panthers! Tigers ahoy!

Dangermouse · Post by **Dangermouse** » 2005-05-28 12:24am

Faram wrote:
DarkSilver wrote:mmm...
what type of games do they enjoy?

Puzzle? Cards? Brain Teasers?
All of those.

Tetris, misc card games and mahjongg is the current favorites

For a free puzzle game, I recommend the Dyson's Telescope game. Its an online game but you can downloadall of the levels for free. The rules and object of the game are simple, plus it has different levels of difficulty. Its very satisfying yet addicting: you use a series of telescopes to push or pull a ball toward the goal.

I also recommend Castlemouse, but I am not sure how much you get with the downloaded version. The online version is quite fun and has different levels of difficulty as well as hints if you get stuck. Castlemouse is similar to Dyson's except the goal is to scare a mouse into its hole by placing other animal characters in the right sequence.

Both games have simple rules and well defined goals which can be important if your parents are used to mainly card and board type games. They are also evil games since they can take a lot of your time. Bad Dyson's telescope, bad.

KhyronTheBackstabber · Post by **KhyronTheBackstabber** » 2005-05-28 04:42am

Are they online? Because if they are,

Shockwave
Addicting Games.com
and
I am Bored.com,

should keep them entertained.

Deathstalker · Post by **Deathstalker** » 2005-05-28 04:04pm

http://www.the-underdogs.org/index.php]Underdogs! is a good place for free games.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2005-05-28 04:37pm

Grand Theft Auto 2. Available for download here.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-28 04:46pm

You're recommending that parents download GTA. Brilliant

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-28 04:48pm

My father has an obsession with Kyodai Mahjongg...probably the best Mahjongg game out there, lots of different playing styles, plus a bunch of different games using the Mahjongg blocks as well.

http://www.kyodai.com/

Although he plays Age of Empires even more

You could always download Tribes, its up for download free, though from the genre's you listed I doubt they'd like it.

Sir Sirius · Post by **Sir Sirius** » 2005-05-28 04:53pm

Praxis wrote:You're recommending that parents download GTA. Brilliant

My dad quite liked it. Besides, Faram is thirty something, it's not like his mamma och pappa are going to take away his computer or anything.

Praxis · Post by **Praxis** » 2005-05-28 05:01pm

Sir Sirius wrote:
Praxis wrote:You're recommending that parents download GTA. Brilliant
My dad quite liked it. Besides, Faram is thirty something, it's not like his mamma och pappa are going to take away his computer or anything.

True, but it doesn't exactly fit in with the genre's Faram listed.

I certainly know my father wouldn't like it. But he's a retired DEA officer

Drunk Monkey · Post by **Drunk Monkey** » 2005-05-28 10:26pm

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-05-31 07:46am

I don't know what games your parents would like, so:

Battlecruiser. Not a bad game, but it's not supported, though.

http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bcm.shtml

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-05-31 08:05am

I almost forgot: Pocket Tanks.

http://www.pcgameworld.com/details.php/id/2507/

Not a free complete game, but a very generous demo with no time limit. Possibly more their speed, too.

Melchior · Post by **Melchior** » 2005-05-31 10:34am

General Brock wrote:I don't know what games your parents would like, so:

Battlecruiser. Not a bad game, but it's not supported, though.

http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bcm.shtml

It also lacks decent documentation and is very complex...
I don't think that they would like it.

Captain tycho · Post by **Captain tycho** » 2005-05-31 10:36am

Master of Orion 2. Not exactly free (I just picked it up recently at EB games for 10 bucks

), but it's pure ecstasy. A must have if your mum and pop like strategy games.

darthdavid · Post by **darthdavid** » 2005-05-31 08:25pm

General Brock wrote:I almost forgot: Pocket Tanks.

http://www.pcgameworld.com/details.php/id/2507/

Not a free complete game, but a very generous demo with no time limit. Possibly more their speed, too.

Why get a demo when you can get the same basic game for free aaaaannnnd be able to play other people at it? http://www.scorch2000.com

Davis 51 · Post by **Davis 51** » 2005-05-31 08:37pm

Try Pogo.com
They have some pretty addicting games there, and you can win prizes if you make an account. It's all free too!

General Brock · Post by **General Brock** » 2005-06-01 11:50pm

Melchior wrote:
General Brock wrote:I don't know what games your parents would like, so:

Battlecruiser. Not a bad game, but it's not supported, though.

http://www.3000ad.com/downloads/bcm.shtml
It also lacks decent documentation and is very complex...
I don't think that they would like it.

Oops. Good point. The game is a little to ambitious for its execution.

darthdavid wrote:

Why get a demo when you can get the same basic game for free aaaaannnnd be able to play other people at it? http://www.scorch2000.com

Well, yes. I really like the theme music to pocket tanks, though.

There's more free stuff at www.abandonia.com, but the Dosbox acts poorly on my version of XP, at least. Something about exiting to error because of a failure to render.

I think the programs here aren't as stripped down as they are at Underdogs, but then Abandonia is also a much smaller site.

StarDestroyer.Net BBS

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