Game repos

[elwis]

Hi all!
I set up a machine with Ubuntu for a relative, and this youngster likes to play some games between the studies.
Does anyone know of good game repos for Debian/Ubuntu. I have the university enabled, but are there more? Didn't find for example globnulation or scourge?

Of course, it might be so that there are no debs for these games...

[fng]

Not that i know off :(

Actually that is a good idea starting a game-repository.
Ill try to look into info about setting up a repo in the next week.
Don't have time this weekend.

[Quest-Master]

You could also

$ sudo apt-get install zsnes

And play some SNES games. :D

[BWF89]

You could also

$ sudo apt-get install zsnes

And play some SNES games. :D
What SNES games does it have?

[Dylanby]

ZSNES is like MAME in that you need to get the games/ROMs elsewhere. They're just emulators.

[BWF89]

ZSNES is like MAME in that you need to get the games/ROMs elsewhere. They're just emulators.
Do they give you a website where you download the emulaters? Do you get the emulater from Ubuntu's systemic (or whatever it's called) update package system?

[Dylanby]

Both of those emulators & many others are available in multiverse/universe.
You should check out the KnoppiXMAME project.

[fng]

The emulators are in apt, the roms aren't :)

[BWF89]

The emulators are in apt, the roms aren't :)
I used to have a CD full of about 250 Nintendo roms for Windows. If I found the cd would I be able to use them on Linux? Or does each emulator use a different type of rom even if they are playing the same game?

[twisted_steel]

I used to have a CD full of about 250 Nintendo roms for Windows. If I found the cd would I be able to use them on Linux? Or does each emulator use a different type of rom even if they are playing the same game?

The roms will work on both platforms. I personally have used zsnes on both Linux and Windows to play the same rom.

[Zyphrexi]

Dunno if ZSNES plays NES roms though. Globulation is in the repos. Load up synaptic and check out the games, there's tons there. Even I like tuxpaint.

If you're building it for a kiddo, just grab all the nifty games you can find and install them. I agree it would be nicer if there were some repos floating around that streamlined the installation process. I have a tendency to forget what apps I have installed when they aren't in front of my face in a menu.

[toasterofirony]

Remember of course that ROMs are pretty much illegal in most countries.

A shame, but there we are :(

[Zyphrexi]

of course they wouldn't be using commercial roms ::wink::

plenty of homebrew games out there... with graphics ripped from commercial roms...:lolflag: