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3D Pong - A one- or two-player, three dimensional sports game, based on the first arcade game ever made, "Pong" from Atari.
ADOM Central - The official Ancient Domains of Mystery website. A detailed RPG (role-playing game) with with hundreds of levels, randomly generated anew for each game; 200 combinations of races and classes; and more than 600 items, 400 monsters, dozens of quests.
Adonthell - A role-playing game.
Afternoon Stalker Home Page - Clone of the 1981 Night Stalker video game. Latest release is 1.1.1, 2004-05-02.
Aleph One/SDL: Never stop moving, never stop firing... - An open source 3D first-person shooter game, based on the game called Marathon 2. Latest release is 2005-11-20.
Alien Arena - A GPLed, cross-platform, first-person shooter game. This game focuses mainly on online multi-player action.
Arianne - A multi-player online games framework and engine to develop turn-based and real-time games.
Arkhart - A role playing game.
Armagetron Advanced: A Tron Clone in 3d - A simple, multi-player action game modeled after the lightcycle sequence of the movie "Tron"; continues Armagetron.
Asteroids3D Home Page - A first person shooter for Linux inspired by Asteroids and The Empire Strikes Back. Latest release is 0.5.0, 2006-07-16.
BZFlag Home Page - A cross-platform, multi-player 3D tank battle game; latest release is 2.0.8, 2006-05-13.
Batalla Naval - A turn-based, networked, multi-player battleship game. There are two versions of this game: batnav (includes an ncurses server and clients for ncurses, xview, win32 and gtk released in 1997) and gbatnav (includes a gnome server, client & robot with support for IPv6 and GGZ released in 2002).
Batrachians - A clone of the 1982 Frog Bog video game.
Battalion 2004 - A special version of the Andrew Johnson's Battalion game written in 1994; site available in English and Spanish.
Battle Tanks - For the lovers of shoot-'em-up games, check out this 2D arcade-style game for Linux. Also available in Italian and Romanian.
Battle for Wesnoth - A brilliant fantasy, turn-based strategy game forLinux and other platforms. The music is wonderful, the graphics and visualization are top-notch, and the game-play and features are very good, too. This is a "must have" download for serious gamers. Guaranteed to keep you busy for days -- even weeks!!
BlackHoleSun Software, Inc. - A selection of Linux games: Krilo (action-packed puzzles), Bunnies (funny player mayhem) and Aftermath (racing destruction).
Blob Wars - Metal Blob Solid - A platform game structured in levels and organized into missions; purpose is to rescue missing in action soldiers from alien clutches.
BomberMaze - Bomberman clone for GNOME.
Boson - An OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of Command & Conquer(tm) or StarCraft(tm), built on top of the KDE, Qt and kdegames libraries.
BurgerSpace - A clone of the 1982 BurgerTime video game by Data East. Latest version is 1.8.2, 2007-12-22.
Bygfoot : A Football Management Game for Linux - A football (aka soccer) manager game for Linux; features international leagues & cups, management of all aspects of a team and the home stadium; team and country customization available as well.
CGoban - A Unix-based client for connection to an Internet go server that uses protocols similar to the one used by IGS, the Internet Go Server; also functions as a SGF (Smart Game Format) browser that allows viewing and editing go game records. Latest release is 1.9.14, 2003-01-05.
Cannon Smash - A 3d table tennis game.
Circus Linux! - Clone of the Atari 2600 Circus Atari Game.
ClanBomber - Bomberman Like game - A free (GPL), cross-platform Bomberman-like multi-player game that uses ClanLib, a free multi-platform C++ game SDK. Latest stable release for ClanBomber 2 is 0.91, 2007-10-15.
Cosmosmash Home Page - Clone of the 1981 Astrosmash video game. Latest release is 1.4.2, 2007-06-06.
Crack Attack! - A free OpenGL game for Linux. This game is based on the Super Nintendo classic, Tetris Attack. Latest release is 1.1.10, 2003-10-16.
Crimson Fields - A turn-based strategy game set in the future on another planet.
Critical Mass (aka Critter) - An SDL/OpenGL space shoot'em up arcade game and SDL/OpenGL 3D falling block game. Latest release 1.02, 2005-07-15.
Cube Engine Games - This is the homepage for all games based on the cube engine. Games included are: Cube 2: Sauerbraten, Cube 2: Eisenstern, Cube (the original game that started it all), and AssaultCube. These are first person shooter engine developed specifically for Linux.
D2X Project - Descent 2 for Linux. Continues D1X Project.
Defendguin - Linux clone of Defender - A clone of the arcade game, Defender, but with a Linux theme. Latest release 0.0.11, 2006-01-29.
Dopewars - A cross-platform, drug-dealing game based on "Drug Wars" by John E. Dell. Latest release 1.5.12, 2005-12-30.
Dragontech: Retro Games for the New Generation - Pachi el marciano game available in English and Spanish.
Eboard - A chess board interface to ICS (Internet Chess Servers) like FICS and to chess engines like GNU Chess, Sjeng and Crafty.
Egoboo - A 3d dungeon crawling adventure in the spirit of NetHack.
Enemy Territory :: Wolfenstein: ET Resource Site - A resource site for this action game: forums, downloads, news, picture gallery, and FAQ.
Enigma: A Puzzle Game - A puzzle game involving falling blocks, exploding bombs, and pushing stuff around, with elements of Boulderdash and elements of Sokoban included. Latest release is 1.04, 2004-02-29.
Fish Fillets - Next Generation - A Linux port of a puzzle game, Fish Fillets, from ALTAR; support for English, Czech, French, German, Italian, and Polish languages.
Flight Gear Flight Simulator - An open source, multi-platform flight simulator. Website available in English, French, Japanese, and Spanish.
FooBillard - Project Page - A free OpenGL billard game for Linux with realistic physics, an AI-player and many game types such as pool, carambol, or snooker.
FreeCol - An open version of Colonization. It is a Civilization-like game in which the player has to conquer the New World.
Freeciv - Civilization clone - A multiplayer strategy game.
Frets On Fire - A cross-platform game of musical skill and fast fingers. The aim of the game is to play guitar with the keyboard as accurately as possible. This is a hugely popular game with lots of community participation.
Frozen Bubble - An arcade game.
GCompris - A GNOME educational game for children.
GGZ Gaming Zone - Available in English, German and Portuguese; Continues NetSpades (http://www-ece.rice.edu/~brentmh/spades/).
GameCube-Linux - A Linux port for Nitendo's GameCube.
GarageGames - An Internet publishing label for independent games and game developers; a variety of Linux games are available.
Glest - A cross-platform, customizable, 3D real-time strategy game. Site available in English and Spanish.
Globulation2 - A real-time strategy game which can be played on a LAN or over the Internet. Website also available in Czech, German, French, and Spanish.
Gnome KiSS! - An implementation of French-KiSS for the GNOME desktop environment; paper dolls for the desktop. Latest release is 2.0, 2006-01-23.
GtkPool - A 2D pool game using the GTK+ toolkit.
Heretic for Linux - A first person shooter game with a fantasy theme, based on the Doom engine. Last updated 2003-11-12.
Hexen - A port of Raven Software's popular Hexen 3-D shooter game.
IceBreaker - The Penguins are Loose !! - A cool penguin game. Catch the penguins trapped on an iceberg in Antarctica and transport them to Finland where they are part of a plot for world domination. :-) Last development release is 1.9.6, 2002.
Intelligent FRAC - A simple 3D packing game implemented originally in 1990 for MS DOS; latest version is 1.4.0, 2003-11-18.
Intelligent Tetris (ITETRIS) - Another implementation of the classic game, but this version can play itself!; latest version is 1.6.3c, 2005-06-07
KSirtet Homepage - An adaptation of the Tetris game.
KaliNet - Online Gaming - Internet game browser for playing games over the Internet, with support for 400 games.
Kamikaze - a KDE Action Game - A bomberman / Clanbomber-like high-action game for KDE 3.x.
King of the Hill (KOTH) - A multi-player, networked artillery game of little tanks with really big weapons set out to destroy one another. Latest release is 0.8.0, 2003-02-06.
KnightCap - Yet Another Free Chess Program - A chess program written for the Fujitsu AP1000+ parallel computer (running AP/Linux).
LGames - Linux Games - A collection of neat, good-looking and addictive open source games for Linux.
LinWarrior 3D - A Linux clone of MechWarrior 3D. Latest release is 0.61 (beta), 2008-03-08.
Lincity - A cross-platform city simulation game; current stable release is 1.12.1, 2004-08-13.
LinuX-gamers.net - your linux gaming resource - Site contains news, articles, events, HOWTOs, downloads and forums.
Linux Game Publishing - A Linux game company that aims to bring top quality Linux games to market by providing a reseller channel for both ports of games from other platforms and for new games.
Linux Gamers' FAQ - An up-to-date FAQ on all aspects of Linux gaming. (2006)
Linux Gaming World - This site is a blog of commentary, advocacy, and reviews of newly-released,independent, commercial games for Linux.
Linux Letters and Numbers - A children's game for Linux.
Linux Return To Castle Wolfenstein FAQ - Known issues and frequently asked questions for RTCW 1.41. (2004) According to the author the game was released in 2002-2003 and the FAQ is up-to-date. (2008)
Linux for PlayStation 2 Community: Home - A community site (hosted by Sony) for users and developers. N.B. Be aware that Sony isn't really a friend of Linux -- remember the Sony-BMG rootkit DRM fiasco in 2005.
Liquid War - A unique multiplayer war game for Linux and other computer platforms. Latest release is 5.6.4, 2007-10-17.
Mad Bomber - clone of Kaboom! on Atari2600 - A clone of the 1981 Atari 2600 video game "Kaboom!"; latest version 0.2.5, 2003.
Mah-Jong for Unix - A set of three programs which provide a networked Mah Jong program, together with a computer player.
Maniadrive - Lots of wild and crazy driving is involved in this arcade car game. Features include a variety of acrobatic tracks with a quick and nervous gameplay (tracks almost never exceed one minute) and a network mode. This is a free clone of Trackmania.
Marathon: Aleph One - An open source descendant of Bungie's _Marathon 2_ first-person 3D shooting game. Latest stable release is 0.20, 2008-06-21.
Merchant Empires - A multi-player, Web-based game of space exploration and economic competition. Latest release is 0.88, 2001.
NetHack - Falcon's Eye - A mouse-driven interface for NetHack that enhances the visuals, audio and accessibility of the game, yet retains all the original game-play and game features. Latest release is 3.4.0, 2002-03-22.
NetHack 3.4.3: Home Page - A cross-platform, single-player dungeon exploration game with a variety of graphical and text interfaces which use the same game engine. Current version is 3.4.3, 2003.
NetPONG - A network playable pong game.
NetSpades - NetGames has merged with the GNU Gaming Zone (GGZ) project (http://www.ggzgamingzone.org/). All development is now on GNU Gaming Zone.
Netrek Nexus - A multi-player battle simulation with a Star Trek theme.
Neverball - A 3D arcade game in the tradition of Marble Madness; also includes Neverputt, a hot-seat multiplayer miniature golf game using the physics and graphics of Neverball.
Nexuiz - A cross-platform, first-person shooter game.
NiL - NiL Isn't Liero - A real-time, multi-player worm game somewhat like Quake, but it's in 3d.
OOmadness - Slune - A 3D GPL'ed racing game, where Tux and Gnu carry medicine for Africa.
OpenAL - A cross-platform 3D audio API appropriate for use with gaming applications and many other types of audio applications.
OpenCity - A 3D city simulator game.
Othello for Linux - A classic board game for two people. Also available in German, French and Spanish. Latest release is 0.0.3, 2000-03-13.
PCBurn - Linux Hardware Reviews and Gaming - News and reviews of hardware and games in the Linux world.
PCGen - An RPG Character Generator - A character generator for role-playing games.
Parsec Homepage - Fast-paced multiplayer cross-platform 3D Internet space combat game.
Pingus - A Lemmings clone for GNU/Linux. Latest stable release is 0.7.2, 2007-10-30.
Powermanga Linux - Arcade 2D shoot-em-up game. Latest release is 0.80, 2006-04-09.
Project: glElite -OpenGL version of Elite - A modular, generic open source space-role-playing framework.
Prometheus Project For Unix - A runtime strategy game for X Windows.
PyDDR (pydance) - A Python-based rhythm game similar to Dance Dance Revolution or Pump It Up.
PySol Solitaire Home Page - A collection of more than 200 solitaire card games.
Pygame - A portable, cross-platform set of Python modules designed for writing games.
QtHello - An Othello program written in Qt. The design makes it easy to extend both the computer player and human player interface.
Quadra - An addictive action puzzle game with single player and multi-player capabilities (Internet or LAN); latest stable release is 1.1.8, 2001.
Real Time Battle - A programming game, in which robots controlled by programs fight each other; user manual available in English, French, German, Spanish and Japanese.
RoboCode Central - A Java-based programming game, where the goal is to develop robot battle tanks to battle against competitor tanks. The moto of Robocode is: Build the best, destroy the rest! Latest release is 1.1.1, July, 2006.
Robocode: Home Page - A site for all things Robocode (a game where you use Java to program one or more robots to do battle in an arena against each other); uploads/downloads, forums, code snippets, news, bots, and tips can be found here.
Rocks'n'Diamonds - A cross-platform, arcade-style, network multiplayer game; last release: 3.1.2, 2005.
Scorched 3D - A 3D, turn-based warfare game with tanks. This is a modern remake of the old classic, Scorched Earth.
ScummVM - A cross-platform interpreter for several point-and-click adventure engines. This includes all SCUMM-based classic adventure games by LucasArts, Simon the Sorcerer 1&2 by AdventureSoft, Beneath a Steel Sky and Broken Sword 1&2 by Revolution, and many more. Latest stable release is 0.11.1, 2008-02-29.
Shifty Games - Linux games site.
Silmar - A random dungeon game featuring pixel-based movement (vs.tile-based).
Simple DirectMedia Layer - A cross-platform multimedia library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, 3D hardware via OpenGL, and 2D video framebuffer; used extensively for games. Site also available in German; documentation translated into many languages.
Skoosh - A sliding tile puzzle for GNOME2.
Space Plumber - First-person 3d game. English-Spanish site.
Stratagus - A cross-platform real-time strategy gaming engine, which includes support for playing over the Internet/LAN, or playing a computer opponent; successor to Freecraft.
Super Methane Brothers - An action game in which a gas gun is used to capture baddies and throw them against walls to turn them into toys.
SuperTux - A classic 2D jump'n run sidescroller game featuring Tux, our hero.
SuperTuxKart - A cross-platform, 3D kart racing game featuring Tux and his friends.
T.E.G. - Tenes Empanadas Graciela (Risk clone) - A cross-platform clone of 'Plan Tactico y Estrategico de la Guerra', which is a pseudo-clone of Risk, a multi-player, turn-based strategy game with a GNOME interface. Available in English and Spanish. Latest release is 0.11.2, 2007-03-14.
Terminus - An epic space combat role playing game (rpg) for Linux.
Thangorodrim - The Angband Page - Computer dungeon exploration game based (loosely) on the books of J.R.R.Tolkien.
The Ace of Penguins - A set of Linux/Unix solitaire games.
The Battalion Page - Andrew Johnson's original Battalion game.
The KsirK Home Page - A free and open source strategy game for KDE.
The glTron Homepage - OpenGL Light Cycles clone.
Thousand Parsec - A framework for developing turn-based space-empire-building 4X strategy games.
Thrust - Based on the Atari game, Gravitar, the player controls a spaceship in corridors by rotating, thrusting and shooting; latest release is 0.89f, 2006-01-09.
Tim Mann's Chess Page - Information on GNU Chess, XBoard, WinBoard, Crafty, Internet chess servers, Zippy, chess websites, and chess FTP sites.
Tremulous - An FPS (first person shooter) humans vs. aliens game for Linux.
Trophy Homepage - A 2D car racing action game for Linux; latest stable release is 1.1.3, 2003-05-13.
Tux Games - The Online Store for Linux Games - A UK-based online Linux games store; ships worldwide.
Tuxedo T. Penguin Stars in TuxKart! - Tux stars in a simple Go-Kart racing game; latest release is 0.4.0, 2004-03-20.
Tuxedo T. Penguin: A Quest for Herring. - The game stars Tux the Linux Penguin and his girlfriend, Gown, as they solve problems and search a number of 3D levels for Golden Herring. Latest release is 1.0.14, 2002-09-02.
VDrift - Open Source Drift Racing Simulation - A cross-platform, open source drift racing simulation game.
Vega Strike - A 3d OpenGL action RPG space simulator for Linux.
Widelands - A cross-platform, real-time strategy game which can be played against human or AI opponents.
World of Padman - An open source, first-person shooter game based on the comic strip, "Padman". Game available in English and German.
WorldForge Project - A community of free game developers centred around developing software, music, art, code and content for free games.
XLightOff - A little game in X; originally a NeXTStep implementation by Edmund Ronald (the original game was called Quinto).
XShipWars - A multi-player Internet space combat gaming system. Latest release is 2.6.1, 2008-06-23.
XTux homepage - A multi-player Gauntlet-style arcade game for X-Windows featuring open source mascots such as Tux; latest stable release on 2003-03-12.
Xconq - Empire Style Strategy Game - A general strategy game system that includes all the components for a complete game system: a portable engine, graphical interfaces for Unix/Linux/X11, MacOS, and Windows, multiple AIs, networking for multi-player games, and an extensive game library. Latest release (pre-release packages) is 7.5, 2004-05-20.
Yadex - A Doom level (wad) editor for Linux/UNIX; it supports Doom alpha, Doom beta, Doom, Ultimate Doom, Final Doom, Doom II, and Heretic. Latest release is 1.7.0, 2003-12-28.
gTans, a Tangram puzzle for Linux and Unix. - A GTK version of Tangram, an ancient Chinese puzzle and available in many languages. Latest stable release is 1.2, 2003-02-24.