free games

July 9, 2004 7:50 AM

free games ~ Rockstar Games gives you two of their classic games, Grand Theft Auto (the original) and Wild Metal, modified to run on modern machines. [note : download at your own risk, windows only executables]
posted by crunchland (25 comments total)

Respect is everything. I love GTA. Thanks!
posted by riffola at 8:02 AM on July 9, 2004

Rockstar rocks.
posted by DrJohnEvans at 8:07 AM on July 9, 2004

When they first announced they were giving away GTA, I gave them my details.

Instead of a link to download the game, they sent me spam.

And no link for the game (just to make that clear).
posted by Blue Stone at 8:09 AM on July 9, 2004

Dear Boss,
Please go on vacation. Or at the very least be struck blind so as not to see me steal virtual cars.
Yours,
Robocop is bleeeding.

(Now if only Postal would come out complete and free...)
posted by robocop is bleeding at 8:47 AM on July 9, 2004

Blue Stone: When they first announced they were giving away GTA, I gave them my details, and they gave me a link to download the game and no spam.

Maybe they screwed up and sent all the download links to me and all the spam to you?
posted by jacobm at 8:53 AM on July 9, 2004

You can find GTA II for like $5 in the bargain bins at a variety of big box computer stores...
posted by ph00dz at 8:58 AM on July 9, 2004

From the GTA download screen:

* NOTE: The information you provide on this form may be collected even if you are not eligible to download the game.

[emphasis mine]

Guess they thought you were a contender, jacobm.

(mumbles) ... I coulda bin a contender ...
posted by Blue Stone at 9:11 AM on July 9, 2004

Also ... File Planet will give you the first Ground Control (a cool and pretty tactical RTS game) for free if you're willing to wait in line for the download.

Yay for free games!
posted by WolfDaddy at 9:31 AM on July 9, 2004

Thanks!
posted by The God Complex at 9:39 AM on July 9, 2004

The Elder Scrolls: Arena for free!
posted by PinkStainlessTail at 9:43 AM on July 9, 2004

Thanks
posted by yerfatma at 9:46 AM on July 9, 2004

Starsiege: Tribes and Tribes 2 (which is actually kinda recent news ...)
posted by mrgrimm at 9:49 AM on July 9, 2004

RTCW: Enemy Territory (which is definitely old news ...)
posted by mrgrimm at 9:54 AM on July 9, 2004

I didn't like GTA 2 nearly as much as GTA 1.

BTW, GTA 1 is actually much more sadistic than GTA 3. You get bonus points for running people over, and the more people you run over in a row, the more points you get. Also, there are hare krishnas that all march together so you can run over the whole line at once and get huge points.
posted by smackfu at 10:03 AM on July 9, 2004

Use a throw-away address if you don't want to give them your details. I did.
posted by ralawrence at 10:17 AM on July 9, 2004

I agree with smackfu - but I also enjoy the first GTA more than the newer ones because running away from the police is actually a challenge. In the newer games, you can just go to some obscure place in the map and the cops will never get you.
posted by whoshotwho at 11:16 AM on July 9, 2004

Betrayal at Krondor for free! Okay, so that one was released for free a while ago...
posted by whatnotever at 11:34 AM on July 9, 2004

Everyone remembers the famous throwaway address? 742 evergreen terrace? Springfield, Oregon?
posted by Keyser Soze at 12:22 PM on July 9, 2004

I always use 6969 Reciprocal Way, Fellatio, Indiana, 76969

But that's just me.

Apparently.
posted by WolfDaddy at 12:31 PM on July 9, 2004

1600 pennsylvania avenue, washington, dc 20500.

what's the address for wrigley field again?
posted by ROU_Xenophobe at 12:50 PM on July 9, 2004

1060 West Addison? That's Wrigley Field!
posted by Old Man Wilson at 2:35 PM on July 9, 2004

I. M. Jacks
537 Paper Street 19808, DE
posted by 12345 at 7:04 AM on July 10, 2004

One of the best games of all time Star Control 2 is free and OSS. Don't be confused, "The Ur-Quan Masters" is really the full and original SC2 with sound, music and voice.
posted by quiet at 7:36 AM on July 10, 2004

Mmmm! But I still have my old copy of GTA and the London 1969 expansion on CD. Really.

I've never heard of Wild Metal, so I'm looking forward to grabbing that one. Now I'm in search of Syndicate--which I don't have my original copy anymore.
posted by SentientAI at 2:11 PM on July 10, 2004

Is there a good "abandonware" blog out there?
posted by mecran01 at 6:16 PM on July 11, 2004