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Crafty is a state-of-the-art computer chess program, and uses all of the search algorithms you have probably read about, negascout search, killer/history move ordering, SEE (Static Exchange Evaluation) quiescence move ordering and pruning, hash (transposition/refutation) tables as well as evaluation caches, selective extensions, recursive null-move search, and a host of other features that have been used and are still being used in most computer chess programs. If it's not in Crafty, either it is on the "to do" list, or it has been tried, found wanting, and discarded.

License: free

Crashtest simulates car crashes. This is an educational game that can be used to acquire much insight into this complex process. The user can learn about the relation between speed, reaction-time and stopping distance. Also, many physical properties can be studied.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: fltk, opengl, plib, opende

The Crate Game Engine is a library designed for creating multiplayer adventure style games. Currently, the engine is capable of loading and playing a console based game from an XML file describing the game world. Scripting support is coming next, followed by graphical support. The game genre that the engine supports is most accurately described as adventure game - board game hybrid. Anyone familiar with Jones in the Fast Lane by Sierra will have an idea as to where the engine is headed.

License: free

Up to 4 players, you play a line that gets longer and longer and your goal is to stay alive by not crashing into your own or other lines and trying to crash the other players.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: gtk, python, pygame, libglade??, courier font

Creatures Internet Edition is an AI-based computer game in which the player cares for and breeds a race of creatures called Norns, who live on an abandoned spaceship. Each Norn has its own “cyber DNA,” and when the creatures breed, their offspring inherit genes much as real animals do. The Norns share their environment with other species, including the Ettins and Grendals. You must maintain a breeding population of Norns, and also to maintain the delicate ecostructure of the ship’s terrariums.

Raise, teach and breed your own (Norns) life forms. Creatures provide an exciting environment within a virtual world where you learn to communicate with your life form (Norns) and explore their world with them. You also have the ability to experiment with genetic engineering yourself by manipulating Norn genetics allowing you to create a different breed .

License: commercial ($29.00 USD)

Additional System Requirements:

• Linux kernel 2.2
• Pentium II class processor
• 64Mb RAM
• 4 speed CD-ROM drive
• 16 bit Sound card, OSS compatible
• Video card capable of 800x600 resolution
• 400MB free hard disk space
• Glibc 2.1
• Other common software: GTK libraries, Wget or lynx, bzip2

The outcome of the war lies in your hands. You decide which units are sent to the front lines, and when to unleash the reserves. Your mission objectives range from defending strategically vital locations to simply destroying all enemy forces in the area. Protect supply convoys or raid enemy facilities to uncover technological secrets or fill your storage bays so you can repair damaged units or build new ones in your own factories. Lead your troops to victory!

License: free

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