Best Free Games for Linux?

MadNewbie · 10-09-2003, 03:03 PM

Been playing a lot of enemy territory as well, think that is a great game.

However since I have not seen anyone mention it I just have to say that scummwm rocks. Been playing Beneath a steel sky, and its really a cool game. And who does not like the old monkey island games?

Also got Betrayal at krondor to run under xdosemu which is a must have game for any fantasy fans (especially those who like Raymond E. Feist).

MadN

LavaDevil94 · 10-09-2003, 06:08 PM

didnt anyone remember Blackshades, the psychic bodyguard fps? its hard to compile and get working, but its worth it!

flamesrock · 10-09-2003, 06:32 PM

I actually like the concept of a text base game, Mike. Graphics are nice but text based games have a certain vibe..

I'll have to check out some of these other games you guys are mentioning too. Only, FPS does become redundant after a while. They need more substance. I'm thinking something like Dues Ex (w/o wine)

mossy · 10-09-2003, 06:39 PM

I heard Tribes/Tribes2 runs native too.
Are they still around? Anyone know more about that?

LavaDevil94 · 10-09-2003, 06:46 PM

you know what looks cool? a game like 0verkill! i have to find servers for that. anyone know of any? that game is cool, its amazing what you can do with 16 colors and a keyboard!

flamesrock · 10-10-2003, 04:44 PM

I loved Overkill back in the day!!

So its available for linux?

(we're talking about the same overkill, right?)

LavaDevil94 · 10-10-2003, 07:01 PM

if youre referring to the ASCII game when your charactor, guns, scenery, everything is made is 16 color text, then thats the game. its cool

titanium_geek · 10-11-2003, 04:31 PM

Banana Republic, Tropico, Anyone?

titanium_geek

goggo · 10-12-2003, 12:07 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by MadNewbie

Also got Betrayal at krondor to run under xdosemu which is a must have game for any fantasy fans (especially those who like Raymond E. Feist).

MadN

Hey MadN, how did u get krondor to run under xdosemu? i tried to run it but no avail. i got dosemu working so far as much as i know but as soon as i try krondor.exe, my cpu uses 100% processes and does nothing so i kill it.

crab_2004 · 10-19-2003, 04:44 PM

If you want no cd patches, www.megagames.com - They are all exe's though

teval · 10-19-2003, 06:00 PM

Tropico works.. except for a bug with the mouse (the pointer dissapears)
I know of no fix for that

snerfu · 10-20-2003, 02:07 PM

lbreakout2 is awesome. It is an SDL based game of breakout.

meldroc · 10-21-2003, 05:02 AM

TORCS is a fun open-source auto-racing game.

There's also Racer, which is not Open Source, but is free-as-in-beer, and you can download the source - you just need the author's permission to modify or redistribute.

I've also gotten hooked on Armagetron, Doom & Quake.

linux_chap · 10-21-2003, 06:43 PM

..not free but having just read the (lack-of-on-linux) counter strike thread, I recommend True Combat. It's a Quake3 mod, not free in so far as you need to buy Q3 but the TC mod is free, and it is awesome, realistic, a small community, check it out...

http://www.truecombat.com
http://www.truecombat.co.uk

ZipLed · 10-22-2003, 02:35 PM

Thanks for the tip linux_chap, i'll give it a go.