Old Version

Version 4 of Game Maker is not compatible with earlier versions. So if you want to edit games created with previous versions or play them (if the are not stand-alone) you cannot use version 4. For those situations you can download the previous version 3.3 here. Note that this version is no longer supported.

Game Maker version 3.3 (3.1 MB)

Image Maker version 3.0 (0.9 MB)

Background Maker version 1.0 (1.0 MB)

To help you design games in version 3.3 there is a lesson to make a maze game and a questions and answers list. Please note that these apply to version 3.3 only!

Lesson (zip file, 1.0 MB)

Questions and Answers

Old Games

	Happy Boats (0.8 Mb) written by Anti-Pasti Shoot all the boats (one or two-player).
	Battle Blox (1.6 Mb) written by Spriteworks Developments Wonderful breakout type of game. Althoug in some sense a demo, it is very playable. Comes as an install program.
	Jim Jordan Alien Exterminator (1.5 Mb) written by Justin Hill Shooting range type of game in which you have to shoot aliens that come running towards you. Import version.
	Operation Pulsar (5.7 Mb) written by Travis "Deathcharge" T. A wonderful space shooter with a great 3D look. Very professional. (Very big though.)
	The Wal-Mart SUV Parking Lot Challenge (2.2 Mb) written by Mr.Chubigans A one or two player game in which you must find a parking spot. Fun to play.
	Base Zone (1.4 Mb) written by Black Eagle A one or two player game in which you have to destroy the other players base. Very high quality.
	Tank Battle (150 Kb) written by Thomas de Goede A two player game in which you have to destroy the other players tank. You can shoot, lay bombs, create walls, blow up toxic waste, etc. Nicely done.
	Slither (900 Kb) written by Eye Candy Games A maze game. You are the snake that must save the baby snakes from the crocs. Comes as installation program.
	EZ Checkers (2 Mb) written by Enigma Creative Software A checkers game. Please realize the the computer does not play the game. The program is meant for two players to play against each other.
	Turbo Dario Crossing Away (1 Mb) written by Laimonas Dzikaras Platform game with a number of interesting levels. Comes as a install program.
	Astro Hybrid (5.2 Mb) written by Dung Truong A very nice fast-pacing horizontal shooter. Comes as a install program (also download the patch).
	Ribbitt (0.8 Mb) written by Outpost81 Version of the well-known frogger game in which you have to bring a frog past a road and over logs to its home. 8 levels. Comes as a import file for game maker (version 3.3).
	Cool Warren (0.8 Mb) written by KrioGenik Platform game in which you are a skateboarder than must avoid obstacles. Comes as a (zipped) setup program.
	Demolition Kids (2.8 Mb) written by RED (Sander Steenhuis) Great two player game in which the goal is to blow up the other player. Professional quality. Even contains intro video. Comes as a setup program. (Does not run correctly when DirectX is not installed on your computer.)
	Xentrix (1.4 Mb) written by Tim Piper Tim did it again. A wonderful vertical shooter of professional quality. 10 increasingly difficult levels. Comes as a (zipped) setup program.
	Bugz (1.2 Mb) written by Primal Variant of space invaders, but this times with spiders and other bugs that want to conquer the world. Many levels that get more difficult all the time. Very nice graphics and well designed game play. Comes as an installation program.
	Rise of the F16 (3.5 Mb) written by Black Eagle (Elisha Adrinata Kusuma) Vertically scrolling shooting game with many different planes to shoot, different bullets, powerups, a shop, etc. Very well done. Requires a rather powerful computer. Comes as an installation program.
	Boxing Game (0.5 Mb) written by Dirk v/d Bekerom Two player boxing game. Example of how such games can be made.
	Quest (2.1 Mb) written by Peter Mac Sort of pacman like game combined with some RPG aspects. Many rooms. Comes as stand-alone version.
	Bender Snowboarding (260 Kb) written by Travis "Deathcharge" T. 3-D snowboarding game in which you must avoid the trees. Interesting example of how to make 3D looking games.
	F24 Steelfighter (2.2 Mb) written by Michel Gort Horizontal shooter with many options and even a shop in which you can buy weapons and lives. New version. Very nice. Comes in the form of an install program that you should run to install the game on your computer.
	BloxTris (1.8 Mb) written by Ronnie A game similar to the wellknown Tetris game but with some interesting twists. Witht he quality we expect from Ronnie. This game comes in the form of an install program that you should run to install the game on your computer.
	ATOMIX BLOBS: Lost in LostMaze (1.9 Mb) written by Ronnie A completely professional looking puzzle game in which you have to guide a blob over fragile stones to reach the exit. A good example of what can be achieved with Game Maker. This game comes in the form of an install program that you should run to install the game on your computer.
	Worms (2.3 MB) written by Tim Piper The basic idea of the game is that you and a friend each control a team of four worms, that have a battle. If you can't find someone else to play with there is a single player mode, but it's pretty basic... Worms from each team take it in turns to fight, using bazookas, grenades and a variety of other weapons. The last team with living worms wins. Very professional. This game comes in the form of an install program that you should run to install the game on your computer.
	Pacman (1.14 MB) written by Tim Piper A wonderful version of Pacman. Very professional.
	Project SCAG (220 Kb) written by Woody Shoot the spaceships but avoid the bombs. Very nice graphics and well designed gameplay.
	Futurama Shooting Gallery (200 Kb) written by Travis "Deathcharge" T. Shooting game that has very nice 3-D graphics.
	Catcher (240 Kb) written by Jeroen Lukas Very nice game in which you have to catch good things (and not bad things).
	Platform Demo (55 Kb) written by Mark Overmars Many people have asked me how to do a platform game. Here is one. Very simple, just one level, not meant to be fun to play but mainly to learn. The help file includes information on how it was made.
	Sokoban (550 Kb) written by Mark Overmars In this well-known game you have to move boxes to a particular area. This version contains over 2000 puzzles.