Editing Linux (section)

==Free games in distro-agnostic packages==

These are still typically free software (or at least freeware), but do not use your easy-peasy package manager to install itself deep in your system. Most of the time, they are just binaries (or executables in Windows parlance) in downloadable tar.gz archives (which work like .zip files). Though, in some more rare cases, these may also include games that come as source code only -- you need to hunt down the right libraries through your distro's package manager, compile, and install manually (while trickier, this has the added bonus of increased optimization for your computer hardware, however marginal).

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!Abuse
|Platformer
|You got locked up in a prison where illegal genetic experiments take place, and all the inmates were transformed into monsters. A 2D platformer with a rather unique mouse-driven aim system, a gritty style, and merciless action. Was made free when the developer went bankrupt. Worth checking out.
|[https://www.moddb.com/games/abuse Mod DB]
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![[Dwarf Fortress]]
|Sim
|Comes with 2 game modes: Fortress mode where you set off with a bunch of dwarves to make your fort in the wilderness, and Adventurer: A roguelike with no purpose(yet). Addictive gameplay, very in depth damage system(even keeps track of how much damage each FINGER receives), and a game so confusing to newcomers it is recommended to read [http://df.magmawiki.com/ MagmaWiki] thoroughly before playing, or watch the tutorial videos like [http://www.youtube.com/user/51ppycup 51ppycup's YouTube.] It's definitely the most complex game you've ever played, and probably the most complex game you will ever play. It's worth the endeavor though.
|[http://www.bay12games.com/dwarves/ Official site]
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!Heroes of Newerth
|Action-RTS
|It's DotA by S2 Games. Need I say more? Just run the shell script in terminal to install and you're good to go. Went F2P model because of competition from LoL. Some heroes are original, while others are ported from DotA. This'll hold you over until Gaben decides to port every Valve game (DotA2) to Linux.
|[http://www.heroesofnewerth.com Official site]
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!Katawa Shoujo
|Visual Novel
|The story tells of a young man who, after suffering a heart attack upon hearing a confession from the girl he loves, is diagnosed with cardiac dysrhythmia and sent to a school where he meets several lovely and charming teenage girls who each suffer from a different disability.

The fan-made "Re-Engineered" version adds some new frills and technical updates.
|[http://katawa-shoujo.com Original]<br />[https://www.fhs.sh/projects/ksre KSRE]
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!Marathon trilogy
|FPS
|The predecessor to the Halo series. The year is 2794 and you are a security officer aboard the UESC Marathon, a large, multi-generational colony spacecraft (converted from one of Mars's moons). As the ship and the Tau Ceti colony are attacked by hostile extraterrestrials, you find that something is amiss with the ship's artificial intelligences - one of which having gone quite insane after figuring out a secret greater than universe itself.
|[http://marathon.sourceforge.net/ Sourceforge]<br />[http://alephone.cebix.net/ SDL port]<br />[https://store.steampowered.com/search/?term=classic+marathon Steam]
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!Revenge of the Cats: Ethernet
|Team FPS
|Tug-of-war style territory fight with an unusual travel/heal/respawn mechanic.
|[http://ethernet.wasted.ch/ Official site]
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!Typhoon 2001
|Tube shooter
|Fan remake of Tempest 2000, one of the trippiest shooters ever.
|[https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=1289.0 Mirror]
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!World of Padman
|Arena FPS
|Wacky colorful cartoons and cleavage. Spray your color and run around on bookshelves.
|[https://worldofpadman.net/ Official site]
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!Xonotic
|Arena FPS
|This is very much like Quake (its engine actually is a massively improved version of the original Quake engine), but with even more jumping around; you'll see what I mean once you play it. Includes game modes like Deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Capture the Flag, "Keyhunt" and more, both in Singleplayer and Multiplayer. Has about 10-30 people playing for any region at their respective daily "peak times", but hopefully there will be more once version 1.0 is released.
|[http://www.xonotic.org/ Official site]
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