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Category: Games and Entertainment

Filed under: Software and Technology by Hari
Posted on Fri, Mar 17, 2006 at 18:40 IST (last updated: Thu, May 7, 2009 @ 21:17 IST)

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This is probably the toughest category under the top 50 Linux apps list, simply because gaming is such a subjective issue. However, here are what I believe are some of the best in this particular category.

Frozen Bubble There is a certain addictive quality in this colourful, amazingly simple game. The music is also good and it finds a place on my top 5 list as far as Free games are concerned.

SuperTux This is a classic sidescroller game in the mould of SuperMario, but with a penguin as the main character. This kind of game has an almost universal appeal. Definitely on my top 5.

Cube Cube is not just an Open Source 3d game for Linux. It's also a one-of-a-kind 3d engine that is entirely targetted at Linux and is fully Open Source. I definitely think it deserves a place in this category.

lbreakout2 Another very playable "bricks" like game with several addon levels as well as an editor to build your own sets of levels.

Stratagus This is a real-time strategy gaming engine which allows you to play Warcraft-like games on Linux. Of course, you need a data set to play this game, but there are quite a few of them which are playable, most prominently Battle of Survival. I thought this deserved a place here, because there are not too many RTS style games available for Linux and this one looks quite promising.

I'm sure I've left out a lot of worthy contenders in this category, but since I cannot have them all in a list of 5, I picked out a few which I felt really deserved a spot here. As usual feel free to discuss this list and also give your own recommendations in this category.

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5 comment(s)

  1. A nice list - but America's Army deserves a place one there too :D

    Comment by J_K9 (visitor) on Tue, Mar 21, 2006 @ 02:18 IST #
  2. Is America's Army Open Source? This list is only for Open Source apps on Linux.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Tue, Mar 21, 2006 @ 07:43 IST #
  3. aah, you didn't mention nethack

    Comment by moghe (visitor) on Fri, Apr 21, 2006 @ 05:53 IST #
  4. Thanks. There are many apps that I might miss either because I haven't heard of it or it's too obscure to find. I'm sure in many cases it's the former rather than the latter. So I'm obliged to you for pointing out any apps that are fit to be included in the list.

    Comment by hari (blog owner) on Fri, Apr 21, 2006 @ 07:49 IST #
  5. Battle for Wesnoth?Certainly one of the larger and more polished games for Linux :)

    Comment by Claire (visitor) on Thu, Sep 28, 2006 @ 19:56 IST #

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