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In recent years GNU/Linux has increased greatly on popularity and with it so has Linux gaming.^{[citation needed]} Although smaller than that of Windows, the Linux user base is growing fast and already has a wide selection of games available to it.^{[citation needed]}

Open source games

Vega Strike, a space flight game.

There are few original open source games that have obtained notability. Alien Arena 2007 is a Sci Fi FPS game derived from the quake II engine as are some other fps games made by codered; Battle for Wesnoth is a turn-based strategy game; NetHack and Angband are text-based computer role-playing games descended from Rogue; Nexuiz is a first-person shooter; Tux Racer is a 3D racing game featuring Tux; Vega Strike is a space flight simulation game; Tremulous is a 3D aliens vs humans FPS/RTS game; War§ow is a Quake-like fast paced FPS game built around trickjumping and other features/bugs found in the Quake games; Sauerbraten is a 3D FPS game with an integrated map editing mode; and OpenArena is a standalone Quake III Arena like game. Image File history File links Free_Software_Portal_Logo. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 83 KB) An Ariston-class heavy fighter demonstrates its formidable beam array. ... Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (1280x1024, 83 KB) An Ariston-class heavy fighter demonstrates its formidable beam array. ... Vega Strike is a first person space flight simulator, developed for Microsoft Windows, POSIX Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS X systems. ... Alien Arena 2007 is a free standalone deathmatch game based on GPL id software source code. ... Battle for Wesnoth is a turn based strategy game designed in June 2003 by David White. ... This article is about the role-playing game. ... Angband is a dungeon-crawling roguelike computer game derived from Umoria (a C/Unix port of Moria). ... Rogue is a dungeon crawling computer game dating from 1980. ... Nexuiz is a free software (engine, gamecode and data) 3D first-person shooter computer game distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) by Alientrap Software. ... Tux Racer is a 3D computer game starring the Linux mascot, Tux the penguin. ... Vega Strike is a first person space flight simulator, developed for Microsoft Windows, POSIX Unix-like operating systems such as Linux and Mac OS X systems. ... Tremulous is a free and open source team-based first-person shooter with RTS elements that was released on March 31, 2006. ... War§ow or Warsow, often abbreviated as W§W or WSW, is a multiplayer first-person shooter computer and video game first publicly released on June 8, 2005. ... Sauerbraten (also known as Cube 2 or Sauer) is a Quake-like first-person shooter computer game that runs on Windows, GNU/Linux, FreeBSD and Mac OS X. The game uses OpenGL and SDL, features single-player and multiplayer game play and contains a built-in level editor, which gives... OpenArena is a free and open source 3D computer game that belongs to the first-person shooter genre. ...

Remakes

There are a larger number of open source remakes of classic games; one of the most publicized is FreeCiv, a remake of Civilization II. There is also OpenTTD, a remake of Transport Tycoon Deluxe; Frozen Bubble, an adaptation of Puzzle Bobble; Scorched 3D, a 3D adaptation of Scorched Earth; Ur-Quan Masters, based on the original source code for Star Control II; Homeworld SDL, based on the original source code for Homeworld; StepMania, a remake of Dance Dance Revolution; Crack Attack!, inspired by Tetris Attack; various remakes of Doom, Wolfenstein 3D, and Quake based on the engines for these games; and two different remakes of Wing Commander: Privateer based on the Vega Strike engine. Freeciv is a multiplayer, turn-based strategy game for personal computers inspired by the commercial proprietary Sid Meiers Civilization series. ... Sid Meiers Civilization II, a. ... OpenTTD with the Deutsche Bahn trainset. ... Transport Tycoon and Transport Tycoon Deluxe are computer games where the player is in control of a transport company, and must compete with rival companies to make as much profit as possible, by transporting passengers and various goods by road, rail, sea or by air. ... Frozen Bubble is a free software Puzzle Bobble style computer game which is available on several operating systems including Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and the Symbian Series 60 line of smartphones. ... Bust-a-Move redirects here. ... Version 1 of Scorched 3D primarily as a terrain generator Scorched 3D is a turn-based artillery game modeled after the classic DOS game Scorched Earth The Mother Of All Games. Unlike Scorched Earth however, it is available for free in its entirety. ... Scorched Earth was a popular shareware computer game from the PC-DOS era, originally written by Wendell Hicken (using Borland C++ and Turbo Assembler),[1] in which tanks do turn-based battle in two-dimensional terrain, with each player adjusting the angle and power of his or her tank turret... The Star Control series is a trilogy of science fiction computer games with a cult following. ... Star Control II: The Ur-Quan Masters is a science fiction computer game, the second game in the Star Control trilogy. ... For the term used in science-fiction, see Core worlds. ... StepMania is a rhythm video game for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and Linux created by Chris Danford. ... Dance Dance Revolution, also known as DDR and Dancing Stage in Europe, is a music video game series produced by Konami. ... Crack Attack! is a free OpenGL game created by Daniel Nelson based on Tetris Attack for the Super Nintendo. ... Panel de Pon redirects here. ... Doom (or DOOM)[1] is a 1993 computer game by id Software that is a landmark title in the first-person shooter genre. ... Wolfenstein 3D (commonly abbreviated to Wolf 3D) is the computer game that started the first person shooter genre on the PC. It was created by id Software and published by Apogee Software on May 5, 1992. ... Zombies attacking the player at the starting of Episode 1, Mission 3: The Necropolis. ...

Nexuiz, a first-person shooter.

Download high resolution version (1024x768, 99 KB)Nexuiz beta screenshot - uploaded from http://www. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 99 KB)Nexuiz beta screenshot - uploaded from http://www. ... Nexuiz is a free software (engine, gamecode and data) 3D first-person shooter computer game distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL) by Alientrap Software. ...

Linux versions

In some cases, developers have released Linux versions of their games directly. id Software together with Raven Software ported Doom 3, the Quake series, and Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Enemy Territory: Quake Wars; Bioware released Neverwinter Nights; Epic Games released Unreal Tournament 2003 and Unreal Tournament 2004 and they will port Unreal Tournament 3; Croteam released the Serious Sam series. Introversion released Darwinia, Uplink and there is currently a beta release of DEFCON. More commonly, an independent company has taken on the task of porting prominent Windows games to Linux. Loki Software was the first such company, and between 1998 and 2002 ported Descent³, Heretic II, Heroes of Might and Magic III, Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns, Myth II: Soulblighter, Railroad Tycoon II, Rune, Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, Sim City 3000, Tribes II, and Unreal Tournament. Linux Game Publishing was founded in 2001 in response to the impending demise of Loki, and has brought Cold War, Postal², and X²: The Threat to Linux. icculus.org[1] has ported Aliens versus Predator, Duke Nukem 3D, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, and Rise of the Triad. id Software (IPA: officially, though originally ) is an American computer game developer based in Mesquite, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. ... Raven Software is a computer game software developer based in Madison, Wisconsin. ... Doom 3 is a science fiction, survival horror, first-person shooter video game. ... Logo for Quake 4. ... Return to Castle Wolfenstein (PC) is a first person shooter computer game published by Activision and originally released on November 19, 2001. ... This article is about the 2002 computer role-playing game. ... Unreal Tournament 2003 or UT2003 is a first-person shooter video game designed mainly for multiplayer gaming although the game had a built in single-player mode that mimics multiplayer gaming by featuring AI-bots. ... Unreal Tournament 2004, also known as UT2004 or UT2K4, is a futuristic first-person shooter computer game developed by Epic Games and Digital Extremes. ... Unreal Tournament 3 (UT3) is a first-person shooter and online multiplayer video game by Epic Games and is the next installment of the Unreal series after Unreal Tournament 2004. ... Serious Sam is the title of a series of first-person shooters created by the Croatian company Croteam. ... Darwinia is the second game made by Introversion Software, the creators of Uplink. ... For the Half-Life demo, see Half-Life: Uplink Uplink is a computer game released in 2001 by the British software company Introversion Software. ... DEFCON is a real-time strategy game created by independent British game developer Introversion Software, developers of Darwinia. ... Loki Games was a software firm that ported several computer games from Microsoft Windows to Linux. ... Descent³ is the third and final game in the line of Descent computer games, well known for the use of six degrees of freedom and true 3D rendering technology. ... Heretic II is a fantasy third-person shooter game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998, continuing the story of Corvus, the main character from the prequel Heretic. ... Heroes of Might and Magic III: The Restoration of Erathia (sometimes referred to as Heroes III, Heroes 3 or HoMM3) is a turn-based strategy game developed by New World Computing for Microsoft Windows and released by the 3DO Company in 1999. ... Myth II: Soulblighter is the sequel to the computer game Myth, developed by Bungie Software. ... Railroad Tycoon is an economic simulation and computer strategy game. ... Rune is a computer game, made by Human Head Studios. ... “SMAC” redirects here. ... A SimCity 4 high-rise SimCity is a real-time strategy/simulation computer game (or software toy). It is game developer Maxis flagship product. ... It has been suggested that this article be split into articles entitled Tribes 2 and Tribes 2: Elements of Gameplay. ... Unreal Tournament, abbreviated UT, (sometimes referred to as UT99, UT Classic, UT1, or UT:GOTY to differentiate from Unreal Tournament 2003, Unreal Tournament 2004, and Unreal Tournament 3) is a popular first-person shooter video game. ... Linux Game Publishing (sometimes also referred to as LGP) is a software company based in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, UK. Its main aim is to port top quality computer games to Linux. ... Cold War is a computer game developed by Czech developer Mindware Studios and published by DreamCatcher Games (Linux Game Publishing for Linux). ... Postal² is a 2003 computer game by Running With Scissors (RWS). ... Ryan C. Gordon (also known as Icculus) was a former Loki Software employee, now responsible for , which hosts many Loki Software projects, as well as hosts new projects started by himself which include a port of Duke Nukem 3D, a port of Shadow Warrior, an enhanced port of Quake III... Aliens versus Predator is a science fiction first-person computer game developed by Rebellion and published by Sierra. ... Duke Nukem 3D is a first-person shooter computer game developed by 3D Realms and published by Apogee Software. ... Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MoH:AA) is a first-person shooter (FPS) computer game by Electronic Arts. ... Rise of the Triad: Dark War (acronym is ROTT) is a first-person shooter video game that was first released on February 17, 1995 and developed by Apogee Software (now known as 3D Realms). ...

Emulation

There are also APIs, virtual machines, and machine emulators that provide binary compatibility:

• Wine, as well as the commercial/proprietary forks CrossOver and Cedega exist for Windows games;
• FCE Ultra and TuxNES for the Nintendo Entertainment System;
• Snes9x and ZSNES for the Super Nintendo;
• ePSXe and PCSX for the Playstation;
• Mupen64 for the Nintendo 64;
• gnuboy for the Nintendo Game Boy and GameBoy Color;
• VisualBoy Advance for the GameBoy Advance;
• ScummVM for LucasArts adventures;
• DOSBox and DOSEMU for MS DOS;
• UAE for the Amiga;
• Basilisk II for the 68040 Macintosh;
• Frotz for Z-Machine text adventures;

and finally Java and Flash for games targeting these platforms. Wine is a project which aims to allow a PC with an x86 architecture processor running a Unix-like operating system and the X Window System to execute programs that were originally written for Microsoft Windows. ... CrossOver (before version 6. ... Cedega (formerly known as WineX) is TransGaming Technologies proprietary fork of Wine (from when the license of Wine wasnt the LGPL but the X11 license), which is designed specifically for running games written for Microsoft Windows under Linux. ... FCE Ultra is an Open Source Nintendo Entertainment System emulator that also supports emulation of the Famicom Disk System and network play via TCP/IP. It is a fork of Beros FCE, and has become far more advanced than its predecessor. ... TuxNES is an emulator for the 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. ... “NES” redirects here. ... Snes9x is a popular cross-platform emulator for the SNES. Initially the collaborative effort of Gary Henderson of snes96 fame and Jerremy Koot of snes97 fame, Snes9x is now maintained by Brad Jorsch. ... ZSNES is an emulator of the Super Famicom and SNES video game systems. ... Enhanced PSX Emulator most known as ePSXe is an emulator of the PlayStation video game console. ... This page may meet Wikipedia’s criteria for speedy deletion. ... Mupen64 (MUlti Platform Emulator for the N64) is an open source Nintendo 64 emulator desgined to be multi-OS under the GPL. It has been developed on/for Linux originally but the emulator has already been ported succesfully on Windows and Mac OS X for example. ... gnuboy (all lowercase, but sometimes unofficially spelled GNU Boy) is a Free Software emulator released under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is 99% execution-compatible with software targeted for the Game Boy (DMG) and Game Boy Color (CGB) handheld game consoles sold by Nintendo. ... The original Game Boys design set the standard for handheld gaming consoles. ... VisualBoyAdvance (VBA) is a Free Software emulator distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License. ... ScummVM is a multi-platform stack-based virtual machine which was originally made to allow one to play LucasArts adventure games that use the SCUMM system on platforms other than those for which they were originally released. ... DOS Version of Z running in DOSBox in Debian. ... DOSEMU, alternatively rendered dosemu, is a compatibility layer software package that enables MS-DOS software to run under Linux on x86-based PCs (IBM PC compatible computers). ... UAE is a computer emulator designed to run software written for the Amiga range of computers. ... History Basilisk II is an open source software emulator which emulates the 680x0-based Apple Macintosh computer on a variety of operating systems, including BeOS, Linux, Windows NT and Mac OS X. The last version of Mac OS that can be run within Basilisk II is Mac OS 8. ... The Motorola 68040 is a microprocessor from Motorola. ... For other uses, see Macintosh (disambiguation) and Mac. ... Windows Frotz, playing Zork This article discusses the adventure game engine named Frotz. ... Java language redirects here. ... Adobe Flash, or simply Flash, refers to both the Adobe Flash Player, and to the Adobe Flash Professional multimedia authoring program. ...

As far as development is concerned, library support for Linux gaming is provided by OpenGL, ALSA, OpenAL and SDL, a cross-platform multimedia wrapper around system-dependent libraries. The DRI project provides open source video card drivers, and NVIDIA, and ATI also release binary kernel modules for their video cards. Linux also runs on several game consoles, including the Xbox,^[1] PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, and GameCube,^[2] which allows game developers without an expensive game development kit to access console hardware. OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a standard specification defining a cross-language cross-platform API for writing applications that produce 2D and 3D computer graphics. ... A screenshot of alsamixer ALSA (an acronym for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture) is a Linux kernel component intended to replace the original Open Sound System (OSS) for providing drivers for sound cards. ... OpenAL (Open Audio Library) is a cross-platform audio API. It is designed for efficient rendering of multichannel three dimensional positional audio. ... Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL) is a cross-platform multimedia free software library written in C that creates an abstraction over various platforms graphics, sound, and input APIs, allowing a developer to write a computer game or other multimedia application once and run it on many operating systems including GNU/Linux... In computing, the Direct Rendering Infrastructure (DRI) is an interface used in the X Window System to securely allow user applications to access the video hardware without requiring data to be passed (slowly) through the X Server. ... NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) (pronounced IPA: ) is a U.S. corporation specializing in the manufacture of graphics processor technologies for workstations, desktop computers, and handhelds. ... ATI redirects here. ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft Corporation. ... The Linux Kit for PlayStation 2 was released by Sony Computer Entertainment in 2002 and included the Linux software, keyboard, mouse, VGA adapter, Network Adaptor (Ethernet only) and a 40 GB hard disk drive (HDD). ... The PlayStation 3 , trademarked PLAYSTATION®3,[3] commonly abbreviated PS3) is the third home video game console produced by Sony Computer Entertainment; successor to the PlayStation 2. ... The Nintendo GameCube (GCN) is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era. ...

See also

• List of open source games
• Lists of video games
• List of emulators
• List of video game console emulators
• Sega Lindbergh

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References

External links

• FSF/UNESCO Free Software Directory: Games
• LinuxGames - Embrace your inner penguin - News about free and commercial Linux Games
• Linux Gaming World's Catalog - Complete list of recent commercial games released between 2005 and 2007
• Linux Game Publishing - Producers of commercial Linux games
• Free Gamer - Free Software games compendium and commentary
• Games4linux - A free directory project for Linux games
• linuX-gamers.net - News about Linux Games
• Tux Games - A store selling commercial Linux games
• Lindbergh pictures - SEGA Lindbergh pictures and specifications.
• Linux Games Linux Games Directory (free games mostly)
• Linux Game Tome - Database of Linux games both free and commercial. Also known incorrectly as Happy Penguin (From the web URL)
• Free Software Gaming Tournament

Distros

• Fedora Games Spin - Fedora Games Live Linux distribution with many games.
• Supergamer DVD (originally based on PCLinuxOS, now based on Vector)
• GamePup (based on Puppy)
• Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers (based on Ubuntu)
• Games Knoppix (based on Knoppix)
• Linux Live Game Project - A live Linux distribution with many games.