i have a simple Pentium 2 333mhz w/ slackware 11.
i would like to find some simple games to play on it.
I enjoy old dos adventure games. Anything out there for me?
anything free? Thanks guys.

http://www.linuxgames.com/

Checked it out already? Good you have Slack, it should not be a pain if you need to compile some from source..

What do you mean by "standalone games"?

Install dosbox, then do a Google search for dos games.

A few good dos game sites:
Classic DOS Games
http://www.classicdosgames.com/index.html

Abandonia - Home of abandonware DOS games
http://www.abandonia.com/index2.php

Free games: Download over 400 DOS games.
http://www.dosgames.com/

don't forget:

http://www.happypenguin.org/

by stand-alone, i just mean games that don't need some kind of emulator to run in Linux. Although, pointing me towards some dos emu stuff is nice

Never ran Slack, but there are tons of games out there for Linux.

A quick Google search for Linux games:

LinuxGames - For the People
http://www.linuxgames.com/

linuX-gamers.net - ENJOY Linux Games
http://www.linux-gamers.net/

Linux » Games Downloads - Shareware and Freeware Software
http://www.tucows.com/Linux/Games/

Linux Links - The Linux Portal: Software/Games
http://www.linuxlinks.com/Software/Games/

freshmeat.net: Category Reviews - Linux Games
http://freshmeat.net/articles/view/543/

The Linux Game Tome
http://happypenguin.org/show?LGeneral

PuppyGames - free online games and free game demos
http://www.puppygames.net/

List of Linux games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_games

As you can see there are many many games for Linux including many free ones and even commercial ones.

dosbox: http://dosbox.sourceforge.net/news.php?show_news=1

good dos emulator.

some good 2D games:

freeciv - civ 2 clone
supertux - super mario - like game
minesweeper - you'll figure it out