Open SLUDGE consists of an engine and development kit for the creation of 2D adventure games. Originally shareware, then freeware and now open source.

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Tags: ADVENTURE, GAMEMAKER, open, sludge

IllumiRoom is a proof-of-concept system from Microsoft Research. It augments the area surrounding a television screen with projected visualizations to enhance the traditional living room entertainment experience.

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Tags: illumiroom, Kinect, MICROSOFT, research

Catzilla is a quick, yet comprehensive benchmarking program that uses algorithms found in the latest PC video games, so users can see how their PCs will handle the most demanding videogames, HD movies and other graphically demanding applications.

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Tags: Benchmark, CatZilla, DEMO, graphic, MOVIE, test

Project Reality 2 will be a free-to-download multiplayer game being developed on Cryengine 3 Free SDK.

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Tags: cryengine, FPS, project, reality, War

Two years since pre-production on MechWarrior Online in summer of 2011. The first open beta version on October 29th, 2012. Since then the game was patched over 29 times, and have registered over 1.3 million players… On September 17th 2013 the game officially launched!

Celebrate Launch and the fielding of 24 `Mechs on the battlefield with Operation 24! Play any 24 games (win, lose or draw) between September 17th and October 1st (10am PDT) to receive a cool in-game “Operation 24” hanging cockpit item automatically.

On Thursday Sept 26th, Infinite Game Publishing and Piranha Games will host the official MechWarrior Online North American Launch Event and Tournament at The Mezzanine in San Francisco. Registrations to compete in the North American Launch Event Tournament are closed, but you can tune-in to watch the invitational tournament and festivities live.

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Tags: anime, battledroid, BattleTech, droid, macross, mech, MechWarrior, MUSIC, online, robot

SteamOS is a free operating system from Valve designed for the TV and the living room. Due to be available soon, SteamOS combines the rock-solid architecture of Linux with a gaming experience built for the big screen.

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Tags: LINUX, os, steam, SteamOS, System

Here is an emulator for the Sony portable console.. free and open source it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and other systems.

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Tags: Android, arcade, console, emulator, portable, psp, RETRO, sony

Open Mortal is a parody of the once popular coin-up fighting game, Mortal Kombat, for Windows and Linux. It is currently playable, has 18 playable characters. There is network game, team mode, etc. You can even add your own character.

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Tags: beat, capture, dong, fight, fighter, Kombat, Mortal, motion, mugen, open, parody, source

Demos of Monkey Island 1, Sam & Max, Day of the Tentacle, Indiana Jones and other LucasArts classics in your web browser!

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Tags: ADVENTURE, classic, DEMO, Emscripten, flash, html, indiana, Island, jones, monkey

JavaScript Graphic Adventure Maker is an open source Javascript game engine focused on classic graphical point-and-click adventure games.

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Tags: ADVENTURE, BROWSER, GAMEMAKER, graphic, javascript, maker