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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Category: Games
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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42 More of the Best Free Linux Games
In response to our request for users’ thoughts on their favorite Linux games, we received, as anticipated, a flood of emails. Hundreds of games were recommended for inclusion in this compilation, with a few people eulogizing at great length why a particular title could not be omitted. To say that strong emotions were stirred by our previous ’42 of the Best Linux Games’ feature is an understatement!
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