 Moon Buggy is console game where you drive your little buggy on the Moon. You have to jump to avoid the craters that are conming towards you. A little simplistic (only one control key, for the jumps), but future improvements are promised ...
SpeedX is a new car racing game, under development. You can already drive the car around the lap, but the author is looking for graphic artists and musicians to continue work.
In Bug Squish, as the titles says, you have to squash the bugs before they land on your arm and bite you ! We found the game to be almost too easy for the first 15 or so levels, then the pace picks up, and by level 20, it is almost impossibble to survive the first wave of attacks. A very good game nonetheless, and pretty addictive ! (this is version 0, so I'm sure Bill can improve it ...) Requires SDL. if you have the sound installed, you can hear the bugs being "squished" ....
Breaky is a new breakout style game.
 Missile command is a port of the famous Missile game where you have to shoot down the incoming missiles before they destroy your city.
Tuxracer is a 3D downhill ski race. We got it to work on our test machine, but unfortunately, it doesn't have a 3D card, so you get about one frame per second .. It certainly looks interesting though.
Bumprace is a space bump car race, where you have to go across the screen while avoiding the walls and various flying objects. The collision algorithm still needs a little work (you can "push" through sometimes), the game overall is high quality with good graphics and sound support. Requires SDL.
race is a 2D car racing game, where you have a top view of the circuit.Requires ClanLib 3.x or better, which seems to be broken ..., so no ratings yet.
Circuslinux is the famous clown jumping, balloon popping game. You get 3 clowns to pop all the balloons floating at the top. One or two players, and different difficulty levels. Really nice work by Bill Kendrick. Requires SDL, SDL_devel and SDL_mixer. Update: Version 2 fixes the sound-optional flag and a few other minor things.
Xinvaders 3D is a 3D space invaders game. It's up to version 1.31 as of this writing, and is fully playable. Aiming in 3D is a lot harder than the in regular 2D version.
XRally is a clone on the Rally X arcade game, where you race your car around in a maze, collecting objects and avoiding other cars. This is an early release, the program works, but it is not really a game yet. Update 3/25/2000: Version 0.9 is out and much better.
Space Plumber is a first person 3D game. This time, no weapons, and you're alone ... The water level is rising and you only have a few minutes to activate the pumps, your oxygen is dwindling ... Will you find the pumps in time ? (It took us 4 tries to get through the first level !)
Once you get the source, you have to modify the makefile, as it comes with DOS as a default target.
ClanBomber is another Bomberman style game, very similar to Bomb0bomb. Requires ClanLib. Installation was a delight: ./configure, make, make install and clanbomber. Lots of stuff blowing up, maybe more appropriate for older kids.
Mad Bomber is a catch the falling object before it reaches the ground type of game. A mean looking guy is dropping bombs over the wall, and you have to catch them in your water bucket to extinguish them before they reach the ground. Requires the SDL libraries. The home page has binaries and source packages. We go the source files, but we couldn't compile with the supplied Makefile. If you have problems too, you might want to try ours. Gets a B for the compile problem, an A for the game once you get it working or use the binaries!
Bomb0bomb is an arcade game in the Bomberman style. The game is to be played with multiple players on the same computer and keyboard. And according to the author, even on the same chair ! It runs on the console with svgalib. The game is modular, new add-ons are created every months, and users can also create their own. Also has sounds and special effects !
BlackPenguins is another version of the Qbert classic. This time of course, it's a penguin jumping around ... Nicely done using the Qt libraries. For a console version using svgalib, try Linberto
Update Dec. 3, 1999: Well we got it to work ! Just make sure you're running your XFree86 in 16bpp. With all the trouble we got, we'll give a B. Make sure to check out the bug reports on the web site before you install.
Bill Kendrick submitted a few of his creations: Bobobot is a "run and jump" arcade game with multiple levels and screens, in the style of Nintendo "Megaman". GemDrop is a "get the falling object before they bury you" type of game. The latest version came out last week. You can check out Bill's page for a few more games for older kids or their parents ... Make sure you check the bugs reports before you start installing.
Diego Javier Grigna pointed us to Linberto. This is a port of a DOS game from way back when (which was a port from a Video Arcade game), and was actually my little sister's preferred game for a long time, until the 5 1/4 floppy it was on became unreadable ... Your character hops around trying to touch all the steps of a pyramid while the evils bubble and the evil flower try to get it. At the same time, you have to make sure you don't fall off the sides. Help and dialogs are available in English and Spanish. Diego did a great job, and Linberto gets a well deserved A. (Console only, graphics with svgalib)
A Tux game. We haven't tried it yet, and the home page says it's not quite ready for prime time, but it sure looks very good so far.
The games in the following list require the ClanLib Libraries. ClanLib is a software Development kit (SDK) geared towards the development of games for Linux.
- Pingus. is a Lemmings type game, where you have a group of penguins walking around trying to reach the exit. You have to help them by telling each one what to do: dig a hole, build some stairs, etc. The game is still a work in progress, but we were to play a few levels. We like it a lot !
(Install tip: You just need the ClanLib package to run the game. There are also a devel. and docs packages).
LFK's review: We gave it a B because it is not quite finished yet. However the author has done a great job, and we can't wait to give it an A !
Update 2/19/200: Version 3.1 is out, and progress is noticeable.
- You can get a Pacman from the ClanLib download page. We had to tweak the default resolution of our X-window to get it to work, but Pacman will bring back some memories ...
LFK's review: We had a hard time getting it to work, and the response to the keyboard seems a little slow, we quite often missed a turn: Pacman gets a B.
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