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jebba
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 Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:21 am Post subject: BLAG Games |
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I'm not a gamer, but I thought I'd poke around and see what the game status was on Linux. It's not as dire as some claim... :)
A nice site with GNU/Linux game info:
http://www.happypenguin.org/
Some games that you can get from the BLAG repository:
tuxracer <--- race down a hill & eat herring
wesnoth <---- strategy game http://www.wesnoth.org/
torcs <--- car racing game.
Install info:
| Code: | apt-get update
apt-get install tuxracer
apt-get install wesnoth
apt-get install torcs-data-cars-extra torcs-data-cars-nascar torc-data-tracks-oval torcs-robots torcs-data-tracks-road |
I'll keep hunting around & adding to this list.
You could also check out freeciv, but I don't really understand it.
| Code: | apt-get install freeciv
civserver (not as root)
civclient |
Other apt-gettable games that people like are bzflag, supertux, & neverball.
Flight simulator (not in repository, but I think it's coming soon--looks very good):
http://flightgear.org/
A huge game with lots of players & pretty complex is Planeshift:
http://www.planeshift.it/
This looks kinda cool, but I didn't play with it much:
http://www.ufoai.net/
Some binary-only, but free games:
wolfenstein: http://games.activision.com/games/wolfenstein/index.asp?section=et
Also, you can run a lot of MS games using wine.
| Code: | | apt-get install wine |
Games on linux, but cost $:
http://www.idsoftware.com/
Not sure if they are free or not (exactly), but you get source & then run on linux:
Quake 2: http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake2/
-Jeff
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stevo32
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| Posted: Mon Mar 07, 2005 6:29 am Post subject: |
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Being quite a heavy linux gamer, i'd also like to note that the Loki games ( http://www.lokigames.com/ ) work quite nicely with BLAG. Some places still sell them ( http://www.lokigames.com/orders/resellers.php3 ).
Also, here are some games on Linux I like:
Tuxkart
Frozen Bubble (come on this game is just plain awesome!
Enemy Territory is a great free FPS for linux, from iD software. Click on 'Enemy Territory' at the top.
SuperTux
Emulators
Visual Boy Advance is a great GBA emulator
ZSNES, best SNES emulator IMO
Currently, i'm looking for a GOOD nes emulator for linux.
WINE, for running Windows apps under linux
I'll supply some larger lists of linux games I like if people would like them...
:)
Thanks,
Stephen Clement
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