Compiled by Javet via TIG forums.
Best Shooter:
Fraxy
This game’s level editor makes infinite possibilities for enemies which makes A LOT of action!
Runner Ups:
The Cleaner
Return to Sector 9
Clean Asia!
Best Platformer:
Knytt Stories
Relaxing music, incredible atmoshpere, and an easy-to-use level editor make this a game that makes you want to keep on playing!
Runner Ups:
Hurrican
Ninjah
Polychromatic Funk Monkey
Best RPG:
Last Scenario
Great characters, story, and length make this RPG a worthy choice!
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Best Puzzler:
Ac!dBomb 2: Rearmed
The ticking of the clock, an excellent soundtrack, and suspensful puzzling make this game incredibly fun!
Runner Up:
Ice Breaker
Best Strategy Game:
Battleships Forever
Based on the hit, Warning Forever, this game features great graphics and features!
Runner Up:
The Jeluvian Project
Command and Conquer
Most Original Game:
Toribash
THE MOST IN-DEPTH FIGHTING SYSTEM EVER MADE!
Runner Ups:
Mr. Blocko - Super Tournament Edition
Synaesthete
Chalk
Best Multiplayer:
Mr. Blocko - Super Tournament Edition
Incredibly fun multiplayer, tons of customizable options, and possibly the most creative game of all time!
Runner Up:
Sumotori Dreams
Best Writing:
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
The pure comic GENIOUS makes this game great!
Runner Ups:
Trilby: The Art of Theft
Best Sound:
Synaesthete
Quite possibly the greatest soundtrack ever.
Runner Ups:
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Return to Sector 9
Ac!dBomb 2: Rearmed
Best Character:
Juni from Knytt Stories
Charming pixel work and nice animation make Juni a lovable character!
Runner Ups:
Trilby from Trilby: The Art of Theft
Mr. Blocko from Mr. Blocko - Super Tournament Edition
Sam and Max from Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Best Graphical Achievement:
Hurrican
Smooth animations and great 3D modeling make Hurrican a winner!
Runner Ups:
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Synaesthete
Toribash
Best Hybrid:
Mr. Blocko - Super Tournament Edition
A better mix couldn’t have been pulled off by anyone else.
Runner Ups:
The Jeluvian Project
The Cleaner
Synaesthete
Best Game Devoted To Physics:
Toribash
Incredibly in-depth and easy controls are what make this great!
Runner Ups:
JelloCar
Crayon Physics
Ninjah
Best Abstract Game:
Echoes
Great whooshy graphics and an extra minigame, all with lots of action make this a winner!
Runner Ups:
Synaesthete
Polychromatic Funk Monkey
Clean Asia!
Best Editor:
Fraxy
Easy drag, drop, turn, test features make a long project short!
Runner Ups:
Knytt Stories
Ninjah
Best Competition Entry:
Clean Asia!
Clean visuals, great action, hard bosses, and cool features make cactus’ biggest production a winner!
Runner Ups:
Bloody Zombies
Varia
Cottage of Doom
Best Browser Game:
Portal: The Flash Version
A great remake of Valve’s hit game, Portal!
Runner Ups:
Powder Game
vNES
Vector TD
Best Developer:
Nifflas
Nifflas has managed to make great/peaceful games. Games that are known throughout the freeware gaming world. For that, he gets this award.
Runner Ups:
Perfect Run
Vertigo Games
Ben Croshaw
Best Game in a Small Window:
MinishoterRS Delta
Lots of characters, action, weapons, and unlockables make this minigame not that mini.
Runner Ups:
Guxt
Bloody Zombies
Plasma Warrior
Best Remake/Clone:
Hurrican
This Turrican remake manages to stay just as the original and yet still has a new look!
Runner Ups:
Patrol Falcon
Portal: The Flash Version
Best Sequel/Prequel:
Trilby: The Art of Theft
A great prequel to the AGS game, 5 Days A Stranger, that manages to keep suspense to a maximum!
Runner Ups:
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Knytt Stories
Ac!dBomb 2: Rearmed
Best Game With Many Unlockables:
Return to Sector 9
Tons of ships, weapons, paint jobs, and modes of play are surely praiseworthy!
Runner Ups:
MinishoterRS Delta
Trilby: The Art of Theft
Synaesthete
Best Commercial Game Released as Freeware This Year:
Command and Conquer
One of the best RTS’s ever!
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Runner Up:
Alien Carnage
Toribash
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Best Replay Value:
Mr. Blocko - Super Tournament Edition
Very fun multiplayer AND single player will keep you playing for hours!
Runner Ups:
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Knytt Stories
Fraxy
Most Innovative Controls:
Toribash
Simple and innovative ways to move the character are fantastic!
Runner Ups:
Return to Sector 9
Sumotori Dreams
Synaesthete
Best Story:
Trilby: The Art of Theft
This stealth-platformer tells about Trilby, two years before he gets trapped in a dead man’s house…
Runner Up:
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
The Cleaner
Best Bosses:
Banana Nababa
Hard bosses and many forms give Banana Nababa this award!
Runner Ups:
Synaesthete
MinishoterRS Delta
The Cleaner
Best Frustrating Game:
Banana Nababa
Addictive gameplay in a boss-only game fortifies the reason why this game gets this award!
Runner Ups:
Punishment: The Punishing
Flywrench
Ac!dBomb 2: Rearmed
Game Most Likely To Be Remembered:
Knytt Stories
The vast platforming experience almost never ends.
Runner Ups:
Mr. Blocko - Super Tournament Edition
Sam and Max: Abe Lincoln Must Die
Battleships Forever
Game of the Year 2007:
Fraxy
Epic battles, an easy editor, incredible action, what more can you ask for? This game is awesome. That needs to be said. For all of you who don’t like Fraxy, build your own bosses and then play.
Runner Ups:
Knytt Stories
Toribash
Return to Sector 9
I hope you’ve enjoyed this year’s installment of Best Freeware Games of the Year!
Thanks to GameHippo, Tigsource, Nifflas, Caiman, Perfect Run, the Toribash Team, mon, Flickr, Vertigo Games, ImageShack, Tell-Tale Games, The Escapist, IndyGamer, cactus, Binary Zoo, Poke53280, the Gamingw forums, and MaxGames for pics!
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