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NAME="AEN981"
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>12. Websites And Resources</H1
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>12.1. Meta gaming websites</H2
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>These are some resources for Linux gamers no matter what kind of game you enjoy to
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play.</P
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>The Linux Game Tome: <A
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HREF="http://www.happypenguin.org"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.happypenguin.org</A
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> About the games
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themselves.</P
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><A
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HREF="http://www.linuxgames.com"
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TARGET="_top"
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>Linuxgames</A
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><DD
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> Linux gaming news</P
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><A
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HREF="http://www.holarse.net"
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>http://www.holarse.net</A
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><DD
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>Linux
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meta gaming site for German speaking folk.</P
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><DT
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><A
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HREF="http://www.mobygames.com"
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>Mobygames</A
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><DD
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>A database of all known computer games. It's very complete and is one of my
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favorite sites.</P
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>12.2. Commercial Linux Game Resources</H2
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>12.2.1. Where to buy commercial games</H3
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>ebgames <<A
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HREF="http://www.ebgames.com"
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>http://www.ebgames.com</A
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>> no longer officially
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sells Linux software. They stopped selling Linux games and distributions at around the
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same time Loki Software declared bankruptcy, which is a shame because they had the lowest
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prices on Linux games I've ever seen. However, occasionally, they'll have things like
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Code Warrior or Redhat Linux on sale.</P
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>Tux Games: <A
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HREF="http://www.tuxgames.com"
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>http://www.tuxgames.com</A
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><DD
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> Your one stop shop for
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buying any commercial Linux game (software vendors like Tribsoft and Loki have online
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shops at their websites too).</P
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NAME="AEN1019"
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>12.2.2. Who Used To Release Games For Linux</H3
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>These are companies that used to release games for Linux but for whatever reasons
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aren't actively involved in Linux games anymore.</P
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>Loki Software: <A
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HREF="http://www.lokigames.com"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.lokigames.com</A
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>As the company that brought CTP and Quake3 to Linux, Loki was the father
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of Linux gaming. They were one of the first and had, by far, the most titles (I own ALL
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of them). Loki ported games to Linux, mostly using the SDL library. Loki's death in
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January 2002 was the biggest setback Linux has ever had in its attempt to capture the
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general desktop market. Linuxgames.com has a nice Loki timeline at <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxgames.com/articles/lokitimeline"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.linuxgames.com/articles/lokitimeline</A
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>Tribsoft: <A
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HREF="http://www.tribsoft.com"
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>http://www.tribsoft.com</A
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><DD
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>Tribsoft released Jagged Alliance 2, an excellent rpg/strat which claimed
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2+ weeks of my life. There were slated to release Europai Universalis, Majesty and
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Unfinished Business. However, as of 3Jan01, Mathieu Pinard of Tribsoft said that he was
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taking a break and Tribsoft would no longer release games for awhile. He'll still support
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JA2 but don't expect patches or updates.</P
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>MP Entertainment: <A
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HREF="http://www.hopkinsfbi.com"
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>http://www.hopkinsfbi.com</A
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>MP Entertainment released
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Hopkins FBI, my favorite game ever released for Linux. More violent than Quake. More
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nudity than Hustler. More camp than <A
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HREF="http://www.flatwaremedia.com/liberace/gallery.cfm"
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>Liberace</A
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>. It's a comic
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book on your monitor. They were slated to release Hopkins FBI II and a few other titles,
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but it's been a few years since the announcements with no sign that the games are coming.
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They've ignored all my attempts at finding out more information, so I have to conclude
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that MP Entertainment is in the same status as Tribsoft. You can still purchase or
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download a demo of Hopkins FBI from their website. If anyone has more information on this
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company or the author of Hopkins FBI, please contact me.</P
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>Phantom EFX: <A
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HREF="http://www.phantomefx.com"
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>http://www.phantomefx.com</A
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>They offer Reel Deal Slots, which is very nicely done! I'm not much for
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card/gambling games, but this game is impressive! Because their Linux guy quit the
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company, Reel Deal Slots is their first, and so far, last release for
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Linux.</P
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>12.3. Other Resources</H2
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><P
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>This section has URL's that should be mentioned but didn't have a separate section
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within the howto, so I list them here as a kind of appendix.</P
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>Linux Game Publishing: <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.linuxgamepublishing.com</A
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>Linux Publishing
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doesn't sell directly to the public, but provides professional game publishing to authors of
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publishing. I think this means disk copying, packaging and selling to
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retailers.</P
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>XFree86 Homesite: <A
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HREF="http://www.xfree86.org"
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>http://www.xfree86.org</A
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>XFree86 home page</P
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>Linux Game Development Center: <A
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HREF="http://lgdc.sunsite.dk/index.html"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://lgdc.sunsite.dk/index.html</A
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><DD
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>This is the
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canonical website for people who want to program games under Linux. It's a clearing house
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of information that contains well written articles on all aspects of game programming (not
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necessarily Linux specific), links to important game programming resources, interviews,
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reviews, polls and lots of other stuff. It's hard to imagine a better website on the
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subject.</P
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>Linux Gamers' FAQ: <A
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HREF="http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/"
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TARGET="_top"
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>http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/</A
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>Despite the astounding
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fact that the Linux Gamers' FAQ doesn't mention the Linux Gamers' HOWTO as a resource
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anywhere in their text, I regard the FAQ as a good companion to this HOWTO. I've tried to
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keep game specific information in this HOWTO at a minimum. The FAQ takes the opposite
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approach; they mainly focus on the games themselves, including game specific problems and
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where to get Linux games in the first place. The FAQ and HOWTO are complementary in this
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regard, and I've tried to not reproduce their content. Despite the authors being a bit
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surly, their effort with the FAQ is very good. If you want a general source of information
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on game specific questions, the FAQ is a fantastic place to start with. In addition, the
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FAQ keeps a fairly large database of Linux Games.</P
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>Linux Audio Quality HOWTO: <A
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HREF="http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/quality/"
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>http://www.linuxdj.com/audio/quality/</A
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><P
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>This HOWTO is
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mainly of interest to musicians who want professional or semi professional sound cards for
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the recording and making of music on a computer. The information is very detailed, and
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perhaps overkill for gamers.</P
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