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Americas Army
Category - FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - as in price and free download.
Dem0? -
Platform - x86
Description - America’s Army is one of the five most popular PC action games played online. It provides players with the most authentic military experience available, from exploring the development of Soldiers in individual and collective training to their deployment in simulated missions in the War on Terror.
Notes - the army does not hide that fact that this is a recuitment tool, however this is one of the most popular online free games.
Website - http://www.americasarmy.com
added by - jdodson

Battle for Wesnoth
Category - Turn Based Strategy
Requires 3D/Video - No
Free? - GPL baby.
Dem0? -
Platform - Source Available
Description - A turn based strategy game, in the veign of War3, cept turn based. This game is a fantasy strategy game. The game is in its early stages, however it is making good progress and is very fun.
Notes - install this by using synaptic or apt-get snagging the 'wesnoth' packages, make sure you enable universe.
Website - http://www.wesnoth.org
added by - jdodson

Blob Wars: Metal Blob Solid
Category - Side Scrolling adventure game
Requires 3D/Video - Cutscenes are raytraced, rest is 2D
Free? - As far as I can tell, GPL
Dem0? -
Platform - x86, PPC, Source
Description -Since their world was invaded by an alien race, the Blobs have faced a lifetime of war. But now they have a chance to win the war once and for all.

In Blob Wars : Metal Blob Solid, you take on the role of a fearless Blob agent, Bob. Bob's mission is to infiltrate the various enemy bases around the Blobs' homeworld and rescue as many MIAs as possible. But standing in his way are many vicious aliens, other Blobs who have been assimilated and the evil alien leader, Galdov.
Notes - install this by using synaptic or apt-get, make sure you enable universe.
Website - http://www.parallelrealities.co.uk/blobWars.php
added by - jdodson

Cube
* Single/Multiplayer FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
* Non-GPL Compatable License(however source is available, and it is free)
* Description:
"Cube is an open source multiplayer and singleplayer first person shooter game built on an entirely new and very unconventional engine. Cube is a landscape-style engine that pretends to be an indoor FPS engine, which combines very high precision dynamic occlusion culling with a form of geometric mipmapping on the whole world for dynamic LOD for configurable fps & graphic detail on most machines. Uses OpenGL & SDL."
* Website - http://wouter.fov120.com/cube
submitted by: p!=f

Darwinia
Category - Real Time Strategy
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - No
Demo - yes
Platform - Linux, Windows, OS X
Description - Combining fast paced action with strategic battle planning, the game features a novel and intuitive control mechanism, a graphical style ripped from 80's retro classics, and a story concerning a tribe of video game sprites trapped in a modern 3d game world. (ripped from site)
Notes:
Website: http://www.darwinia.co.uk
added by - jdodson

Dominions 2
Category: - Strategy
Requires: - 3D/Video and SDL libraries
Free? - Nope, cost ~$40 depends which online store you buy it.
Demo? - Yes, limited to turn 40 and magic tech tree 4 in every paths.
Platform - x86, win, mac.
Singleplayer: - Yes
Multiplayer: - Yes, up to 16 players - Server hosting, lan or E-mail.
Describtion:- Dominons 2 is a turn-based strategy game with a fantasy theme. Massive unit list and magic list. Build up your god and take world domination. Only one god will prevail. Use your spies, assassins, priests or magic to take over another region as an alternative to warfare. Bards to make a region rebels. Build your own maps or make a new nation with new units, weapons, magic etc. and awhole lot more...
Notes: - Easy to make your own mod. High learning curve, can be frustrating if you are newbie, but there's some nice player guides out there. Latest patch v.2.15
Websites: - screenshots 1(http://thilockdominus.freehomepage....ges/prophet.jpg), 2(http://illwinter.com/dom2/screenshots.html), demo(http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Illwinter/d2/6.htm), websites(http://www.illwinter.com/), d2Board(http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/th...at=&Board=UBB74), d2gameServer(https://www.mosehansen.dk/cgi-bin/dom2.pl), sunrays virtual library(http://www.freewebs.com/dominions2/), list links and fansites(http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/th...sb=5&o=&fpart=1
Added by Artificial Intelligence

Doom3
Category - FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - you must pay for this game.
Dem0? - yep.
Platform - x86
Description - A remake of the orginal doom game. A visually stunning first person
blood-fest kill-o-rama. If you enjoyed the original, you might like this one.
Notes - Get the windows version and then install the linux client files.
Website - http://www.doom3.com
Linux Howto - http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/doom
added by - jdodson

Equake
Category - FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes, but you dont have to
Free? - GPL source, textures under shareware license
dem0? -
Platform - x86
Description - This is a QuakeWorld pack put together by Empezar to supply beginners as well as veterans with an easy-to-use QuakeWorld installation. This pack is the most complete, up-to-date and easy-to-use QuakeWorld pack around. eQuake is far from complete and will continue to develop as long as the QuakeWorld community evolves. The current goal of eQuake is to be so complete that nobody, regardless of what mod you play or what kind of demands you've got, will ever have to download anything besides eQuake in order to satisfy their needs.
notes: they include shareware quake packs, you need to only download the equake pack to play!
website: http://equake.quakeworld.nu
submitted by: jdodson

Eternal Lands
Category - MMORPG
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - As in beer, sources availible
dem0? - nope
Platform - x86
Description - Eternal Lands is a FREE MMORPG (massive multiplay online role playing game) currently under development. The game is now in Beta stage, but that doesn't mean it is incomplete. There are 9 skills, total character development freedom, many quests, religion, a lot of NPCs, animals and monsters. If you are a PKer, you can fight other PKers in special maps. If you are not a PKer, then you can stay on the non PK maps, where you don't have to worry about being attacked by other players.
website: http://www.eternal-lands.com
submitted by: flygmaskin

Fish Fillets
* Puzzle
* GPL
* Requires 3D Video? - No
* OS - Source avail
* Description - Fish Fillets NG is strictly a puzzle game. The goal in every of the seventy levels is always the same: find a safe way out. The fish utter witty remarks about their surroundings, the various inhabitants of their underwater realm quarrel among themselves or comment on the efforts of your fish. The whole game is accompanied by quiet, comforting music.
* Website - http://fillets.sourceforge.net
* Notes - Available in Universe
* Added by jdodson

Flightgear
* Flight simulator
* GPL licence
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
* Description:
"The goal of the FlightGear project is to create a sophisticated flight simulator framework for use in research or academic environments, for the development and pursuit of other interesting flight simulation ideas, and as an end-user application. We are developing a sophisticated, open simulation framework that can be expanded and improved upon by anyone interested in contributing."
* website - http://www.flightgear.org
submitted by: p!=f

Free Civilization
Category - Strategy
Requires 3D/Video - No
Free? - GPL, baby.
Dem0? - Just get the full version!
OS Platform - Source, Amiga, BSD, Linux, Macintosh, Windows
Description - (Quoted from the website) "Freeciv is a free turn-based multiplayer strategy game, in which each player becomes the leader of a civilization, fighting to obtain the ultimate goal:
To become the greatest civilization." FreeCiv is a clone of Sid Meier's Civilization, a great game originally released over 10 years ago.
Notes - Many languages and Platforms supported. install this by using synaptic or apt-get snagging the 'freeciv' packages, make sure you enable universe.
Website - http://www.freeciv.org
added by: Kakalto

Invasion - Battle of Survival
Category - real-time strategy
Requires 3D/Video - No
Free? - GPL
Platform -
Description - Battle of Survival is a real-time strategy game using the Stratagus game engine.
Website - http://bos.seul.org/index.shtml
added by - Kimm

Gate88
Category - Space Strategy
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - As in beer, not speech
Dem0? -
OS Platform - Windows, GNU/Linux
Description - (Quoted from the website) relive a childhood daydream of deep space intergalactic battle
inspired by herzog zwei, star control, subspace, homeworld, and parsec47
Notes -
Website - http://www.queasygames.com/gate88
added by: jdodson

GL-117
Category - Flight Combat Sim
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - GPL
Platform - x86
Description - Great flight combat simulator. Get flightgear if you want a million technical details and quirks. Get this game if you want an arcade style, low learning curve game to dog fight and blow up targets.

Installation Instructions:

* Add universe repository. Instructions at UbuntuGuide.org
* Refresh apt-get
Code:

sudo apt-get update


* Install
Code:

sudo apt-get install gl-117


Website - http://www.heptargon.de
added by: techn9ne, Buffalo Soldier

Glest
Category - Real Time Strategy
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - GPL, baby.
Dem0? -
OS Platform - Windows, GNU/Linux
Description - (Quoted from the website) Glest is a project for making a free 3d real-time customizable strategy game. Current version is fully playable, includes single player game against CPU controlled players, two factions with their corresponding tech trees, units, buildings and some maps.
Notes - gnu/linux port - http://www.stud.uni-karlsruhe.de/~uxsm/glest
Website - http://www.glest.org
added by: jdodson

Nexuiz
Category - FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - GPL, Baby!
Dem0? - GNU/Linux, Win32, Mac
Platform - sources available
Description - Nexuiz is a fast-paced, chaotic, and intense multiplayer first person shooter, focused on providing basic, old style deathmatch. Nexuiz is built on the power of the Darkplaces engine, which is a heavily modified version of the original Quake. Darkplaces features realtime lighting and stencil shadows, bumpmapping, gloss, bloom, and totally rewritten network code that supports up to 64 players on a single server. All of Nexuiz is licensed under the GPL, including the core engine, the textures, maps, sounds, and models. It is extremely modder friendly. Because of its GPL license status, it can be included in any Linux distros or packages and is entirely free.
Website - http://www.nexuiz.com
added by - jdodson

Neverball
Category - Puzzle Game
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - GPL, baby.
Description - Tilt the floor to roll a ball through an obstacle course before time runs out. Neverball is part puzzle game, part action game, and entirely a test of skill.
notes - install this by using synaptic or apt-get snagging the 'neverball' packages, make sure you enable universe.
website - http://icculus.org/neverball
added by: jdodson

Neverwinter Nights, SOU, HOTUD
Category - Roleplaying, Fantasy
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - you must pay for this game.
Dem0? - win only
Platform - x86
Description - Neverwinter Nights (NWN) is a computer game set in a huge medieval fantasy world of Dungeons and Dragons. As a player, you are able to choose what skills and abilities you will develop as you voyage though the complex and dangerous fantasy world of Forgotten Realms. Be a deadly and dangerous Rogue moving through the shadows using stealth and secrecy, be a scholarly Wizard and wield powerful magic against your enemies, be a hulking Barbarian whose lust for battle is matched only by his terrible rage, be an armor-clad Paladin who protects the innocent and vanquishes his foes, be a crusading Cleric who heals the sick and defends the helpless… be all this and more. Neverwinter Nights allows you to create your own worlds. This revolutionary game will come with all the tools needed to construct your own unique lands of adventure. there are literally zillions of player created modules to keep you busy for hours with this game, zillions is to be taken literally you can buy the original game at the store for around $20.
Notes - Buy windows version and then install linux client files.
Website - http://nwn.bioware.com
Linux Howto - http://ldots.org/nwn - http://icculus.org/~ravage/nwn
added by - jdodson

Pingus
* Lemmings clone
* GPL licence
Requires 3D/Video - No
* Description:
"Pingus is a free Lemmings clone for GNU/Linux and Windows covered under the GNU GPL. Pingus uses ClanLib and libxml and might also be usable on some other OSs like FreeBSD, but hasn't been tested there. Pingus is mainly developed under GNU/Linux, that's why the Windows port is sometimes a bit behind."
Notes - install this by using synaptic or apt-get snagging the 'pingus' packages, make sure you enable universe.
* Website - http://pingus.seul.org
submitted by p!=f

Planeshift
Category - MMORPG
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - some sources GPL, art is Planeshift License, free as in beer too.
Dem0? -
Platform - x86
Description -The objective of the PlaneShift Team is to create a virtual fantasy world in which a player can start as a peasant in search of fame and become a hero. We will focus our efforts in the reproduction of a real world with politics, economy, many non-player-characters controlled by the server that will bring to life our world even without players connected! We want to give FREE access to everyone, without the need to either purchase the game or pay a monthly fee. Servers and bandwidth will be donated by sponsors. Our virtual world is persistent, and this means you can connect to it at every hour of day or night and you will always find players and npcs wandering our realms. You will be able to disconnect and reconnect again, the server saves the actual status of your character including his possessions. 12 races with unique traits for the creation of your character. Unlimited professions through skill system. Original magic system with six Ways of magic. Hundreds of spells! Huge world to explore. Great number of quests to test your wit and skill. Monsters and NPCs with good AI to produce events in the game. A world that evolves also without player interaction. Create your house or castle. Politics and economy.
Notes -
Website - http://www.planeshift.it
added by - jdodson

Quake 3 Arena
Category - FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - gotta but this one. GPL version soon.
Dem0? - yep
Platform - x86
Description - Welcome to the Arena, where high-ranking warriors are transformed into spineless mush. Abandoning every ounce of common sense and any trace of doubt, you lunge onto a stage of harrowing landscapes and veiled abysses. Your new environment rejects you with lava pits and atmospheric hazards as legions of foes surround you, testing the gut reaction that brought you here in the first place. Your new mantra: Fight or be finished.
Notes - one of the original awesome games to come to linux.
"You might need to patch linuxq3apoint-1.32b.x86.run" (note 1.32 "B") if your mouse doesnt work" : http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread....ht=mouse+quake3
Website - http://www.idsoftware.com/games/quake/quake3-arena
added by - jdodson

Racer
Category - Racing
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - The author makes the source avail, it is free as in freedom, non-GPL.
Dem0? -
Platform - x86, AMD64, PPC
Description - Racer is a free cross-platform car simulation project (for non-commercial use), using professional car physics papers to achieve a realistic feeling. Cars, tracks and such can be created relatively easy (compared to other, more closed, driving simulations). The 3D and other file formats are, or should be, documented. Editors and support programs are also available to get a very customizable and expandable simulator. OpenGL is used for rendering.
Notes -
Website - http://www.racer.nl
added by - jdodson

Return To Castle Wolfenstein
Category - FPS
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - no.
dem0? - yes
Platform - x86
Description - World War II rages and nations fall. SS head Himmler has Hitler's full backing to twist science and the occult into an army capable of annihilating the Allies once and for all. Battling alone, you're on an intense mission to pierce the black heart of the Third Reich and stop Himmler -- or die trying. Fighting in advanced team-based multiplayer mode, you'll wage your own WWII in an all-out Axis vs. Allies contest for frontline domination. Powered by the Quake III Arena engine, the Wolfenstein universe explodes with the kind of epic environments, A.I., firepower and cinematic effects that only a game created by true masters can deliver. The dark reich's closing in. The time to act is now. Evil prevails when good men do nothing.
Notes - Single and Multiplayer - (want a free version of this game, see enemy territory, they took the game engine and released it as a free multi-player only game.)
Website - www.castlewolfenstein.com or try ftp.idsoftware.com
submitted by ulrich

Savage : The Battle for Newerth
Category - FPS/Real Time Strategy
Requires 3D/Video - Yes
Free? - ~$30 or