[Cialug] Native Linux Games

[David Champion]

David Champion wrote:
> Nathan Stien wrote:
>> On 1/18/07, dave <dchampion at visionary.com> wrote:
>>> p.s. If you're interested in a fun RTS / action game, try Gate88 - it's
>>> cross platform Linux / Mac / Windows. Think Homeworld meets xpilot. The
>>> gameplay also reminds me of Battlezone (the late '90's RTS, not the
>>> original arcade game). If you're going to try the "practice" mode, set
>>> the AI down really low to start with. :)
>>>
>>> http://www.queasygames.com/gate88/
>>
>> Thanks for this link, dc!  I tried the game a wee bit and it looks
>> very promising.  I don't really make time for games much anymore, but
>> this looks like a nice lightweight game to get out when I've got a few
>> minutes to spare.
>>
>> Anybody else got some favorite linux-friendly games?  In terms of
>> lightweight games, I am rather a fan of 2-D arcade shooter SolarWolf
>> [1] and addictive logic game Pathological [2].  Both are packaged at
>> least in Debian Sid, and probably lots of other things besides, such
>> as *buntu.
>>
>> [1] http://www.pygame.org/shredwheat/solarwolf/
>> [2] http://pathological.sourceforge.net/
>>
>> - nps
>>
> 
> This is a good resource for linux games...
> 
> http://www.linuxgames.com/
> 
> I just saw that there's a new version of Gish out. It's a really odd 
> platform / puzzle game, where you play a blob.
> 
> http://chroniclogic.com/index.htm?gish.htm
> 

Here's a couple more links for you...

This one is by Ryan "Icculus" Gordon, who has done a number of the 
commercial game ports to Linux. Many of the games here are old 
commercial games have been released under GPL or similar licenses. I 
love the space combat game Freespace 2...

http://www.icculus.org/

This is an improved port of Descent 2, with Windows, Mac and Linux 
versions available. Monsterball is a blast to play at LAN parties. I'm 
going to a small private LAN in a couple of weeks, I think we may play 
some of this then. :)

http://www.descent2.de/d2x.html

BTW - I can't promise anything yet, but there are rumblings that the old 
DSMGG folks may try to do another LAN this year.

-dc