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"].
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AssaultCube (formerly ActionCube)
Home page: http://www.action.cubers.net/
- License: Cube Engine under MIT client; data files non-free but distributable. Some issues need to be clarify
Download page: http://www.action.cubers.net/download.html
- Description: First Person Shooter à la Counter-Strike based on a fork of the Cube engine.
- Comments: Game looks nice but licensing is a wreck and probably over my judgement - bddebian
Aleph One
Home page: http://source.bungie.org/
License: Engine under GPL; data files non-distributable but [http://trilogyrelease.bungie.org/ free to download].
Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=1997
- Description: First Person Shooter
Comments: [http://robots.org.uk/debian/ Packages] ready, looking for a sponsor. ITP is [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=119911 #119911]. The current package doesn't download the game data files automatically, but I'll work on it.
AstroMenace
Home page: http://www.viewizard.com/astromenace/index_linux.php
- License: Recently GPL-3; / Data: "freeware" ?
Download page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/openastromenace
- Description: 3d scrolling space shooter
- Comments: Looks nice, haven't tried packaging, building, or playing yet.
Work In Progress: I built it from sf.net's archives and played it, comaintainance is weclome, ask me -- PhilippeCoval
More: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1969757&group_id=205965&atid=995765
Battles of Antargis
Home page: http://antargis.berlios.de/
Connets ?FlorianLudwig 14.05.07: "bresser [AT] informatik uni-bremen de" created a debian package already. If you gonna build one please contact him to avoid doubled work. He is no dd and so I guess he needs a sponsor.
- Are his packages online somewhere? I'd like to try them...
- From the website: " I appreciate any helpful feedback, but please note, that this game is far from being stable or even playable." - bddebian
Crystal Entity Layer
Home page: http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/CEL
- License: LGPL
Download page: http://www.crystalspace3d.org/main/Download
- Description: a game engine based on Crystal Space SDK
- Comments: It has been in git of Games Team.
Ecksdee
Home page: http://ecksdee.sourceforge.net/wiki/wiki/Main_Page
- License: GPL
Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=157040
- Description: futuristic racing game
- Comments:
?FlorianLudwig: I guess it would require a newer version of Crystalspace in debian
there is a new version of crystalspace build by the crystalspace2blender guys at http://b2cs.delcorp.org/index.php/Debian_Packages
ezQuake
Home page: http://ezquake.sourceforge.net/
- License: GPL for the engine and unclear for the data materials
Download page: http://ezquake.sourceforge.net/build/
- Description: a modern Quakeworld engine
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.
FreeLords
Home page: http://freelords.sourceforge.net/
- License: GPL
Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=11939
- 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
FreeRA
Home page: http://www.freera.org
- License: GPL
Download page: http://www.freera.org
Description: Free engine to play the "Command & Conquer: Red Alert" game from Westwood under Linux.
- Comments: Requires original game media files, so will need to go into contrib.
Freesynd
Home page: http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/
- License: GPL
Download page: http://freesynd.sourceforge.net/
- Description: Free engine to play the "Syndicate" game from Bullfrog under Linux. The first level is already roughly playable.
- Comments: Requires original game media files, so will need to go into contrib. It actually ncludes the game media files in the 0.1 download tarball, but as the license status is unclear, they'll need to be removed and repackaged as .dfsg.tar.gz
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: GPL
Download page: http://code.google.com/p/irrlamb/downloads/list
- Description: 3D game that probably involves a lot of physics and frustrating gameplay.
Packages: in Ubuntu/getdeb.net([http://www.getdeb.net/download.php?release=1087&fpos=1 1] [http://www.getdeb.net/download.php?release=1087&fpos=0 2])
Jammer The Gardener
Home page: http://jammers.sourceforge.net/
- License: GPL
Download page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/jammers/
- Description: Live the life of a aspiring gardener. A 3D comic game for kids.
Packages: Ubuntu package available: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/jammers/jammer-thegardener_1.0_i386.deb
- Comments: An ITP is open (#480389). This game needs CELstart (ITP: #480392, #282666).
- I will work on cel and jammers with Debian Games Team. - caleb
Krank
Home page: http://krank.sourceforge.net/
- License: Public Domain
Download page: http://mixtk.com/elio/krank-07.tar.bz2
- Description: Sort of puzzle / dexterity game
- Comments: The download link is *not* official. There are only .exe and .dmg downloads avalable from upstream. Its written in pure python so it runs fine on debian without modification.
Lure Of The Temptress
- License: non-free due to commercial Inc. logos, see RFP: #478543
- Its license is as same as Revolution's beneath-a-steel-sky data files.
- Basically it is free, but you have to remove some logos to make it in Debian main.
Download page: http://www.scummvm.org/downloads.php
- Description: 2D fantasy adventure from Revolution Software
Comments: ScummVM compatible http://wiki.scummvm.org/index.php/Lure_of_the_Temptress
- An RFP is open (#478543).
- There is a good shaped and lintian clean source package in mentors.debian.net. See its RFP.
- It is also in SVN of Debian Games Team.
Maniadrive
Home page: http://maniadrive.raydium.org/
- License: ?
Download: http://maniadrive.raydium.org/index.php?downloads=yes
- Description: a free clone of Trackmania
Screenshot: http://maniadrive.raydium.org/index.php?screenshots=yes
- comment: (Quote from the official faq) Two dependencies are automatically downloaded from configure script:
- * ODE (Open Dynamics Engine)
- * PHP (v5) The problem here is that a lot of Linux distros do not provides PHP as a library, but only as a CLI program and an Apache module. ODE is released by distros in a lot of various versions (0.3x, 0.5, 0.6, CVS), wich makes things very complex for us. As a packager, you must know that Raydium "configure" script does not generates anything (no config.h nor Makefile) and is only here to download ODE (from our server) and PHP (from www.php.net) and checks all other dependencies, so it's possible to package the game without calling configure script and provide these libraries in another way.
- * Update: ODE 0.7 is in experimental and is maintained by the team. Things will be easier.
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
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
OpenAnno
Home page: http://openanno.org/
- License: code licensed under the terms of the GNU GPL v2 and the graphics as CC-BY-SA 3.0
- Download page: currently only SVN
- Description: Realtime economy simulation game with strategy elements in an isometric 2D engine loosely oriented towards Sunflower's Anno series
- Comments:
- * currently in the early development phase
* depends on fife: http://www.fifengine.de/ which is not yet in debian
OpenAstroMenace
- License: GPL-3
Download page: http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=205965
- Description: Hardcore 3D space shooter with spaceship upgrade possibilities.
- Comments: RFP: #493350. Great 3D, music, and sound. Easy to build and play.
OpenMortal
Home page: http://openmortal.sourceforge.net/
- License: GPL
Download page: http://openmortal.sourceforge.net/download.html
- Description: Open Mortal is a parody of the once popular coin-up fighting game, Mortal Kombat.
Comments: [http://ftp.debian-unofficial.org/debian/pool/main/o/openmortal/ Packages] available at debian-unofficial.org. RFP/ITP is [http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248751 #248751].
- This package is work-in-progress by the Debian Games Team. Hopefully it'll be uploaded, soon.
- Already in games svn
- 2008-09-29 - bdefreese: Unknown license issues with graphics and other content.
Pacifi3d
Home page: http://pacifi3d.retrogames.com/pacifi3d/index.html
- Licence: Open Source
Download page: http://pacifi3d.retrogames.com/pacifi3d/index.html
- Description: A proof-of-concept pacman emulator that replaces the original pacman sprites and tiles with OpenGL 3D graphics.
- Comments: Source is GPL but requires "Puckman" MAME rom images to work. - bddebian
REminiscense
- License: GPL
Download page: http://membres.lycos.fr/cyxdown/reminiscence/
- Description: Free engine to play the "Flashback" action game
- Comments: Requires the original game media files, so needs to go to contrib.
TA Spring
Home page: http://taspring.clan-sy.com/
License: The core game is released under GPL License. However, some parts of the game are still under copyright by their owners. Therefore, today, you need to own the original TA game if you want to play. However the community is working hard in order to offer completely free alternatives. At this moment there's a mod (content package) called [http://taspring.clan-sy.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=8089 ?NanoBlobs] which is licensed under a combination of GPL & CC.
Download page: [https://developer.berlios.de/project/showfiles.php?group_id=4358 Berlios] or [https://taspring.clan-sy.com/svn/spring/tags SVN]. The game engine is fully ported to Linux. As of version 0.74b1 also Linux vs Windows multiplayer will be supported. However, a lobby (to set up & start multiplayer games) is not finished yet.
Description: a free [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Total_Annihilation Total Annihilation] engine designed to be compatible with original materials.
Comments: Being packaged by ScottRitchie in a third party repository. Will be moving into Debian soonish after 0.96 release.
Thunder & Lightning
Home page: http://tnlgame.net/
- License: GPL
Download page: http://tnlgame.net/content/view/37/57/
- Description: futuristic action flight simulator and real-time strategy game
- Comments: I've tried to build this but it requires the Io programming language. There is an ITP for Io but last I checked it was not complete.
UFO: Alien Invasion
Home page: http://ufo.myexp.de/
- 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 clasical turn based strategy game called UFO (Terror from the deep, Enemy unknown). game engine is based on the GPL version of quake2. This package has an ITP ([http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=244582 #244582]) by Yann Dirson already (anyone willing to check the status?).
- This package is already being worked on. Their sources tarball contains a debian folder.
Point of contact is Yann Dirson < dirson@debian.org > or < dino@phidev.org >
ufo2000
* see ["/ufo2000"]
uhexen2
Home page: http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/
- License: GPL
Download page: http://uhexen2.sourceforge.net/download.html
- Description: Hexen2 GPLed engine. It needs the commercial paks from the cdrom or shareware. Maybe we can provide an installer like with quake2.
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.
Wormsofprey
Home page: http://www.wormsofprey.org
- License: GPL2 + some non-free parts
Download page: http://www.wormsofprey.org/download.html
- Description: Worms like multiplayer, realtime game
Comments: An ITP was opened in 2006 but closed due to inactivity ([http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=353545 #353545]).
- 2008-09-29 - bdefreese: And upstream hasn't seemed active since 2006.
- 2008-11-28 - eddyp: the package hasn't been touched in a while, hasn't been uploaded and has been moved into the attic by goneri in r4300
Xmris
Home page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/xmris/
- License: GPL since v4.05
Download page: http://downloads.sourceforge.net/xmris/xmris.4.0.5.tar.gz?modtime=1205690265&big_mirror=0
- Description: Mr Is is a version of the Mr Do video arcade game for the X Window System. Mr Ed is an editor with which you can create your own gardens.
- Comments: Seems to be available on OpenBSD, Mandrake and SuSE already. Author moved upstream to sourceforge recently.
Ultrastar Deluxe
Home page: http://ultrastardx.sourceforge.net/
Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ultrastardx/
Suppor 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.