Linux Games Ubuntu Downloads Open Source Free

Primate Plunge is a platform game where you help Monkey navigate his way down through treacherous jungles, canyons, towering waterfalls, into the heart of a volcano, and through the driving rain of a cold industrial city. Monkey will find help along the way in the form of powerups, including parachutes and jet packs.

License: commercial

Many of us experienced Privateer in the early 90's, the engaging space piracy and trading game that captured us with mystery and challenges.

Some contemporary efforts tried bringing back the Privateer joy of years past, but all have been limited by the blocky 320x200 pixel art in the game. The competing Privateer Gemini Gold has just released a new Open Source Privateer to all platforms with the inflight and ground art redone at 800x600 as well as with all the familiar controls that were baked into the base scenes and immersed the player in the scenes.

Just like the original, you start poor, with an old scout class ship in a sparsely populated system in the Gemini Sector. As usual, you must try to get money through various mission assignments from which you can purchase better ships and upgrades. It's your choice how to explore Gemini and align with the various factions, earn your money as a merchant, bounty hunter, traitor or pirate. Meet Sandoval in a bar on New Detroit and talk to him to trigger the original campaign and the newer Righteous Fire expansion.

License: free

Privateer is a classic old DOS game in the tradition of Elite, where you start off with a beat up spaceship and a couple credits and you have to trade and work your way up. Gameplay is free-form, there is a plotline but you can choose to ignore plot missions for as long as you want. Random mission generators give you plenty to keep you occupied if you just want to do your own thing. This is a pretty faithful remake of Privateer using the VegaStrike space sim framework, but with OpenGL graphics, new missions, more fixers, and the ablility to extend the game and add more content. The Privateer Remake crew is currently looking for some Linux users to test out their game.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: OpenGL with hardware acceleration Joystick in /dev/js0 (make a symbolic link from /dev/input/js0)

Professor Fizzwizzle is a fun, mind-expanding puzzle game, where you take control of the diminutive genius, Professor Fizzwizzle. You must help the professor use his brains and his gadgets to solve each exciting level. Do you have what it takes to get past the Rage-Bots and bring the prof back to his lab?

License: shareware (19.95)

While on a well deserved vacation, Professor Fizzwizzle's investigation of a strange volcano has landed him in a Molten Mystery! Now it's up to you to master exciting new gadgets, outwit the Bat-Bots, and vanquish a truly cunning villain! Can the professor count on you to help? - Over 210 levels in total! You'll find something to enjoy no matter what your skill level. - Easy to learn and control. Just "undo" your last few steps if you make a mistake. - Stuck on a level? Just "Show Solution" and watch the walk-through. - Full featured level editor! Share your levels, or download levels from others. - Compete with players from around the globe for online high scores!

License: shareware (19.95)

The goal of Project LRNJ is to make learning Japanese fun and easy enough for people who are only casually interested. Slime Forest is the prototype line for an RPG that teaches Japanese reading. It resembles a NES RPG with a battle system based on recognizing kana and kanji.

License: shareware (payment optional, $10-$100 registration)

Additional System Requirements: SDL, SDL_image