Best 25 Linux Games for 2008

ablaye · #21 02-20-2008, 12:32 AM

Flight Gear - (Linux, Windows, Mac) The idea for Flight Gear was born out of a dissatisfaction with current commercial PC flight simulators. The Flight Gear project is striving to fill these gaps. The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application. These folks are, without a doubt, developing a sophisticated, open simulation framework that can be expanded and improved upon by anyone interested in contributing. In addition, Flight Gear has some of the most accurate and realistic terrain of any simulator. You can do some virtual sight seeing while practicing your flight! Price: Free.

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ablaye · #22 02-20-2008, 12:32 AM

ManiaDrive - (Linux, Windows) ManiaDrive is a free clone of Trackmania, the great game from Nadéo studio, and is an arcade car game on acrobatic tracks, with a quick and nervous gameplay (tracks almost never exceed one minute), and features a network mode, as the original. Once you’ve got that installed you’ll be bumping along at break-neck speeds and flying off the track with an incredible ease reminiscent of Stunt-Trak Racer. In Maniadrive it’s both incredibly hard to stay on track and to complete the race in under the allotted time. This game features complex car physics, challenging “story mode,” a track editor, LAN and Internet modes, dedicated server with HTTP interface, and more than 30 blocks - full soundtrack. rading off some advertising for music appears to have snagged Maniadrive some excellent musical accompaniment. The music is both appropriate and has a very high production quality. Price: Free.

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ablaye · #23 02-20-2008, 12:32 AM

D2X-XL - (Linux, Windows, Mac) D2X-XL is the most advanced and feature-rich user-enhanced version of Descent to date, as it offers many features like colored lighting, smoke, real-time shadowing, new weapon effects and new game modes that enhance the single-player experience and give new twists to multi-player games. As most ports, it retains full compatibility with the original game and can be switched in appearance between a graphically updated version, and the original look and feel of Descent. When you go to the Web site, make sure you roll your mouse over the side menu to understand the range of levels that can be downloaded. Price: Free.

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ablaye · #24 02-20-2008, 12:33 AM

Hexen II: Hammer of Thyrion - (Linux, Windows, Mac) In 2000, Raven Software released the source code to their class based shooter game Hexen II and its multiplayer extension HexenWorld. Since then, there has been some source ports of this game, such as the now discontinued Anvil of Thyrion project, but nothing has been done for Linux since the beginning of 2002. The Hammer of Thyrion project is a cross-platform source port effort: The developers continue the progress for Linux, BSD and Mac OS X people, with continued support for Windows users as well. Many bugs are fixed and even new features are added: New sound modes, improved mouse handling, improved video modes, OpenGL glows and more. Price: Free.

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ablaye · #25 02-20-2008, 12:33 AM

Ultimate Stunts - (Linux, Windows) This game makes the list because it’s a great work in progress, and we hope that it becomes one of the coolest auto games around. UltimateStunts is a remake of the famous DOS-game stunts. The game is not yet finished, but it already has some important improvements compared to the original game. Stunts was an old DOS game with simple CGA/EGA/VGA graphics, but Ultimate Stunts is a modern multiplatform application. Racing in Ultimate Stunts involves some really spectacular acrobtics, like loopings, corkscrews, bridges to jump over, etc. But the best thing about the new edition is that you can design your own tracks. It also has some new features, like 3D sound and (Internet) multiplaying. Price: Free.

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ablaye · #26 02-20-2008, 12:33 AM

America's Army: Special Forces - (Linux, Windows, Mac) We were a bit torn about adding this game, but it is one of the most popular games around and it seems it's only going to gain more ground in 2008. And, as a service of sorts, we'd like to spread the word about the story behind this game. America's Army is a free game offered by the US army as both a recruitment and training tool. The ethics of the game has often been debated (players with a slow connection are redirected to the Army's recruitment centers where they can get a free CD of the game). But, going beyond this propoganda static, the entertainment value of the game is rather awesome as it's constantly being updated with new maps and features. Player models are very detailed and the motion captured movements are light years ahead of many other military shooters. Focus in the last few editions has been on Special Forces operatives. Purely a multiplayer game, America's Army comes as close to the real thing as any FPS. With that said, the weakness comes with team play, as there are no specifics that keep teams working as a unit. Considering this is a game produced by the U.S. Army, we wondered about that chink in the armor, so to speak. With that said, GameSpy tracked the game usage and reported an average of 4,500 players at any one time between 2002 and 2005. It was enough for America's Army to rank in the Top 10 Online Games chart. Price: Free.

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luigi · #27 04-02-2008, 08:02 AM

That's a great list. Too bad I don't have Linux installed on my PC.
I am going to download the PC version of a couple of games that are listed here.

Kewlol · #28 04-03-2008, 11:27 AM

OMG, i never knew that there were these many linux games. What you said was true, Games should be created for linux platforms. Thats the only way you can bring in the real spirit of gaming to life.

Thanks.

Wrongway707 · #29 04-05-2008, 03:29 AM

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Originally Posted by ablaye

America's Army: Special Forces - (Linux, Windows, Mac) We were a bit torn about adding this game, but it is one of the most popular games around and it seems it's only going to gain more ground in 2008. And, as a service of sorts, we'd like to spread the word about the story behind this game. America's Army is a free game offered by the US army as both a recruitment and training tool. The ethics of the game has often been debated (players with a slow connection are redirected to the Army's recruitment centers where they can get a free CD of the game). But, going beyond this propoganda static, the entertainment value of the game is rather awesome as it's constantly being updated with new maps and features. Player models are very detailed and the motion captured movements are light years ahead of many other military shooters. Focus in the last few editions has been on Special Forces operatives. Purely a multiplayer game, America's Army comes as close to the real thing as any FPS. With that said, the weakness comes with team play, as there are no specifics that keep teams working as a unit. Considering this is a game produced by the U.S. Army, we wondered about that chink in the armor, so to speak. With that said, GameSpy tracked the game usage and reported an average of 4,500 players at any one time between 2002 and 2005. It was enough for America's Army to rank in the Top 10 Online Games chart. Price: Free.

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I tried it on my Fedora box and this ran like a charm its a really great game I recomend this for any other linux distro users looking for a great game on linux.

herobidd0 · #30 02-13-2009, 08:39 PM

When in rome i guess lol