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perlmoo Joey Hess www 0.054 server for an online multiuser virtual world, implemented in perl <p>Perlmoo is a server for a virtual world, a computer program which users can log into and explore. Each user takes control of a computerized persona / avatar / incarnation / character. You can walk around, chat with other people, solve puzzles, and even create your very own rooms, descriptions and items.</p> <p>Perlmoo is intentionally similar to lambdamoo from the user's perspective, but it's written as object oriented perl code, that can easily be modified and expanded. It's possible to code new object in perl while the moo is running.</p> <p>Perlmoo has been supersceded by its successor, mooix. Check out <a href="http://mooix.net/">mooix's website</a> for details about mooix.</p> rpg free on off off off on on 1998-11-21 bobz 1998-11-21 19:03:57 185 www 1999-06-16 05:31:58 off
Blackjack Richard Cohen www 0.1 A Blackjack game, currently only for the console A simple (so far) Blackjack game. It compiles and runs on all the machines I've tested it on. I plan an X11 and PalmOS port. mia free on off on off off off 1999-05-19 bobz 1999-05-19 13:03:46 -1 www 2000-03-02 01:12:14 off
Tetrinet Andy Church www 0.11 A good multi-player textmode tetris clone Tetrinet for Linux is a Linux version of the popular Windows multiplayer Tetris game. It should work on all systems having the ncurses library installed. This version runs in textmode only and requires a 50-line display. Both Tetrinet server and client functionality have been implemented. arcade shareware img on off on off on on 1998-11-30 bobz 1998-12-01 02:59:00 242 ncurses library 1999-03-25 09:38:53 off
Frotz Stefan Jokisch www ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/games/infocom/ Free zcode games archive 2.43 Interpreter for zcode (Infocom-style) games FROTZ is an interpreter for all Infocom games. It complies with standard 1.0 for all games except V6 (graphical) game s. (Versions before 2.32 comply with standard 0.2) It was written by Stefan Jokisch in 1995-96, and has been ported to MS-DOS, OS/2, Windows 95/NT, the Amiga, Unix, Apple IIgs, and the Palm Pilot. text adv free on off on off off off 1998-11-30 bobz 1998-12-01 03:02:10 243 ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/frotz/ 2001-05-23 07:03:40 off
Inner Worlds Sleepless IDT Sleepless Software www 1.2 Side-scrolling hack and slay game From the homepage: <br> <blockquote> Inner Worlds, is an incredible new side-scroll fantasy action adventure, for DOS, Windows 95 and Linux. This game was developed by a team of very talented and energetic people scattered across the entire globe and brought together by the internet ... <p> In Inner Worlds you play the role of a strong and beautiful woman whose quest-name is Nikita. Nikita has the astonishing ability to turn into a ferocious she-wolf! Nikita's quest is to track down The Claws, the evil creation of a misguided genius. The Claws has plagued the world for generations. </blockquote> <p> The download link is dead. Only Windows version is available from the homepage. mia shareware $22.95 img off off on off off off 1998-12-04 bobz 1998-12-04 13:20:45 79 ftp://ftp.xmission.com/pub/users/n/nosleep/inner-worlds/ 2000-10-25 17:52:37 on
Joystick Driver Vojtech Pavlik www 1.2.15 Patches to Linux kernels 2.0.x and 2.1.x for joystick support. The latest version is 1.2.15, which is included in the 2.2 kernels. It supports a wide range of devices, and includes patches to 2.0 kernel sources for those who want to have it in their stable series kernel. A list of supported joysticks and related devices is available at the homepage listed below. Feature freeze, all releases from now on are only bugfixes.<br> Has been replaced by the Linux Input Driver. code free on off off off off off 1998-12-07 bobz 1998-12-07 14:53:35 2 ftp://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/pub/linux/joystick/ 1999-03-24 21:55:25 off
TZO Internet Naming System Gary Cook, Eric McIntyre Tzolkin Corporation www v1.06 TZO is a Dynamic DNS utility for TCP/IP games TZO allows you to set a permanent name for your constantly changing dynamic IP address, which you can distribute to your friends. Log on and TZO's servers will take your current IP address and stamp your name to it. Then your friends can find your computer on the Internet by name, without those long, cryptic IP numbers. This is especially useful for hosting multiplayer games on your computer. You can also use it for video conferencing, Internet phones, and running your own Web, FTP, or remote-access servers from your cable modem or dial-up account. Log in, run TZO, and your computer is ready to take HTTP, FTP, or remote-control requests at yourname.tzo.com. TZO may be tried free for 30 days and is compatible with Linux as well as Windows. util commercial $20 per year of service off off on off on on 1998-12-08 bobz 1998-12-09 10:14:41 318 www 2001-03-24 22:40:57 off
Starcraft Linux-installation HOWTO Ilkka Forsblom www 20010114 Describes how to install and run Starcraft on a Linux-only system with Wine. Tells the tricks needed to get the Starcraft installation program to install Starcraft and how to get the game running proper on a Linux-only system with the aid of Wine. doc free off off off off off off 1999-01-07 bobz 1999-01-07 13:20:33 389 2001-10-12 06:47:46 off
Apollo - The Gravity Game Johan Högberg www 0.70 Apollo is a Svgalib multiplayer gravity game Apollo is based on the concept from the gravity games developed for the Amiga in the early 90's, and mostly based on Turboraketti. It runs in a 320x240x256 screen. The game is originally developed for DOS, and the Linux port has no sound nor network support. <p> All the original Turboraketti levels are included. mia free img on off on off on off 1999-01-28 bobz 1999-01-28 18:17:23 450 www I will soon have fixed the IPX interface for the Linux version. 2000-07-19 11:34:10 off
Hard Rox Skal www www mirror that works Linux Demo - Winner of Wired 96 *Links no longer work but at least one mirror site exists for the demo* Nice Linux demo by skal Winner of Wired 1996. Nice fx, music could use a little work though. mia free off off on off off off 1999-02-25 bobz 1999-02-25 11:53:17 120 ftp://linux.realsoftware.be/pub/demos/linux/rox.zip 2001-04-19 17:01:33 on