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14 Classic Games for Free

Nostalgia is a treacherous beast. Sometimes the brilliant titles from our youth turn out miserable parodies of themselves when we play them after years. Fortunately, you can try many of them for free.

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We enjoyed some of the below games when PC bangs popped up like mushrooms. Other titles come from even more distant past - these form iconic and fundamental classics our editor-in-chief played his brains out with as a kid. No matter, though, which generation of gamers you represent. Get ready for a huge portion of nostalgia. Entirely for free.

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Shadow Warrior

GENERAL INFORMATION

  1. Genre: FPS
  2. Release date: 1997
  3. Developer: 3D Realms
  4. Available at: GOG, Steam

Shadow Warrior undergoes its second childhood thanks to maniacs from Flying Wild Hog, who delivered two high-octane shooters, a reboot of the series and its continuation, where players assume the role of a mercenary by the name of Lo Wang and rampage for a good cause. Just like in the original, which is now available for free in several places online.

Shadow Warrior is a pleasant shooter developed by the creators of Duke Nukem 3D and based on the same engine. Another common denominators include interactive worlds and parodic verve. The difference being the fact that instead of bruisers from the States, it ventures into the Asian action cinema. It takes no prisoners, though. The game is funny as hell, shameless, and absolutely naughty. And quite brutal.

HOW WELL DID IT AGE?

The game mostly aged in terms of its visuals. The models have their charm, nonetheless, people not used to pixels might go into shock. When it comes to gameplay, the game is still mellifluous and funny, provided one comes to terms with contemporary simplifications. It never was the best shooter available but it didn’t have to be to provide a lot of fun.

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Hubert Sosnowski

Hubert Sosnowski

He joined GRYOnline.pl in 2017, as an author of texts about games and movies. He's currently the head of the film department and the Filmomaniak.pl website. Learned how to write articles while working for the Dzika Banda portal. His texts were published on kawerna.pl, film.onet.pl, zwierciadlo.pl, and in the Polish Playboy. Has published stories in the monthly Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror magazine, as well as in the first volume of the Antologii Wolsung. Lives for "middle cinema" and meaty entertainment, but he won't despise any experiment or Fast and Furious. In games, looks for a good story. Loves Baldur's Gate 2, but when he sees Unreal Tournament, Doom, or a good race game, the inner child wakes up. In love with sheds and thrash metal. Since 2012, has been playing and creating live action role-playing, both within the framework of the Bialystok Larp Club Zywia, and commercial ventures in the style of Witcher School.

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