Re: Some more games for the Debian games team to package

[Hans de Goede <hdegoede@redhat.com>]

Hi,

On 08/03/2018 06:54 AM, Markus Koschany wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Am 02.08.2018 um 23:55 schrieb Hans de Goede:
> > Hi,
> >
> > So after seeing:
> > https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Debian-Games-2018
> >
> > I realized that there are probably a few games in Fedora which are
> > not in Debian yet.
> >
> > So following the gotta catch them all principle I
> > thought I would share a list of those I'm aware of
> > with you.
>
> Thanks a lot for sharing your list. There are also some games that are
> in Debian but not in Fedora, though I haven't compiled a list yet.

Oh I'm sure there is a long list of those, unfortunately the Fedora
Games SIG has not been all that active the last few years.

> It is
> always a bit hard to find contributors who want to maintain those games.

Yes, same for us.

> I assume this is our main blocking issue for introducing all those older
> Allegro games.

Maybe, some of these are somewhat obscure / ported by my to Linux
for inclusion in Fedora specifically.

Regards,

Hans




> [...]
> > crystal-stacker (1)
> > flyingsaucersattack
> > lacewing
> > machineball
> > raidem
> > scorchwentbonkers
> > shippy
> > worminator
> > zasx
>
> [...]
>
> I might take a look at them in the future, just to learn more about
> gameplay and artworks. However I believe Allegro 4 is pretty much
> obsolete, so we have to port them to Allegro 5 eventually. Not sure if
> it will be worth the effort.
>
> Regards,
>
> Markus