Zero Ballistics is a unique blend of first person shooter and tank combat, focusing on multiplayer gaming exclusively.
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21 More Notable Free Linux Games (Part 3 of 3)
Linux is vastly underrated as a gaming platform. This may be due to the fact that there is no significant marketing of Linux games. With a lack of big-name games featuring in the computing press, coupled with a low market share for Linux on desktop PCs, things might seem bleak, with major barriers to the growth of Linux games.
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21 More Notable Free Linux Games (Part 2 of 3)
Linux is not championed as a viable gaming platform in many communities, in part because of its smaller user base and the relatively low number of commercially supported native Linux games that are released each year. However, there are a number of encouraging developments on this front.
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21 More Notable Free Linux Games (Part 1 of 3)
Gaming on Linux is alive and kicking. There is a good base of free and commercial games to play with a steady stream being released and enhanced each month, encompassing a wide range of game categories. The purpose of this article is to identify some more remarkable free Linux games which are definitely worth investigating. The article is not restricted to any particular genre, so hopefully there will be something of interest here for any type of gamer.
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Epiar – space combat/adventure game
Epiar is a space trading adventure/combat game. In Epiar, you begin as a shuttle pilot in a galaxy generally ruled by anarchy.
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24 Addictive Free Linux Games (Part 3 of 3)
In this third and final segment, we recommend a further 8 free Linux games that are great fun to play, highly playable and above all have a special addictive quality. We suspect that there will be a few games here that even the ardent Linux gamer will not have tried before.
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openBVE – railway/train simulator
OpenBVE is an open source railway/train simulator designed to be backwards compatible with existing ‘BVE Trainsim’ routes and cab interiors.
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Beneath a Steel Sky – cult classic game
Beneath a Steel Sky is a science fiction adventure game. The game is set in a bleak post-apocalyptic vision of the future.
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Babylon 5: I’ve Found Her
Babylon 5: I’ve Found Her is a freeware space combat simulator game project developed by Space Dream Factory (SDF) and set in the universe of Babylon 5.
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Cave Story – side-scrolling platformer game
Cave Story, or Doukutsu Monogatari, is a Japanese freeware side-scrolling platform game.
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XPilot NG – multi-player 2D spacewar game
XPilot NG is a multi-player tactical maneuvering game. Each player controls their own fighter equipped with a variety of weapons and power-ups.
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24 Extra Hot Free Linux Games (Part 1 of 3)
Even though PCs face increasing competition from dedicated gaming consoles, PC gaming will never die. If Linux is going to dominate the desktop market, it needs a good stream of native games. However, commercial gaming companies are only going to port games to Linux if they can realise a tidy profit from that work, and in the main that requires a significant gaming base. In many ways, open source games represent a solution to the Catch 22 situation, making Linux more attractive from a gamer’s perspective, and increasing the possibility of more commercial games being released on the market.
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Monsterz – arcade puzzle game
Monsterz is a small arcade-style puzzle game similar to Bejeweled, Zookeeper and Zooo. Swap monsters on a board in order to create alignments.
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Xwelltris – 2.5D tetris like game
XWelltris is a 2.5D tetris like game. The idea of this game originated from the Russian programmer Pogitnov.
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Amoebax – cute and addictive action-puzzle game
Amoebax is a multi-platform Puyo-style puzzle game where the objective is to beat your opponent in a battle.
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Trackballs – marble game inspired by the 80s Atari classic Marble Madness
Trackballs is a simple game similar to the legendary game Marble Madness on the Amiga released in the 80’s.
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Pioneers – game based on “The Settlers of Catan”
Pioneers is a GNOME computer implementation of the Settlers of Catan board game. It can be played over the internet.
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Angry, Drunken Dwarves – classic “falling blocks” puzzle game
Drunken Dwarves is a member of the classic “falling blocks” puzzle game family, similar to the Capcom game, Puzzle Fighter.
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levelHead – spatial memory game
levelHead is an interactive spatial memory cube game. levelHead uses a hand-held solid-plastic cube as its only interface.
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21 More of the Best Free Linux Games
Over the past 4 months we have continued to receive a steady stream of emails from individuals recommending games that were not included in our previous free game articles.
After much testing, we have whittled down these users’ recommendations to a list of 21 highly addictive Linux games, covering as many different types of game genre as possible. Hopefully, there should be something of interest here for all types of gamers! All of these games are great fun to play.
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