Debian Games Project
Summary
Games-net
Debian Games Network Games

While XPilot has a broad international community of players (mostly on high-bandwidth connections) it can be enjoyed on a home network as well. XBlast, on the other hand, achieves networking using the X protocol, so it is best suited to a local network.

The list to the right includes various software projects which are of some interest to the Debian Games Project. Currently, only a few of them are available as Debian packages. It is our goal, however, to include all software in Debian Games which can sensibly add to a high quality Debian Pure Blend.

For a better overview of the project's availability as a Debian package, each head row has a color code according to this scheme:

If you discover a project which looks like a good candidate for Debian Games to you, or if you have prepared an unofficial Debian package, please do not hesitate to send a description of that project to the Debian Games mailing list

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Debian Games Games-net packages

Official Debian packages with high relevance

Xblast-tnt
multiplayer blast-the-others game inspired by Dynablaster
Maintainer: Gerfried Fuchs
Versions of package xblast-tnt
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze2.10.4-3amd64,armel,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,sparc
wheezy2.10.4-3amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390,s390x,sparc
jessie2.10.4-3amd64,armel,armhf,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x,sparc
sid2.10.4-3amd64,armel,armhf,hurd-i386,i386,ia64,kfreebsd-amd64,kfreebsd-i386,mips,mipsel,powerpc,s390x,sparc
Debtags of package xblast-tnt:
gamearcade
hardwareinput:joystick
interfacex11
roleprogram
scopeapplication
uitoolkitxlib
usegameplaying
x11application
Popcon: 27 users (11 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free

XBlast is a multi-player arcade game inspired by the video/computer game Bomberman (Dynablaster).

Features:

  • 2 to 6 players
  • 1 or 2 players per X-Server (or up to 6 with joysticks)
  • about 1000 levels
  • about 20 player models
  • PoV-Ray rendered color graphics
  • central server support with statistics

If you want to host games you need to install the xblast-tnt-levels package, and you might want to install xblast-tnt-sounds for sound support. The xblast-tnt-musics package contains background musics for the game, if you like.

The package is enhanced by the following packages: xblast-tnt-levels xblast-tnt-sounds xblast-tnt-musics
Xblast-tnt-levels
level files for xblast-tnt
Maintainer: Gerfried Fuchs
Versions of package xblast-tnt-levels
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze20050106-2all
wheezy20050106-2all
jessie20050106-2all
sid20050106-2all
Debtags of package xblast-tnt-levels:
gamearcade
interfacex11
roleapp-data
usegameplaying
x11application
Popcon: 0 users (0 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free

XBlast is a multi-player arcade game inspired by the video/computer game Bomberman (Dynablaster). This package contains the level files which you need when you want to host games. If you just want to join other people's games you don't need this package.

Xblast-tnt-musics
music files for xblast-tnt
Maintainer: Gerfried Fuchs
Versions of package xblast-tnt-musics
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze20050106-2all
wheezy20050106-2all
jessie20050106-2all
sid20050106-2all
Debtags of package xblast-tnt-musics:
gamearcade
interfacex11
roleapp-data
usegameplaying
x11application
Popcon: 0 users (0 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free

XBlast is a multi-player arcade game inspired by the video/computer game Bomberman (Dynablaster). This package contains the music files. You only need them if you want to listen to background musics during the game.

Xblast-tnt-sounds
sound files for xblast-tnt
Maintainer: Gerfried Fuchs
Versions of package xblast-tnt-sounds
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze20040429-2all
wheezy20040429-2all
jessie20040429-2all
sid20040429-2all
Debtags of package xblast-tnt-sounds:
gamearcade
interfacex11
roleapp-data
usegameplaying
x11application
Popcon: 0 users (0 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free

XBlast is a multi-player arcade game inspired by the video/computer game Bomberman (Dynablaster). This package contains the sound files. You only need them if you want to listen to sound effects during the game.

Xpilot-ng
Multi-player tactical game for X (NG version)
Maintainer: Ben Armstrong (Phil Brooke)
Versions of package xpilot-ng
ReleaseVersionArchitectures
squeeze4.7.3-1.2all
wheezy4.7.3-1.4all
jessie4.7.3-2all
sid4.7.3-2all
Debtags of package xpilot-ng:
roleprogram, metapackage
usegameplaying
Popcon: 0 users (0 upd.)*
Versions and Archs
License: DFSG free

XPilot is a multi-player tactical manoeuvring game for X. Each player controls their own fighter equipped with a variety of weapons and power-ups. Players compete as teams or as individuals; the object of the game is to score points by blasting the opposition, stealing their treasure or by racing round a circuit. WARNING: This game is very addictive.

This package is a complete XPilot installation, including the XPilot client, server and utilities.

Screenshots of package xpilot-ng
*Popularitycontest results: number of people who use this package regularly (number of people who upgraded this package recently) out of 164624