Linux Games Suitable for kids age 7 thru 16
 

I'm about to roll out 30 Linux desktops at school, but before I do, I want to ensure that I have a full complement of Linux games.

I already have all the games which come with SUSE 9.3, if you are aware of additional Linux games / educational products which would be suitable for school kids grades 3 through to grade 12 please let me know. - Thanks Roly

Three games I consider great fun (and quite suitable):

Supertux (Super Mario'ish)
Power Manga (2d scrolling space shoot-'em-up)
FreeCiv (Civilization clone)

I don't know if they're in the default installation of SuSE x.x, so check yourself.

You may also want to have a look at blobwars--great fun, but may be inappropriate.

hth --Jonas

Freeciv, possibly America's Army

I don't know of many educational games. Freeciv is mildly educational.

Battle for wesnoth. Not educational though ;)

Roams around

Games
http://www.linux-games.com/ (non-commercial; linux-games)
http://www.linux-gamers.net/ (non-commercial; linux-gamer)
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/2362/lw-12-tengames/ (non-commercial; linux world)
http://www.opengl.org/applications/linux/games/ (non-commercial; OpenGL)

Sheng-Chieh

I agree on Supertux, there is also frozen-bubble and of course the KDE games are already on there. Maelstrom is a kind of enhanced Asteroids clone and Chromium B.S.U. is a fast paced space shooter. Look at the games on www.libsdl.org.

Ah yes forgot about Tuxracer. There is also tuxkart.

I'm 20 and love tuxracer. As does my girlfriend, which is the limit of her linux-related experience, sadly.

Planet Penguin Racer, it's an updated version of TuxRacer since TuxRacer isn't free anymore

kball supertux, tuxmath, tuxtyping,Ur-quan masters,penguin command, gcompris, childsplay, lbreakout, lletters,mathwar, lmemory, komi, gravitywars, cuyo, armagetron, adonthell, and many many more. Then there is the education-desktop apps.

remember to turn of the voice effects in lbreakout.

Huh? tuxracer v..061.......is free and open sourced.............

http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/game_info.html
http://tuxracer.fubaby.com/

the commercial version of tux racer IS not free tho, but it died a slow and painfull death due to non-support by the Linux Community.........

http://www.tuxracer.com

as far as games for kids...........

neverball/neverputt............

http://icculus.org/neverball/

njam.............

http://njam.sourceforge.net/

http://pathological.sourceforge.net/downloads.php

you'll need to install python and pygame, there are also windows binaries too........you only need a mouse and it's perfect for kids and/or adults!!
be careful it's very addictive........