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Freelance

7 classic PC games in the archive carry the freelance theme tag, spanning 1989-2001.

The 7 companies behind these titles — Anonymous, Bethesda Softworks, Freeware, GameTek and Introversion Software, plus 2 more — worked in this theme across 3 decades (the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s). 4 of 7 titles have a known modern re-release. The earliest title on record for the freelance tag, SimAnt (1989): Maxis's Ant Colony Simulation Game (1989), and the most recent, Uplink Game Review and History: Is It Really Abandonware? (2001), bookend that span.

• SimAnt (1989): Maxis's Ant Colony Simulation Game1989 · MaxisLegacy title
• Frontier: Elite 2 (1993): David Braben's Elite Sequel1993 · GameTekLegacy title
• Wing Commander: Privateer (1993): A Freelance Space Sim1993 · Origin SystemsOfficial re-release
• Daggerfall: Bethesda's Sprawling 1995 Elder Scrolls RPG1995 · Bethesda SoftworksOfficial re-release
• UnReal World: Finland's Iron Age Survival RPG2000 · AnonymousOfficial re-release
• Falcon's Eye (2001): A Graphical Front End for NetHack2001 · FreewareLegacy title
• Uplink Game Review and History: Is It Really Abandonware?2001 · Introversion SoftwareOfficial re-release