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Frets on Fire is a game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible. Frets on Fire is open-source and includes: a unique inverted keyboard gameplay style; support for guitar controllers and generic joysticks; a song editor for making your own tunes; the ability to compete with others on the World Charts; hundreds of songs composed by the community; and support for importing Guitar Hero and Guitar Hero II songs.
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ImgBurn is a lightweight CD / DVD / HD DVD / Blu-ray burning application that everyone should have in their toolkit!

It has several Modes, each one for performing a different task:

    * Read - Read a disc to an image file
    * Build - Create an image file from files on your computer or network - or you can write the files directly to a disc
    * Write - Write an image file to a disc
    * Verify - Check a disc is 100% readable. Optionally, you can also have ImgBurn compare it against a given image file to ensure the actual data is correct
    * Discovery - Put your drive / media to the test! Used in combination with DVDInfoPro, you can check the quality of the burns your drive is producing


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IsoBuster can rescue lost files from a bad or trashed CD or DVD or a Blu Ray disc (e.g. BD or HD DVD). Save important documents, precious pictures or video from the family, your only system backup, etc.
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Managing tasks is generally not a fun way to spend your time. We created Remember The Milk so that you no longer have to write your to-do lists on sticky notes, whiteboards, random scraps of paper, or the back of your hand. Remember The Milk makes managing tasks an enjoyable experience.
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TORCS, The Open Racing Car Simulator is a highly portable multi platform car racing simulation. It is used as ordinary car racing game, as AI racing game and as research platform. It runs on Linux (x86, AMD64 and PPC), FreeBSD, MacOSX and Windows. The source code of TORCS is licensed under the GPL ('Open Source'). You find more information about the project in the menu bar on the left. If you need help have a look at the FAQ first. You can contact us on the torcs-users mailing list (you need to subscribe to use it).
TORCS features more than 50 different cars, more than 20 tracks, and 50 opponents to race against. Your can steer with a joystick or steering wheel, if the device is supported by your platform. It is also possible to drive with the mouse or the keyboard. Graphic features lighting, smoke, skidmarks and glowing brake disks. The simulation features a simple damage model, collisions, tire and wheel properties (springs, dampers, stiffness, ...), aerodynamics (ground effect, spoilers, ...) and much more. The gameplay allows different types of races from the simple practice session up to the championship. Enjoy racing against your friends in the split screen mode with up to four human players.
TORCS was initially written by Eric Espié and Christophe Guionneau, substantial parts have been added by other contributors (have a look into the 'Credits' section for details). The TORCS source code is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL), most of the artwork is licensed under the Free Art License, have a look into the packages for details about copyright holders and the licensing.
The next big development goal is an online racing mode.
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Audacity® is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Learn more about Audacity... Also check our Wiki and Forum for more information.
The latest release of Audacity is 1.3.7 (Beta). Because it is a work in progress and does not yet come with complete documentation or translations into foreign languages, it is recommended for more advanced users. See New Features in 1.3 for more information about the 1.3.x Beta series.
For all users, Audacity 1.2.6 is a stable release, complete and fully documented. You can have Audacity 1.2.6 and 1.3.7 installed on the same machine.
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ScummVM is a program which allows you to run certain classic graphical point-and-click adventure games, provided you already have their data files. The clever part about this: ScummVM just replaces the executables shipped with the game, allowing you to play them on systems for which they were never designed!
Some of the adventures ScummVM supports include Adventure Softs Simon the Sorcerer 1 and 2; Revolutions Beneath A Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and Broken Sword 2; Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeeps Inherit the Earth; Coktel Visions Gobliiins; Westwood Studios The Legend of Kyrandia and games based on LucasArts SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system such as Monkey Island, Day of the Tentacle, Sam and Max and more. You can find a thorough list with details on which games are supported and how well on the compatibility page. ScummVM is continually improving, so check back often.
Among the systems on which you can play those games are Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, Dreamcast, PocketPC, PalmOS, AmigaOS, BeOS, OS/2, PSP, PS2, SymbianOS/EPOC, iPhone and many more.
At this time ScummVM should be considered beta software, and is still under heavy development. Be aware that whilst we attempt to make sure that many games can be completed with few major bugs, crashes can happen.
If you enjoy ScummVM feel free to donate using the PayPal button on the ScummVM homepage. This will help us buy utilities needed to develop ScummVM easier and quicker. If you cannot donate, help and contribute a patch!
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Gamasutra is The Art & Business of Making Games
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The sequel to the best-selling & award-winning Guitar Hero® III Mobile is here! 15 all-new tracks plus a bonus song each month - rock them on both drums and guitar. Play against live opponents and use your battle powers to become a mobile rock legend. Get the game, create your profile, and compete on the stage!

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This is the full free game of TrackMania Nations Forever, the sequel to the popular (and free) racing game - TrackMania Nations. TrackMania Nations Forever, like its predecessor, is free to download and play, and will allow players from around the world to enjoy online matchups with one another.
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QQ Games combines classic-style online games with live players, live chat, and live multiplayer competition. Its a free client download with tons of online multiplayer games ranging from cards and pool, to puzzles, action and strategy. All of the games are multiplayer, so youre hanging out and chatting with real people, and playing against fresh compeittion. You can browse through online players, check their scores, check their photo, and choose your opponents. Whether youre playing a live game, or bouncing from room to room chatting, there are thousands of people hanging out together on QQ Games right now chatting, competing, flirting, ranting, making friends, and playing games.
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Genome Gaming System - Demo (over 1GB)
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This site is dedicated to the use of colors in design, and especially in web design. I'm hoping that this site will give web designers a better understanding of the importance of colors-- that there might be more to colors than you once thought.
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"Zango is a new way to access free programs and tools to make life a little easier and lots more fun. With Zango, you get to play free games, download valuable programs and enjoy some of the most interesting sites on the web. There are no fees, no subscriptions and no trial periods — with Zango everything is always completely free and safe!"
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The fresh and exiting Volvo S60 Concept headlines the car line up and will be accompanied by several well known Volvo race cars. The players will be able to hammer this variety of Volvo cars around two highly detailed and realistic tracks.
As in all games developed by SimBin this game will deliver a great experience in sound and detail with a fun and challenging game as a cherry on the cake. The game comes with three difficulty levels to appeal to a broad audience, from new comer to the experienced gamer.
The racing game announced in April by Volvo Cars and game development company SimBin can be played with five racing legends in addition to the new Volvo S60 Concept. They are Volvo models that many people will remember from the STCC and BTCC racing series.
(approx 400MB)
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Codec validator Application
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Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game. The game allows the player to take control of two completely different factions: Tech, which is mainly composed of warriors and mechanical devices, and magic, that prefers mages and summoned creatures in the battlefield. Multiplayer game over LAN/Internet is available to up to 4 players. Version 3.1 includes several changes such as in-game chat, main menu background model changed, Server IPs are now stored in a file, and other improvements.
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WMI
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Pocket Gamer is the UK's first dedicated site for games on mobile phone and handheld consoles. Get the latest news, previews, reviews, tips, features
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