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Linux game database

75 points by amarsahinovic 14y ago

xPaw 14y ago
Also list of Linux games on Steam: 1. http://steamlinux.xpaw.ru/ http://steamlinux.xpaw.ru/ 2. http://steamdb.info/linux/ http://steamdb.info/linux/ (automated, pulls data from Steam)
aesteral 14y ago
You laugh you lose
copx 14y ago
Well there has to be a replacement for The Linux Game Tome (http://www.happypenguin.org/ http://www.happypenguin.org/) but this one just feels soulless and generic. The Linux Game Tome was never very good from a technical point of view but it had style.
- hazov 14y ago
  A sad demise, this page was part of my Linux using in the early 2000s.
osener 14y ago
I was going to recommend http://www.happypenguin.org/ http://www.happypenguin.org/ but apparently this week they announced its demise, sad to see it go. There is also http://www.penguspy.com/ http://www.penguspy.com/ which contains a well curated list of Linux games.
- null_ptr 14y ago
  I'm sorry to be mean, but with a 1994 feel like that, no wonder it didn't get the attention and interest it deserved. And this is coming from an enthusiast. Hopefully someone will take the reins and do it justice though.
  - cookiecaper 14y ago
    I rather enjoyed the Linux Game Tome for many years. It got a lot of attention and was well-known in the community. As the post says, its maintainers stopped updating and maintaining it, but it went on for a long time. I actually appreciate that "1994 feel" and am glad it didn't become polluted with such modern "niceties" as tag clouds, infinite scroll, and share buttons on every post.
babuskov 14y ago
I tried to create an account using Yahoo! OpenID to submit one of my games: http://www.guacosoft.com/njam http://www.guacosoft.com/njam I got this error from Yahoo!: Sorry! You will not be able to link your Yahoo! account with this website or application. It is using an older version of the OpenID technology.
eterm 14y ago
How can gaming on linux be taken seriously when the same tired old ports and poor quality games dominate the "top" list by user reviews? You'd get a better sense of linux gaming with Steam for Linux.
- jiggy2011 14y ago
  The top choices are weird , there are a lot of newer more exciting games than those available. Maybe it's because they are free?
- brador 14y ago
  Or give up and use wine with Windows steam. It's buggy, but some great games work.
  - shmerl 14y ago
    I use Wine with Windows games from GOG. Many games work great (from time to time you get exceptions which don't work with Wine, like this one: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/heroes_of_annihilated_empires http://www.gog.com/gamecard/heroes_of_annihilated_empires ).
- shmerl 14y ago
  Unfortunately Steam remains DRMed, so it's not going to "cut it" for Linux gaming (i.e. to be a presentable selection of Linux users), since Linux crowd has little respect to DRM and many aren't using Steam because of that. The only hope could be GOG, but they aren't itching to start selling Linux games yet (feel free to let then know if you are interested: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games ).
  - jeltz 14y ago
    Steam does not require games to use their DRM, it is one of their many optional features. I do not know if anyone has compiled a list of non-DRMed games at Steam though.
pglombardo 14y ago
It's a shameless plug but I keep a game index site with a fair list of Linux games: http://www.gamefndr.com/games?game%5Bplatform_ids%5D%5B%5D=7 http://www.gamefndr.com/games?game%5Bplatform_ids%5D%5B%5D=7 The site is still only half-done and is a work in progress. (and features ugly deep link URLs) BTW slick work on the lgdb tools and emulators listings.
networked 14y ago
For games specifically distributed under free software licenses take a look at https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page. SourceForge's games section [1] is also still a surprisingly good tool for discovering smaller and more obscure Linux game titles. I wish there was this sort of cataloguing going on on GitHub (even if it was through a third-party website). [1] https://sourceforge.net/directory/games/ https://sourceforge.net/directory/games/
shmerl 14y ago
No way to filter by DRM free criteria there?

75 points by amarsahinovic 14y ago

xPaw 14y ago

Also list of Linux games on Steam: 1. http://steamlinux.xpaw.ru/ http://steamlinux.xpaw.ru/ 2. http://steamdb.info/linux/ http://steamdb.info/linux/ (automated, pulls data from Steam)

aesteral 14y ago

You laugh you lose

copx 14y ago

Well there has to be a replacement for The Linux Game Tome (http://www.happypenguin.org/ http://www.happypenguin.org/) but this one just feels soulless and generic. The Linux Game Tome was never very good from a technical point of view but it had style.

hazov 14y ago
A sad demise, this page was part of my Linux using in the early 2000s.

osener 14y ago

I was going to recommend http://www.happypenguin.org/ http://www.happypenguin.org/ but apparently this week they announced its demise, sad to see it go. There is also http://www.penguspy.com/ http://www.penguspy.com/ which contains a well curated list of Linux games.

null_ptr 14y ago
I'm sorry to be mean, but with a 1994 feel like that, no wonder it didn't get the attention and interest it deserved. And this is coming from an enthusiast. Hopefully someone will take the reins and do it justice though.
- cookiecaper 14y ago
  I rather enjoyed the Linux Game Tome for many years. It got a lot of attention and was well-known in the community. As the post says, its maintainers stopped updating and maintaining it, but it went on for a long time. I actually appreciate that "1994 feel" and am glad it didn't become polluted with such modern "niceties" as tag clouds, infinite scroll, and share buttons on every post.

babuskov 14y ago

I tried to create an account using Yahoo! OpenID to submit one of my games: http://www.guacosoft.com/njam http://www.guacosoft.com/njam I got this error from Yahoo!: Sorry! You will not be able to link your Yahoo! account with this website or application. It is using an older version of the OpenID technology.

eterm 14y ago

How can gaming on linux be taken seriously when the same tired old ports and poor quality games dominate the "top" list by user reviews? You'd get a better sense of linux gaming with Steam for Linux.

jiggy2011 14y ago
The top choices are weird , there are a lot of newer more exciting games than those available. Maybe it's because they are free?
brador 14y ago
Or give up and use wine with Windows steam. It's buggy, but some great games work.
- shmerl 14y ago
  I use Wine with Windows games from GOG. Many games work great (from time to time you get exceptions which don't work with Wine, like this one: http://www.gog.com/gamecard/heroes_of_annihilated_empires http://www.gog.com/gamecard/heroes_of_annihilated_empires ).
shmerl 14y ago
Unfortunately Steam remains DRMed, so it's not going to "cut it" for Linux gaming (i.e. to be a presentable selection of Linux users), since Linux crowd has little respect to DRM and many aren't using Steam because of that. The only hope could be GOG, but they aren't itching to start selling Linux games yet (feel free to let then know if you are interested: http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games http://www.gog.com/wishlist/site/add_linux_versions_of_games ).
- jeltz 14y ago
  Steam does not require games to use their DRM, it is one of their many optional features. I do not know if anyone has compiled a list of non-DRMed games at Steam though.

pglombardo 14y ago

It's a shameless plug but I keep a game index site with a fair list of Linux games: http://www.gamefndr.com/games?game%5Bplatform_ids%5D%5B%5D=7 http://www.gamefndr.com/games?game%5Bplatform_ids%5D%5B%5D=7 The site is still only half-done and is a work in progress. (and features ugly deep link URLs) BTW slick work on the lgdb tools and emulators listings.

networked 14y ago

For games specifically distributed under free software licenses take a look at https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page https://libregamewiki.org/Main_Page. SourceForge's games section [1] is also still a surprisingly good tool for discovering smaller and more obscure Linux game titles. I wish there was this sort of cataloguing going on on GitHub (even if it was through a third-party website). [1] https://sourceforge.net/directory/games/ https://sourceforge.net/directory/games/

shmerl 14y ago

No way to filter by DRM free criteria there?