Free games released in 1996
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Time Slaughter
action / fighting games
Bloodlust Software

The Elder Scrolls: Daggerfall
RPG / maze
Bethesda Softworks

DROD: Architects' Edition
puzzle
Webfoot Technologies

Command & Conquer: Red Alert
strategy / real-time strategy
Westwood Associates

Exile III: Ruined World
RPG / old school RPG
Spiderweb Software

Freeciv
strategy / 4X
The Freeciv project

Meridian 59
RPG / MMORPG
Archetype Interactive

Death Rally
action / racing
Remedy Entertainment

Abuse
platformer / run and gun
Crack dot Com

Inner Worlds
platformer
Sleepless Software

Xenophage: Alien Bloodsport
action / fighting games
Apogee Software

Genocide
strategy / artillery
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Stargunner
shooter / shoot 'em up
3D Realms

Battlecruiser 3000AD
simulation / space exploration
3000AD

Marathon Infinity
shooter / first-person shooter
Bungie Software

Furcadia: the Second Dreaming
simulation
Dragon's Eye Productions