Games on PCQLinux 2006

Category Linux, Gaming | Permalink | 20. February 2007

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PCQLinux has always been a serious home and professional user’s operating system with different applications for serious desktop work and hard core server level stuff. However, something that users have always wanted is some small games for entertainment – and for the first time, PCQLinux does have some small but nice games to play with.

XScorch
Ever played the classic DOS game “Scorched Earth” or it multitudes of clones like the GWBasic “Gorillas”, Pocket Tanks, etc? Well, whether you have or haven’t, believe me, that this is one game that you can get very addicted to.
The goal of the game is to eliminate enemy tanks on various terrains in a turn-based play. For doing this, each tank gets a turn where the player can use a variety of weapons to cause havoc.

There are a number of weapons in XScorch – all the way from the humble missile to nukes, dirt bombs, cluster bombs, napalm, plasma weapons etc. When a player gets a turn, he can select the weapon he wishes to use and target an enemy tank by changing the firing angle and speed of the weapon. If the target is fine, the enemy gets destroyed – if not, he gets a turn to try to destroy you. Be ready to waste tons of time with this one.

Fortune
This is yet another UNIX classic for you. Fortune prints out a random quote from the many different themed databases available. You can use this random quote in many different places – for instance a popup quote of the day every time you login, an email signature, etc.

We’ve also included a number of optional, but interesting fortune cookie databases – such as BOFH, Star Wars, Calvin and Hobbes, etc. After it’s installed, simply type ‘fortune’ at the shell to get a new fortune every time.

LinCity-ng
A city simulator like SimCity that let you create and manage a complete city. The objective of the game is to build and maintain a city. You need to feed, house, jobs and goods for the residents of your city as well as make sure the city is environment friendly and has a good economy. Of course, since you are the creator of the city, this is just a guideline – you can go the opposite way and have a crime ridden city where you are the big boss as well.

BZFlag
This is an online-only multiplayer game that can become very addictive quickly. Battle Zone Capture the Flag is a fun filled game of action and mayhem.

Teams of tank-like vehicles can steal the flag of the opposing team and try to get it back to their own team area – in essence capturing the enemy’s flag – at the same time preventing the enemy from doing the same. The game can be fast based and frantic depending on the server you connect to and very addictive. If you are a fan of first person perspective shoot-em-ups, try this game for some frantic first person action.

NeverBall
This is a game that requires a lot of concentration, great reflexes and a quick eye.

The objective of the game is to guide a ball from a starting point to the ending point through a series of ever increasing difficulty of mazes. You also need to collect points on the way by picking up the small gold coins and other gifts.

Now this may sound easy, but the difficult part comes in guiding the ball. The maze exists in a 3-dimensional space and you have to tilt the platform to get the ball moving in the direction you want it to go. And the more you tilt, the faster the ball moves. So getting the ball to go exactly where you want is very, very difficult without a lot of practice. Prepare to get highly frustrated, but with a lot of fun, in this game. pcquest.com

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