If you’re bored this weekend and the weather is wet and wild why not sit down and have a blast at a classic video game? Forget going out and buying a game for your console though, because some of the greatest titles new and old are available to download for free on your PC. Some are available as officially-licenced abandonware, while others are out-and-out copies, but I’ve put together a collection of top games that will keep you amused for the whole weekend. In fact, you’ll probably end up calling in sick the whole of next week too.
- Guitar Zero – Yep, you read it right. The same riff-rocking game with a different name
- Halo Zero – 2D version of the mighty Xbox classic
- Grand Theft Audio – Original version of the game that got me into car crime
- Super Mario World – Recreate that beautiful day your got your SNES
- Neo-Sonic Godspeed – Cool new twist on the blue racing hedgehog theme
- Blockfall – Play Tetris as a Firefox plugin
- Zelda Classic – Exact replica of the NES game we could never put down
- Classic Doom 3 – Experience the gameplay of the original with updated graphics
- Half-Life 2: Revolt – Multiplayer version of one of the all-time greats