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Mac Freeware Games

Alien Abduction

Save crash survivors from abduction by evil aliens.

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Aquatomic

Slide atoms through the maze-like structures of Aquatomic to create molecules.

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Argonaut

A modern rendering of the classic Asteroids game with glorious graphics.

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Armagetron

3D clone of the popular laser-racing game Tron with a customizable playing arena.

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Blackjack International

Choose your country, sidle up to the table, and place your bets.

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Boggle

Make as many words as you can in three minutes.

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Bomberman

Work your way through the levels with strategic placement of bombs that kill enemies and destroy obstacles.

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BombSquad

Clear the grid before getting blown up in this Minesweeper clone.

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Bricksmith

Create Lego models with your Mac—looks tricky, though.

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Bullfrog

Use a bullfrog to clear your yard of pests before time runs out. Beautiful graphics.

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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.

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Chopper

Action packed side-scrolling helicopter game has you avoiding enemy fire from tanks, bazooka wielding mad men, and jets.

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Cocoa Mad Race

Race your vehicle against the computer in a bid to make it to the next level.

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Connect Four

Place four discs of the same colour in a row before the your computer opponent does.

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Crack Attack

Crack Attack is based on the Super Nintendo classic Tetris Attack, featuring full-screen mode.

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Double

Match the tiles in Double to eliminate them — a good mahjong clone.

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Enigma

A puzzle game the object of which is to uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. It features hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams and countless hairy puzzles.

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Find A Word

Use letters from the “pot” to create as many words as you can before time runs out.

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Freecell

A Mac OS X version of the classic solitaire game.

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Freeciv

A free version of the popular Civilization strategy game requires Mac OS X 10.4 (Tiger) and X11.

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Freeopardy

Cheesy version of the TV game show Jeopardy. You can make up your own questions and enjoy music and sound effects from the show.

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Glider Pro

Float your Glider Pro paper airplane through rooms in a house with many obstacles.

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GLTron

Inspired by the movie TRON, you steer a futuristic bike through a rectangular arena, leaving a trail behind, which you hope to force other players to drive into.

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GNU Backgammon

Think you’re good at backgammon? Try your luck against GNU Backgammon, currently boasting world class capabilities.

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Goban

Play Go against the program or against other players over a local network or the Internet.

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Hot Spot X

Work your way to the middle of four concentric rings using 32 game tiles with various colours and symbols. The rules make it tricky, though. Maybe even darned near impossible.

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JewelToy

Just like Bejeweled — you switch jewels around on a grid to group them in threes and eliminate them. You’ll want to keep going forever.

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Latrunculi

An ancient Roman board game has your pieces arrayed for battle against the enemy, which in this case uses artificial intelligence.

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MacFungus

Players compete on a grid to try to get rid of each other’s tiles.

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MacSolitaire

A good clean version by MacSolitaire of good ol’ Klondike.

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Marathon

First-person shooter originally developed by Bungie is now open source with active support.

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Marble Arena

Fans of Marble Blast, which sells for $19.95, 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.

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Marble Solitarus

Jump marbles to clear the board, being careful not to leave any behind.

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MyMahj

Match the tiles to clear the mahjong board — but this time in glorious 3D.

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MySokoban

Push the boxes around a maze to their final destination without getting stuck. You’ll like the cute Nintendo-style graphics. If you don’t, have a look at SYASokoban, which is basically the same game.

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Also try: SYASokoban

neverball

Roll a marble through challenging landscapes to reach your goal. Includes neverputt, a simple golf game.

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Nexuiz

3D death match similar to Quake III: Arena. A 273 MB download — need we say more?

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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.

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Oberin

An online fantasy role-playing game and virtual community, available exclusively for Macintosh.

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OneCard

Match cards against computer players, just like Uno.

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Oolite

A space sim game with a retro feel and modern technology. Fly from planet to planet, buying and selling goods, shooting pirates or committing acts of piracy. It can be complicated, but there is a flight training manual.

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OpenArena

Completely free game based on the Q3A engine and gamecode with fully working bots, net play and a vast sellection of maps and player models. You do not need Quake III Arena to play this game.

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OpenTTD

Build a transportation empire by land, air and sea, outwitting your competition along the way.

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Otis

Match the blocks and watch them drop, reminiscent of Same Game.

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Owl Country

Swoop through the night skies of Montreal to attack a flock of pigeons — but watch out for lampposts. The movie trailer is a real hoot.

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Pac the Man

When you play Pac the Man, it’s just like, well, Pac-Man.

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Plasma Pong

Pong with a twist: inject plasma fluid into the environment, create a vacuum from your paddle, and blast shockwaves into the playing area.

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plobb

Candy graphics and a fun story combine in this bubble-poppin’ Asteroids-style game.

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Pogo Sticker

It’s non-stop jumping — being careful not to hurt your head — as you make your way through funky levels to your destinations.

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Poker Solitarus

Try to improve your poker hand so you can win the bet.

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PySol

More than 200 (yes, you read that right) solitaire card games in one app, including all the classics.

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Quinn

Use Quinn to play Tetris the usual way or challenge friends on the network.

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Also try: Sporktris

Scorched3D

Tanks battle it out in this modern version of the old DOS game, Scorched Earth. Up to 24 players can play at the same time in a variety of changing environmental conditins and terrains.

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Scrabbalize

Input the letters from your Scrabble hand, click the button, and see all the word possibilities — for those times when you’re really stuck.

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Simon Extreme

Observe increasingly complex colour patterns, then try to copy them without making a mistake. Just like they did in the ‘70s.

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Snake Quest

Your snake grows with your Snake Quest as you gobble up crystals, making it tricky to manoeuvre.

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Also try: snake3d

Solitaire 3D

Play FreeCell, Spider, Gaps and Klondike in customizable 3D.

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Solitarus

Similar to the Klondike card game of solitaire, with splendid graphics.

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Spin Around

Line up the coloured balls and make them disappear, either by moving rows left and right, or by spinning the whole grid around.

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SudokuDan

iSudoku is no longer with us, so give SudokuDan a try. Or maybe GNUDoQ.

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Also try: GNUDoQ

SuperBrain

Get this Mastermind clone in a version similar to the original, a more advanced version involving shapes, and of course a widget.

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SuperGHOST

Compete with the computer to avoid spelling words.

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SuperTux

It’s just like Super Mario, but with SuperTux, you get Tux the Linux penguin.

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Supertuxkart

Race against friends or the computer in a variety of racetracks reminiscent of Mario Kart.

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The Battle for Wesnoth

A turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme sees you build up a mighty army so you can regain your rightful place on the throne of Wesnoth.

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Tintin

A neat little yahtzee game using Tintin characters.

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Also try: Jahtzee

Ultimate Othello

A strategic board game, Othello (also known as Reversi) involves surrounding your opponent’s pieces to make them your own. Variations include MacIago and Reversi Unlimited.

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Also try: MacIago   Reversi Unlimited