Your favorite shareware games?
 

The online exclusives thread gave me the idea for this question. I personally love shareware games, having grown up with them in my youth when I couldn't afford to pay any of the registration fees. Now that I'm all grown-up (a fact that may be debated) I'd like to start looking into shareware again.

Since quality shareware titles aren't really newsworthy by most gaming publications, I thought a thread was in order.

What shareware games have you played that you just had to purchase? Share your favorites here! (Pun very much intended)

I don't think this is what you had in mind, but for me Doom really was the shareware game I HAD to purchase.

Garion

Commander Keen
Monster Bash
Doom
The original Duke Nukem

Oh, Commander Keen was great! I can't believe I parted with my 3 1/2 by 5 floppy of Keen Dreams a few years ago. Talk about a mistake.

I want to fry aliens in my pajamas now.

http://www.3drealms.com/downloads.html
Have fun

You, my good man, have earned your gold star for the thread. Besides Keen, I'd forgotten about a lot of those games. Terminal Velocity, anyone?

Snood. I spent a while as a Snood addict.

Monster Bash was my most favorite game ever for years. Ah the memories.

doom was actualy (i'm pritty sure) was the first shareware game. the creators made the game and were multi millionares over nite. i was waching a documtary on the creators of doom on the G4 network a few months ago. i found this to be very interesting.

Actually ID were releasing shareware way before Doom, all their 2D Games, and Wolf 3D too were shareware.

My favorites are Commander Keen, Jill of the Junlge and I can't remember if the name of the game was Vixen or Vynl Goddess From Mars.... :P

Wolf3d, it's my first one so...
Also, if anyone is still fond of it I believe there are a bunch of mods for it on moddb (Doom also)

Dunno if it falls under this sorta topic but i have found that the Freeware games at www.megagames.com is kinda cool and some look really flash with modern gfx.

Geneforge