GameTap Thursday: Descent Freespace and Off-road Redneck Racing

by Alexander Sliwinski { Jul 3rd 2008 at 11:30AM }

As we slowly prepare for the long weekend here in the States, hunkering down for some game playing with a grill right next to us, it's probably worth mentioning that GameTap's selection of free games (which we've listed after the break) won't cost you a dime or, more importantly, gas money getting to the mall. All that cash can be spent on some extra meat for the barbecue. But first, let's look at the new subscription games this week.

Descent: Freespace (Windows) - If you liked Wing Commander: Prophecy and miss that whole space pilot genre, definitely check out Freespace.
Off-road Redneck Racing (Windows) - Oh boy, do we have to write something here? Umm, Rednecks go racing ... it's slightly less offensive than Redneck Rampage.

GameTap's free games list doesn't get any new additions this week, but if you haven't played Tomb Raider: Legend or Deus Ex, what are you waiting for?

1. 2020 Super Baseball
2. 1942
3. 1943: The Battle of Midway
4. 1st Division Manager
5. 3 Count Bout
6. Art of Fighting
7. Astrosmash
8. Bagh Chal
9. Ball 7 Deluxe
10. Baseball Stars 2
11. Baseball Stars Professional
12. Battle of Europe
13. Bee 52
14. Black Tiger
15. Blast Miner
16. BloodRayne
17. Brian Lara Cricket 2007
18. Bubble Bobble
19. Buku Kakuro
20. Buku Sudoku
21. BurgerTime
22. Burnin' Rubber
23. Bust-A-Move
24. Bust-A-Move Again
25. Cannon Fodder
26. Capcom Sports Club
27. Captain Commando
28. Captain Dynamo
29. CJ in the USA
30. Cj's Elephant Antics
31. Colin McRae Rally 2005
32. Colony 7
33. Commandos 3: Destination Berlin
34. Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness
35. D.N.A.
36. Daikatana
37. Darkstalkers: The Night Warriors
38. Defender
39. Deus Ex: Game of the Year Edition
40. Disciples II: Rise of the Elves GOLD
41. Dj Puff's Volcanic Capers
42. Dracula Twins
43. Elevator Action
44. Fast Lanes Bowling
45. Fast Lanes Pinball
46. Fatal Fury
47. Final Fight
48. Five Card Deluxe
49. Flip Words 2
50. Football Frenzy
51. Futoshiki
52. Ghosts N' Goblins
53. Ghouls N' Ghosts
54. Grand Prix Simulator
55. Grell and Falla
56. Hitman 2: Silent Assassin
57. Hitman: Codename 47
58. Ikari Warriors
59. Ingenious
60. Jaws Unleashed
61. Jewelcraft
62. Joust
63. Kamikaze
64. Karate Champ
65. King of the Monsters
66. King of the Monsters 2
67. Kizuna Encounter: Super Tag Battle
68. Lara Croft's Tomb Raider: Legend
69. Lazer Force
70. Legacy of Kain: Blood Omen 2
71. League Bowling
72. Liquid Kids
73. Little Puff in Dragonland
74. Lunar Rescue
75. Magical Drop III
76. Marine Park Empire
77. Mean Machine
78. Mega Man: The Power Battle
79. Mercs
80. Metal Slug
81. Metal Slug 2
82. Miami Chase
83. Mig-29 Soviet Fighter
84. Motocross
85. Mr. Robot
86. Murray Mouse: Supercop
87. Mutation Nation
88. Nemesis of the Roman Empire
89. Neo Turf Masters
90. Olli & Lissa 3
91. Poltergeist
92. Pop-A-Tronic
93. Prehistoric Isle in 1930
94. Prince Clumsy
95. Pro Boxing Simulator
96. Pro Skateboard Simulator
97. Psychonauts
98. Puzzled
99. Qix
100. Rainbow Islands: The Story of Bubble Bobble 2
101. Rally Cross Simulator
102. Rampage
103. Rastan
104. Real MYST
105. Restaurant Empire
106. Return of the Invaders
107. Robotron 2084
108. Rogue Trooper
109. Root Beer Tapper
110. Sam and Max Season One: Episode 4: Abe Lincoln Must Die!
111. Samurai Showdown
112. Second Sight
113. Sensible Soccer
114. Sensible Soccer 2006
115. Shark! Shark!
116. Shock Troopers
117. Slightly Magic
118. Son Son
119. Space Invaders
120. Street Fighter II: Champion Edition
121. Super Qix
122. Stuntman Seymour
123. Super Seymour
124. Super Street Fighter 2: The New Challengers
125. Surakarta
126. Texas Hold' Em Poker
127. The King of Fighters 95
128. The King of Fighters 96
129. The Last Blade
130. The New Zealand Story
131. Thief: Deadly Shadows
132. Tilt
133. Tube-It
134. Twinkle Star Sprites
135. Vampire Savior: The Lord of the Vampire
136. Vulgus
137. Warlords Battlecry 3
138. War and Warriors: Joan of Ark
139. X2: The Threat
140. Zoo Empire
141. Zoo Keeper

Tags: descent-freespace, gametap, gametapthursday, offroad-red-neck-racing

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

Marty @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:38AM

Well, since they've got Redneck Racing up there, how about Redneck Rampage now?

juju187 @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:38AM

so i get pay for mame?

brokenscope @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:47AM

D: I love both freespace games. Now I've got to go find my copies and kill some vasudans and some shivans.

Mischa @ Jul 3rd 2008 7:10PM

Hell yes, Freespace was awesome!

kagai @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:52AM

Where the f**k is Fallout!

Jakka @ Jul 3rd 2008 11:57AM

Five-year-rule.

Black Isle is closed and authors aren't getting any profit so you might as well torrent it instead of searching through bargain bins or waiting for GameTap.

Jakka @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:13PM

Also, they do probably have it, but a game like this should me members-only,

kagai @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:36PM

Gametap IS getting Fallout sometime this summer, it was already announced earlier, and it will be free.

I just wish they would post it already!

K387 @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:16PM

Just thought that I should add that everyone should play Freespace. I mean, Freespace 2 is better, but still, these are arguably the last two amazing space combat games and everyone should be familiar with them.

K387

Zoesch @ Jul 3rd 2008 2:38PM

With the exception of the original Wing Commander and Tie-Fighter, Descent Freespace reigns as the best space fighter sim ever.

The last mission in Freespace 2 is etched in my memory forever, I had never been so depressed in my life after succeeding a mission.

Dan @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:24PM

I still remember Descent one... aah the good old dos years...

Tez (PSN: Tezasaurus) @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:25PM

Freespace and Freespace 2 are FANTASTIC games. I love them.

Iridium @ Jul 3rd 2008 12:41PM

Sucks that there is no Freespace 3. The ending of 2 pretty much set up the sequel.

The sourcecode of Freespace 2 was released and you can download it for free. There have even been extensive modifications to the in game models and engine to add modern effects to the game. Ships have high res textures, more polys, and transparent cockpits with pilots.

Also Redneck Ramapge was a fun game. Built on the Duke Nukem 3D engine wasn't it?

t_m @ Jul 3rd 2008 1:14PM

i got the updated freespace 2... but i can't find a JOYSTICK anywhere in Tokyo! I tried playing it on a dual-analog gamepad, but it sucked.

There are litterally NO pc joysticks available in stores these days. (but a billion gamepads)

Iridium @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:25PM

Yep the demise of the space sim genre and the rise of the FPS pretty much killed joysticks.

Even if you could buy an old one it probably doesn't have drivers that work. I have a logitech stick that has a serial to USB adapter that isn't recognized anymore by any computer I plug it into.

MuToiD_MaN @ Jul 3rd 2008 1:24PM

I got excited when I saw "Descent" and then got sad when I saw "Freespace" :(

Huey2k2 @ Jul 3rd 2008 1:40PM

Sad? Freespace and Freespace 2 were amazing games.

UltimateQ @ Jul 3rd 2008 3:38PM

Yeah they really were.

Ulotrich @ Jul 4th 2008 2:02AM

Freepsace is a great game, but why the hell would you want to play it on gametap? It available legaly and for free. You can snap it using community driven download tool from this http://www.fsoinstaller.com/ site. Just download the tool and run it. As simple as that. You can get load of addons and mods with it as ewll (including Babylon 5 one and BSG mod - latter being still under construction). If you have doubts about the link - I rarely trust links in public comments - head to largest community site http://www.hard-light.net/ (google it first if you want just to be sure :D) and get more info about download tool before using it. Its all out there. Hope someon finds this helpfull.

Oh and drunk spelling is not my top skill so dont even bother making fun out of me - im immune :D