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Paradise Netrek is a multi-player graphical space combat simulation. It is very loosely based on the TV show Star Trek, and is an outgrowth of Netrek. Paradise Netrek is an attempt to enhance Netrek by adding flashier graphics, more complicated strategy and tactics, and more code. ;-)

License: free

Paratim (Paratrooper Improved) is a remake of the old DOS game Paratrooper.
You play with the gun in the bottom center of the game while helicopters fly overhead. Those helicopters sometimes drop paratroopers. When their are four or more paratroopers on one side of the gun it's game over. To prevent this you have to shoot the paratroopers while they fall and/or the helicopters. After a round of helicopters planes arrive that drop bombs aimed at the gun. If a bomb hits you it's game over as well. To prevent this you have to shoot the bomb and/or the airplanes.

Currently, the game is playable, but much of the planned improvements have yet to be implemented.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: SDL

The major part of this demo is a movie of in-game action rendered with the Parsec game engine, from which people can get a first glimpse of Parsec's look and feel. We have composed this demo out of several actual network game sessions that we recorded using Parsec's in-game recording feature. It is 11:40 minutes long and features great background music.

There is also the "free flight mode" where people can select their ship and navigate outer-space, collecting power-ups and the like.
This is very similar to the actual game mode, although there are no opponents, since this demo does not contain any networking code. Still, pilots can steer their spacecraft and fly around, getting a feeling for the controls.

There are also two additional demos of recorded network game sessions that can be used for timing frame rates, for instance. A TIMEDEMO feature is available from Parsec's command console.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• CPU:
  • minimum: Pentium 200MHz
  • recommended: Pentium II 300MHz or higher
• Memory:
  • minimum: 64MB
  • recommended: 128MB or more
• Harddisk space: About 50MB disk space are required. Please note that the demo will use about 15MB more disk space after you have started it for the first time, compared to immediately after installation.
• Graphics card: 3dfx Voodoo Graphics hardware accelerator (recommended Voodoo 2 or 3). Please note that OpenGL support under Linux (GLX) will be available in the near future. However, this release requires a Voodoo Graphics accelerator with Glide 2.x installed.
• Additional requirements: Linux Kernel 2.2, glibc 2.1, X or svgalib

Fastpaced retro vertical shootemup in an abstract world. Tons of levels, eyecandy, pounding music, and many different modes of play.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: Note that the D compiler is non-opensource. You may be out of luck on non-x86 platforms.

A MMORPG looking like an 80s RPG game. The main thing in games like these is just to play a character in world where are many other players and no special goals. The paskapeli is in early alpha stage, it cannot be called playable game yet, all you currently can do is chat and fight with other players. But it is at least a working base which can be used to build a game on top of.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: OpenGL, GLX

This online utility speeds up the configuration process of NetHack & SlashEM, supplying the user with a custom patch for all thier needs, and removing the need for source code editing.

License: free