Hobbyist game

Video game concept

platforms

Created by a hobbyist or other non-commercial/serious project, usually by single person or a small team. Commonly distributed under freeware, FOSS, or similar license.

Notable people involved: Joel '.plink' Nielsen, Ben 'BlackStamp' Truman, Choris, James 'Monkey-Junkie' McVinnie and Carlos 'cman2k' Montero

Bloodstone: The Journey Home

WIN 2008-06-05

Diver Down

WIN 2003-10-31

Battlezone II: Forgotten Enemies

WIN 2001-11

Archon III: Exciter

C64 1985

Final Fantasy - The Lost Hope

WIN 2004? *

Battlezone II: FleshStorm

WIN 2006? *

WIN 2020-03-06

WIN ? *

W31 ? *

LIN 2015

Ata: Extracts from the American Civil War

WIN 2000

Quake II Mission Pack - Zaero

WIN 1998

Parent group

Game production & development

Child groups

Homebrew game, Fangame

Games by year

The first Hobbyist game video game was released in 1985.

Team Evolve, Lizard, Battlezone II Community and Greenhorn Productions published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows	9
MS-DOS	1
Win3.1	1
Linux	1
C64	1

Most common companies

Team Evolve	1
Lizard	1
Battlezone II Community	1
Greenhorn Productions	1
Crowbar Collective	1
Ryo Ohkubo	1
Black Mesa Team	1