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Tuxpuck is a shufflepuck game written in C using SDL.
The player moves a pad around a board and tries to shoot down the puck through the opponents defense.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• SDL
• libpng
• OggVorbis

Educational typing tutor starring Tux, the Linux Penguin. Object of the game is to catch fish as they drop from the top of the screen. Each fish has a letter or a word written on it, and Tux eats the fish by the player pressing the associated key or typing the appropriate word. Intended to be cute and fun for children learning to type and spell.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• Requires SDL
• SDL_mixer
• SDL_image
• SDL_ttf

Multi-language word Scrabble ala TuxMathScrabble. Included dictionaries are: Oxford-English, English-German, English-Latin, French-English, Italian-English, Spanish-English, English-French, English-Italian, English-Spanish, German-English, Latin-English and Swahili-English.

License: free

What is TW-Light?

• A fan created project that intends to create a science fiction war/exploration game based on the Star Control Universe.
• More specifically, the idea is to ignore the ravages of The Third One and create a worthy successor to Star Control 2.
• It currently sports a fully functional, melee engine with all the ships from Star Control 2 and the best from TimeWarp.
• The full single-player game is in development.
• It will make you irresistable to members of the opposite sex.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: If you use the dynamically linked version (or compile from sources), you need to have Allegro, SDL, SDL_mixer with ogg support.

TWClone is a clone of the popular BBS Door game Trade Wars 2002. It is a multi-player turn based strategy game where players trade fuel ore, organics and equipment between space ports to earn credits and eventually become the undisputed master of the universe.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: ANSI color capable terminal pthreads

Another 80s style arcade game from LSSU. Grab the cable testers before the students make off with them. Avoid the obstacles. Squish the students.
The intermissions tell the true story of the Computer Science faculty at Lake Superior State University.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: Needs SDL and some SDL add-ons. See web page for list.