VDrift, The Great Opensource Racing Game
Monday, September 15, 2008
Powered by Vamos engine (see here for details), VDrift is a cross-platform, open-source driving simulation made with drift racing in mind, and it’s currently available for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Windows (Cygwin). Although the game is in an early development stage, it is supposed to be very playable and quite featurepacked, with 19 tracks (including the Nordschleife track), 28 cars, AI players, “very realistic physics” and a (simple) multiplayer network mode.
Initial screenshots look a little rudimentary at times, but seriously sweet at others. I look forward to playing this one and hope to have an in-depth view of both Vamos and VDrift over the coming months.
You can view more screenshots and get VDrift for free at Here.
Urban Terror, Free Multiplayer Game
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Urban Terror is a free multiplayer first person shooter (FPS). Urban Terror uses the free, stand-alone, ioquake3 engine modified, which doesn't require Quake III Arena, in addition to being an add-on to id Software's Quake III Arena.
Urban Terror is focused on blending realism with the fast-paced action of shooters such as Quake III Arena and Unreal Tournament. The realism in the mod is introduced through a number of changes.
The weapons available are real-life, have recoil, are less accurate when fired while moving, and require reloading after a magazine has been expended. The number of weapons and other gear that can be carried is limited.
Damage is also realistic, based on dividing the player target into discrete areas. In addition to the damage system, wounds require bandaging, and wounds sustained in the legs or feet slow the player down considerably until they are bandaged. A stamina system is also present, and is depleted by activities such as sprinting or jumping; crouching down allows the stamina bar to recover faster.
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Play DOS Games in Linux
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
Mau main game lawas versi DOS di Linux?
Linux sebenarnya dibuat sebagai OS yang menyenangkan dan untuk memudahkan suatu pekerjaan atau sebagai hiburan. Kadang kala kita berpikir, Linux adalah hantu yang perlu ditakuti sehingga membuat kita enggan untuk menyentuhnya.
Untuk Linux sendiri pada saat ini sudah dikembangkan program-program tambahan (third party) untuk menjalankan DOS diatas XWindows (XWindows di Linux ada bermacam-macam, seperti KDE, GNome atau XFce) yang disebut dengan DOS emulator.
Hasil jalan - jalan ke SourceForge akhirnya saya menemukan program DOS emulator gratis yang disebut dengan DOSBox. Sebenarnya masih banyak DOS emulator lain seperti freeDOS, namun DOSBox lebih mudah dalam hal instalasi dan ukuran filenya yang kecil (hanya 634Kb). DOSBox mengemulasikan prosesor Intel x86, lengkap berikut suara, tampilan, mouse dan keyboard.
Mungkin Anda akan menemui beberapa masalah untuk mouse dan keyboard yang menggunakan port USB di DOSBox. Persyaratan minimal hardware untuk program DOSBox adalah prosesor x86 (Pentium II 400Mhz) atau kelas 286 dan Linux Anda harus dilengkapi juga dengan SDL libary dan SDL devel yang bisa Anda download di sini tergantung distro Linux Anda.
Berikut langkah-langkah instalasi DOSBox :
1. Download SDL library ke directory yang telah Anda tentukan terlebih dahulu
# wget \libsdl.org/release/SDL-1.2.8.tar.gz
2. Ekstrak dan lakukan peng-compile-an :
# tar -zxvf SDL-1.2.8.tar.gz # ./SDL-1.2.8/configure &&
\make && make install
3. Download DOSBox ke directory yang telah Anda tentukan terlebih dahulu
# wget \jaist.dl.sourceforge.net/sourceforge/dosbox/dosbox-0.63.tar.gz
4. Ekstrak dan lakukan peng-compile-an
# tar -zxvf dosbox-0.63.tar.gz # ./dosbox-0.63/configure \ && make && make install
5. Buat directory untuk menampung game DOS Anda, misalnya bernama gamegue di directory /home/user
# mkdir /home/user/gamegue
6. Download salah satu game DOS favorite Anda dan ekstrak di directory /home/user/gamegue. Misal download game "prince of versia 4d" sebesar 608Kb di Dos Games Archive
# cd /home/user/gamegue # wget \dosgamesarchive.com/download/4dprince.zip
7. Ekstrak
# unzip 4dprince.zip
8. Jalankan DOSBox, mount (DOSBox internal command) directory gamegue dan jalankan game prince of persia dalam mode fullscreen
# dosbox -c "MOUNT c \
/home/user/gamegue" -c "c:" -c "4D_PRIN.exe"
Alternatif lainnya kita lakukan langkah-langkahnya per baris seperti berikut :
- Jalankan DOSBox dalam mode fullscreen
# dosbox -fullscreen
- Mount directory /home/user/gamesaya sebagai drive C
Z:\> MOUNT c /home/user/gamesaya
- Pindah ke prompt C
Z:\> c:
- Jalankan game prince of persia
C:\> 4D_PRIN.exe
9. Selamat bermain dan bernostalgia. Ok?
Catatan : Jika ingin keluar dari mode fullscreen, tekan tombol ALT+ENTER
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