Get free versions of popular video games

If you’re bored this weekend and the weather is wet and wild why not sit down and have a blast at a classic video game? Forget going out and buying a game for your console though, because some of the greatest titles new and old are available to download for free on your PC. Some are available as officially-licenced abandonware, while others are out-and-out copies, but I’ve put together a collection of top games that will keep you amused for the whole weekend. In fact, you’ll probably end up calling in sick the whole of next week too.

• Guitar Zero - Yep, you read it right. The same riff-rocking game with a different name
• Halo Zero - 2D version of the mighty Xbox classic
• Grand Theft Audio - Original version of the game that got me into car crime
• Super Mario World - Recreate that beautiful day your got your SNES
• Neo-Sonic Godspeed - Cool new twist on the blue racing hedgehog theme
• Blockfall - Play Tetris as a Firefox plugin
• Zelda Classic - Exact replica of the NES game we could never put down
• Classic Doom 3 - Experience the gameplay of the original with updated graphics
• Half-Life 2: Revolt - Multiplayer version of one of the all-time greats