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A clone of Scorched Earth for MS DOS or any other artillery based game. You control a tank and shoot at other tanks by selecting weapon, power and angle of your shot. Runs in a browser or appletviewer, supports up to 8 players over the Internet, option to play agains AI opponents.

License: unknown

Additional System Requirements: Netscape 4.05+ required. However to see a decent performance on Linux it's better to use appletviewer. IBM JDK recommended. On windows both Netscape and IE work.

A anagram based puzzle game. You must find at least 40% of all the words or the largest word in the set in order to continue to the next level. You are given 6 letters. From these 6 letters you are to create as many words as you can. But you have a time limit, you must create as many words as you can before the time runs out.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: SDL, SDL_ttf, SDL_mixer, SDL_image

This is the realm of a post apocolyptic earth. Magic has resurfaced but that was long ago. The Apocolypse almost destroyed Humans, but they survived, and changed, and new peoples appeared on the earth. The graceful elves of the woodlands, the stone dwelling dwarves, the solitary, nature loving anitre, the strong, if dim, ogrue, and the impish darklings. As is their nature, the new and ancient peoples divided up the land, peacefully at times, bloody at others...

License: free

Additional System Requirements: If you wish to use the optional Java Client, you will need Netscape or IE 4.X or better. You can also play with pretty much any other MUD client, including telnet.

This game combines classic vertical-scrolling shooter like space invaders or galaga with space trading elements from Elite.

Following the main storyline, you go through the galaxy from one planet to another. Space travel requires fuel, so you need to keep earning money to buy it. You can also buy various upgrades for your spaceship and weapons that affect the arcade part of the game.

The storyline itself is not linear. There are also some points where you'll need to make decisions that will determine your destiny.

License: free

Additional System Requirements: OpenGL

ScummVM is a 'virtual machine' for several classic graphical point-and-click adventure games. It is designed to run: Adventure Soft's The Feeble Files, Simon the Sorcerer series and Elvira games; Revolution's Beneath a Steel Sky, Broken Sword 1 and 2, Lure of the Temptress; Interactive Binary Illusions' Flight of the Amazon Queen; Wyrmkeep Entertainment's Inherit the Earth; Cyberdreams' I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream; Coktel Vision's Gobliiins series and others; Delphine Software International's Future Wars; Clipper Software's Touché: The Adventures of the Fifth Musketeer; Dynabyte Software's Nippon Safes Inc.; games based on Sierra On-Line's AGI and pre-AGI (Adventure Game Interpreter) engines, including Kings Quest, Leisure Suit Larry, Space Quest and many more; games based on LucasArts' SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion) system. SCUMM is used for many games, including Monkey Island, Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle, Sam & Max Hit the Road and more.

License: free

Additional System Requirements:

• SDL
• Vorbis and MAD sound libraries are recommended.

SCX is a working game to use as a template for all of those wishing to create an online multiplayer html based strategy game. The engine's front end is built in Perl, which handles all the data entry, cgi operations, and user interactivity. The time triggered rear end is built completely in c++. It is currently hosted on Source Forge .

License: free