Sidux/Useable applications/Games

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 * 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/