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Acorn games site with news & reviews and a database of all commercial games for the Acorn platform.
http://www.acorn-gaming.org.uk/

Hundreds of cheats for Acorn games.
http://www.doggysoft.co.uk/cheat.html

RiscPC x86 card games compatibility list.
http://www.interpages.co.uk/acorn/pccard/compat/gamecomp.html

Graphics adventure game in English or German.
http://www.exgra.de/pages/e_sorc.html

Acorn gaming news and reviews site. Now out of date, but remains useful.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/ag98/

Includes Cthangband, Kamband, Oangband, Pziband, Sangband, Yin-Yangband, Zangband.
http://www.verelanthe.co.uk/musus/

A two player freeware game. StrongARM recommended. Also includes a multi-tasking level editor.
http://www.sassquad.com/cavernduel/

An editor for Doom I and Doom II wads
http://www.leenoar.ukos.com/deth/index.html

Port by Lee Noar.
http://www.leenoar.ukos.com/abuse/index.html

The Pushy puzzle games (which have since been ported to the Playstation). Also available is an Infocom text ripper and map generator
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/rfredw/dload.html

Freedware version of this classic game. StrongARM and RISC OS 4 ready.
http://www.tribbeck.com/dune2/

PC Engine emulators for RISC OS.
http://www.plasma.demon.co.uk/pcengine/index.html

Gameboy resources including emulators.
http://www.plasma.demon.co.uk/gameboy/

KISS paper doll viewer
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/tigger/KISS/pkiss.html

A good chess game with a reasonable computer opponent.
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/pilling/chess.html

Crossword puzzle solver
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/pilling/cross.html

Word Square puzzle solver.
http://www.netlink.co.uk/users/pilling/word.html

Space shoot-em-up inspired by Peter Irvin's Starship Command.
http://www.tribbeck.com/arccmd/

The symbols of day and night have disappeared from the temple...
http://www-solar.mcs.st-and.ac.u...~davidb/Software/Lost/index.html

A single and multi-player Tetris variant.
http://www.finesse.demon.co.uk/steven/Bloxed/

Simulation of the very popular, colourful, 3D cube from the 1980s.
http://www.xlcus.co.uk/software/acorn/index.shtml#cube

Freeware strategy game (similar to Explosion or Atoms), previously called Critical Mass.
http://utter.chaos.org.uk/~pdh/software/autowars.htm

Desktop version of the card game.
http://www.mikejs.com/riscos/fan.html

Software range from this PD games coding group (mostly freeware games) including Pushy, PushyII, and QBuild.
http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/rfredw/fishy.html

Realtime strategy game that took four years to develop.
http://www.artexsoft.com/tek/

An ancient African game of skill. You can play against the computer or the computer can play against itself.
http://homepage.eurobell.co.uk/k...ha/products/shareware/kalah.html

Extensive games links and downloads.
http://www.youmustbejoking.demon.co.uk/progs.games.html

A freeware desktop version of the popular property trading game. Complete with up to 6 players (can be computer controlled), animated dice, auctions and extras.
http://www.sjc.ox.ac.uk/users/mortimer/

Network-aware version for RISC OS.
http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/quake/Quake.html

Special release of the Doom Trilogy. With optimised versions for ARM3 and StrongARM processors.
http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/doom/doom3.html

Take control of a futuristic Syndicate and orchestrate your bid for global domination!
http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/syndicate/synd.html

Full R-Comp release.
http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/abuse/abuse.html

Drop into a mind-bending true 3D world populated by rampaging robotic mining droids.
http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/descent/descent.html

Epic struggle between good and evil.
http://www.arsvcs.demon.co.uk/leisure/homm2/index.html

Strategic space simulation.
http://www.artexsoft.com/exodus/

Graphical adventure game set in ancient Egypt.
http://www.artexsoft.com/ankh/

Railway signalbox simulation based on Kings Cross main-line railway station in the summer of 1978.
http://www.datstore.demon.co.uk/frames/kingscross.htm

Internet Chess Client for RISC OS, that works using standard chess servers.
http://www.netchess.iconbar.com/

Educational and recreational program which creates a multi-piece rectangular shaped puzzle from any picture. Generates puzzles with between two or one hundred pieces in any screen mode and can save part done screens for later.
http://www.torty.org.uk/SRA/puzzler.html

Collection of Krisalis games updates for the StrongARM processor and RISC OS 4. Also includes full versions of some others.
http://www.rcomp.co.uk/leisure/krisalis/

Align falling blocks to build up complete rows without leaving gaps.
http://www.arcsite.de/hp/dansgames/index.html#Tetris

Long distance game for two players which can be played on two unconnected computers.
http://www.mat.bham.ac.uk/llewelld/dnload.htm#codeflow

Everything you could want to know about the game.
http://www.starfighter.acornarcade.com/

RISC OS conversion of the classic BBC game.
http://homepages.paradise.net.nz/mjfoot/riscos.htm#chuckieegg

Accurate simulation of a mechanical signal box.
http://www.home-in-bristol.fsnet.co.uk/Software.htm

A game of skill for two players. Take turns at placing 4-square coloured tiles so as to form as long a continuous string.
http://rogerdarlington.members.beeb.net/ShopCn.htm

Guide your spaceship past certain obstacles.
http://www.alpha-programming.co....e.php?os=riscos&package=parademo

Information on, and downloads of, various versions of Risk, a board game conversion.
http://www.maxandanna.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/risk.htm

Over 230 Public Domain, Freeware and Shareware games suitable for use with both the StrongARM and RISCOS 4.
http://www.apdl.co.uk/isv/games/sg.htm

The ultimate RISCOS game is back, and it has been improved for the new generation of RISCOS computers.
http://www.apdl.co.uk/isv/games/sf3000.htm

Card game where you have to clear a selection of cards.
http://www.tribbeck.com/thieves/

Support from the Acorn Arcade team.
http://syndicate.acornarcade.com/

Version of the minesweeper logic/strategy game.
http://www.verelanthe.ukgateway.net/musus/automine/

Collection of games: Convey, Cman, Damatrix, JMBMAN, Shemozzle, Squerd and Tanx. StrongARM and RISC OS 5 compatible. One screenshot and a short description per game.
http://www.cloudsprinter.com/software/

Extensive documentation and downloads based around Elite.
http://www.tamias.co.uk/elite/index.html

Download free games.
http://www.acornspellen.netfirms.com/indexeng.html

Allows you to create word puzzles by entering a list of words.
http://www.vigay.com/software/games.html#wordsearch

Fast moving, arcade-style game for up to two players.
http://users.argonet.co.uk/users....conroy/OwlArt/Bubble/index.html

Othello or Reversi desktop game, either between two humans, or against the computer.
http://lym.iconbar.com/desdemona.htm

Two player shareware game. Involves constructing mazes for your opponent to complete.
http://www.flypig.co.uk/ch.htm

Game where bunnies jump on others.
http://www.reallysmall.co.uk/Pag...e/games/jumpnbump/jumpnbump.html

Game where tiles are smashed with a continuously moving ball.
http://www.reallysmall.co.uk/Pag...games/lbreakout2/lbreakout2.html

Regularly updated RISC OS gaming news and reviews site.
http://www.acornarcade.com/

The classic version of the space trading game.
site exerpt
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http://elite.acornarcade.com/