Games that empower
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This is a Superuser project for playful learning using games that leave no child behind just in time for seriously engaging and embracing the players with experiences that challenge their natural curiousity, desire to improve outcomes and facilitate life long cognitive conflict.
There's a variety of games: 2D and 3D Massively Multiplay Online Roleplaying, Educational, First Person Shooter, Real Time Strategy, Simulation, Arcade, Puzzle and Board games. Most multiplayer games are playable online or on a computer network.
All the games are Free Software with the source code being openly available so you can play with that too.
There's 3 steps to getting the games.
- Download and install the download manager
- Download the Games list and open it with the download manager
- Select the games you want
History of computer and video games: In the 1960's, game development led to the creation of the Unix operating system and the C programming language. The Unix environment and the client/server program model were important elements in the development of the Internet and the reshaping of computing as centered in networks rather than in individual computers. The C programming language is the worlds most widely used programming language.
The games used in this project give players the freedom to run, copy, distribute, study, change and improve the software so players can find new ways to advance human knowledge or they can play solo or with their friends and family for fun.
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Early Education
- Tux Math Scrabble
- TuxMathScrabble encourages kids to construct compound equations and to consider multiple abstract possibilities. to consider multiple abstract possibilities. The movements are by drag-and-drop. Lin,win [?]
- Tux Typing
- Tux Typing is an educational typing tutor for children. It features several different types of gameplay, at a variety of difficulty levels. Lin,mac,win [?]
- Tux of Math Command
- Tux of Math Command is an educational math tutor for children starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. Unix,mac,win [?]
- GCompris
- GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational. Lin,win [?]
- Childsplay, educational games for young children.
- Childsplay is a 'suite' of educational games for young children. Unix,win [?]
Adventure and Roleplaying
- Wing Commander - Privateer Remake
- Wing Commander - Privateer Remake [?]
- PlaneShift
- The objective of the PlaneShift is to create a 3D virtual fantasy world in which a player can start as a peasant in search of fame and become a hero. First of all PlaneShift is a A massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG).Lin,mac,win [?]
- Eternal Lands
- Eternal Lands is a FREE MMORPG (massively multiplayer online role playing game). Lin,mac,win [?]
- Vega Strike
- A 3D Space Simulator that allows you to trade and bounty hunt in a vast universe. Lin,mac,win [?]
- Battle for Wesnoth
- The Battle for Wesnoth is a free, turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Fight a desperate battle to reclaim the throne of Wesnoth, or take hand in any number of other adventures. Unix,mac,win [?]
- NetHack - Vulture's Eye
- The player takes the part of a dungeon-delving hero in search of the Amulet of Yendor. The quest spans more than 50 levels, most of which are randomly created. Each level contains monsters, weaponry, magical items, hidden doors and much more. Unix,win,mac [?]
Tactics and Strategy
- Glest, A free 3d RTS (real time strategy) project :.
- Glest is a free 3D real time strategy game, available for several operative systems [?]
- Invasion - Battle of Survival
- Invasion - Battle of Survival is a real-time strategy game. It started as a clone of the realtime fantasy strategy game WarCraft II. Lin,win [?]
- Globulation2
- Globulation 2 is an innovative Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game which reduces micro-management by automatically assigning tasks to units. Lin,win [?]
- Scorched 3D - A 3D Remake Of Scorched Earth
- Scorched 3D is a game based loosely (or actually quite heavily now) on the classic DOS game Scorched Earth The Mother Of All Games. Scorched 3D adds amongst other new features a 3D island environment and LAN and internet play. Unix,mac,win [?]
- Freeciv
- Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal to become the greatest civilization. Lin,mac,win [?]
Simulation
- LinCity-NG
- LinCity-NG is a City Simulation Game. It is a polished and improved version of the classic LinCity (http://www.floot.demon.co.uk/lincity.html) game. Lin,mac,win [?]
- FlightGear Flight Simulator
- The FlightGear flight simulator project is an open-source, multi-platform, cooperative flight simulator development project. It runs on Unix, windows and mac osx [?]
First Person Shooter
- Legends: The Game - Home
- Captive humans remotely control clones in a fight to the death for an alien spectator sport. lin,win [?]
- T R E M U L O U S
- Tremulous is a free, open source game that blends a team based FPS with elements of an RTS. Players can choose from 2 unique races, aliens and humans. lin,mac,win [?]
- Nexuiz
- Nexuiz is a 3d deathmatch game project, created online by a team of developers called Alientrap. It is available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux [?]
- Warsow
- A fast paced 3D multiplayer first person shooter. It runs on Linux and windows [?]
- Cube
- Cube is an open source 3D multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. It runs on Mac, windows and Unix [?]
- BZflag
- BZFlag is a free multiplayer multiplatform 3D tank battle game. The name stands for Battle Zone capture Flag. It runs on Irix, Linux, *BSD, Windows, Mac OS X and other platforms [?]
Arcade Games
- Armagetron Advanced :: a Tron clone in 3D
- Armagetron Advanced is a 3D online multiplayer game modeled after the light cycle sequences from the film Tron. Lin,mac,win [?]
- FooBillard
- FooBillard is a free 3D billard game with realistic physics, AI-player and many gametypes like pool carambol or snooker. Lin,mac,win [?]
- Tuxracer
- Tux Racer lets you take on the role of Tux the Linux Penguin as he races down steep, snow-covered mountains. Enter cups and compete to win the title!Lin,mac,win [?]
- SuperTux
- SuperTux is a classic style 2D jump and run game inspired by the Nintendo Super Mario series.Unix,mac,lin [?]
- Liquid War 5
- Liquid War is a unique multiplayer wargame. Its rules are truely original and have been invented by Thomas Colcombet. You control an army of liquid and have to try and eat your opponents. Lin,win [?]
- Mad Bomber
- The Mad Bomber is loose in the city and he's dropping bombs everywhere! It's your job to catch them before they hit the ground and explode. Luckily, you have a set of trusty buckets to extinguish them with. Unix,mac,win [?]
- Circus Linux
- Circus Linux! is a clone of the Atari 2600 game Circus Atari, produced by Atari, Inc. (which is itself a clone of an earlier arcade game named, simply Circus). Unix,mac,win [?]
- LBreakout
- The successor to LBreakout offers you a new challenge in more than 50 levels with loads of new bonuses (goldshower, joker, explosive balls, bonus magnet ...), maluses (chaos, darkness, weak balls, malus magnet ...) and special bricks. Unix,mac,lin [?]
- Barrage
- Barrage is a rather violent action game with the objective to kill and destroy as many targets as possible within 3 minutes. You control a gun that may either fire small or large grenades at soldiers, jeeps and tanks. Lin,mac,win [?]
- Defendguin
- Defendguin is a clone of the arcade game Defender, but with a Linux theme. Your mission is to defend little penguinoids from being captured and mutated. Unix,win [?]
- Vectoroids
- Your objective is to maneuver a space ship within a field of asteroids, and shoot them into smaller and smaller pieces, eventually destroying them completely. Unix,win,lin [?]
- ClanBomber
- ClanBomber is a free (GPL) Bomberman-like multiplayer game. Unix,win [?]
- Kobo Deluxe
- Kobo Deluxe is an enhanced version of Akira Higuchi's game XKobo. It adds sound, smoother animation, high resolution support, OpenGL acceleration (optional), an intuitive menu driven user interface, joystick support and other features. Unix,mac,lin [?]
- Bug Squish
- In Bug Squish, you must defend your arm from an onslaught of blood-sucking insects. Use your fly-swatter to squish them before they suck you dry. Unix,mac,win [?]
Puzzle Games
- Anagramarama
- a FREE word game for Linux, Windows and BeOS. The aim is to find as many words as possible in the time available. Get the longest word and you'll advance to the next level. [?]
- Enigma
- The object of the game is to find uncover pairs of identically colored Oxyd stones. Simple? Yes. Easy? Certainly not! Hidden traps, vast mazes, laser beams, and countless hairy puzzles usually block your direct way to the Oxyd stones. Lin,mac,win [?]
- Gem Drop X
- Gem Drop X is a fast-paced puzzle game where it's your job to clear the screen of gems before they squash you! (You're at the bottom, they're at the top, and they keep coming!). Lin,mac,win [?]
- Sokoban
- Sokoban (Japanese for warehouse keeper) is a transport puzzle in which the player pushes boxes around a maze, viewed from above, and tries to put them in designated locations. Lin,win [?]
- Frozen Bubble
- Full-featured, colorful animated penguin eyecandy, 100 levels of 1p game, hours and hours of 2p game, a level-editor, 3 professional quality 20-channels music tracks, 15 stereo sound effects, 7 unique graphical transition effects. Lin,win,mac [?]
- IceBreaker
- Penguin Puzzle game. Lin,win [?]
- LMarbles
- LMarbles is an Atomix clone with a slight change in concept. Instead of assembling molecules you create figures out of marbles. Lin, win [?]
Board Games
- PyScrabble - Open Source Scrabble
- PyScrabble is an online, multiplayer Scrabble game. [?]
- Chess
- XBoard and WinBoard are graphical user interfaces for chess. They display a chessboard on the screen, accept moves made with the mouse, and load and save games in Portable Game Notation (PGN). Unix,win [?]
- GNU Go
- GNU Go is a free program that plays the game of Go. GNU Go has played thousands of games on the NNGS Go server. Unix,mac,win [?]
- TTT (Tic-Tac-Toe)
- ttt is a very simple one- or two-player Tic Tac Toe game played using a mouse. Unix,win [?]
Maintainer Wanted
This project is looking for a maintainer, particulary someone who uses windows frequently. Its a very simple job, you will receive free accounts for our social bookmarking software and this wiki. Every now and then just update the bookmarks and edit the list. If you feel this is something you can do please contact me.
Order Online
If you don't have an internet connection you can order a copy of the games on CD. If thats difficult and you would really like a copy of these games then feel free to contact me. Hopefully if people find this project useful we can provide a list of distributors below.