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Tux Vs Clippy - New XBox Game

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-if-it-has-explosions dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Just submitted on the XBox developers list, a new Xbox game (iso) is available. 'The battle for world dominance is raging. And now, you can play the game on your xbox(tm). Choose alliance with either Tux or Clippy, and finish the mother of all disputes right here and right now. This game is free (as in beer), and will run on any xbox that has been modified for use with the GNU/Linux operating system. The game runs on top of xbox-linux from Sourceforge's xbox-linux project.' The game features include: Industry heroes like CLIPPY, TUX, BIL, STV, RMS, LNS; Battle cries, each unique to the in-game characters, ranging from "Developers! Developers! Developers!" to "GNU!"; Anti aliased alpha-transparency graphics; Explosions." I have no idea if they're serious, and it doesn't matter.

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  1. Can't be too hard to make it run on a PC by PD · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Or can it? I want this on my desktop.

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    If tits were wings it'd be flying around.
  2. Not all free OS games are lame. by grumpygrodyguy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    This post is in anticipation of all the Tux Racer flames etc....so for the nay sayers who mock OS games, I invite you to try NetHack.

    If you've never played this game before you will notice that the graphics are a bit...dated...but just try it for a few hours. You might very be surprised.

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    The government has a defect: it's potentially democratic. Corporations have no defect: they're pure tyrannies. -Chomsky
  3. Re:Uhh... by ActiveSX · · Score: 5, Interesting
    With some crafty loopback skillz, I figured out that it is binary compatible, but sadly I don't have framebuffer device support in my kernel, so the game won't run. I really don't feel like going through the trouble. But, if you do have fb support, here's what I did to get it kinda running:

    1. Download the iso
    2. mount -t iso9660 -o loop tux_vs_clippy_021006.iso /mnt/loop
    3. mount -t iso9660 -o loop /mnt/loop/rootfs /mnt/loop2
    4. cp -r /mnt/loop2/usr/local/xgame /usr/local
    5. export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/xgame/lib/xgame
    6. chmod 777 /usr/local/xgame/run/log (or run it as root, but that's not really a good idea)
    7. /usr/local/xgame/bin/xgame
    You're on your own after that point, sorry.
  4. MS started this, not Linux by Gerry+Gleason · · Score: 3, Interesting
    Gates makes it a war, but we will fight it on our own terms. Isn't choosing the battlefield one of the key points in "The Art of War"?

    I think it shows that the community knows how to have fun and laugh at itself. This is a good thing. Coolness is not all about flashy looks and high frame rates. Besides, I'm sure these things can be improved. Is it free source as well as being freely available?

  5. Sure, that was LOTD by iamr00t · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I hope i can put some life into it by posting here
    The game!