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[-Archmage-]

Hey, most Zelda is 3D.
Alot of Mario is too.

[ultifd]

Hey, most Zelda is 3D.
Alot of Mario is too.

Talking about Retro...
Anyways I thought the same thing about Cave Story when I was searching for freeware games... just depends on whether you try it or not and what type of games you like to play...
now off to recording that bug for the Penguins... 

[-Archmage-]

I'll add it to the list later, please remind me.

[ultifd]

Ok...
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Downloads   Super Mario War - Super Mario multiplayer game

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[url=http://72dpiarmy.supersanctuary.net/viewforum.php?f=1]Downloads[/url]  [url=http://smw.72dpiarmy.com/] Super Mario War[/url] - Super Mario multiplayer gameUnfortunately the main/one of the author committed suicide...
But it is a great game.  
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and another one.
Downloads    Mushroom Kingdom Fusion -  A fan game with modified Mario gameplay, crossed over with many different video game universes and elements. CONS: It's a large file size, windows only excluding wine, and a long startup time. But the game play can be very fun. and It might be hard to load it since the most latest and final??? release has two or three??? different files.

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[url=http://mkfusion.ipbfree.com/index.php?showforum=4]Downloads[/url]   [url=http://mkfusion.ipbfree.com/] Mushroom Kingdom Fusion[/url] -  A fan game with modified Mario gameplay, crossed over with many different video game universes and elements

[Omega]

Wow, thanks Ultifd!

While 3D is tempting, I still love 2D, especially for platformers, puzzle games, and RPGs. All three look great. Haven't tried any yet, but look plenty good.

@Arch: What's wrong with 2D? Sure 3D may look 'better', but there's nothing wrong with 2D. There's plenty of modern games that are in 2D too. Here's a quick pick list:
-Most decent pokemon games
-Final Fantasy 1,2,4,5,6 (a 2D FF 3 never hit North America)
-Mario (the new mario bros, very few 3D mario, only galaxy and 64, not counting racing, puzzle, etc;)
-Legend of zelda on most hand-helds before
-Castlevanias
-Pacman (ok, ok, I hate pacman, bad example).

I think why you dislike 2D is because it reminds you of games like pacman and tetris, at least in their original form.

[-Archmage-]

I don't hate 2D games, it's just that they are behind the times, and no where near as fun as a 3D game(in mostly all cases)

You like pokemon??!!??

[Hectate]

I don't hate 2D games, it's just that they are behind the times, and no where near as fun as a 3D game(in mostly all cases)

You like pokemon??!!??

2D is hardly behind the times. That'd be like saying nobody should paint on canvas anymore because now we have computers and 3D art programs.
It has it's place. New mario game has sold to the top of the charts, for instance.

[ultifd]

Wow, thanks Ultifd!

Welcome. 
@Arch
2D is as good as 3D... Just depends on what kind the game is...
and even though it's 2010 already... 2d is still nice. 

It has it's place. New mario game has sold to the top of the charts, for instance.

Yeah... I really should get it.

[Omega]

You like pokemon??!!??

Yeah dude. What's wrong with pokemon? Most people tend to associate them with little kids, but lets face it, little kids are terrible at the game. Every game becomes more and more complex with more and more pokemon requiring more skill and more knowledge. Unlike most RPGs, there's no 'attack'. Everything has four separate moves that must be thought out properly. The wrong move might not do anything, while the right one may one-hit the foe.

I've played since the golden days of blue and red, though my favorite was Gold and Silver because it had the largest world by far (Jonto and Kanto)! Best of all, a remake of Gold and Silver comes to DS this spring.

While I prefer Final Fantasy, pokemon is a great game. Have you even tried it?

[-Archmage-]

 
Pokemon?!?!?

I played pokemon long ago, the games are not hard.
I stopped playing quite a long time ago, I lost interest because it's a childish game.

If you think little kids are bad at Pokemon, you're quite wrong!
I've seen tons of 10- years olds running around with little hand-helds.
I've also met tons of little kids that have beat pokemon multiple times.

I seriously cannot believe you like pokemon, but go ahead, just don't tell me about it.

[ultifd]

lol at the discussion... 
Anyways... another one:

Downloads  Grid Wars - Space shooter
 ( both mirrors)

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[url=http://gridwars.marune.de/]Downloads[/url]  [url=http://worldofstuart.excellentcontent.com/grid/wars.htm] Grid Wars[/url] - Space shooter
Different Versions... Inspired by Geometry Wars... Owner had to pull down the download after BizarreCreations said so... "We're beginning to feel the effects of the Geometry Wars clones on our sales via Microsoft now and are beginning a process to begin to more robustly protect our copyright and intellectual property. Therefore, I'd like to ask you in an amicable fashion to stop infringing our IP and pull the game 'Grid Wars' from the internet for download. I hope you understand and are able to do this
without us having to take further steps."

[Hectate]

Grid Wars is fun. I had a good time with that game.

A couple others that people may like (yes, they're 2D).

Warning Forever - Never-ending Boss Battle Shoot-em-up
Website | Download

Battleships Forever - Customizable Battleship (in space) engagements loosely based off of the Warning Forever game.
Website | Download

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Warning Forever - Never-ending Boss Battle Shoot-em-up
[url=http://www18.big.or.jp/~hikoza/Prod/index_e.html]Website[/url] | [url=http://www18.big.or.jp/~hikoza/Prod/dlcount.cgi?product=wf]Download[/url]

Battleships Forever - Customizable Battleship (in space) engagements loosely based off of the Warning Forever game.
[url=http://www.wyrdysm.com/games.php]Website[/url] | [url=http://www.wyrdysm.com/bfdownload.php]Download[/url]

[-Archmage-]

Guys, this list is getting kind of big, I'll add these, but I'd like you guys to hold off until I re-organize the list, I'll also post the code if anybody is willing to do it for me(just checking).

I've played battleships forever, very interesting game.

[ultifd]

Ok, sure. 
Just one more... 
Downloads Captain Forever

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[s]Downloads[/s] [url=http://www.captainforever.com/captainforever.php] Captain Forever[/url]

I don't know how to describe it...but it's fun... 
It's a game.

[hailstone]

Graphics:
Download | NeoTextureEdit - an easy to use graph-based procedural seamless texture editor.

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[url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/neotextureedit/files/]Download[/url] | [url=http://neotextureedit.sourceforge.net/]NeoTextureEdit[/url] - an easy to use graph-based procedural seamless texture editor.
Edit: added code

[-Archmage-]

Hailstone, could you please post that in code, and put a downloads link, if you look at some of the other submissions you'll see what I mean.

[hailstone]

OK done, I've updated my post.

[hailstone]

Audio/Media:
Download | E.M. Free Game Capture - Real-time Record Games of 3D, 2D, desktop and OpenGL to HD videos with resolutions up to 1920x1080.

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[url=http://www.effectmatrix.com/Game-Capture/emgcsetup.exe]Download[/url] | [url=http://www.effectmatrix.com/Game-Capture/index.htm]E.M. Free Game Capture[/url] - Real-time Record Games of 3D, 2D, desktop and OpenGL to HD videos with resolutions up to 1920x1080.

[Omega]

Ooh, nice. I'll give it a try. The description enticed me.

[ultifd]

Hehe, I added Cave Story.  Just google it and you'll understand how nice it is... 

[ElimiNator]

Cave story is OK. Not very good Graphics and sort of Pixely.

[ultifd]

Actually, it's very good, especially for a free game. After all, it is supposed to be like that... 
I mean, you've played some old retro games right? Mario, etc. Very fun...