The Linux Game Tome
Encyclopedia
The Linux Game Tome is a website which provides a comprehensive list of games for Linux
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Linux games directories, and classic X11
games - for a database of just over 100 games.
In 1998 maintenance was taken over by Bob Zimbinski who has run the site since that time.
The database now contains well over 2,000 games and game-related items and also now includes a user rating system, active discussion forums, and an IRC channel.
It also provides forums for game developers and has organized several make overs of almost-there Linux games such as Lincity
.
Hosting is provided by Micheal Simms
of Linux Game Publishing
and Tux Games which unfortunately caused shared downtime during late 2010.
Linux
Linux is a Unix-like computer operating system assembled under the model of free and open source software development and distribution. The defining component of any Linux system is the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released October 5, 1991 by Linus Torvalds...
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History
The site was started by Tessa Lau in 1995. She collected games from SunSITE'sSunsite
SunSITE is a network of Internet servers providing archives of information, software and other publicly available resources...
Linux games directories, and classic X11
X Window System
The X window system is a computer software system and network protocol that provides a basis for graphical user interfaces and rich input device capability for networked computers...
games - for a database of just over 100 games.
In 1998 maintenance was taken over by Bob Zimbinski who has run the site since that time.
The database now contains well over 2,000 games and game-related items and also now includes a user rating system, active discussion forums, and an IRC channel.
It also provides forums for game developers and has organized several make overs of almost-there Linux games such as Lincity
Lincity
Lincity is a free construction and management simulation game, which puts the player in control of managing a city's socio-economy. Its name is a play on the title of the original city-building game, SimCity, and it was released under the GNU General Public License.- Gameplay :Lincity is a city and...
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Hosting is provided by Micheal Simms
Michael Simms (software developer)
Michael Simms is the creator of the Tux Games website and the founder of Linux Game Publishing.- Biography :Simms began using Linux when he was at university in 1992. From 2000 — 2001 he worked at Wcities as Lead product architect....
of Linux Game Publishing
Linux Game Publishing
Linux Game Publishing is a software company based in Nottingham in England. It ports, publishes and sells video games running on Linux operating systems. As well as porting games, LGP also sponsors the development of Grapple, a free software network library for games...
and Tux Games which unfortunately caused shared downtime during late 2010.