Gaming In Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Techy Stuff)

[Posted July 11, 2007 by jake]

Techy Stuff reviews games (with screenshots) for Feisty Fawn. "It is true that you can't run to Walmart and buy a Linux version of the newest games; Yet there are plenty of games that are worth playing in Linux. Although there are thousands of Linux games, these are the best."

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Posted Jul 11, 2007 14:39 UTC (Wed) by cyd (guest, #4153) [Link]

This seems to be a list of the games with the best graphics, rather than the best games period. For instance, it doesn't mention The Ur-Quan Masters (a.k.a. Star Control II), which is arguably the best role-playing game ever created and can be obtained with a simple "apt-get install uqm" on Debian :-)

FPS-heavy

Posted Jul 11, 2007 14:59 UTC (Wed) by tony (guest, #3654) [Link]

Yeah, I noticed that, too. The whole list is comprised of FPS or RTS games, with nothing else at all. There's Foobillard, an excellent billiards game, or FlightGear, a fantastic flight simulator, or even Nethack, the greatest game ever made.

But, he was providing a rebuttal against the all-to-common, "I use MS-Windows because there's no games for Linux," argument. Which, though we know is not precisely true, is a seemingly-valid argument as long as high-profile game manufacturers keep ignoring Linux.

Commercial games for Linux do exist

Posted Jul 11, 2007 21:47 UTC (Wed) by pr1268 (subscriber, #24648) [Link]

>>But, he was providing a rebuttal against the all-to-common, "I use MS-Windows becuase there's no games for Linux," argument.

All of Id Software's commercial titles (Quake 2/3/4, Wolfenstein, Doom 3, etc.) support Linux natively (with commercial CD/DVD media and a binary download from their FTP site or mirror). As does Unreal Tournament 2004. In fact, UT2004's retail version sports a Tux logo on the outside of the box, and the CD/DVD has a "linux-installer.sh" file on it (gee, what do you suppose that's for?). I purchased all three of these titles from the local Best Buy.

Yes, I realize that these are non-FLOSS titles, but Linux availability of entertainment and gaming software for desktop PCs seems to be gaining ground. Oh, and one more (non-FLOSS) game: flight sim X-Plane!

Commercial games for Linux do exist

Posted Jul 12, 2007 11:39 UTC (Thu) by RobSeace (subscriber, #4435) [Link]

And, I feel compelled to mention another wonderful (and sadly underrated) commercial game available on Linux: MindRover (Linux version formerly from Loki, but now from LGP)... One of the most fun games I've ever played... I just wish there was a new version, or at least more add-on levels/missions/challenges... Short summary: you build and program (via a wiring paradigm GUI, though you can actually hack real source code files too, if you prefer) autonomous robots to complete various tasks, usually in competition against others...

Commercial games for Linux do exist

Posted Jul 12, 2007 14:00 UTC (Thu) by oak (guest, #2786) [Link]

Or the games from: http://www.chroniclogic.com/, at least the Gish and
Triptych were great (sadly, I've only played the demos).

Of the non-FPS/RTS Open Source games, I could mention also Neverball/putt,
Scorched3D, Egoboo, Xmoto.

Of the clones for classic games for example Enigma (Oxyd), Toppler
(Nebulus), Rocks'an Diamonds (Boulderdash), Heroes (Nibbles) are great.

Dominions

Posted Jul 13, 2007 8:38 UTC (Fri) by morhippo (subscriber, #334) [Link]

One linux game that is just a GREAT buy is dominions. This is one of the most complex turn-based fantasy strategy games ever. Literally brilliant. A commercial game with a very well-sized paper manual. Takes some time to get into, but once you are there.... For fans of master of orion, master of magic, stars! etc.

See http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/Dom3/1.htm

I also enjoyed darwinia and defcon very much. Cool games and very affordable. Linux versions run without any problems,