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The Best Linux Games of 2001?

Posted by Cliff on from the tis-the-season-form-making-lists dept.

Apostata asks: "As more and more people migrate (or consider migrating) to Linux, I'd like to know what Slashdot readers would vote for as their top picks for Linux-friendly games (either native or commercially ported) for 2001."

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  1. Moria/Angband by W.B.+Yeats · · Score: 3, Interesting

    I've played Moria/Angband since iMoria on the University of Washington VAX in 1987. Moria and its variants are truly the greatest computer games ever invented.

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  2. Creatures Linux by StarTux · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Has finally arrived, and will begin shipping to destinations just after xmas.

    Get to play with digital DNA and see evolution at work all on your Linux box.

    check ds.creatures.net and also of course www.tuxgames.com

    There is no best one as each Linux game brings soemthing new to Linux, perhaps if enough of these games sell we might see more of each catagory or the same.

    Matt

  3. If you grew up playing Atari 2600 games... by heffel · · Score: 3, Interesting

    There two great clones of classic
    games for that console:

    Mad Bomber, a Kaboom! clone

    and

    Circus Linux, a Circus Atari clone.

    Both are very good.

    Heffel

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  4. The Sims/Mandrake Gaming!!! by joestar · · Score: 4, Interesting

    It's incredibly nice... (The Sims for Linux)

  5. FreeCiv!!! by llywrch · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Open Source or not, I have to admit to wasting more time on this game than any single one since Warcraft.

    And what I find nice about FreeCiv is that I can play it in one Virtual Window, go to another VW to do stuff, then return to where I left off in FreeCiv. It nicely works with the multi-tasking environment of Linux, unlike the Loki ports I have tried.

    Geoff

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  6. Re:I've read all the posts... by jfunk · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If you like Nethack, check out Falcon's Eye. It's an SDL-based fork of Nethack with an isometric view. The graphics are quite nice and it even has a soundtrack.

    I've wasted a *lot* of time with it.

  7. Re:RETURN TO CASTLE WOLFENSTIEN by Cryptnotic · · Score: 5, Interesting
    I must agree. The multiplayer RtCW is quite fast and stable on linux, whereas on WinXP on the same machine (athlon 1.4ghz, ddr, geforce 3), it is glitchy and sometimes slows down for no reason.


    Cryptnotic

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  8. Top Linux Games - Freeciv, Kohan by Naum · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Here is my list:

    1. Freeciv - the open source flavor of the epic strategy game. I purchased Civ3 when it came out, but TBHWY, it doesn't provide a compelling reason to reboot into Win-doze, and I still opt to play freeciv. Freeciv is much more customizable and plays quicker, allows multitasking, and was set up specifically for mulitplayer (even if I haven't ventured online to play much MP). I hope the freeciv team is entertaining notions of a Civ3 ruleset, or some variation ...
    2. Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns - innovative, evolutionary RTS (real time strategy) game - instead of the "Age of Buildings", clickety-click nature of other RTS games in the genre, Kohan is the wargamer's RTS, with company-based battle, zone of supply, and zone of population constructs, and as opposed to the micromanagement of resource collection, resources are earned/spent on a per minute basis, and constructed companies have a maintenance cost. Plus you have magic wielding units that gain XP and cast some cool spells. Multiplayer with Windows gamers is possible (though with large maps you won't be able to view films after)
    3. Pysol - the vastly superior Linux alternative to solitaire
    4. Sid Meier Alpha Centauri Planetary Pack - great game, but I have a big beef with the multiplayer support - you can only MP against other Linux users, unlike Kohan. So it gets downgraded to the bottom of the list for that reason.
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