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- A to Z Archive
- Animation
- Audio
- Automation
- Backup
- Calculator
- Calendar
- Clipboards
- Code Snippets
- Compression
- Converters
- Deletion
- Drawing
- Education
- File Sharing
- Finance
- FTP
- Functionality
- Graphics Tools
- Health
- Internet
- Journals
- Launchers
- Maintenance
- Markdown
- Media Hubs
- Media Players
- Menu Bar Apps
- Menu Bar Managers
- Messaging
- Miscellaneous
- Music
- News
- Notes
- Outliners
- Painting
- Photo Editing
- Presentation
- Screen Capture
- Search
- Security
- System Monitors
- Terminal
- Text Editors
- Text Tools
- Three Dimensional
- Timers
- To-Do
- Utilities Misc
- Video
- Weather
- Web Browsing
- Window Management
- Word Processors
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Adventure
Armand and the Foppish Hat
Adventure game reminiscent of the Zelda series in glorious retro 2D. The storyline is a hoot, but puzzles give you a run for your money.
BZFlag
A free multiplayer, multiplatform 3D tank battle game. The name stands for Battle Zone capture Flag. Aside from Mac OS X, it also runs on Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows and other platforms.
Cave Story
This Japanese side-scroller has you trying to make your way through a series of caves, avoiding obstacles and enemies along the way. You’ll have to download both the game and a separate English-language patch to make it work — unless, of course, you speak Japanese.
Deliantra
Co-operative multiplayer RPG and adventure game that is fully graphical and runs in realtime. It is set in a classical medieval environment with ubiquitious weapons and magic.
Frasse and the Peas of Kejick
Take off on an adventure with Frasse, a hairy blue monster. It all starts when a stone falls and blocks the entrance to his friend’s cave. Humour and fun challenges make this game a delight.
King's Quest I, II and III
Classic adventure game from the 1980s is remade and redrawn with retro pixelated graphics. Kings Quest I: Quest for the Crown, Kings Quest II: Romancing the Stones, and Kings Quest III: To Heir is Human are now available free with deep story lines and plenty of game play. Hard to believe this great stuff is free — grab it while you can.
Marble Arena
Fans of Marble Blast will be happy to know that a similar freeware game called Marble Arena is now available. Both involve rolling your marble through intricate and challenging 3D landscapes. Another freeware game along this vein is neverball.
neverball
Roll a marble through challenging landscapes to reach your goal. Includes neverputt, a simple golf game.
NinjaQuestX
You play a ninja in a dungeon, exploring the many passages and fighting many fearsome monsters. It’s built to have the feel of a text adventure but with full graphics and a complete ninja-style look. Requires Java.
Oberin
An online fantasy role-playing game and virtual community, available exclusively for Macintosh.
Polly-B-Gone
A plucky wheeled robot named Polly has been imprisoned by the nefarious Dr. Nurbs in his laboratory and must overcome a series of increasingly elaborate obstacles to regain her freedom.
Six
Interactive fiction features the adventures of six-year-old sisters playing hide-and-seek at the park on their birthday. “There are adventures to be had, friends to chase, people and animals to meet and tricks to play.” The game promises a fun introduction to the genre for young and old. (Needs Gargoyle app to run. Follow instructions at the download site.)
Twine
Create text-based, interactive, non-linear stories without writing code. Add images, CSS and JavaScript, then publish anywhere with HTML.