Sidux/Useable applications/Games

pl:Sidux_-_czyli_Debian_sid_krok_po_kroku_dla_każdego/Programy_użytkowe/Gry A number of games for Linux is quite large. The list you can make bigger using emulators and virtual machines. Gnome Games It's a set of games designed for GNOME environment, such as: Chess, Mines, Sudoku, Blackjack and others. Full list of gnome-games is available on the project side. 1. Installation: apt-get install gnome-games 2. Running: Menu-> Games GNOME games home page: http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGames KDE Games The KDE project contains a set of arcade, board, cards games and some more. 1. To install theme type in Terminal: apt-get install kdegames 2. Running: Menu-> Games KDE games home page: http://games.kde.org/ Emulators An emulator is a special kind of application which copy an operating system functions inside second one. I'll describe a few emulators available in Debian "sid" repositories. DOSBox Emulator DOSBox emulates DOS operating system environment and lets run old versions of games and applications. Installation: apt-get install dosbox Home side: http://www.dosbox.com/ And on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DOSBox DeSmuMe (Gtk) DeSmuMe is an emulator of Nintendo DS and can run homebrew, demo and commercial games. Installation: apt-get install desmume Home page: http://desmume.org/ On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeSmuME FCE Ultra Next emulator FCE Ultra simulates 8-bit Nintendo Entertainment System. Installation: apt-get install fceu Home page: http://fceux.com/web/home.html On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FCE_Ultra PCSX PCSX is an emulator of Sony Playstation console. It's only available in Debian's "debports" repositories for "avr32" and "m68k" machines. Home page: http://www.pcsx.net/ On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PCSX Stella The last emulator in this chapter is Stella. It's possible to run games designed for Atari 2600 console. Installation: apt-get install stella Home page: http://stella.sourceforge.net/ On Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stella_%28emulator%29 Wine Wine as a simulation environment can manage with many games designed for Windows OS. Wine installations and basic configurations is here: Sidux/Useable applications/Wine. There is a list of games compatible with Wine on side: http://appdb.winehq.org/ Virtual machines I think the best way to run games designed for Windows OS is using one of two machines: Sidux/Useable applications/VirtualBox or Sidux/Useable applications/VMware Player with Windows OS installed as a guest. I propose to check Debian "sid" games repositories too: http://packages.debian.org/unstable/games/