Oohara Yuuma wrote: > I don't know why people are so eager to get involved in a flamewar, > but reading the list gave me an impression that it is a must. > Let's see how far I can get. Er. > Nobody said that only good games should be included in the game task, > but I don't think xgalaga is the best shoot-em-up game in Debian. It wasn't chosen on those grounds. galaga is a classic bottom-scrolling shooter and xgalaga is a fairly accurate clone. > Here are some alternatives: > * chromium > very popular, great graphic but boring gameplay > hardware acceleration required Thus disquialified on two counts. I was never very impressed with the graphics either. A yawner. > * kobodeluxe > polished version of popular xkobo > not an usual shoot-em-up in my opinion (your ship can't stop) but anyway I could be convinced to add this, as it is fairly unique. Not sure it appeals to enough people though. > * vectoroids > small but nice Agendaroids clone, well-balanced gameplay > good if you don't care the "why yet another" rant Added, the task has been needing an asteroids clone, and maelstrom, the only better one I've seen, is non-free. > * kspaceduel > in fact an one-on-one deathmatch, the AI is tough > you can learn the Newton's law on a torus > some may complain because there are already 2 gnome games in the task Looks like an unimpressive variation on the spacewar theme to me. I will wait for uqm to get into debian instead. :-) > * tenmado > to show that I did my homework > good if you can bear the terrible look, or if you are a mathematician Not much of a reccommendation. I remember trying to play it once. > * frozen-bubble > not a shoot-em-up (don't say "you shoot bubbles") but so cool > known as the DD killer Yeah I should have added this a while ago. In case my criteria arn't clear, I am looking for games with mostly reasonable system requirements, good gameplay, good replayability, good sound and graphics where appropriate, and for a wide range of games that hit most of the major genres (with a game close to a true classic in that genre when we have a good copy available), as well as games that are fairly unique. -- see shy jo
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