Its Saturday so I get to work on my game a bit.  Its crazy how many programs I have open.  It took me forever to figure out all the software needed to build and run a game so I will provide a list of software needed to do so, to save another poor soul from searching forever.

Server Software to run a game
- Web Server ( I run Apache since its free httpd.apache.org/)
- Database Software (I run MYSQL because it is also free www.mysql.com/)
- PHP or ASP for client server communication on the web page(I have been favoring PHP lately)
- Game Server Daemon (I have been trying out Electroserver 5 for its Actionscript interface and the Unity Support in case I go that way.)


Development Software (you don't need all this but I have gotten comfortable with these tools)
- Flash (for Image Object development)
- Flex Builder (for client scripting, layout and publication)
- Netbeans (for server scripting for PHP and Java)
 
- Unity or another game engine can take the place of Flash and Flex and I have thought of using it if I ever go 3d.