Tracking Linux-games that lack ebuilds

maxmc · Last edited by maxmc on Thu Apr 15, 2004 3:22 pm; edited 30 times in total

Here's a bunch of games that people on this forum have found that should be in a fully playable state, free (as in beer) and without using any form of Wine.

Here's a list of games that lack ebuilds and also a list of those games that ppl in this thread has fixed ebuilds for.
Pythonhead is the major contributor right now but I'm hoping for others to join in and iron out the last ones.
Please add games you like that are FREE (Vendetta is NOT free) and FULLY PLAYABLE (tech demos doesn't count) to this post and I'll add them to the list.

----New
*Lost Labyrinth - Graphical Roguelike with 20-30 minutes of playtime
*Road Fighter - remake.
*Nether Earth - remake.
*Bankiz - A Liero remake with penguins. WONTFIX (until translated to english)
----Older
*DIE - deathmatch with cars.
*Battlemech - Battlemech game based on the Quake source-code.
*RoboTournament - Program your robot and set it up against others (CTF,DM, Racing)
*Timewarp - War\Exploration game based on the Star Control Universe.
*Andromeda 9 - Space shooter (Multiplayer)
*Freeciv-CVS - CVS version of the Freeciv client
*Robot Auto Racing Simulator program a car driver and race against other programmers

*PTkEi Python/Tk Empire Interface is a graphical front end to the Wolfpack Empire server. A Old strategy game.
*gGo Java frontend for gnuGo and an IGS client.

-----Ebuilds exist for-----

----New
*Sarien - AGI Inteprenter like ScummVM but for Sierra games
*Epiar - Space adventure. (ebuild)
*Tow Bowl Tactics Tow Bowl Tactics is a game based on Games Workshop's Blood Bowl - Thanks eGore911 (ebuild)
*OpenQuartz - GPL-compatible content - including models, maps, sounds and textures - which are required for a fully GPL game using the GPL Quake source. - Thanks eGore911 (ebuild)
*Head over Heals - a remake of a Spectrum game. (hoh-bin in portage)
*Gweled - Bejeweled/Diamond Mine clone for Gnome, SVG Enhanced
*Twin Distress - block game. - Thanks Stock (ebuild)
*NiL NiL is Not Liero, What worms should have been - Thanks chizu and Pythonhead (chizu ebuild/Pythonhead ebuild/eGore911 CVS build)
*Krystal Drop - Magical Drop clone - Thanks mcqueen (Ebuild)
*Shooting Star - a topdown shooter. (Portage)
*GPL Arcade Volleyball - SDL-based Arcade Volleyball remake. (Portage)
*Globulation 2 A free and innovative strategy game. (Portage)
----Older
*Stepmania - DDR (dance dance revolution), Pump it up, EZ2dancer and Para Para Paradise clone (Ebuild in portage outdated)
*Battle for Wesnoth - a fantasy turn-based strategy game (ebuild wesnoth in portage)
*GL-117 GL-117 is an OpenGL- and SDL-based action flight simulator
*GtkAtlantic the Gtk version of Atlantik for KDE (Atlantik is included in kde-games) - Thanks Pythonhead
*Njam Fast paced multiplayer Pac-man clone - Thanks Pythonhead
*Space Hulk Port of the boardgame Space Hulk - Thanks Pythonhead
*OpenGlad Linux port of the old (and recently open sourced) DOS Gauntlet-style RPG, Gladiator - Thanks Pythonhead
*FredroidRPG A graphical single player sci-fi RPG featuring Tux and evil MS bots (0.9.6 version is isometric) - Thanks Pythonhead
*r-Katro a two players board game using Qt and OpenGL (doesn't need 3dcard) - Thanks Pythonhead
*gens[/b] - Sega Genesis Emulator - Thanks Pythonhead
*Atomic Tanks - Aim and shoot game (allegro) - Thanks Pythonhead
*Construo - Construo is a simple, but fun construction toy. - Thanks Pythonhead
*XArchon - awesome clone of original C64 chess/action game. - Thanks Pythonhead
*Slickworm - Slickworm is going to be a shoot-em-up. Deformable terrain is one major feature. - Thanks floam (ebuild, OpenAL-cvs dependency)
*IVAN - SDL Roguelike - Thanks Pythonhead (ebuild)
*Dungeon Crawl - YAR - Yet Another Roguelike - Thanks Pythonhead
*Neverball A Super Monkey Ball Clone for Linux - Thanks glitch13 (ebuild)
*Kiki the Nanobot - kiki the nano bot is a 3-D puzzle game. - Thanks gltich13 (ebuild)
*Trophy A 2D car racing action game - Thanks ksuther and Pythonhead (now in portage)
*Mirror Magic - a game like "Deflektor" (C 64) or "Mindbender" (Amiga) - Thanks Pythonhead (ebuild)

zypher · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:49 am Post subject:

Gimme a few days, I'll try myself on the tow bowl tactics.
Man, I didn't know it exists. I'd love a good bb game now and then, it's one of the greatest board-games ever!
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floam · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 9:58 am Post subject:

I'd really like to see GL-117. Though I hear theres a bunch of new things in cvs and there hasn't been a release in a while, so maybe someone wants to put together a cvs ebuild..

Wedge_ · Posted: Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:11 pm Post subject:

You can take one off the list:

EzInKy · Veteran Joined: 11 Oct 2002 Posts: 1742 Location: Kentucky

haren · n00b Joined: 14 Jul 2003 Posts: 17

http://panda-igs.joyjoy.net/java/gGo/

gGo
If anyone else plays go this is a cool front-end for gnugo and it is also a IGS Client. It is writen in java, so that is the only requirement i can think of.

telex4 · l33t Joined: 21 Sep 2002 Posts: 704 Location: Reading, UK

http://www.ysagoon.com/glob2/

Globulation 2, a really promising looking real time strategy game.

taikuri · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 11:12 am Post subject:

I would really like to see an ebuild for Space Hulk. :wink:

The original board game is my all-time favourite!
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RagManX · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 4:07 pm Post subject:

Any chance someone could put together a Super Empty Ball ebuild?

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Pythonhead · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 10:29 pm Post subject:

I've written an ebuild for Njam. If you'd be kind enough to test it before I submit the ebuild to portage, I'd appreciate it. If you have any comments, please reply in this thread:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=419747#419747

Thanks.

Pythonhead · Posted: Fri Jul 18, 2003 10:58 pm Post subject:

Pythonhead · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 12:14 am Post subject:

I'm on a roll today. One more knocked off the list.

Openglad ebuild:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=419836#419836

Pythonhead · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 2:01 am Post subject:

And one more ebuild for Space Hulk:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=419915#419915

RagManX · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 3:36 am Post subject:

Pythonhead · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 4:16 am Post subject:

Pythonhead · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 7:49 am Post subject:

app-games/gtkatlantic-0.2.10

Here's an ebuild for gtkatlantic. I can't connect to the monopd meta-server, so I'm not sure how well it works:

https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?p=420105#420105

maxmc · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 9:47 am Post subject:

I've updated the top post..

Pythonhead: Would it be possible for you to make an ebuild to the Atlantic server aswell?

Pythonhead · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject:

Fragbeestje · n00b Joined: 21 Feb 2003 Posts: 26 Location: Belgium

Pythonhead · Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2003 10:10 pm Post subject: Re: French stuff

Htwo · n00b Joined: 28 May 2002 Posts: 38

Another game that does not have an ebuild is Andromeda9. Its a massively multiplayer 2D Spaceship Game. Apperantly its been Open Sourced now, I'm just downloading it to test it.

NitroPye · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 12:09 am Post subject:

I find a problem with gaming ebuilds all togethor. I dont use them, because they do not conform really to each other. Quake3 gets put in /opt/quake3? other games go into /usr/games/bin and the data to /usr/share/games/...
i think that the later should be the ebuild standard for as many games as possible.
The quake3 ebuild should really be changed.

Just my 2cents
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Pythonhead · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 2:33 am Post subject:

Pythonhead · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:09 am Post subject:

NitroPye · Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2003 4:38 am Post subject: