User:Czar/drafts/List of free use video games

This is a list of video games that have been released or relicensed by their copyright holder under a free use license, such as Creative Commons or even the public domain. Free use licenses specifically afford users the freedom to make screenshots/animations/videos of the games, such that they can be used as illustrations, especially on a site that prefers free-use content like Wikipedia. Freeware games or commercial video games released as freeware only allow a game's free distribution and do not give content rights. Open-source video games may make the code sharable but not the art assets (looking at you, Id Software).


 * Jason Rohrer games  – Passage, The Castle Doctrine, etc. (art games)


 * Mystery House by Sierra Entertainment (adventure game for PC)


 * Colossal Cave Adventure (?)


 * Mugwump (video game) ?, Category:Public-domain software with source code

Unsorted notes

 * possibly wisdom tree nes games? zero tolerance and its sequel? http://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/204-classic-gaming/67020242

http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/qbert/qbert.htm http://www.worldofspectrum.org/EmuFAQ2000/AppendixC.htm
 * qberts sequel? "Faster Harder More Challenging Q*bert" doesn't appear to actually be PD: http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-11-15-setting-the-stage-the-actor-who-made-an-arcade-classic

non-commercial restrictions:
 * http://mamedev.org/roms/
 * http://forums.arcade-museum.com/archive/index.php/t-2705.html Jamie Fenton Robby Roto