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                         Created by Justin Kibell
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                          Updated: 18th August 1994
                       Last Posted: 18th August 1994

The following list of games for the X Window System are in a random order. The data on each game has been collected from both archives and from email from the authors. If something needs updating or you have a game you want to add then email me with the details. jck@citri.edu.au

  • This is NOT a complete list of games available. *

If you maintain an archive site that is mentioned in this document and you don't want ot be then please email me and I will remove your site from this document. This goes for any game author in this list also. If some game details are incorrect or not good enough then please send your suggestions to me.

* Please do not ask me how to compile all these games for your system. * Most game authors are available via email so ask them please. Thanks.

The format I have chosen for the game entries is supposed to be simple, but comprehensive enough to browse through and check out what's available. Some of the entries may be missing due to lack of information. If you have some information that will enable me to fill in the gaps please send it to me.

Template:-

 Title: The name by which the game is most recognised.
Author: The author(s) of the game. It may a group of people or just one.
 email: The electronic mail address you use to contact the developers.

Version: The latest version number of the software. Features: Color/Sound/Single-player/Multi-player/… Requires: What is needed to run the game (Color/Sound/X11R6/100 Gigabytes/…) Location: Where you can ftp the software from. Please use this resource

        wisely and download games after hours. :-)

Archive: Where the game can be located on the archive site. ie: directory.

Status: Development/Finished/Alpha/Beta/New release/Unstable/Unsupported.

Updated: Date of last update for FAQ entry.

I think every good computer system has had good games so why not promote those on the X Window System! This document will be posted to comp.windows.x and comp.windows.x.apps every now and then. It can also be found on ftp.x.org.

If you have the details for some entries that are not complete then please send them and I will add them. I haven't time to get each game and check it out so if you have already then we all benefit!

PLEASE NOTE THAT ftp.x.org HAS MOVED ALL NEW STUFF into /contrib AND THEN INTO AN ORDERED DIRECTORY SETUP - SOME GAME LOCATIONS MAY BE OUT OF DATE!!!

Try /R5contrib if the game cannot be found in /contrib/games

                        GAMES INDEX (In NO order)
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01 - X Blow Up 26 - Lander 51 - Layout Games Pack 02 - XAmigo 27 - XBattle 52 - XFortress 03 - XBomb 28 - Battle Zone 53 - XConq 04 - Spy vs Bob 29 - Hearts 54 - XGolf 05 - 4 War 30 - Ataxx 55 - Mazewar 06 - Net Maze 31 - Missile X 56 - XPipe Man 07 - XRisk 32 - Mr. Is 57 - Dodger 08 - Generic Tetris 33 - Jewel 58 - Jet Set Willy 09 - XVMines 34 - XTank 59 - Connect Four 10 - Crossfire 35 - XPilot 60 - X Block Out 11 - Mahjongg 36 - Spellcast 61 - XFred 12 - Mille 37 - XBoing 62 - 13 - SpaceOut 38 - Bowling 63 - 14 - xhextris 39 - Tank Hunt 64 - 15 - Stratego 40 - Xtet42 65 - 16 - ACM 41 - XDemineur 66 - 17 - 3D Tetris 42 - Xtb 67 - 18 - Boulder Dash 43 - XBlast 68 - 19 - XTrek 44 - XBoard 69 - 20 - Black Jack 45 - Xics 70 - 21 - Blockbuster 46 - Spider 71 - 22 - Minesweeper 47 - NetHack 72 - 23 - XPool 48 - XChomp 73 - 24 - Tetris 49 - XFallout 74 - 25 - asteriods 50 - XSokoban 75 -

New games in this revision: 5 Total Number of games listed: 61


X Blow Up

Xblowup is for releasing frustration. It is a 2 player blow-each-other-up game mildly reminiscent of asteroids.

 Title: xblowup
Author: Reed Wade
 email: wade@cs.utk.edu

Version: 1.1 Features: Requires: Location: iraun1.ira.uka.de Archive: /pub/X11/xblowup.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 15th November 1993

XAmigo

Xamigo is a simple interface to the AmiGo Go playing program, originally written for the Amiga computer. The Go player was written by Stoney Ballard, with additional code by Todd R. Johnson.

 Title: xamigo
Author: Neil Bowers & others.
 email: neilb@scs.leeds.ac.uk

Version: 1.0 Features: Requires: Location: iraun1.ira.uka.de Archive: /pub/X11/xamigo.sh.Z

Status: beta

Updated: 8th November 1993

XBomb

xbomb is an rewrite and extension of the minesweeper game found on various PCs. The object of the game is to clear a field of deadly bombs. To do this requires only two mouse buttons, one key and a devastatingly clever man page which describes the game in greater detail.

 Title: xbomb
Author: Matthew Merzbacher
 email: matthew@cs.ucla.edu

Version: 1.2 Features: Requires: Location: iraun1.ira.uka.de Archive: /pub/X11/xbomb-1.2.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 8th November 1993

Spy vs Bob

In svb, you control the Spy (Pink) who is trying to escape the building. The "BoB"s in the elevators are trying to stop you. The goal is to get across the screen without being smashed by a "BoB" before time runs out. Any leftover time is added to your score as a bonus. The "BoB"s will change speed each time they change direction. On each ledge some "SLACK" will appear after a random delay. Picking this up is worth 500 bonus points.

 Title: svb
Author: David Lemke
 email: lemke@ncd.com

Version: 1.0 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/netaudio/contrib/svb.shar

Status: Now has NetAudio support.

Updated: 15th December 1993

4 War

This is a board game which implements the Chinese four-state war game in the X Window environment. It allows four players to play the game on four displays, each coordinating a complete army, players at the opposite position of the playing board are allied. The goal of the game is to capture the COLOURS of the enemy. I heard it's sort of like the American game 'stratego'.

 Title: x4war
Author: Xiaobing Chen
 email: xiaobing@cs.sfu.ca

Version: 1.1 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/x4war1.1.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 15th November 1993

Net Maze

Netmaze is a multiplayer comabt game. You play in a maze with 3D graphics. You can shoot and the object of the game is to hunt down and kill the other players.

 Title: netmaze
Author: Michael Hipp
 email: mhipp@student.uni-tuebingen.de

Version: 0.81 Features: Colour, 3D, multi-player, server, TEXTURE MAPPING on walls! Requires: fast X server, fastish network. Location: ftp.x.org Archive: contrib/netmaze0.81.tar.gz

Status: Under more developement.

Updated: 18th April 1994

XRisk

XRisk is a game running under the X window system, that looks very much like the "Risk" board game published by Parker Brothers, Inc.

The object of the game is very simple: World Conquest or fullfillment of a mission. To obtain this goal, each player places and moves his own armies on the board, and attacks the armies of other players until a certain mission (chosen by the computer) is accomplished, or until the world is totally conquered. Xrisk might be played with 1 or 2 active players.

 Title: xrisk
Author: Members of Programmers Workshop, NTH, Norway
 email: xrisk@pvv.unit.no

Version: 2.15 Features: Colour, multi-player Requires: Colour Location: ftp.pvv.unit.no Archive: /pub/pvv-source/unix/games

Status: Stable

Updated: 5th August 1994

Generic Tetris

Yet Another Tetris Game on X. One of the motivations of this tetris program is simplicity. It does not have many fancy features but the blocks are big enough so player can feel comfortable.

 Title: tetris
Author: Q. Alex Zhao
 email: azhao@cc.gatech.edu

Version: 3.1.0 Features: Colour, single-player Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/tetris.3.1.0.tar.Z (official version) Archive: /contrib/altetris.tar.Z (hacked by David A. Bagley)

Status: stable

Updated: 8th November 1993

XVmines

Discover and deactivate the mines in rectangular mine field. Similar to the MS-Windows minesweeper; requires XView.

 Title: xvmines
Author: Manolis Lourakis
 email: lourakis@csd.uch.gr

Version: 1.0 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org, ftp.csd.uch.gr Archive: /contrib/xvmines-1.0.tar.Z Archive: /pub/X/xvmines-1.0.tar.Z

Status: Finished

Updated: 9th November 1993

Crossfire

CrossFire is a multiplayer graphical arcade and adventure game made for the X-Window environment. It has certain flavours from other games, especially Gauntlet (TM) and Nethack/Moria. Any number of players can move around in their own window, picking up / using items and battle monsters. The players all do battle in the same world, and can communicate with eachothers (even fight with each other). The goal of the game is to survive.

 Title: crossfire
Author: Frank Tore Johansen
 email: frankj@ifi.uio.no

Version: 0.89.2 Features: Colour, sound, multi-player Requires: Location: ifi.uio.no Archive: /pub/crossfire/crossfire-0.89.2.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 15th March 1993

Mahjongg

 Title: xvmahjongg
Author: 
 email: 

Version: 2.1 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xvmahjongg2.1.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 22nd Decemeber 1992

Mille

X version of the classic Mille Bournes game.

 Title: xmille
Author: Keith Packard
 email: 

Version: Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xmille.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 2nd April 1992

SpaceOut

 Title: spaceout
Author: 
 email: 

Version: Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/spaceoutX11R4.shar

Status: 

Updated: 25th September 1990

xhextris

Hexagonal version of tetris, by David Markley.

 Title: xhextris
Author: David Markley
 email: 

Version: Features: Single-player Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xhextris.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 30th March 1991

Stratego

Xstratego is a X windows based stratego interface for two players. You can either play against another player (on the same or different host) or create a board setup for later use.

The man page includes a summary of the Stratego rules, in case you haven't played in awhile.

 Title: xstratego
Author: Michiel Huisjes
 email: huisjes@cs.vu.nl

Version: Features: Colour, 2 player Requires: 2 players Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xstratego.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 20th December 1993

ACM ===

Acm is a LAN-oriented, multiplayer aerial combat simulation. My main design objective was to provide source code that could be easily compiled and executed on a wide variety of platforms. To that end, acm is written entirely in C, exploiting the programming features of Unix, X11, and the BSD socket interface.

 Title: acm
Author: Riley Rainey
 email: riley@netcom.com

Version: 4.2 Features: Color, 3D, multi-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/acm-4.2.tar.Z

Status: Stable

Updated: 27th January 1994

3D Tetris

t3d is a 3D-Graphics game demonstrating the usage of PEX extension to the X Window System via Phigs API, with X-Toolkit and Athena widget set. It is based on the traditional tetris game.

 Title: t3d
Author: Yotam Medini
 email: yotam@fai.com

Version: 0.0 ?? Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/T3D.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 27th May 1992

Boulder Dash

This game has a cute fellow that runs around in mines dodging boulders and collecting diamonds for points. Meanies take chase. Very similar to C64 ver. Boulder-dash is still in an experimental phase. Mail your bug reports, interesting new levels, ideas to the author.

 Title: bd
Author: Jeroen Houttuin ??
 email: SnailMail: Jeroen Houttuin, Informatikdienste, ETH Zurich 1990

Version: 1.1 Features: Very similar to Commodore 64 version - same levels. Addictive Requires: Location: ? Archive: ?

Status: beta

Updated: 22nd March 1994

XTrek

The basic object of the game is to conquer sixteen (by default) planets for your empire. Of course, everyone else is trying to achive the same objective, and that is where all of the fun comes in.

You may want to check out Netrek as well. This version is a not all X11ish It is different but worth noting. Check out rec.games.netrek for more info.

 Title: xtrek
Author: Dan Lovinger
 email: dl2n+@andrew.cmu.edu

Version: 6 Features: Colour, multi-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xtrek.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 17th December 1991

Black Jack

Xblackjack is a MOTIF/OLIT based tool constructed to get you ready for the casino. It was inspired by a book called "Beat the Dealer" by Edward O. Thorp, Ph.D. of UCLA. A number of important statistics are maintained for display, and used by the program to implement Thorp's "Complete Point System" (high-low system).

 Title: xblackjack
Author: Kirk Erickson
 email: kirke@sgi.com

Version: 2.1 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xblackjack-2.1.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 24th September 1992

Blockbuster

XBlockbuster is a variation of the break-out type games, only a bit more complex in the type of bricks it has and effects the bricks have. It is X11 based. It should work on any system that has X11R5 (or R4) installed.

 Title: xblockbuster
Author: Mark Wedel
 email: master@cats.ucsc.edu

Version: 1.03 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xblockbuster1.03.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 20th May 1993

Minesweeper

xminesweep is a game in which you have to mark all the mines in a playing field, you have to work out where they are from information about the number of mines around a Cell in the playing field. It is an addictive mind game ;) Similar to the MS-Windows version of minesweeper.

 Title: xminesweep
Author: Ashley Roll
 email: aroll@gucis.cit.gu.edu.au

Version: 2.1 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xminesweep2.1.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 5th April 1993

XPool

Xpool is a X window game which simulates a billiard game by using an approach called Discrete Element Method(DEM).

 Title: xpool
Author: Ismail ARIT
 email: iarit@tara.mines.colorado.edu

Version: 1.3 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/XpoolTable1.3.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 15th June 1993

Tetris

Xtetris is a game involving dropping blocks. As they drop you can move them to the left or to the right by clicking the left or right mouse buttons respectively. Pressing the shift key while clicking the button causes the falling shape to rotate anti-clockwise (left mouse button) or clockwise (right mouse button). Pressing the middle mouse button causes the shape to quickly drop.

 Title: xtetris

Authors: Dan R. Greening, Adam Marguilies, Phill Everson, and Didier Tallot

 email: xtetris@cs.ucla.edu

Version: 2.5.2 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xtetris-2.5.2.tar.Z

Status: Stable

Updated: 30th December 1992

asteriods

X windows based asteroids style arcade game. You are a space ship and you are surrounded by lots of asteriods that are intent on destroying your ship by crashing into you. Your mission is to stay alive.

 Title: xasteriods
Author: Phil Goetz
 email: goetz@cs.buffalo.EDU

Version: 5 Features: single-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xasteriods.sh.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 16th Feburary 1993

Lander

xlander is a lunar landing simulation for X. The object is to successfully land the craft on the surface of the moon or some other planet. The program features "out-the-window" 3-d wire-frame graphics and full directional control of the lander. For further instructions, please refer to the man page.

 Title: xlander
Author: Paul Riddle, Mike Friedman
 email: paulr@umbc3.umbc.edu, mikef@umbc3.umbc.edu

Version: 1.0 Features: 3D, single-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xlander.shar.Z

Status: Stable

Updated: 19th May 1992

XBattle

xbattle is a concurrent multi-player battle strategy game that captures the dynamics of a wide range of military scenarios. It is based on X windows, which you must have installed to run this game. Players play from separate displays, and commands are executed concurrently, i.e. the players do not take "turns", they all issue their commands simultaneously. There can be any number of players, and each player is assigned to a color team (or black, white & gray for monochrome monitors). The game board is a matrix of squares that can be occupied by colored troops, and the aim of the game is to eliminate the enemy from the board by attacking squares occupied enemy troops.

 Title: xbattle
Author: Steve Lehar, Greg Lesher
 email: slehar@cns.bu.edu, lesher@cns.bu.edu, xbattle_request@park.bu.edu

Version: 4.0 Features: Colour, multi-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xbattle-4.0.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 11th November 1992

Battle Zone

Cbzone is a version of Battlezone derived from the Fortran sources written by Justin S. Revenaugh. This version is more flexible in that the number of opponents is user selectable.

 Title: cbzone
Author: Todd Mummert
 email: mummert+@cs.cmu.edu

Version: 1.1 Features: Colour, Sound, single-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/cbzone.tar.Z or /contrib/cbzone-sound.tar.gz

Status: new sound version

Updated: 2nd August 1993

Hearts

Hearts is yet another benign, mindless card game. This particular variation is four-handed, with up to four human players allowed. The remaining hands are played by the computer. Players may join at any time. A computer player will replace any player that leaves the game.

 Title: xhearts

Authors: Bob Ankeney, Mike Yang

 email: mikey@sgi.com

Version: Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xhearts.tar.Z

Status: Stable

Updated: 10th January 1992

Ataxx

XAtaxx is a strategy game based on Ataxx, a popular arcade video game. It is a game of position and movement. The object is to have the most pieces of your color on the board at the end of the game.

 Title: xataxx

Authors: Jim Zelenka, Steven Gifford, Andrew Plotkin & Co.

 email: jz1j@andrew.cmu.edu

Version: 1.1 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xataxx.tar.Z

Status: Finished

Updated: 28th October 1991

Missile X

This is a game of "Defend The Cities From The Falling Missiles", in the style of the old arcade game.

 Title: missileX

Authors: Sandy Walsh, John Rochester.

 email: sandy@garfield.cs.mun.ca

Version: 1.1 Features: Requires: Location: iraun1.ira.uka.de in /pub/x11 Archive: missileX-1.1.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 15th November 1993

Mr. Is

Xmris is a version of the Mr Do video arcade game for the X Window System. It uses the toolkit intrinsics and Xmu widget set.

 Title: xmris
Author: Nathan Sidwell 
 email: nathan@inmos.co.uk

Version: 4.00 Features: Colour, single-player, level editor, sprites Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org in /contrib Archive: xmris.4.00.tar.gz

Status: new version

Updated: 20th December 1993

Jewel

Jewel is a game much like Domain/Jewelbox which is a puzzle game like Tetris. It is played by controling the motion of blocks which continue to fall from the top of the screen. One can move them left and right, as well as rotate the jewel segements. The object is to get the most points before the grim reaper ends the fun.

 Title: xjewel

Authors: David Cooper, Jose Guterman

 email: 

Version: 1.6 Features: Requires: Location: iraun1.ira.uka.de Archive: /pub/x11/xjewel-1.6.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 15th November 1993

XTank

Xtank is a multi-player vehicle combat game played in mazes of various sizes and types. You control a vehicle (usually a tank) equipped with the latest in armor and weaponry. Your objective depends on the game you play.

 Title: xtank
Author: Terry Donahue & Co.
 email: 

Version: 3.1f Features: Colour, sound, multi-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xtank1.3f.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 26th November 1992

XPilot

XPilot is a multiplayer game which looks a bit like Thrust for the Commodore 64. Thrust has some similarities with Atari's coin-up games Gravitar and Asteriods (not a misspelling) - they were the originals. Several clones have appeared for various computers, among others Gravity Force for the Commodore Amiga.

 Title: XPilot
Author: Bjoern Stabell, Ken Ronny Schouten, Bert Gijsbers & Co.
 email: xpilot@cs.uit.no

Newsgroup: alt.games.xpilot Version: 3.1.3 (I'm sure it is higher now!!) Features: Color, Sound, Multi-player, Internet worldwide. Metaserver: telnet xpilot.cs.uit.no 4400 Requires: UNIX, ANSI C compiler (like gcc), fast X, 3-5 MB diskspace. Location: ftp.cs.uit.no in /pub/games/xpilot

        ftp.x.org in /contrib/games/xpilot

Archive: xpilot-3.1.3.tar.gz

Status: Development, Finished, New release, Stable, Supported.

Updated: 5th August 1994

Spellcast

Spellcast is a strange little strategy game, which I found on the Net and have implemented for X. Basically, two or more players try to vaporize each other with a wide assortment of wizardly spells.

 Title: xspellcast
Author: Andrew Plotkin
 email: ap1i+@andrew.cmu.edu

Version: 3.01 Features: multi-player Requires: - Location: anubis.ac.hmc.edu Archive: /pub/games/spellcast.tar.gz

Status: stable

Updated: 15th November 1993

XBoing

XBoing is a blockout type game where you have a paddle which you use to bounce a ball around the game area blowing up blocks with the ball. You win by obtaining points for each block destroyed and each level completed. The person with the highest score wins.

 Title: xboing
Author: Justin Kibell 
 email: jck@citri.edu.au

Version: 2.2 Features: Colour, sound, single-player, level editor, game saves, arcade like. Requires: Lots of Colours, ANSI or K&R C, Beefy X server! Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/games/xboing-2.0.tar.gz

Status: X11R6 accepted.

Updated: 8th June 1994

Bowling

xbowl is a bowling game written in John Ousterhout's wonderful TCL/Tk language. No TCL/Tk extensions are required by xbowl. The dist file is also located here called xbowl-dist-2.0.tar.Z.

 Title: xbowl
Author: Peter Grina
 email: grina@fai.com

Version: 1.2 Features: Requires: Location: harbor.ecn.purdue.edu Archive: /pub/tcl/code/xbowl-1.4.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 15th November 1993

Tank Hunt

This game is a multiplayer tank search and destroy type of game. You are look- ing down onto a play field and you run around shooting each other.

 Title: tankhunt

Authors: Ray Jones, Michael Moore

 email: rjones@dsd.es.com, mmoore@dsd.es.com

Version: 0.0.0 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/tankhunt.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 5th April 1993

Xtet42

Xtet42 is X version of tetris for 1 or 2 players. The 2 player version is definitly fun playing once in a while.

 Title: xtet42
Author: Hugo Eide Gunnarsen
 email: hugogu@pvv.unit.no

Version: 2.01 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.pvv.unit.no Archive: /pub/pvv-source/unix/games/xtet42-2.01.tar.Z

Status: Stable

Updated: 5th August 1994

XDemineur

Xdemineur is a minefield game. You have to find where the mines are with the help of numbers which indicate the number of mines around a cell. Good luck!

 Title: xdemineur
Author: Marc Baudoin
 email: baudoin@ensta.fr

Version: 1.1 Features: Colour, single-player Requires: - Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xdemineur-1.1.tar.Z

Status: version 1.1 coming soon

Updated: 20th December 1993

Xtb ===

Xtb is a simple multi-player, multi-workstation tank battle. The code size is small ~3000 lines, and uses a client-server structure so that X security is not affected.

 Title: xtb
Author: Bernard Hatt
 email: bmh@terminus.ericsson.se

Version: v8 Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xtb.v8.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 14th November 1993

XBlast

XBlast is an multi player arcade game for X11. Up to four players are running around in a maze and are blasting away walls and other the players. The aim of the game is quite simple: "There can be only one" (Kurgan).

 Title: xblast
Author: Oliver Vogel 
 email: vogel@ikp.uni-koeln.de

Version: 1.00 Features: Multi-player, addictive, interactive setup, build your own levels. Requires: X11R5, 2 to 4 players Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xblast.1.00.tar.gz

Status: New Release

Updated: 25th January 1994

XBoard

XBoard is a graphical chessboard that can serve as a user interface for GNU Chess, for the Internet Chess Server (ICS), or for electronic mail correspondence chess. XBoard can also be used by itself.

 Title: xboard
Author: Dan Sears and Chris Sears (origninal), Tim Mann (current)
 email: mann@src.dec.com

Version: 3.1 Features: X11 interface Requires: GNU Chess? Location: ftp.x.org Archive: contrib/games/xboard-3.1.tar.gz

Status: stable

Updated: 8th June 1994

Xics ====

xics is an X client interface to the Internet Chess Server (ICS) which is currently located at "telnet ics.uoknor.edu 5000". xics is a simpler program than xboard, but fine for talking to the ICS.

 Title: xics
Author: Shirish Chinchalkar
 email: chinch@cs.cornell.edu

Version: 2.2 Features: Requires: Location: ics.uoknor.edu Archive: pub/chess/X/xics-2.2.tar.gz

Status: Finished

Updated: 16th November 1993

Spider

Spider is a particularly challenging double-deck solitaire. Unlike most solitaires, it provides extraordinary opportunities for the skillful player to overcome bad luck in the deal by means of careful analysis and complex manipulations. The Spider program does not actually play the game for you, but rather takes the place of the cards (by displaying the tableau on the screen) and keeping a record of the game so that you can follow out long lines of play without losing track of where you started from. (Besides, it's a neat display hack.)

 Title: spider
Author: Don Woods, Dave Lemke, Heather Rose
 email: lemke@ncd.com

Version: 1.1 Features: ? Requires: ? Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /R5/contrib-?

Status: Ships with R5 in contrib directory.

Updated: 1st February 1994

NetHack

NetHack now has an X11 interface. A single player D&D inspired game.

 Title: NetHack
Author: A cast of thousands.
 email: nethack-bugs@linc.cis.upenn.edu

Version: 3.1.3 Features: Requires: Location: linc.cis.upenn.edu Archive: /pub/NH3.1/

Status: Stable

Updated: 15th December 1993

Xchomp

Xchomp is a game closely patterned after Pac-Man™ that runs under the X window system. I've tried to make the game as close as possible to the original Pac-Man. However, I have not seen a Pac-Man arcade machine for years so all the elements of the game have been recalled from memory. Also, I've added something which I always felt was missing from Pac-Man, namely several different mazes.

 Title: xchomp
Author: Jerry J. Shekhel
 email: (UUCP) polygen!fred!jerry@sunne.East

Version: 1.1 Features: Single-player Requires: - Location: (?) qiclab.scn.rain.com Archive: /pub/X11/xchomp.tar.Z

Status: Stable

Updated: 16th December 1993

XFallout

XFallout is a game of blocks that runs under the X Window System. Similar to the other X game called xjewel.

 Title: xfallout

Authors: Yannis Kavaklis, Manolis Lourakis, Agelos Keromitis

 email: {kavaklis,lourakis,kermit}@csd.uch.gr

Version: 1.0 Features: Single-player, colour Requires: Athena Widgets Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xfallout1.0.tar

Status: first release

Updated: 24th December 1993

XSokoban

The goal of xsokoban is to push all the round objects into the score area of each level using the mouse or the arrow keys. The arrow keys move the player in the corresponding direction, pushing an object if it is in the way and there is a clear space on the other side. The mouse buttons each have a distinct function.

 Title: xsokoban

Authors: Andrew Myers, Joseph L. Traub, Kevin Solie, and many others

 email: andru@lcs.mit.edu

Version: 3.0 Features: single player Requires: Athena Widgets Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xsokoban3.0.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 24th December 1993

Virtual Combat

This is the first release of virtual combat, a multi-user 3d game running under X11. The game is a battle simulation, with each player being represented by a 3d object. The idea of the game is to be the last person left alive in the game.

 Title: vircom

Authors: David Jameson

 email: u9108009@athmail1.causeway.qub.ac.uk, ae553@yfn.ysu.edu

Version: 1.0 Features: Multiplayer, 3D, colour, server system Requires: ansi compiler Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/vircom-1.0.tar.Z

Status: First release

Updated: 24th December 1993

Layout Games Pack

When I wrote my Layout widget, I put together a bunch of sample applications, including some solitare games.

xmille - my old X10 game updated and enhanced spider - The classic two deck solitare reversi - othello; another X10 game montana - A single deck solitare canfield - Just like the old unix canfield program, except pretty thieves - Another double deck solitare, nearly unwinnable though klondike - Classic single deck solitare just like in Vegas towers - Another single deck solitare

The solitare games share a common library for dealing with decks of playing cards, and new ones can easily be written. All support arbitrary undo, scoring and hints.

Alas, none of the games come with any sort of instructions, so you'll have to figure out how to play on your own; this is made easier as the games prohibit any illegal play.

 Title: layout
Author: Keith Packard 
 email: keithp@ncd.com

Version: 1.0 Features: many card games, single player Requires: Xt Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/Layout.tar.Z

Status: more to come

Updated: 15th March 1994

XFortress

You must beat your opponent by having the main part of the territory. There are three fortification levels, to obtain the control over one square you must have more influence on it than your adversary. If you have more influence than your opponent on a square occupied by him, his castle is destroyed.

 Title: xfortress

Authors: Yves 'The Spif' Lafon

 email: demay@enseeiht.fr

Version: 1.1 Features: multi-player, bw Requires: Xt Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/xfortress-1.1.tar.z

Status: stable

Updated: 14th January 1994

XConq

Xconq is a configurable multi-player strategy game, with scenarios ranging from empire-building to outer space to monsters in Tokyo. You can play with any combination of human and AI players, up to seven or so, and game worlds can range from 20x20 hexes up to an enormous 360x122 map of the world. Xconq mailing list, xconq@uunet.uu.net

 Title: xconq

Authors: Stan Shebs

 email: shebs@cygnus.com

Version: 5.5.1a Features: multiplayer, game programming language, curses version Requires: X11R4+ Location: ftp.uu.net Archive: pub/games/xconq

Status: finished (7.0 in beta)

Updated: 28th January 1994

XGolf

 Title: xgolf

Authors: ?

 email: ?

Version: ? Features: ? Requires: Your clubs! Location: ? Archive: ?

Status: Is it a myth or reality.

Updated: 27th January 1994

Mazewar

 Title: mazewar

Authors: Chris Kantarjiev

 email: kantarjiev@parc.xerox.com

Version: Features: Requires: Location: Archive:

Status: Please fill in details!

Updated: 31st January 1994

XPipe Man

 Title: xpipeman 

Authors: Nigel Paver

 email: pavern@cs.man.ac.uk

Version: Features: Requires: Location: On R5 contrib tape Archive:

Status: 

Updated: 31st January 1994

Dodger

 Title: dodger
Author: Bert Nelson
 email: bnelson@csulx.weber.edu

Version: Jan 1992 Features: Imakefile, colour/bw, single player Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: dodger.sh

Status: stable

Updated: 18th Febuuary 1994

Jet Set Willy

Collect all the items dispersed in your huge mansion, trying to avoid unfriendly things.

 Title: jetset
Author: Florent Guillaume
 email: Florent.Guillaume@ens.fr

Version: 1.0 Features: B&W or Color, Single-player, platform game!! Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: contrib/jetset-1.0.tar.gz

Status: First release

Updated: 7th March 1994

XFil ====

A logic game very similar to connect four where you must place coins into slots in such a way to have four in a row. Human vs computer player with multiple levels.

 Title: xfil

Authors: Sasa Skevin

 email: ssasa@diana.zems.etf.hr, ssasa@srce.hr

Version: 2.02 Features: Single colour, human vs computer Requires: Location: maja.zems.etf.hr Archive: pub/tools/games/xfil-2.02.tar.gz

Status: stable

Updated: 22nd March 1994

X Block Out

This is a version of 3D tetris with a twist as the view is from the top looking down onto the blocks. You can rotate and twist the blocks until they are in a position to drop them. The user interface is very good and the game is hard!!

 Title: xbl

Authors: Thierry EXCOFFIER

 email: exco@ligia.univ-lyon1.fr

Version: 1.0 Features: 3D, Colour, sound, interface, multilevel, demo mode Requires: Location: ftp710.univ-lyon1.fr Archive: /pub/xbl/xbl-1.0.tar.Z

Status: great, more to come

Updated: 6th June 1994

*** new 23rd June 1994

Abalone

A board game that can have either human or computer players. It hasn't any instructions so I have no idea how to play.

 Title: Abalone

Authors: Arno Glim & Jan Langenberg

 email: unknown!

Version: unknown! Features: colour, computer players Requires: C++, openwindows Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/Abalone.tar.Z

Status: needs more documentation!

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Othello

Othello is played on an 8 x 8 board, with pieces which are black on one side and white on the other. A legal move consists of placing a piece of one's own color on the board so as to "sandwich" a row (orthogonal or diagonal) of pieces of the opposite color between the piece just placed and another piece of the same color. All pieces so sandwiched are flipped over to reveal the color of the other side.

 Title: othello

Authors: Rich Burridge & Co.

 email: richb@sunaus.sun.oz

Version: 1.3 Features: runs under SunView, XView, X11 and for dumb tty terminals Requires: Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/othello.tar.Z

Status: stable

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Pig ===

Pig is a card game similar to Hearts, derived from Chinese card game Gong3Zhu1 (pig-driving). It allows four players at different locations to play a card game simultaneously. The game is started by one player who has the xhost access permissions guaranteed by other players. During the game, players can communicate among themselves using a simple talk window. Conversations between two players are open to others.

 Title: pig

Authors: Yanan Yin

 email: unknown

Version: 3.0 Features: talk mode, multi-player, colour Requires: X11R4 or greater Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/pig.tar.Z

Status: works

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Core War

Not really sure how or what this thing is!!

 Title: cw

Authors: Jon Blow

 email: blojo@soda.berkeley.edu

Version: unknown Features: ? Requires: ? Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/corewar.tar.Z

Status: unknown

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Plumbing

Plumbing is an X implementation of the game Pipe Dreams, which was created by Lucasfilm and is distributed by Electronic Arts for Amigas and probably other personal computers. If you own a personal computer, I urge you to go out and buy Pipe Dreams; it's a much better game than Plumbing.

 Title: plumbing

Authors: Terry Weissman

 email: weissman@wsl.dec.com

Version: unknown Features: Requires: C++, X11R4 Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/plumbing.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Jetpack

Jetpack is an arcade action game. The user controls a player wearing a jetpack. The game takes place within a series of levels that each consist of a maze , fuel pods, a door, and a key. The player must travel through the maze to find the key and bring it back to the door to exit to the next level. There is a bonus for each level that is decre- mented as time goes on. It is awarded when the player sucessfully exits the level.

 Title: jetpack

Authors: Mark Bradley

 email: meb2@cec2.wustl.edu

Version: unknown Features: Requires: Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/jetpack.tar.Z

Status: unknown

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Sea Haven

Seahaven is an X implementation of a solitaire game some times known as Seahaven Towers, which I originally saw as a shareware game for the Macintosh. Seahaven is a fairly blatent rip-off of that game.

 Title: seahaven

Authors: Terry Weissman

 email: weissman@sgi.com

Version: unknown Features: auto play Requires: C++ Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/seahaven.tar.Z

Status: didn't compile for me.

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Engarde

To have 4 pieces in a row, column, diagonal that are all of one player's color, that player is to be considered the winner.

 Title: engarde

Authors: Bill James

 email: wjames@jupiter.saic.com

Version: 1.0 Features: Colour, nice interface Requires: Motif Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/engarde.tar.Z

Status: compiled well.

Updated: 23rd June 1994

Space

Space is a multiplayer, real time, space warfare game where each player may be located on a different machine and the display on the screen is a view out of the front of the player's ship into a 3 dimensional world.

Each player controls his or her own spaceship using either a standard CRT terminal or an X11 interface with mouse. All players are placed in the same galaxy and fight to build and extend their empire via conquering planets and other players.

 Title: space

Authors: Richard Johnson

 email: raj@ncgia.ucsb.edu

Version: 1.2 Features: multi-player Requires: galatic coordinator - didn't work for me Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/space.tar.Z

Status: compiled well.

Updated: 23rd June 1994

DStar

"dstar" is a multi-player network 3-d video game. In dstar, you are the pilot of a spaceship armed with lasers and missiles. You have the pilot's-eye view out of the spaceship's front window. Other people playing the game on their workstations are playing in the same "space" as you are. Everybody sees everybody else in the game. You fly up to other spaceships and shoot them with your laser or launch rockets at them. Obviously, they want to do the same to you.

 Title: dstar

Authors: Ed Falk

 email: falk@sun.com

Version: 1.1 Features: 3D, violence, multi-player Requires: XGL library Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/dstar.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 23rd June 1994

XTron

This is an X-version of the well known light-race of the TRON-film. You can jump tracks and other things as well.

 Title: xtron

Authors: Helmut Hoenig

 email: hoenig@informatik.uni-kl.de, lynx@dm.unirm1.it

Version: unknown Features: multi-player Requires: sockets Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/xTron_o0.1.t.Z

Status: not bad - bit fiddly to setup

Updated: 23rd June 1994

X Gosh

xgosh is a quick and easy game of Go. It allows two people to play a game of Go easily over the network. It uses the X Windows' feature of opening two displays (One for each player.)

 Title: xgosh

Authors: Scott W. Hassan, Eric Osman, Namhoon Yo

 email: hassan@informatics.wustl.edu

Version: 1.7 Features: colour, multi-player Requires: multi-player Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/xgosh-1.7.shar.Z

Status: good.

Updated: 23rd June 1994

XFred

It's a Pac-Man-like game for X11.

 Title: xfred

Authors: John L. Cwikla

 email: cwikla@wri.com

Version: ? Features: Requires: Location: ftp.x.org Archive: /contrib/games/xfred.tar.Z

Status: 

Updated: 5th August 1994

spare

 Title: 

Authors:

 email: 

Version: Features: Requires: Location: ftp.inria.fr Archive: /X/contrib-R5/games/

Status: 

Updated: 23rd June 1994


Frequently Asked Questions =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-

- How do I get these games?

All games mentioned in this list are available via anonymous ftp from various sites around the world. All you need is an InterNet connection and ftp.

ftp to the site name "ftp ftp.x.org" and then use "anonymous" as your user name. Then when ftp asks for a password use your email address to be polite.

Now change to the directory where the game is located. To do this type "cd <dir>" which will change directories. "ls" or "dir" will list directories and files.

Then set the mode to binary "bin" (as most game sources are tarred and compressed), and then get <game_name> which will retreive it for you. This may take some time so be patient.

Now to finish your session please type "quit" and you will be disconnected.

- Are these games free?

Most games are free. You should first check the COPYRIGHT or README docos to see if this is so. Most games on ftp.x.org are free to use but be sure you don't break the copyright by selling them etc.

- How to a compile the games?

First read any documents called README and/or INSTALL. Most games will come with an Imakefile which makes life easier? If not then you have to play around with the normal makefiles etc.

With Imakefiles you simply check them out and see if all is in order for your system ie: gcc/cc etc and then type xmkmf, then make. Hopefully it will compile and a lovely game will be waiting for you.

- How do I submit a game?

I am not sure about this officially. I submitted xboing buy firstly tarring and compressing my archive after testing it compiles! Then I ftped to ftp.x.org and placed it in /contrib/games with a descriptive filename like xgame1.5.tar.Z

- How do I unpack the game?

General rule of thumb.

*.gz = GNU Zipped file. Use gunzip to uncompress. *.tar = A UNIX Tar file. use tar to unbundle. *.Z = A UNIX Compressed file. Use uncompress to uncompress it. *.shar = A shell archive file. Use sh to unpack file. *.z = Possible an old gzip archive or a pack archive. Use unpack.

Please note that some games may use a combination of the above distribution methods. The most common would be *.tar.Z or *.tar.gz

With tar it is a good idea to check it out first before undoing it as it may not have been tarred into a directory for you. tar -vft <file> will list the tar files contents.

eg: xgame1.5.tar.Z

1. uncompress xgame1.5.tar.Z = uncompress the archive. 2. tar vft xgame1.5.tar = check if it is in a directory. 3. tar xvfo xgame1.5.tar = unpack it all into current directory or make one. 4. make the game.

eg: xgame1.5.tar.gz

1. gunzip xgame1.5.tar.gz = gnu unzip the tar archive. 2. repeat 2, 3, 4 above.

- Who do I ask for help when compiling a game?

Check out the README file or manual page and see if it is stated where bug reports should be sent. If no specific email address is given then try the author(s) email address.

Try to gain help from others in your workplace or university etc. You may be suprised how skillful others are at collecting and compiling games!

If all else fails then post to comp.windows.x.apps as a last resort.


Message to Game Writers =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

These are only suggestions and I am not an authority on how things should be done.

Firstly, ALWAYS include your email and name somewhere so people can find out who wrote the game. It is also helpful if you have a version number like 1.0 or 2.8 etc.

If you can and want to it is a good idea to place your game on the main X Window System software archive maintained by the X Consortium. This site is called ftp.x.org (formally export.lcs.mit.edu). All X related software can be found in the /contrib/games directory.

Please include a "gamename.README" with your game in the directory so people can check out what the game is and how to compile it etc. before they get it.

Also make sure that you tar an archive with a root directory so that people can untar it into that directory and not all over other files.

ie: tar cvf game.tar source/* ← this will create a directory when untarring.

Also make sure you have a manual entry or help file of some kind. My first version of my game was man-page less and I received quite a few email questions. After I cleaned up my documentation my mail slowed down a bit. Hint.

If you can work out Imakefiles then please use them. I know they can be a headache but they are worth it in the end.

You may want to grab the checktree program from the X Consortium that allows you to check your distribution files to see if they conform to some standards.

Thanks

Thanks to quinet@montefiore.ulg.ac.be (Raphael Quinet) for some ideas. All those who have sent additions or patches etc.


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