a free / freeware open source tool for 2-D game development. It is designed for the Windows 9x/DirectX platform, and targeted at people spanning a range of skill levels.
a 2D fighting game in the same style as Double Dragon and TMNT. Paintown is very extensible and comes with editors to help design new levels and animations.
a complete development utility for graphics of tile-based games. The application contains a bitmap editor for creating tiles and sprites and a map editor for designing level maps.