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Hi guys!

 

I'm preparing an ATX machine to work with MDK and Games and after it goes to the press so they can test it and hopefully make a review on it.

 

It was a challenge made by a friend for us (me and the linux community) to show that a regular (sort of) PC with Mandrake Linux could compete with regular PC with MS Windows XP in the games front.

 

It is not needed to offer ALL MSWinXP's panoplia of software, but only one or two of each that really work :thumbs:

 

Hope we win :unsure:

 

I need some links to software (if possible some heavy 3D FPS and free) to install and test.

And of course some hints on how to make them work extra-fine :lol:

 

Machine configuration:

  • Mainboard FIC P4M-800T, Socket 478, VIA PT800
  • 2,8 GHz Intel Pentium 4 w/ HT Tech., FSB800
  • 256MB DDRAM PC400
  • 120 GB Seagate Barracuda HDD
  • Teac DVD/CD-RW Combo
  • Radeon 9200V 128MB DDR SDRAM
  • AGP 4x RiserCard
  • V1020 SAT Tuner Card
  • Ports 4x USB 2.0, 2x IEEE 1394 Firewire, 6 ch. audio, SPDIF out
  • 10/100 Base-T Ethernet, serial, parallel, mouse and kb
  • Mandrake 9.2 Discovery

All :help: is much appreciated :) :cheesy:

 

Thank you all in advance for your kind cooperation.

 

1[],

 

B) Lopo

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Ok, I didn't played all this game ... but mostly when I encounter something nice, I bookmark it:

Dont forget top look at linux game tome

some tips on games:

 

(All the games are free or gpl or something)

 

* Parsec :

 

It's only playable on a lan. If there are bots (don't know anymore) you could do a 1 player game ... I read some people played over the internet by setting up a VPN, so that it looks liek they are on the same lan. Maybe you can play on the internet now ..don't know.

 

There is activity .. look at the sourceforge-list.

 

* I just found this ( a great collection of software: linux.org ): Torcs:

 

Torcs

 

* flightgear: flightsimulator ... don't forget to install the extra maps. I heard it's not easy at all.

 

* Armagettron:

 

enable all options and don't forget to install the extra's:

extras

 

* didn't tried it liek many games :), btu here it is (online roleplaying):

 

Mistland

 

* I play bzflag a lot. Graphically not the prettiest, but I like it:

 

bzflag

 

* Alteria

 

* racer

 

You can extend this game:

 

see the 3rd-party-section of their page

 

* Maybe they want to have also more of a thinking game???: 3d-chess:

chess

 

 

Ok, I have some others, buth don't know if you're interested .. they're not really 3d-intensive .. I mentionned some of them here too :).

 

Hops this helps some.

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Ooh yes FPS:

 

* don't forget America's Army ... if you liek this game

 

* Cube: http://wouter.fov120.com/cube/

* lenegds (online): http://hosted.tribalwar.com/legends/module...=showpage&pid=1

 

* transfusion: http://www.planetblood.com/qblood/

 

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ok, no fps :

 

tux racer: http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/

 

freeciv: http://www.freeciv.org/

You can install another tile-map to change how thze game looks ... Some people just do't like the default. you can also change some other things: look at their page at the graphics, sound and tileset-links.

 

just found this one: http://boson.eu.org/

 

you also have http://netpanzer.berlios.de/

 

ooh yeah ...I think enemy territory(ET) can also be instaleld on linux

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I guess I'll add my list of games......

 

Return to Castle Wolfenstien: Enemy Territory -- free, Quake 3 engine

Quake 2 -- old times eh?

Legends -- free, based off of the torque engine

Wesnoth -- free, turn-based startegy game

FreeCiv -- like Civ 1, but free

Flightgear -- free, flight sim

GLTron -- free, I perfer it over Armegatron

BZFlag -- free, multiplyer BZ game... OpenGL

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