Kdegames
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The kdegames package
contains games written for the KDE
. kdegames provides games in a number of genres including card games, arcade games and board games.
Software package (installation)
In package management systems, which are commonly used with Linux-based operating systems, a package is a specific piece of software which the system can install and uninstall....
contains games written for the KDE
KDE
KDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
. kdegames provides games in a number of genres including card games, arcade games and board games.
Arcade
- KBlocks - A TetrisTetrisTetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
clone - KBounceKBounceKBounce is a clone of the computer game JezzBall, developed as part of KDE. Following the original concepts of JezzBall, KBounce requires the user to adapt to its increasing difficulty by applying an array of critical thinking, intuitive thinking and reflexes....
- A JezzBallJezzBallJezzBall is a video game in which red-and-white balls, referred to as atoms, bounce about a rectangular field of play, or room. The player advances to the next level by containing the atoms in progressively smaller spaces, until at least 75% of the area is blocked off...
clone for KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems... - KBreakout - A BreakoutBreakout cloneA Breakout clone is a sub-class of the "bat-and-ball" genre introduced with the Magnavox Odyssey's Tennis and Atari's Pong...
type game - KGoldRunner - Run around an area collecting gold then run to the next level. (a clone of Lode RunnerLode RunnerLode Runner is a 1983 platform game, first published by Brøderbund. It is one of the first games to include a level editor, a feature that allows players to create their own levels for the game. This feature bolstered the game's popularity, as magazines such as Computer Gaming World held contests...
) - KLines - A clone of Lines
- KolfKolf (computer game)Kolf is a miniature golf game for KDE, that was developed by Jason Katz-Brown in 2002. The game is played from an overhead view, with a short bar representing the golf club. Kolf features many different types of objects, such water hazards, slopes, sand traps, and black holes , among others...
- A Miniature golfMiniature golfMiniature golf, or minigolf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf,...
simulationSimulationSimulation is the imitation of some real thing available, state of affairs, or process. The act of simulating something generally entails representing certain key characteristics or behaviours of a selected physical or abstract system.... - Kollision - A game of dexterity
- KSameGame - A wall of balls that need to be deleted
- KSnake – A KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
clone of Rattler RaceRattler RaceRattler Race is a puzzle video game, created in 1991 by Christopher Lee Fraley, based largely on the 1970s game simply called Snake. It was distributed with the Microsoft Entertainment Pack, which was included with early Microsoft Windows systems. The player takes on the role of a hungry snake, who...
(a variation of Snake). - KSpaceDuel - A variation on the Spacewar! game
- KTron – A rudimentary TronTron (arcade game)Tron is a coin-operated arcade video game manufactured and distributed by Bally Midway in 1982. It is based on the Walt Disney Productions motion picture Tron released in the same year. The game consists of four subgames inspired by the events of the science fiction film. It features some...
Light cycle racing game.
Board
- Bovo - A GomokuGomokuGomoku is an abstract strategy board game. Also called Gobang or Five in a Row, it is traditionally played with go pieces on a go board ; however, because once placed, pieces are not moved or removed from the board, gomoku may also be played as a paper and pencil game...
game - KBattleship - BattleshipBattleship (game)The game Battleship is a guessing game played by two people. It is known throughout the world as a pencil and paper game which predates World War I. It was published by Milton Bradley Company in 1931 as the pad-and-pencil game "Broadsides, the Game of Naval Strategy".-Description:The game is...
for KDE. - KMahjongg - MahjongMahjongMahjong, sometimes spelled Mah Jongg, is a game that originated in China, commonly played by four players...
solitaire - Shisen-ShoShisen-Sho, sometimes referred to as 'Four Rivers' or simply 'Rivers,' is a Japanese tile-based game which uses Mahjong tiles, and is similar to Mahjong solitaire. The objective of the game is to match similar tiles in pairs until every tile has been removed from the playing field.- Rules :The aim of the...
- A MahjongMahjongMahjong, sometimes spelled Mah Jongg, is a game that originated in China, commonly played by four players...
-like game - KReversi - A ReversiReversiReversi is a board game involving abstract strategy and played by two players on a board with 8 rows and 8 columns and a set of distinct pieces for each side. Pieces typically are disks with a light and a dark face, each face belonging to one player...
game - KFourInLine - A Connect FourConnect FourConnect Four is a two-player game in which the players first choose a color and then take turns dropping their colored discs from the top into a seven-column, six-row vertically-suspended grid...
game. Used to be called KWin4
Card
- KPatKPATKPAT is a commercial radio station broadcasting to the Santa Maria, California, area on 95.7 FM. KPAT airs a Rhythmic Top 40 music format branded as "95.7 The Beat".-History:...
- A card game with solitaire games KlondikeKlondike (solitaire)Klondike is a Patience game . Many people refer to Klondike as patience or solitaire .- Rules :...
, SpiderSpider (solitaire)Spider is a type of Patience game. It is one of the more popular two-deck solitaire games.-The game:The main purpose of the game is to remove all cards from the table, assembling them in the tableau before removing them. Initially, 54 cards are dealt to the tableau in ten piles, face down except...
, FreeCellFreeCellFreeCell is a solitaire-based card game played with a 52-card standard deck. It is fundamentally different from most solitaire games in that nearly all deals can be solved...
and other card games included. - Lt. Skat - A card game for KDE, based on the German Offiziersskat game.
Dice
- KJumpingCube - A board game where players make boxes change color and try to succeed in taking over the board.
- Kiriki - A YahtzeeYahtzeeYahtzee is a dice game made by Milton Bradley , which was first marketed by game entrepreneur Edwin S. Lowe in 1956. The game is a development of earlier dice games, such as Yacht and Generala. The object of the game is to score the most points by rolling five dice to make certain combinations...
game
Logic
- KAtomicKAtomicKAtomic is a simple educational puzzle game that is part of the game package which ships with the KDE desktop environment. It is a clone of the early 1990s commercial game Atomix. It employs simplistic two-dimensional view of a molecule. The Elements that make up the molecule are disassembled into...
- A clone of the early 1990s commercial game AtomixAtomix (computer game)Atomix is a transport puzzle video game developed by Günter Krämer and published by Thalion Software, released for the Commodore Amiga and other personal computers in late 1990...
. - KBlackBox - Black-box logic gameBlack Box (game)Black Box is a game of "hide and seek" for one or two players, which simulates shooting rays into a black box to deduce the locations of atoms hidden inside. It was created by Eric Solomon. The board game was published by Waddingtons from the mid 1970s and by Parker Brothers in the late 1970s...
. Shoot rays into a black box to find some balls. - KDiamond - A BejeweledBejeweledBejeweled is a puzzle game by PopCap Games, first developed for browsers in 2001. Three follow-ups to this game have been released. More than 75 million copies of Bejeweled have been sold, and the game has been downloaded more than 500 million times....
type game - KMinesKMinesKMines is a minesweeper game for KDE, originally created in 1996 by Nicolas Hadacek under the GPL. It is part of the Kdegames package.KMines has three default sizes, "easy" , "normal" , and "expert" , as well as custom levels. The custom levels can have dimensions from 5×5 to 50×50...
- A MinesweeperMinesweeper (computer game)Minesweeper is a single-player video game. The object of the game is to clear an abstract minefield without detonating a mine. The game has been written for many system platforms in use today....
implementation for KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
. - KNetwalk - A puzzle game. The player must arrange sections of wire to connect the computers.
- KSquares - A Dots and BoxesDots and BoxesDots and Boxes is a pencil and paper game for two players first published in 1889 by Édouard Lucas.Starting with an empty grid of dots, players take turns, adding a single...
game - KSudoku - A SudokuSudokuis a logic-based, combinatorial number-placement puzzle. The objective is to fill a 9×9 grid with digits so that each column, each row, and each of the nine 3×3 sub-grids that compose the grid contains all of the digits from 1 to 9...
game - Kubrick - A Rubik's CubeRubik's CubeRubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik.Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toy Corp. in 1980 and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that...
game
Strategy
- Konquest - A simple turn-based strategy game with the theme of galactic conquest.
- KsirK - A RiskRisk (game)Risk is a strategic board game, produced by Parker Brothers . It was invented by French film director Albert Lamorisse and originally released in 1957 as La Conquête du Monde in France. Risk is a turn-based game for two to six players...
clone
Toy
- KTuberling – A Potato Guy game for kids. (Modeled after the Mr. Potato HeadMr. Potato HeadMr. Potato Head! is an American toy consisting of a plastic model of a potato which can be decorated with a variety of plastic parts that can attach to the main body. These parts usually include ears, eyes, shoes, a hat, a nose, and a mouth. The toy was invented and developed by George Lerner in...
children’s toy)
kdegames 3 only
These games were part of the kdegames module in KDE3 but were removed for the KDE4 release due to lack of maintainership:- KPoker - A video pokerVideo pokerVideo poker is a casino game based on five-card draw poker. It is played on a computerized console similar in size to a slot machine.-History:...
game. - KAsteroids – An AsteroidsAsteroids (computer game)Asteroids is a video arcade game released in 1979 by Atari Inc. It was one of the most popular and influential games of the Golden Age of Arcade Games. Asteroids uses a vector display and a two-dimensional view that wraps around in both screen axes. The player controls a spaceship in an asteroid...
clone for KDEKDEKDE is an international free software community producing an integrated set of cross-platform applications designed to run on Linux, FreeBSD, Microsoft Windows, Solaris and Mac OS X systems...
. - KFoulEggs – A Puyo PuyoPuyo Puyois the inaugural game in the Puyo Puyo series originally released in 1991 by Compile for the MSX2. Since its creation, it uses characters from . It was created by Masamitsu "Moo" Niitani, the founder of Compile, who was inspired by certain elements from the Tetris and Dr...
game. - KSirtet – A simple TetrisTetrisTetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
clone, titled by reversing the name Tetris to avoid trademark problems. An early version was developed in 1998, but the project possibly started as far back as 1996. The final stable version was released December, 2002. - KSmileTris – A TetrisTetrisTetris is a puzzle video game originally designed and programmed by Alexey Pajitnov in the Soviet Union. It was released on June 6, 1984, while he was working for the Dorodnicyn Computing Centre of the Academy of Science of the USSR in Moscow, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic...
variation. - Atlantik – MonopolyMonopolyA monopoly exists when a specific person or enterprise is the only supplier of a particular commodity...
for KDE. - KBackgammon – BackgammonBackgammonBackgammon is one of the oldest board games for two players. The playing pieces are moved according to the roll of dice, and players win by removing all of their pieces from the board. There are many variants of backgammon, most of which share common traits...
for KDE. - KenolabA – AbaloneAbalone (board game)Abalone is an award winning two-player strategy board game designed by Michel Lalet and Laurent Levi in which each player is represented by marbles of opposing colors...
for KDE. - Klickety – Klickety is an adaptation of clickomania / SameGameSameGameis a computer puzzle game featuring tile removal originally released under the name Chain Shot! in 1985 by Kuniaki Moribe . It has since been ported to numerous computer platforms.-History:...
to KDE, similar to KSameGame. - KSokoban – SokobanSokobanis a type of transport puzzle, in which the player pushes boxes or crates around in a warehouse, trying to get them to storage locations. The puzzle is usually implemented as a video game....