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~+This page lists games for Linux, which may seem suitable for Debian, but which were not packaged for Debian yet either because nobody had the time or nobody heard of it yet. After processing each of these games (evluation of license, packaging (if appropriate), please move the coresponding entries to the appropriate wiki page (QualityGamesUnsuitableForDebian or other Games* pages)+~

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= Oolite Linux =

 * Home page: [http://oolite-linux.berlios.de/ Oolite-linux] and [http://oolite.aegidian.org/ Oolite pristine version]
 * License: Licensed under the [http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 license]
 * Download page: http://developer.berlios.de/projects/oolite-linux/
 * Description:
  * Elite clone
  * What's the point of the game? To fly from planet to planet, buying and selling goods, shooting pirates or committing acts of piracy. There's no goal other than perhaps to achieve the rank of ELITE.
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= Cube Engine =

 * Home page: [http://cube.sourceforge.net/ Cube Engine] and [http://www.cubeengine.com/ official home page] (dead link?)
 * License: [http://sourceforge.net/softwaremap/trove_list.php?form_cat=195 zlib/libpng License]
 * Download page: [http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=91993 Cube files]
 * Description: 3D game engine and multiplayer/singleplayer FPS game
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= Game name - template =

 * Home page: [http:// Home page link]
 * License: License name and/or link to license text
 * Download page: [http:// url to download page]
 * Description: (The best game template ever)
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#language en
## page was renamed from ProspectiveGamesInDebian
This page lists games that appear suitable for Debian, but which were not packaged either because nobody had the time or because nobody heard about it yet. After processing one of these games (evaluation of license, packaging), please move the corresponding entries to the appropriate wiki page: Games/[package_name] or [[Games/Unsuitable]].

'''''Please keep the list alphabetically sorted!'''''

See [[Games/Links]] if you are looking for other possible new games. Also, don't forget to check [[Games/WNPP]].

Other games that are missing from Debian can be found in the [[http://blends.alioth.debian.org/games/tasks/|games blend tasks]] and in the list of packages [[http://ftp-master.debian.org/#removed|removed from Debian]].

Note: If you want to see the status of a bug, move your mouse over the bug number (e.g. RFP or ITP). For packaging help, check out the [[https://github.com/ckorn/PlayDeb|PlayDeb repository on GitHub]] to avoid double work.

On the site [[http://osgameclones.com/|Open Source Game Clones]] are some informations about open-source reimplementations of great old games.

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## NOTE: If you want to add a new game to this list, use the following
## template and please, keep it alphabetically sorted.
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## = Game name - template =
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## * Home page: [http:// Home page link of the game]
## * License: License name and/or link to license text
## * Description: (The best game template ever)
## * Comments: Additional comments.
## * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:xxxxxx]]
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= Aleph One =

 * Home page: http://marathon.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPLv3 (engine); data files non-distributable but [[http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/|free to download]].
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/marathon/
 * Description: first person shooter (fps)
 * Comments:
   * The current package doesn't download the game data files automatically, but I'll work on it.
   * Please upload your package to mentors.debian.net. The package files can be found on the debian bug.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:119911]]

= CoreBreach =

 * Home page: http://corebreach.corecode.at/
 * License: Source Code (GPL), 3D Engine (MIT)
 * GitHub: https://github.com/core-code/CoreBreach
 * Description: CoreBreach is THE brand-new futuristic "anti-gravity" racing game with combat-based gameplay.
 * Comments: The game data is closed source, but there a some important data as freeware to compile the game.

= CorsixTH =

 * Home page: http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/
 * License: MIT
 * Description: This project aims to reimplement the game engine of Theme Hospital, with the capability of loading assets including graphics and levels from the original game.
 * Comments: You must own Theme Hospital to use CorsixTH. So this game engine should go into contrib.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:610087]]

= Crystal Entity Layer =

 * Home page: http://www.crystalspace3d.org/
 * License: LGPLv2
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cel/
 * Description: Crystal Entity Layer (CEL) is a game entity layer based on Crystal Space. It makes it easier for game developers to create games based on Crystal Space. CEL can optionally be used together with Python or other scripting languages.
 * Comments: It has been in git of Games Team.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:282666]]

= Daimonin =

 * Home page: http://www.daimonin.org/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/daimonin/
 * Description: Daimonin is a fantasy MMORPG (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-playing Game) which features a large gameworld with engaging background, and is developing many fun and unique features.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:638808]]

= Dawn =

 * Home page: http://www.nongnu.org/dawn-rpg/
 * Source Code License: GPLv3
 * Media Content License: GPLv3
 * Project Overview: https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/dawn-rpg/
 * Description: Dawn is a 2D RPG set in a fantasy world. Able to choose a race, class and alignment to create a unique player experience. Gain experience through quests or slaying monsters, in order to level up and gain new skills, spells and more!
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691416]]
 * Comments: I have started a package but data files are hardcoded to data dir under the binary. - BarrydeFreese
 * Initial packaging is available here: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=pkg-games/dawn-rpg.git
 * The game works but is pretty alpha. See also this post on the devel-games mailing list: https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-games/2013/08/msg00101.html

= DccNiTghtmare =

 * Home page: http://dnt.dnteam.org
 * Source Code License: GPLv3
 * Media Content License: GPL, CC BY and CC BY-SA
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnt/
 * Description: !DccNiTghtmare (aka DNT) is a project to make a Free (as in free speech) 3D single player RPG in a satirical post-apocalyptical world.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:610875]]

= Domination =

 * Home page: http://domination.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/domination/
 * Description: Domination is a board game that is a bit like the well known game Risk

= Dust Racing 2D =

 * Home page: http://dustrac.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dustrac/
 * Description: Top-down 2D racing game
 * Comments: Packages for Ubuntu available, example Debian packaging comes with the sources

= Dwarf Fortress =

 * Home page: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/
 * License: Non-free. Unmodified binary can be redistributed.
 * Download page: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
 * Description: A game focusing on the creation and survival of a Dwarfish settlement
 * Comments: Was originally a Windows only game, the Linux release is fairly recent.
  * Development is ongoing. Currently playable but listed as Alpha.
  * Full name is: Slaves to Armok: God of Blood, Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

= ET: Legacy =

 * Home page: http://www.etlegacy.com/
 * License: GPLv3; gamedata (non-free)
 * Licence issues: http://www.etlegacy.com/projects/etlegacy/wiki/A_short_introduction_to_the_current_status_quo_of_this_Wolfenstein_Enemy_Territory_thing
 * Description: ET: Legacy is based on the source code of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory which was released under the GPLv3 license. The main goal of this project is to fix bugs, remove old dependencies and make it playable on all major operating systems while still remaining compatible with the ET 2.60b version and as many of its mods as possible....
 * Comments: Perhaps we can put a package into contrib, with an auto-downloader for the non-free gamedata inside.
 * Skript for the non-free gamedata: http://debianer.wordpress.com/2012/12/26/etlegacy-unter-linux-spielen/
 * See also: http://wiki.debian.org/Games/Unsuitable#Wolfenstein:_Enemy_Territory_.5BJun_2007.5D

= ezQuake =

 * Home page: http://ezquake.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPLv2 (engine); unclear (gamedata)
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ezquake/
 * Description: A modern Quakeworld engine
 * Comments: A package is mostly ready BUT there is copyright infractions in the current release. Upstream fixed these issues on the CVS: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1630211&group_id=117445&atid=678559.

= FAR Colony =

 * Home page: https://code.google.com/p/farcolony/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Description: FAR Colony (First Autonomous Remote Colony) is a game of exploration and space colonization being held in the 23th century. It has 2 phases: a Colonization Phase, where the player must make the colony viable in 365 days max, and a Sandbox Play.
 * Comments: This project is in ALPHA STAGE so not fully playable yet!

= Force: Leashed =

 * Home page: http://www.kepuli.com/force_leashed/
 * License: GPL
 * License (assets): http://www.kepuli.com/docs/force_leashed_asset_lisences.txt
 * Engine: DarkPlaces (GPL) - http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/
 * Description: Force: Leashed is a free first person gravity fiddler. To advance, you need to guide rockets to their targets using spherical potential fields. And no, it's not like Portal. That much.
 * Comments: Sources can be found in the linux package.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694639]]

= FreeLords =

 * Home page: http://freelords.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freelords/
 * Description: Free reimplementation of the Warlords II game
 * Comments: Upstream is in flux. They want to move to Java. I have packaged LordsAWar on svn which uses the Freelords code as a base - bddebian

= Freesynd =

 * Home page: http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPL
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/freesynd/
 * Description: FreeSynd is a cross-platform, GPLed reimplementation of the classic Bullfrog game, Syndicate.
 * Comments: Requires original game media files, so will need to go into contrib. The game actually includes the original music files which were converted to a modern ogg format. These files together with all other game media should be packaged with [[Games/GameDataPackager]].
 * Note that the game engine is not on par with the original game yet and that there was little to none feedback from the developers, when I showed interest in packaging the game in July 2013. http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20130727182608.0b8dfb10290e497301b14b0d%40mail.ru&forum_name=freesynd-devel

= GemRB =

 * Home page: http://www.gemrb.org/
 * License: GPLv2
 * GitHub: https://github.com/gemrb/gemrb
 * Description: GemRB is a portable open-source implementation of Bioware's Infinity Engine.
 * Comments: This game engine should be go into contrib.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:477376]]
 * Mentors: http://mentors.debian.net/package/gemrb

= Glamour =

 * Home page: http://ocastudios.com/videogame/glamour
 * License: Public Domain
 * Download page: http://launchpad.net/glamour
 * Description: You are a princess on her sweet sixteen and you have to walk around the town to talk to other princesses and check out what they will wear at the ball. This way you can go to the stores and find an original look to earn the most glamour points at the dance.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:740904]]

= Goblin Camp =

 * Home page: http://www.goblincamp.com/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Description: Goblin Camp is a roguelike citybuilder, inspired by Anno 1404, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691417]]

= Haxima =

 * Home page: http://myweb.cableone.net/gmcnutt/nazghul.html (Page is unreachable)
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/nazghul/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Description: A game based on Nazghul engine with Ultima V-like gameplay and graphics.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691418]]

= Holyspirit =

 * Home page: http://www.holyspirit.fr/index.php?lang=_en
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lechemindeladam/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Description: Holyspirit is a 2D isometric hack'n'slash game (action-rpg). You play a Holyspirit, which is an old corrupted soul who's been enlisted in God's army. You must redeem the country from the evil who's been unleashed against the living ones.
 * Comment: Needs SFML 2.x at the least. - BarrydeFreese

= Iris2 =

 * Home Page: http://www.iris2.de/index.php/Main_Page
 * License: GPL-2
 * Description: Iris2 is a highly customizable cross-platform open-source 3D client for playing the MMORPG "Ultima Online" (tm) on Freeshards.
 * Comments: Uses the Ogre3D engine and Lugre, a middleware to use the Lua scripting language.

= Irrlamb =

 * Home page: http://code.google.com/p/irrlamb/
 * License: GPLv3 (engine); CC-BY-SA 3.0 (content)
 * GitHub: https://github.com/jazztickets/irrlamb
 * Description: 3D game that probably involves a lot of physics and frustrating gameplay.
 * Packages: Look at a getdeb.net-Mirror.
   * A preliminary irrlamb package is in the svn and irrlicht, the main dependency is ready to be uploaded thanks to Christoph Egger.

= Jose Chess =

 * Home page: http://jose-chess.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPL
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jose-chess/
 * Description: jose is a graphical Chess tool.You can store chess games in a database.You can view and edit games (including variations and comments).You can play against a plugged-in chess engine and use it for analysis. Features 3D board view.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:702696]]

= jRPG Valyria Tear =

 * Home page: http://valyriatear.blogspot.in/
 * License: GPLv2; CC
 * Screenshots: http://valyriatear.blogspot.in/p/what-is-this.html
 * Description: Valyria Tear is an attempt at creating a free (as meant in the Gnu Public License) J-RPG game.

= Kernel Panic =

 * Home page: http://springrts.com/wiki/Kernel_Panic
 * License: GPL, Public Domain, 2 maps are non-free.
 * Description: SpringRTS mod.
 * Comments: Official package in Ubuntu Natty.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:554153]]

= Liberal Crime Squad =

 * Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcsgame/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Description: A satirical console-based political role-playing/strategy game in which you recruit a team of Elite Liberal radicals and try to save the United States from a descent into Arch-Conservatism. Gameplay based loosely on the classic 1983 RPG Oubliette.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:533051]]

= Lips of Suna =

 * Home page: http://lipsofsuna.org/
 * Source Code License: LGPLv3
 * Media Content License: CC BY-SA 3.0
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lipsofsuna/
 * Description: A tongue-in-cheek dungeon crawl game that takes place in the chaotic dungeons of Suna.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691419]]

= ManicDigger =

 * Home page: http://manicdigger.sourceforge.net/
 * License: Public Domain
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/manicdigger/
 * Description: Manic Digger is a public domain 3d block-building game similar to Minecraft.

= Mari0 =

 * Home page: http://stabyourself.net/mari0/
 * License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
 * GitHub: https://github.com/Stabyourself/mari0
 * Description: A complete from scratch recreation of Super Mario Bros. with a focus on perfectly imitating the feel the 1985 classic gave us. Then give Mario a portal gun, add puzzle game mechanics from Portal and there you go. And if that wasn't crazy enough, play 4-player coop, with everyone having their own Portal gun!
 * Comments: Needs the LOVE 2D game engine: http://love2d.org/
 * TODO: Check the source files in the the source archive.
 * DONE: The graphics are modified from the original Nintendo gfx set. Advise this is not packaged.

= Mega Mario =

 * Home page: http://mmario.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPLv2.1
 * Description: Mega Mario is a Super Mario Bros. 1 clone.

= Memonix =

 * Home page: http://www.viewizard.com/games.php
 * License: GPL-3
 * Download page: http://www.viewizard.com/download.php
 * Description: Brain teasers, puzzle and memory games for kids in one pack!
 * Comments: Good image and music. Easy to build and play.

= MTP-Target =

 * Home page: http://www.mtp-target.org
 * License: GNU GPL
 * Download page: http://mtptarget.free.fr/download.php
 * Description: The best pinguin rolls down a ramp game ever
 * Comments: only client is opensource. Fork of older version with server is here: http://code.google.com/p/tux-target/

= Mystic Mine =

 * Home page: http://www.koonsolo.com/mysticmine/
 * License: MIT
 * GitHub: https://github.com/koonsolo/MysticMine
 * Description: A mining game
 * Comments: This source code release not includes music and sounds.

= NAEV =

 * Home page: http://code.google.com/p/naev
 * License: GNU GPLv3 Code, GPLv2/3, CC-By (and -SA) 3, PD Media.
 * Download page: http://code.google.com/p/naev/downloads/list
 * Description: 2D space shooter influenced by Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:523834]]

= Newton Adventures =

 * Home page: http://devnewton.bci.im/projects/newton_adventure/doc/trunk/www/index.wiki
 * License: BSD (code), CC-BY-SA or more permissive (data)
 * Description: 2D platform game where you play Newton, a very special hero who has the power to change gravity direction
 * Comments: Seems to require not yet packaged dependencies.

= No Gravity =

 * Home page: http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity/
 * License: GPL (source code and data)
 * Download page: http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity/download.html
 * Description: Polished 3D space shooter
 * Comments: This game used to be commercial, but was freed under the GPL in 2006. Thus, it's complete and polished. Integrating would require some work on the buildsystem. Right now the download tarballs lack Makefiles.
  * CVS has configure and make files. Game is actually kind of fun. I may work on it. - bddebian

= OpenLieroX =

 * Home page: http://www.openlierox.net/
 * License: LGPL
 * Download page: http://www.openlierox.net/downloads/
 * Description: A fun realtime worms clone with multiplayer support
 * Comments: Upstream releases Ubuntu packages themselves.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:445850]]

= OpenMW =

 * Home page: https://openmw.org/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~openmw/+archive/openmw
 * Description: OpenMW is an attempt to reimplement the popular role playing game Morrowind. It aims to be a fully playable, open source implementation of the game.
 * Comments: You must own Morrowind to use OpenMW. So this game engine should go into contrib.

= OpenRA =

 * Home page: http://openra.res0l.net/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Sourceforge: https://github.com/OpenRA/OpenRA
 * Debian packages (unofficial): http://openra.res0l.net/download/linux/deb/
 * Description: OpenRA is a Libre/Free Real Time Strategy game engine supporting early Westwood games like Command & Conquer and Command & Conquer: Red Alert.

= OpenXcom =

 * Home page: http://openxcom.org/
 * Licence: GPL
 * Description: OpenXcom is an open-source clone of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense in USA), licensed under the GPL and written in C++ / SDL. It was originally founded by SupSuper in February 2009, and has since grown into a small development team surrounded by a very supporting community.
 * Comments: You must own vanilla version of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense to use OpenXcom. It is not compatible with other games in the X-COM series. So this engine shound go into contrib.

= Paintball =

 * Home page: http://www.digitalpaint.org/
 * Licence: GPL
 * Description: With its high-value team objectives, limited range projectiles, and intense maneuvering, Paintball 2 offers a very unique experience that will appeal to both hardcore and novice players. It only takes one shot to eliminate somebody, but the fast-paced, arcade-style movement from Quake 2 allows for quick dodging, insane jumps, and breakneck speeds. Best of all, the game is completely free, and it's a small download, so just try it out!

= Paintown =

 * Home page: http://paintown.org/
 * Licence: BSD
 * Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~rafkind/+archive/paintown
 * Description: Paintown is a free and open source 2-d fighting game.

= Penumbra Overture =

 * Home page: http://www.penumbragame.com/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Download page: http://github.com/FrictionalGames
 * Description: An episodic first person horror game.
 * Comments: Was released as part of the recent Humble Indie Bundle.
   . See [[Games/PenumbraOverture]] for a beginning look at licensing and packaging. Everything is good for main but nvidia cg SDK. --showard

= Pushover =

 * Home page: http://pushover.sourceforge.net/
 * Licence: GPLv2
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pushover/
 * Description: Pushover is a fun puzzle game originally published by Ocean in 1992. In this game you control an ant that can walk along platforms that are connected with ladders. On those platforms are dominos that need to fall according to some rules.

= Puzzle Moppet =

 * Home page: http://garnetgames.com/puzzlemoppet/
 * Licence: Source Code (WTFPLv2); Assets (freeware)
 * Description: Puzzle Moppet is a serenely peaceful yet devilishly challenging 3D puzzle game.
 * Comments: There are a community release with fully open source assets: https://bitbucket.org/Knitter/puzzlemoppet
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694701]]

= Race into space =

 * Home page: http://www.raceintospace.org/
 * License: GPL
 * Decription: Race Into Space a free software version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner, originally developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay in 1993 and 1994 as Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space.
 * Comments: The game depends on physpf 2.1, which has not been release yet. We need to wait for upstream to release and for the package to be in Debian
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:748321]]


= Reaction =

 * Home page: http://rq3.com/
 * Licence: GPL
 * Licence: Reaction is available freely and the content is licensed under the Creative Commons.
 * Engine: ioquake3 - http://ioquake3.org/
 * Description: Reaction (formerly called Reaction Quake III) started out life as a total conversion mod for Quake III Arena but has since morphed into a standalone game built atop the open-source Quake 3 engine code-base in the form of ioquake3.
 * Build instructions: http://www.holarse-linuxgaming.de/node/2787
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694645]]

= Red Rogue =

 * Home page: http://redrogue.net/
 * Licence: GPLv3
 * Description: A computer game, a side-scrolling roguelike-like

= Rigs of Rods =

 * Home page: http://www.rigsofrods.com
 * License: GPLv3
 * Download page: http://download.rigsofrods.com/
 * Description: open source vehicle simulator based on soft-body physics.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:692438]]

= Ryzom =

 * Home page: http://dev.ryzom.com/projects/ryzom
 * License: code - AGPLv3, art CC-BY-SA
 * Download page: http://dev.ryzom.com/wiki/ryzom/Getting_Source
 * Description: massively multiplayer online role-playing game
 * Comments: replace NeL package http://packages.debian.org/source/sid/nel

= Smoking Guns =

 * Home page: http://www.smokin-guns.org/
 * License: GPLv2
 * GitHub: https://github.com/smokin-guns/SmokinGuns
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/smokinguns/
 * Engine: ioquake3 - http://ioquake3.org/
 * Description: Smokin' Guns is a GPLv2 licensed first person Western style shooter based on the Quake 3 engine (Id Tech 3) developed by a loosely knit team of developers and artists. This project represents the game engine.
 * Debian repo (unofficial): http://forum.smokin-guns.org/viewtopic.php?p=24468#p24468
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694640]]

= Speed Dreams =

 * Home page: http://speed-dreams.org/
 * License: GPL
 * Description: Speed Dreams is a 3d cross-platform, open source motorsport simulation and racing game.
 * Comments: TORCS-Fork
 * Launchpad PPA: https://launchpad.net/~speed-dreams/+archive/ppa
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:599884]]

= Spring:1944 =

 * Home page: http://spring1944.net/
 * License: GPL
 * Description: A WWII themed game with four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain), period-accurate units and strengths. Realism comes second only to creating a game that is fun and accessible to play.

= Stepmania =

 * Home page: http://www.stepmania.com/
 * License: MIT
 * Description: StepMania is a free dance and rhythm game for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It features 3D graphics, keyboard and "dance pad" support, and an editor for creating your own steps.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:200715]]

= Stunt Rally =

 * Home page: http://code.google.com/p/vdrift-ogre/
 * License: GPLv3
 * GitHub: https://github.com/stuntrally/stuntrally
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/stuntrally/
 * Description: Stunt Rally is a racing game with Track Editor, based on VDrift and OGRE.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694967]]

= Stendhal =

 * Home page: http://stendhalgame.org/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Description: Stendhal is a fun friendly and completely free multiplayer online adventure game with an old school feel.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691420]]

= Summoning Wars =

 * Home page: http://sumwars.org/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Description: Summoning Wars is an open source role-playing game, featuring both a single-player and a multiplayer mode for about 2 to 8 players.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:597857]]

= Terasology =

 * Home page: http://blog.movingblocks.net/blockmania/
 * License: Apache
 * Description: Terasology is a game that pays ample tribute to Minecraft in initial look and origin, but stakes out its own niche by adopting the NPC-helper and caretaker feel from such games as Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, while striving for added depth and sophistication.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:702695]]

= The Dark Mod =

 * Home page: http://www.thedarkmod.com/
 * License: GPLv3; CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (gamedata)
 * License: https://svn.thedarkmod.com/svn/darkmod_src/trunk/LICENSE.txt
 * Description: THE DARK MOD is a total conversion for Doom 3, turning it into a dark and moody stealth game inspired by the Thief series by Looking Glass Studios. More like a professional game release than a mod, it includes creative new gameplay features, dozens of unique AI, and a complete set of custom art assets, allowing players and mappers alike to enjoy missions in a gothic steampunk universe. The Dark Mod was officially released on October 17th, 2009.
 * Comments: A few days ago, the team released the standalone 2.0 release. It´s a very great game!
 * There are three common problems:
  * You need the "libtxc-dxtn0" package from debian-multimedia repo
  * The gamedata is very large (2.3 GB)
  * The licence of the gamedata (otherwise it must go into non-free with the engine into contrib)

= The Legend of Edgar =

 * Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/legendofedgar/
 * Source Code License: GPLv2
 * Media Content License: ?
 * Description: The Legend of Edgar is a platform game, not unlike those found on the Amiga and SNES. Edgar must battle his way across the world, solving puzzles and defeating powerful enemies to achieve his quest.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:653813]]

= Thunder&Lightning =

 * Home page: http://tnlgame.net/
 * Source Code License: GPLv3?
 * Description: Thunder&Lightning is a futuristic action flight simulator and realtime strategy game that takes place in a large 3D environment.
 * Comments: Needs IOLang and probably update to libsigc++-2.0 since 1.2 is scheduled for removal. - BarrydeFreese

= ufo2000 =

 * see [[/ufo2000]]

= UFO: Alien Invasion =

 * Home page: http://ufoai.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPL and Creative Commons
 * Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157793
 * Description: Strategy game featuring tactical combat against hostile alien forces which are about to infiltrate earth at this very moment.
 * Comments: A 3D remake of the classic turn based strategy game called UFO (Terror from the deep, Enemy unknown). Game engine is based on the GPL version of quake2.
 * Packaging is almost complete. I'm waiting for the 2.5 release.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:244582]]

= Ultrastar Deluxe =

 * Home page: http://ultrastardx.sourceforge.net/
 * Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ultrastardx/
 * Support forum: http://forum.ultrastardeluxe.org/
 * License: GPL
 * Description: The best free Singstar clone for your PC
 * Comments: It can be probably [[http://ultrastardeluxe.xtremeweb-hosting.net/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=76&st=0&sk=t&sd=a&start=20#p768|compiled]] with Free Pascal and Lazarus, already in Debian.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:487216]]

= Unvanquished =

 * Home page: http://www.unvanquished.net/
 * License: GPLv3 (?)
 * License: https://github.com/Unvanquished/Unvanquished/blob/master/COPYING.txt
 * Description: Alien vs. Human Shooter
 * Comments: Inspired by Tremulous, uses the Daemon engine (!OpenWolf fork).
 * Debian repo (unofficial): http://www.moreofthesa.me.uk/unv.xhtml
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694703]]

= Urban Terror =

 * Home page: http://www.urbanterror.info/
 * License: GPLv2 (ioquake3); gamedata (freeware)
 * GitHub: https://github.com/Barbatos/ioq3-for-UrbanTerror-4
 * Description: free multiplayer first person shooter (fps)
 * Ubuntu Games Repository: http://www.urbanterror.info/forums/topic/27329-ubuntu-games-repository-urban-terror/
 * Comments: Version 4.1 of the game works with Debian's ioquake3 engine, 4.2 does not. For more information see
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:468325]]

= VCMI =

 * Home page: http://vcmi.eu/
 * License: GPLv2
 * Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vcmi/
 * GitHub: https://github.com/vcmi/vcmi
 * Description: Open source rewrite of Heroes of Might and Heroes 3 engine.
 * Comments: You must own Heroes of Might and/or Heroes 3 to use VCMI. So this game engine should go into contrib.

= VDrift =

 * Home page: http://www.vdrift.net/
 * License: GPLv2
 * GitHub: https://www.github.com/VDrift/vdrift/
 * Description: VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. The driving physics engine was recently re-written from scratch but was inspired and owes much to the Vamos physics engine.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:694966]]

= Vega Strike =

 * Home page: http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPL
 * Description: 3D action-space-sim allowing player to trade and bounty hunt in a vast universe.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691424]]

= Vertigo =

 * Home page: http://www.vertigo-game.com/
 * License: GPLv3
 * Download page: https://github.com/amireh/Vertigo
 * Description: Vertigo is an arcade game that puts your reflexes to a test.
 * Comments: The game is written in C++, and built with Ogre3D, !BulletPhysics, and OpenAL.

= Vulture =

 * Home page: http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture
 * Source Code and Media Content License: Nethack GPL
 * Description: Vulture in an isometric graphical interface for !NetHack, Slash'EM and !UnNetHack.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691425]]

= Warsow =

 * Home page: http://www.warsow.net/
 * Licence: GPL
 * Description: fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS)
 * Reminder: The last Warsow release was in Debian Squeeze but the maintainer was not responding for a Wheezy release. Now, the maintainer prepares a new release for Debian Jessie.

= World of Padman =

 * Home page: http://worldofpadman.com
 * License: GPL for the source code, non-free license for game data (see below)
 * Download page: http://worldofpadman.com
 * Description: Polished, complete, comic-style first-person shooter
 * Comments:
   * The game engine and source code are free software (GPLed), but the license for the game data doesn't permit commercial use, so the game could go into contrib with the game data into non-free
   * 2008-09-29 - bdefreese: Already in games team SVN.
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:481286]]

= Xonotic =

 * Home page: http://www.xonotic.org/
 * License: GPL v2
 * Engine: DarkPlaces (GPL) - http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/
 * Description: Xonotic is a free and fast-paced first person shooter for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It combines addictive, arena-style gameplay with rapid movement and a wide array of weapons.
 * Comments: Nexuiz-Fork
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:646377]]

= Yoda Soccer =

 * Home page: http://yodasoccer.sourceforge.net/
 * License: GPL
 * Description: A game with the gameplay and the style of Sensible World of Soccer (SWOS) or Kick Off
 * Debian Bug: [[DebianBug:691426]]

This page lists games that appear suitable for Debian, but which were not packaged either because nobody had the time or because nobody heard about it yet. After processing one of these games (evaluation of license, packaging), please move the corresponding entries to the appropriate wiki page: Games/[package_name] or Games/Unsuitable.

Please keep the list alphabetically sorted!

See Games/Links if you are looking for other possible new games. Also, don't forget to check Games/WNPP.

Other games that are missing from Debian can be found in the games blend tasks and in the list of packages removed from Debian.

Note: If you want to see the status of a bug, move your mouse over the bug number (e.g. RFP or ITP). For packaging help, check out the PlayDeb repository on GitHub to avoid double work.

On the site Open Source Game Clones are some informations about open-source reimplementations of great old games.

Aleph One

CoreBreach

CorsixTH

  • Home page: http://code.google.com/p/corsix-th/

  • License: MIT
  • Description: This project aims to reimplement the game engine of Theme Hospital, with the capability of loading assets including graphics and levels from the original game.
  • Comments: You must own Theme Hospital to use CorsixTH. So this game engine should go into contrib.
  • Debian Bug: 610087

Crystal Entity Layer

  • Home page: http://www.crystalspace3d.org/

  • License: LGPLv2
  • Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/cel/

  • Description: Crystal Entity Layer (CEL) is a game entity layer based on Crystal Space. It makes it easier for game developers to create games based on Crystal Space. CEL can optionally be used together with Python or other scripting languages.
  • Comments: It has been in git of Games Team.
  • Debian Bug: 282666

Daimonin

Dawn

DccNiTghtmare

  • Home page: http://dnt.dnteam.org

  • Source Code License: GPLv3
  • Media Content License: GPL, CC BY and CC BY-SA
  • Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/dnt/

  • Description: DccNiTghtmare (aka DNT) is a project to make a Free (as in free speech) 3D single player RPG in a satirical post-apocalyptical world.

  • Debian Bug: 610875

Domination

Dust Racing 2D

Dwarf Fortress

  • Home page: http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/

  • License: Non-free. Unmodified binary can be redistributed.
  • Download page: http://df.magmawiki.com/index.php/Main_Page

  • Description: A game focusing on the creation and survival of a Dwarfish settlement
  • Comments: Was originally a Windows only game, the Linux release is fairly recent.
    • Development is ongoing. Currently playable but listed as Alpha.
    • Full name is: Slaves to Armok: God of Blood, Chapter II: Dwarf Fortress

ET: Legacy

ezQuake

FAR Colony

  • Home page: https://code.google.com/p/farcolony/

  • License: GPLv3
  • Description: FAR Colony (First Autonomous Remote Colony) is a game of exploration and space colonization being held in the 23th century. It has 2 phases: a Colonization Phase, where the player must make the colony viable in 365 days max, and a Sandbox Play.
  • Comments: This project is in ALPHA STAGE so not fully playable yet!

Force: Leashed

FreeLords

Freesynd

GemRB

Glamour

  • Home page: http://ocastudios.com/videogame/glamour

  • License: Public Domain
  • Download page: http://launchpad.net/glamour

  • Description: You are a princess on her sweet sixteen and you have to walk around the town to talk to other princesses and check out what they will wear at the ball. This way you can go to the stores and find an original look to earn the most glamour points at the dance.
  • Debian Bug: 740904

Goblin Camp

  • Home page: http://www.goblincamp.com/

  • License: GPLv3
  • Description: Goblin Camp is a roguelike citybuilder, inspired by Anno 1404, Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper.
  • Debian Bug: 691417

Haxima

Holyspirit

Iris2

  • Home Page: http://www.iris2.de/index.php/Main_Page

  • License: GPL-2
  • Description: Iris2 is a highly customizable cross-platform open-source 3D client for playing the MMORPG "Ultima Online" (tm) on Freeshards.
  • Comments: Uses the Ogre3D engine and Lugre, a middleware to use the Lua scripting language.

Irrlamb

  • Home page: http://code.google.com/p/irrlamb/

  • License: GPLv3 (engine); CC-BY-SA 3.0 (content)
  • ?GitHub: https://github.com/jazztickets/irrlamb

  • Description: 3D game that probably involves a lot of physics and frustrating gameplay.
  • Packages: Look at a getdeb.net-Mirror.
    • A preliminary irrlamb package is in the svn and irrlicht, the main dependency is ready to be uploaded thanks to Christoph Egger.

Jose Chess

jRPG Valyria Tear

Kernel Panic

Liberal Crime Squad

  • Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/lcsgame/

  • License: GPLv2
  • Description: A satirical console-based political role-playing/strategy game in which you recruit a team of Elite Liberal radicals and try to save the United States from a descent into Arch-Conservatism. Gameplay based loosely on the classic 1983 RPG Oubliette.
  • Debian Bug: 533051

Lips of Suna

ManicDigger

Mari0

  • Home page: http://stabyourself.net/mari0/

  • License: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0
  • ?GitHub: https://github.com/Stabyourself/mari0

  • Description: A complete from scratch recreation of Super Mario Bros. with a focus on perfectly imitating the feel the 1985 classic gave us. Then give Mario a portal gun, add puzzle game mechanics from Portal and there you go. And if that wasn't crazy enough, play 4-player coop, with everyone having their own Portal gun!
  • Comments: Needs the LOVE 2D game engine: http://love2d.org/

  • TODO: Check the source files in the the source archive.
  • DONE: The graphics are modified from the original Nintendo gfx set. Advise this is not packaged.

Mega Mario

Memonix

MTP-Target

Mystic Mine

NAEV

Newton Adventures

No Gravity

  • Home page: http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity/

  • License: GPL (source code and data)
  • Download page: http://www.realtech-vr.com/nogravity/download.html

  • Description: Polished 3D space shooter
  • Comments: This game used to be commercial, but was freed under the GPL in 2006. Thus, it's complete and polished. Integrating would require some work on the buildsystem. Right now the download tarballs lack Makefiles.
    • CVS has configure and make files. Game is actually kind of fun. I may work on it. - bddebian

OpenLieroX

OpenMW

  • Home page: https://openmw.org/

  • License: GPLv3
  • Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~openmw/+archive/openmw

  • Description: OpenMW is an attempt to reimplement the popular role playing game Morrowind. It aims to be a fully playable, open source implementation of the game.
  • Comments: You must own Morrowind to use OpenMW. So this game engine should go into contrib.

OpenRA

OpenXcom

  • Home page: http://openxcom.org/

  • Licence: GPL
  • Description: ?OpenXcom is an open-source clone of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown (X-Com: UFO Defense in USA), licensed under the GPL and written in C++ / SDL. It was originally founded by ?SupSuper in February 2009, and has since grown into a small development team surrounded by a very supporting community.

  • Comments: You must own vanilla version of the original UFO: Enemy Unknown / X-COM: UFO Defense to use ?OpenXcom. It is not compatible with other games in the X-COM series. So this engine shound go into contrib.

Paintball

  • Home page: http://www.digitalpaint.org/

  • Licence: GPL
  • Description: With its high-value team objectives, limited range projectiles, and intense maneuvering, Paintball 2 offers a very unique experience that will appeal to both hardcore and novice players. It only takes one shot to eliminate somebody, but the fast-paced, arcade-style movement from Quake 2 allows for quick dodging, insane jumps, and breakneck speeds. Best of all, the game is completely free, and it's a small download, so just try it out!

Paintown

Penumbra Overture

Pushover

  • Home page: http://pushover.sourceforge.net/

  • Licence: GPLv2
  • Sourceforge: http://sourceforge.net/projects/pushover/

  • Description: Pushover is a fun puzzle game originally published by Ocean in 1992. In this game you control an ant that can walk along platforms that are connected with ladders. On those platforms are dominos that need to fall according to some rules.

Puzzle Moppet

Race into space

  • Home page: http://www.raceintospace.org/

  • License: GPL
  • Decription: Race Into Space a free software version of the Liftoff! board game by Fritz Bronner, originally developed by Strategic Visions and published by Interplay in 1993 and 1994 as Buzz Aldrin's Race Into Space.
  • Comments: The game depends on physpf 2.1, which has not been release yet. We need to wait for upstream to release and for the package to be in Debian
  • Debian Bug: 748321

Reaction

  • Home page: http://rq3.com/

  • Licence: GPL
  • Licence: Reaction is available freely and the content is licensed under the Creative Commons.
  • Engine: ioquake3 - http://ioquake3.org/

  • Description: Reaction (formerly called Reaction Quake III) started out life as a total conversion mod for Quake III Arena but has since morphed into a standalone game built atop the open-source Quake 3 engine code-base in the form of ioquake3.
  • Build instructions: http://www.holarse-linuxgaming.de/node/2787

  • Debian Bug: 694645

Red Rogue

  • Home page: http://redrogue.net/

  • Licence: GPLv3
  • Description: A computer game, a side-scrolling roguelike-like

Rigs of Rods

Ryzom

Smoking Guns

Speed Dreams

Spring:1944

  • Home page: http://spring1944.net/

  • License: GPL
  • Description: A WWII themed game with four fully functional sides (US, Germany, USSR, Britain), period-accurate units and strengths. Realism comes second only to creating a game that is fun and accessible to play.

Stepmania

  • Home page: http://www.stepmania.com/

  • License: MIT
  • Description: ?StepMania is a free dance and rhythm game for Windows, Mac, and Linux. It features 3D graphics, keyboard and "dance pad" support, and an editor for creating your own steps.

  • Debian Bug: 200715

Stunt Rally

Stendhal

  • Home page: http://stendhalgame.org/

  • License: GPLv2
  • Description: Stendhal is a fun friendly and completely free multiplayer online adventure game with an old school feel.
  • Debian Bug: 691420

Summoning Wars

  • Home page: http://sumwars.org/

  • License: GPLv3
  • Description: Summoning Wars is an open source role-playing game, featuring both a single-player and a multiplayer mode for about 2 to 8 players.
  • Debian Bug: 597857

Terasology

  • Home page: http://blog.movingblocks.net/blockmania/

  • License: Apache
  • Description: Terasology is a game that pays ample tribute to Minecraft in initial look and origin, but stakes out its own niche by adopting the NPC-helper and caretaker feel from such games as Dwarf Fortress and Dungeon Keeper, while striving for added depth and sophistication.
  • Debian Bug: 702695

The Dark Mod

  • Home page: http://www.thedarkmod.com/

  • License: GPLv3; CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 (gamedata)
  • License: https://svn.thedarkmod.com/svn/darkmod_src/trunk/LICENSE.txt

  • Description: THE DARK MOD is a total conversion for Doom 3, turning it into a dark and moody stealth game inspired by the Thief series by Looking Glass Studios. More like a professional game release than a mod, it includes creative new gameplay features, dozens of unique AI, and a complete set of custom art assets, allowing players and mappers alike to enjoy missions in a gothic steampunk universe. The Dark Mod was officially released on October 17th, 2009.
  • Comments: A few days ago, the team released the standalone 2.0 release. It´s a very great game!
  • There are three common problems:
    • You need the "libtxc-dxtn0" package from debian-multimedia repo
    • The gamedata is very large (2.3 GB)
    • The licence of the gamedata (otherwise it must go into non-free with the engine into contrib)

The Legend of Edgar

  • Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/legendofedgar/

  • Source Code License: GPLv2
  • Media Content License: ?
  • Description: The Legend of Edgar is a platform game, not unlike those found on the Amiga and SNES. Edgar must battle his way across the world, solving puzzles and defeating powerful enemies to achieve his quest.
  • Debian Bug: 653813

Thunder&Lightning

  • Home page: http://tnlgame.net/

  • Source Code License: GPLv3?
  • Description: Thunder&Lightning is a futuristic action flight simulator and realtime strategy game that takes place in a large 3D environment.

  • Comments: Needs IOLang and probably update to libsigc++-2.0 since 1.2 is scheduled for removal. - BarrydeFreese

ufo2000

UFO: Alien Invasion

  • Home page: http://ufoai.sourceforge.net/

  • License: GPL and Creative Commons
  • Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157793

  • Description: Strategy game featuring tactical combat against hostile alien forces which are about to infiltrate earth at this very moment.
  • Comments: A 3D remake of the classic turn based strategy game called UFO (Terror from the deep, Enemy unknown). Game engine is based on the GPL version of quake2.
  • Packaging is almost complete. I'm waiting for the 2.5 release.
  • Debian Bug: 244582

Ultrastar Deluxe

Unvanquished

Urban Terror

VCMI

VDrift

  • Home page: http://www.vdrift.net/

  • License: GPLv2
  • ?GitHub: https://www.github.com/VDrift/vdrift/

  • Description: VDrift is a cross-platform, open source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind. The driving physics engine was recently re-written from scratch but was inspired and owes much to the Vamos physics engine.
  • Debian Bug: 694966

Vega Strike

Vertigo

Vulture

  • Home page: http://www.darkarts.co.za/vulture

  • Source Code and Media Content License: Nethack GPL
  • Description: Vulture in an isometric graphical interface for NetHack, Slash'EM and UnNetHack.

  • Debian Bug: 691425

Warsow

  • Home page: http://www.warsow.net/

  • Licence: GPL
  • Description: fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS)
  • Reminder: The last Warsow release was in Debian Squeeze but the maintainer was not responding for a Wheezy release. Now, the maintainer prepares a new release for Debian Jessie.

World of Padman

  • Home page: http://worldofpadman.com

  • License: GPL for the source code, non-free license for game data (see below)
  • Download page: http://worldofpadman.com

  • Description: Polished, complete, comic-style first-person shooter
  • Comments:
    • The game engine and source code are free software (GPLed), but the license for the game data doesn't permit commercial use, so the game could go into contrib with the game data into non-free
    • 2008-09-29 - bdefreese: Already in games team SVN.
  • Debian Bug: 481286

Xonotic

  • Home page: http://www.xonotic.org/

  • License: GPL v2
  • Engine: ?DarkPlaces (GPL) - http://icculus.org/twilight/darkplaces/

  • Description: Xonotic is a free and fast-paced first person shooter for Linux, Mac, and Windows. It combines addictive, arena-style gameplay with rapid movement and a wide array of weapons.
  • Comments: Nexuiz-Fork
  • Debian Bug: 646377

Yoda Soccer