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Imperium – text-based MMO game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Imperium is an open source game of intergalactic exploration, warfare, and economics. Imperium has no set goal, and fairly flexible rules.

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MyMan – text-mode videogame inspired by Namco’s Pac-Man

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

MyMan is an open source text-mode videogame inspired by Namco’s Pac-Man. It is an unofficial and unlicensed clone of the original Pac-Man and Puckman games

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NetHack – free Dungeons and Dragons-style adventure game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

NetHack is a wonderfully silly, yet quite addictive Dungeons and Dragons-style adventure game. Play a fierce fighter, wizard, or any of many other classes.

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nudoku – sudoku for your terminal

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

nudoku is an open source ncurses based sudoku game. Perfect to relax a little or just waste some time when you are on the console.

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vitetris – terminal-based Tetris clone

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

vitetris is an open source terminal-based Tetris clone. vitetris comes with more features and options than might be expected from a simple text mode game.

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Space Logic Adventure – arcade game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Space Logic Adventure is an arcade game (with a pinch of logic). It was made for Gynvael’s Summer GameDev Challenge 2017.

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Pang Zero – clone and enhancement of Super Pang

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Pang Zero is a clone and enhancement of Super Pang, a fast-paced action game that involves popping balloons with a harpoon.

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Penguin Command – Missile Command clone

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Penguin Command is a clone of the classic Missile Command game, but it has more advanced graphics and sound. The gameplay has also been slightly modified.

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Kapman – clone of the classic game Pac-Man

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Kapman is a clone of the well known game Pac-Man. It’s free and open source software written in the C++ programming language.

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LBreakout2 – classic breakout game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

LBreakout2 is a game similar to the classics breakout and xboing, featuring a number of added graphical enhancements and effects.

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Critical Mass – free Galaxian style game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Critical Mass (aka Critter) is a shoot ’em up (smup) similar to Galaxian. It’s free and published under an open source license.

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Bomber – single player arcade game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Bomber is a single player arcade game. The player is invading various cities in a plane that is decreasing in height.

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Battle Tanks – fun and dynamic game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Battle Tanks is a fast free and open source 2D tank arcade game with multiplayer and split-screen modes.

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Armagetron Advanced – free Tron in 3D

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Armagetron Advanced is a multiplayer game in 3D that emulates and expands on the lightcycle sequence from the Disney movie from 1982 called “Tron”.

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AstroMenace – 3D space scroll-shooter

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

AstroMenace is a modern, free and open source, 3D scrolling hardcore space shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities.

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Expansive – web site generator

October 29, 2023 Eilidih Parris Web Apps

Expansive is a web site generator. Expansive has an open extension framework for plugins.

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Ambermoon.net – C# rewrite of Ambermoon

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Ambermoon.net is a full C# rewrite of Ambermoon, a role-play game for the Amiga home computer. This is free and open source software.

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Atrinik – based on Daimonin and Crossfire

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Atrinik is a free, open source Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Game based in medieval fantasy world with many spells to discover, quests to complete.

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Eternal Lands – free 3D fantasy MMORPG

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Eternal Lands is a MMORPG (Massive Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game) in the style of Runesape.

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Egoboo – free 3D dungeon crawling adventure game

October 29, 2023 Steve Emms Games

Egoboo is a dungeon-crawling action-Role Playing game with some similarities to Nethack. Gameplay is very different but its mood is intentionally similar.

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