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GameScroll is a system for playing and writing interactive fiction like Choose Your Own Adventure(TM) or Fighting Fantasy(TM) gamebooks... But instead of flipping pages, GameScroll runs them as an impartial gamemaster!

Adventures can remember where you've been and what you've done, unlike web-based "choose your own adventure" games!

Runs on every OS!

Authoring system as simple as writing a web page!

License: free

Additional System Requirements: Java Runtime Environment

Gamma Patrol is an old-style, vertical scrolling space-shooter. You have to fight your way through lots of enemies using different kinds of weapon systems.

The final version of the game is supposed to be shareware, please have a look at Open Source? for a discussion of this topic.

The game features quite nice looking graphics - almost everything has been rendered with the PoVRay raytracer.

License: shareware (Mailware)

Additional System Requirements: SDL

An ode to oldie but goodie. It is a simple game that you can jump into and out of with no instructions. Just attempt to achieve the highest level possible (20 is about the highest unless you are some android from the future bent on killing us :)).

It was programmed in "D", digitalmars.com. What I consider the replacement for C/C++ and Java.

Anyway, just have fun.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

Requires:
• SDL 1.2 or higher
• SDL mixer
• OpenGL and GLU

Warcry.com describes Gate 88 as a “fast-paced, frenetic blend of real-time strategy and 2D space shooter.” Players dogfight in an upgradable command ship while developing base defenses, issuing squadron attacks, and researching new technologies. Though Gate 88’s abstract vector-art is unabashedly old school, Gamehippo.com says, “the gameplay is anything but retro. It’s new, fresh, and exciting.”

Although a singleplayer mode is included, the game's focus is on multiplayer.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• SDL
• SDL_net
• SDL_mixer

gbrainy is a brain teaser game and trainer to have fun and to keep your brain trained. It is written for GNOME using Mono, C# and Cairo.

gbrainy mission is to provide a platform for creating different kinds of brain-teasers and brain trainers games for GNOME.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• intltool
• Mono 1.1.7 or higher
• Libgnome and libgnome 2.2 or higher
• GTK and GTK Sharp 2.8 or higher
• Cairo 1.2 or higher

GCompris is an educational software suite comprising of numerous activities for children aged 2 to 10. Some of the activities are game orientated, but nonetheless still educational.
It is designed in a way that makes it easy to add new boards in C or Python.
This is a GNU Package.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• GTK
• libxml2
• python, pygtk
• sqlite, pysqlite2
• gnucap
• gnuchess