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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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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 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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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 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 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 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, or Doukutsu Monogatari, is a Japanese freeware side-scrolling platform game.
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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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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 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 is a 2.5D tetris like game. The idea of this game originated from the Russian programmer Pogitnov.
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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 is a simple game similar to the legendary game Marble Madness on the Amiga released in the 80’s.
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Pioneers is a GNOME computer implementation of the Settlers of Catan board game. It can be played over the internet.
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