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3804 8157 2003-06-21 12:21:45 <a href="/images/heroes3-3.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/heroes3-3.png" align="right" alt="" height="150" width="200"></a> <em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Description:</em> Babelize is a project to localize as many as possible games (commercial or free) that were ported nativly to Linux like that from Lokigames or Linuxgamepublishing. At this moment it works with Heroes of Might and Magic 3. You can play this game in english or german. Babelize Localization Project 1.0.0 new Babelize Localization Project
3752 8050 2003-06-04 10:07:46 <a href="/images/njamscreen.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/njamscreen.png" align="right" alt="" height="149" width="200"></a> <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Description:</em> Njam is fast-paced cross-platform pac-man-like game. In this arcade you move through the maze eating cookies and collecting powerups while trying to avoid ghosts who chase you. <br> Features: <ul> <li>Single or multiplayer mode <li>Duel mode (players compete each other to get more points) <li>Non-duel mode (players cooperate to finish as many levels as they can) <li>Great music and sound effects <li>Customizable level skins <li>Many different levels <li>Open Source (GPL Licence) </ul> Njam 0.91 new Njam
3759 8017 2003-06-07 07:12:01 <a href="/images/extend.png"><img src="/images/thumbs/extend.png" align="right" alt="" height="121" width="200"></a> <em>Category:</em> Arcade<br> <em>Description:</em> This is a new striking n-multiplayer crazy clone of the famous Bubble Bobble game!!! This version is a direct clone of the MacOS game Bub & Bob of McSebi. Thanks Sebi for all the cool graphics and sounds! Features: <ul> <lI>Same gameplay as the famous McSebi's Bub & Bob. <li>Network game: 1 to 3 players per machine, up to 7 players in total. <li>Completely original crazy bonuses! <li>Capture other players in a bubble! <li>New levels, including a random level generator! </ul> The Bub's Brothers 1.0 new The Bub's Brothers
3714 7994 2003-05-19 03:58:44 <a href="/images/scr2.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/scr2.jpg" align="right" alt="" height="150" width="200"></a> <em>Category:</em> Children/Educational<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <a href="#" title="4.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.50" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.50"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.50" border="0"></a> <p> <em>Description:</em> Graphical, educational typing tutorial game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>New game styles, new internals, easier to internationalize, more settings from easy to hard. <li>Comet Zap - Game mode based on Tux of Math Command (original by Bill Kendrick) <li>And a new tutor screen which shows the proper hand positions. </ul> TuxTyping 1.5.0 updated TuxTyping
3708 7970 2003-05-16 15:51:53 <a href="/images/jools1.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/jools1.jpg" align="right" alt="" height="150" width="200"></a> <em>Category:</em> Puzzle<br> <em>Description:</em> Jools is a clone of Bejeweled, a popular graphical puzzle game that follows in the footsteps of Tetris. The player must swap the positions of adjacent jewels to match three or more in a row. Jools offers both Time Trial and Untimed modes of play. It is written using Pygame, and features attractive 3D rendered graphics. Jools 0.10 new Jools
3656 7883 2003-04-25 04:55:12 <a href="http://happypenguin.org/images/orbz20.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/orbz20.jpg" align="right" width="200" height="150" alt=""</a><em>Category:</em> Action<p> <em>Description:</em> Orbz is an action/arcade game set in Mario-like 3D environments. The object of the game is to shoot your orb at targets located throughout 14 distinct courses in a race to score the most points. Game play contains both intense action and also strategy in planning the best scoring shots. Power-ups, like the "Money Shot" and "Curse of the Goober", are also available to either give you a scoring advantage or to slow down your opponents. Orbz 2.0 new Orbz
3705 7809 2003-05-14 18:10:56 <a href="/images/asc.jpg"><img src="/images/thumbs/asc.jpg" align="right" alt="" height="150" width="200"></a> <em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <a href="#" title="4.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.00" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="4.00"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="4.00" border="0"></a> <p> <em>Description:</em> ASC is a free, turn based strategy game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em><br> Changes since 1.13.4:<ul> <li>New weapon: laser <li>Three more campaign maps <li>Replay now have much stricted consistency checking <li>Moving transports costs 50% movement for transported units <li>Fixed: reactionfire not working when descending into range <li>Fixed: objects not sorted when constructing new ones <li>Fixed: a bug that caused ASC to crash when moving a unit through a building <li>AI fixes </ul> Advanced Strategic Command 1.13.5.1 updated Advanced Strategic Command
3612 7809 2003-04-09 18:24:06 <img src="/images/thumbs/boson.jpg" align="right" width="200" height="150" alt=""><em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#ffff80" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Boson is an OpenGL real-time strategy game, with the feeling of C&C or StarCraft <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>List of major new features since 0.7: <li>Height map for 3d-terrain <li>New map file format (.tar.gz instead of .gz) <li>Preload map information on startup <li>Big performance improvements <li>New save game format <li>Smoke support for power plant, oil refinery, mineral refinery etc <li>Unit model improvements <li>Editor: Buildings are placed in constructed mode <li>Editor: Better support for big maps <li>of course a big list of smaller features/fixes </ul> Boson 0.8 updated Boson
3609 7809 2003-04-08 18:01:34 <img src="/images/thumbs/asc.jpg" align="right" width="200" height="150" alt=""><em>Category:</em> Strategy<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <a href="#" title="3.33"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.33" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.33"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.33" border="0"></a><a href="#" title="3.33"><img src="/images/star.gif" alt="3.33" border="0"></a> <p> <em>Description:</em> ASC is a free, turn based strategy game. <p> <em>Changelog:</em> Maintenance release:<ul> <li>Planes can no longer land on runways which are too short for take off </li> <li>Fixed: could not unload units from some transports </li> <li>Fixed: crash when loading maps with certain events </li> <li>Mapeditor clipboard works in transports and buildings too </li> <li>Mapeditor: Fixed wrong hotkey for setting unit properties in containers </li></ul> </ul> Advanced Strategic Command 1.13.3 updated Advanced Strategic Command
3604 7809 2003-04-06 16:02:05 <img src="/images/thumbs/YanC.png" align="right" width="130" height="150" alt=""><em>Category:</em> Game-related Utility<br> <em>Avg. Rating:</em> <font color="#ffff80" size="-1">(not yet rated)</font> <p> <em>Description:</em> Tool for changing nVidia-specific settings <p> <em>Changelog:</em> <ul> <li>Fixed PCI card support <li>Added Brazilian localization </ul> YanC 0.2.1 updated YanC