New To Linux Gaming

[ShinHadoken]

Can anyone tell me the best games to run in Linux? :KS

Thanks,

SH

[Sealbhach]

I asked a similar question too...

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=813361

I downloaded Vega Strike with Synaptic Package Manager but I found it was a bit buggy and froze on me so I deleted it.



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[BlahMan_of.Doom]

Can anyone tell me the best games to run in Linux? :KS

Thanks,

SH

Through Wine (like trying to play Windows games in Linux) or Linux games? Haha, try out Planet Penguin Racer xD.

[Rhubarb]

There are many, many games to choose from.
It really depends what sort of games you like.

If you like FPS games, then try out:
Free: sauerbraten / assault cube / urban terror / nexuiz / world of padman
Non-free: quake1 / quake 3 / quake 4 / unreal tournament 2004

Stategy games: tremulous, battle for wesnoth, lincity

Then there's armagetron advanced, wormux, and frozen bubble.

There's plenty more as well.
Perhaps you should check out:
http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php (Ubuntu gamer's arena) for more.

[RadarBat]

Look Here: http://gaming.gwos.org/doku.php/games:gpl

[JonnyM]

Americas Army 2.5 is a great game for Linux, Nice graphics and realistic game play.
Download from ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/AmericasArmy/Linux_v2.5.0/armyops250-linux.run

[Naegling23]

There are too many linux games to list.

Narrow down the search.

Do you want free games?
Nexuiz
sauerbraten
etc, etc, etc,

Do you want linux native games?
Doom3, quake 4, quake wars, savage2, nwn, penny arcade, etc

Do you want games that run great in wine?
WoW, Oblivion, Half life 2, etc.

All of the are "linux" games.

[Grishka]

browse here: http://happypenguin.org/.

[Sealbhach]

Hey, I just saw this:

Top 25 Linux Games (http://rangit.com/software/top-8-linux-games-of-2007/)

Might take a gander at some of them myself... seeing as they're free.:)



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[acoustibop]

And that's not to mention console emulators. There are several for Linux, some of which probably run better than Windows versions.

[vivi the mage]

Hey, I just saw this:

Top 25 Linux Games (http://rangit.com/software/top-8-linux-games-of-2007/)

Might take a gander at some of them myself... seeing as they're free.:)



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olala, thanks for that list.

[Sammi]

There are a lot of games in the official repos. You'll find them through the add/remove programs application.

If you can't find the games you want in the repos, then try getdeb.net, where you can find easily installable deb files of popular Linux games for download: http://www.getdeb.net/category.php?id=3

They've got debs for 46 different games at the moment.