Comments on: The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: roflmao

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 05:20:57 +0000

Great list! Moraff's World and Descent were a couple of other shareware games I remember playing back in the day.

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Steve

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:56:13 +0000

I'd just like to mention that if you really have to have some of Epic's old shareware titles, you can still buy them from Epic- go to epicclassics.com.

Despite the rather old look, the out-there prices, and other quirks, they do still sell the games (most of them anyway).

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Braybett

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:37:58 +0000

I was really into Terminal Velocity back in the 90s. Never bought the rest of the game, though.

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Luis Mercado

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 21:39:17 +0000

Give me a "hell yeah" if you just knew Doom would be #1 before watching the slideshow.

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Benj Edwards

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:44:08 +0000

Jill of the Jungle was a strong contender, let me tell you, because it is close to my heart since I played it a lot back in the day.

However, I felt that Jill's gameplay is a little awkward and creaky compared to other titles on the list, and its influence (while it was important at the time) wasn't enough to raise its profile up the ranks. I highly recommend you play it again today, and you'll see what I mean.

That being said, I still love Jill of the Jungle — I think it was the first Soundblaster/VGA shareware game I ever played, and that was amazing at the time. I talked to its author, Tim Sweeney of Epic Games, about it back in 2009.

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Donn

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:39:06 +0000

How awesome that I've seen two of the titles I immediately thought of mentioned here. All the usual suspects were there, of course, with Doom in its rightful place at #1, but…

Glad to see Raptor on there; one of those that I gladly bought the full version, it was so good!

And the other was Jill of the Jungle, just mentioned by Phillip D. Good taste!

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Batfan

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 05:40:24 +0000

Great list! But what about 'Halloween Harry'

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Philip D

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:45:52 +0000

I was sure Jill of the Jungle would be on this list… I would also have to nominate Hugo's House of Horrors. Either way, good stuff!

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Alexander

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:55:12 +0000

Commander Keen changed my life…

Comment on The 12 Greatest PC Shareware Games of All Time by: Benj Edwards

Tue, 24 Jan 2012 17:34:32 +0000

You really bought a PC because of Scorched Earth? That's pretty amazing. I put it on my 10 Greatest MS-DOS Games of All Time list last year. I've spent more time playing Scorched Earth, a completely free title, than many games I've paid $50 for.