Better Play Experience! Highly Recommended by Most PC Gamers!
Designed to help optimize your PC for smoother, more responsive game play in the latest PC games with the touch of a button, Game Booster helps achieve the performance edge previously only available to highly technical enthusiasts. It works by deframenting game directories, temporarily shutting down background processes, cleaning RAM, and intensifying processor performance. That means you can keep all the features of Microsoft Windows Vista and XP ready for when you need them, but turn them off when you are ready to get down to serious business – gaming. Game Booster makes it simpler to enjoy the latest games and take your experience to a new level. All systems go!
The best part. It’s 100% free and safe!
Designed for Windows 7, Vista, XP (32bit and 64bit), 2000.
Download: Game Booster 1.4
MAME allows people to enjoy the long-lost arcade games and even some newer ones.
MAME is strictly a non-profit project. Its main purpose is to be a reference to the inner workings of the emulated arcade machines. This is done both for educational purposes and for preservation purposes, in order to prevent many historical games from disappearing forever once the hardware they run on stops working. Of course, in order to preserve the games and demonstrate that the emulated behavior matches the original, you must also be able to actually play the games. This is considered a nice side effect, and is not MAME’s primary focus.
MAME is free.
Download: MAME 0.137 | MAME-compatible ROM Images
Xfire is a free tool that automatically keeps track of when and where gamers are playing PC games online and lets their friends join them easily. It works regardless of game type, server browser, or gaming service that a player is using. Xfire eliminates the hassles of running multiple programs like IRC, instant messengers, or in-game friends lists to keep track of when and where a gamer’s friends are playing. It supports the best and the latest online PC games including server and non-server-based First Person Shooters, Real Time Strategy, and Role Playing Games.
Xfire combines instant messaging, a server browser, peer-to-peer file downloads, in-game messaging, screenshot and video capture and one of the most active gaming communities in the world into a small, simple package. Best of all, it’s free!
Requirements: Windows 2000, XP, Vista, or Windows 7
Download: Xfire 1.122
LEGO Digital Designer. The program that lets you build with LEGO bricks on your computer.
LEGO Digital Designer is quite simply the best virtual building system out there with its ‘Click-Stick’ method of 3D modeling winning praise from children, parents, teachers and design enthusiasts everywhere. And, as the virtual design platform behind a growing number of LEGO products, LEGO Digital Designer is here to stay. A host of improvements and new features are already in development, including an improved user interface, new connectivity, more life-like building, Technic compatibility and improved train building and animation. So stay tuned with LEGO Digital Designer, the future is yours.
Works on both PC and Mac: Windows XP, Windows Vista or Windows 7, OS X 10.4 or higher (Intel processor).
Download: LEGO Digital Designer 3.0.11
LBreakout2 Portable – the portable paddle game
LBreakout2 Portable is a fun breakout-style arcade game packaged as a portable app so you can play it wherever you go. It’s packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it’s open source and completely free.
Download: LBreakout2 Portable 2.5.1.2
X-Plane is the world’s most comprehensive and powerful flight simulator for personal computers. With the most realistic flight model available for home users, X-Plane is not just a game–it is an engineering tool that can be (and is) used to predict the flight characteristics of nearly any aircraft with incredible accuracy.
The most realistic is also the most accessible
The same engine used to drive the FAA-certified simulator is available on your desktop PC, whether it’s running Windows, Mac OS, or Linux.
The simulator of choice for industry leaders
Take a closer look at X-Plane and learn what companies like NASA, Boeing, Cessna, and Van’s Aircraft, and Carter Aviation already know.
Choose from thousands of add-ons
The X-Plane community is huge, and the X-Plane simulator is incredibly flexible. Together, they make a great team. There are thousands of free aircraft available for download on the web, and thousands of free plug-ins and custom scenery packages–all created by X-Plane users.
Download: X-Plane 9.45 | X-Plane Beta
cmpro – cool little rom manipulation and management engine
ClrMamePro is a so-called ROM-manager. You got sets of files which change on e.g. a monthly basis. New files have been added, some have been removed, etc. cmpro helps you to keep your files up-to-date.
Features
- finding missing sets, files, (including chdfiles, roms, samples)
- find and rename wrong named files
- find and resize wrong sized files
- find wrong checksums (bad dumps, etc.)
- find and remove unneeded files
- merge and unmerge roms
- rebuilding gamesets
- add new sets
- profiler to manage datfiles
- www profiler to manage online datfiles with automatic update notification
- sha1, md5, crc32 hashvalue support
- build in dat creator
- several byte operating functions for valid checksum correction
Download: ClrMamePro 3.132b
Extra MAME a small MS Windows compatible GUI wrapper for M.A.M.E., the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator authored by Nicola Salmoria and the MAME team. M.A.M.E. let’s you play thousands of old-school arcade games on your computer. Extra M.A.M.E. is smaller and easier to use.
System requirements:
Windows 98SE/Me/NT/2000/2003/XP/Vista/Windows 7.
Download: Extra M.A.M.E. 10.01 (Shareware)
This package installs the Games for Windows – LIVE Redistributable, enabling the In-Game Games for Windows – LIVE experience. It also installs Games for Windows – LIVE, Live Client for Windows, enabling the Games for Windows – LIVE Out of Game experience.
Games for Windows – LIVE Setup 3.2 upgrades users to the newest version: 03.02.0217.00
System Requirements
• Supported Operating Systems: Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2
Broadband connection to the internet Windows LIVE ID Windows XP SP2
Download: Games for Windows – LIVE Setup 3.2
Download: Games for Windows – LIVE Software
A portable puzzle to waste any amount of time.
Jooleem Portable is an easy to learn puzzle game packaged as a portable app. You’ll spend hours playing this simply addictive game. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive or a CD and use it on any computer.
Features
• It’s easy to learn because there’s only one rule. Click on four marbles of the same color to form a rectangle.
• The longer you play the harder it gets.
• Custom marbles Oxygen, Everaldo and PortableApps.com with improved differentiation that also work for those with color blindness.
Download: Jooleem Portable 0.1.4.1
online, real-time strategy
Warzone 2100 Portable is an open source real-time strategy game similar to Command and Conquer packaged as a portable app, so you can play on the go. It’s packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it’s open source and completely free. The game offers campaign, online multi-player and single-player skirmish modes.
In Warzone 2100, you command the forces of “The Project” in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has almost been destroyed by nuclear missiles. The game offers campaign, multi-player and single-player skirmish modes. An extensive tech tree with over 400 different technologies, combined with the unit design system, allows for a wide variety of possible units and tactics.
Warzone 2100 was created by Pumpkin Studios, published by Eidos Interactive and is currently developed by the Warzone 2100 Project.
Download: Warzone 2100 Portable 2.2.4 Rev 3
chips, tiles, and fun to go
Tile World Portable is a game made up of both intellectually engaging puzzles and situations demanding fast reflexes packaged as a portable app, so you can play on the go.
Tile World is a reimplementation of the game “Chip’s Challenge”. The player controls Chip, navigating him through his challenges. The object of each level of the game is to find and reach the exit tile, which takes you to the next level. The levels contain many different kinds of obstacles, creatures both hostile and indifferent, tools, protective gear — and, of course, chips.
Download: Tile World Portable 1.3
a small, fast, opensource, multiplayer Shooter
AssaultCube is a free first-person-shooter based on the game Cube. Set in a realistic looking environment, as far as that´s possible with this engine, while gameplay stays fast and arcade. This game is all about team oriented multiplayer fun. You can place it on your USB flash drive, iPod, portable hard drive and use it on any computer.
It’s packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it’s open source and completely free.
Download: AssaultCube Portable 1.0.4
Cxbx, The Xbox Emulator
Cxbx is an Xbox emulator for the Microsoft Windows operating system.
Cxbxis free software, and no warranty is provided.
This software does not play stolen Xbox games.
Runs on Windows 2000/XP.
Download: Cxbx 0.7.8c
Second Life is an online 3D virtual world imagined and designed by you. From the moment you enter Second Life, you’ll discover a universe brimming with people and possibilities.
Second Life is a 3-D virtual world created by its Residents. Since opening to the public in 2003, it has grown explosively and today is inhabited by millions of Residents from around the globe.
From the moment you enter the World you’ll discover a vast digital continent, teeming with people, entertainment, experiences and opportunity. Once you’ve explored a bit, perhaps you’ll find a perfect parcel of land to build your house or business.
You’ll also be surrounded by the Creations of your fellow Residents. Because Residents retain intellectual property rights in their digital creations, they can buy, sell and trade with other Residents.
The Marketplace currently supports millions of US dollars in monthly transactions. This commerce is handled with the inworld unit of trade, the Linden™ dollar, which can be converted to US dollars at several thriving online Linden dollar exchanges.
Welcome to the Second Life world. We look forward to seeing you inworld.
Windows XP or Vista, Mac OS X, Linux (Beta)
Download: Second Life 1.23.4.123908
Racer is a free cross-platform car simulation project (for non-commercial use), using professional car physics papers to achieve a realistic feeling. Cars, tracks and such can be created relatively easy (compared to other, more closed, driving simulations). The 3D and other file formats are, or should be, documented. Editors and support programs are also available to get a very customizable and expandable simulator. OpenGL is used for rendering.
Requirements: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OS X and Linux.
Download: Racer 0.8.5 Beta for Windows
Download: Racer 0.5.4.3 Beta for Mac
Download: Racer 0.5.4 Beta 1 for Linux
PCSX2 is a PlayStation 2 emulator for Windows and Linux, started by the same team that brought you PCSX (a Sony PlayStation 1 emulator).
The PCSX2 project attempts to allow PS2 code to be executed on your computer, thus meaning you can put a PS2 DVD or CD into your computers drive, and boot it up!
The project has been running for a little over four years now, and since it’s initial release has grown in compatibility. From initially just being able to run a few public domain demos, it’s current state enables many games to boot and actually go in game, such as the ‘famous’ Final Fantasy X or Devil May Cry 3.
Download: PCSX2 0.9.6 | PCSX2 1736 Beta
Fraps is a universal Windows application that can be used with games using DirectX or OpenGL graphic technology. In its current form Fraps performs many tasks and can best be described as:
Benchmarking Software – Show how many Frames Per Second (FPS) you are getting in a corner of your screen. Perform custom benchmarks and measure the frame rate between any two points. Save the statistics out to disk and use them for your own reviews and applications.
Screen Capture Software – Take a screenshot with the press of a key! There’s no need to paste into a paint program every time you want a new shot. Your screen captures are automatically named and timestamped.
Realtime Video Capture Software – Have you ever wanted to record video while playing your favourite game? Come join the Machinima revolution! Throw away the VCR, forget about using a DV cam, game recording has never been this easy! Fraps can capture audio and video up to 2560×1600 with custom frame rates from 10 to 100 frames per second! All movies are recorded in outstanding quality.
Requirements:
Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista and x64 Editions and DirectX 9.0c or DirectX 10.
Download: Fraps 2.9.9
RomCenter is a well known rom manager (more than 60 000 download). It audits all your roms for any game system, reports working, incomplete or missing games and fixes what can be fixed.
It is free.
Download: RomCenter 2.42 | RomCenter 3.40
iDeaS is a Nintendo DS emulator for Microsoft Windows and Linux (using GTK+). It can run different NDS homebrew and commercial backup ROM at full speed or with small glitches.
Download: iDeaS 1.0.3.2
PrBoom+ is a modified PrBoom port with uncapped framerate, variable gamespeed, re-record, walkcam, chasecam, full mouselook, fov and other features without loss of compatibility with original DOOM.
Download: PrBoom+ 2.5.0.3
