Download, Install and Play Yoda Soccer on Debian / Ubuntu Linux

Today, there are so many games that support Linux natively. Even, there are some high quality and high level 3D games now come to Linux world. But, is there any native Soccer (Football) game in Linux? I could say : not much yet! One of the today existed Soccer game in Linux is named Yoda Soccer. A cute and interactive soccer game for Linux :)

As usual, as an Ubuntu user, I packed the game into a debian package so I could install it easily in the future with ease. Here is the debian package you can download and install :

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/72782740/debian/yoda-soccer-0.76_all.deb 

Download, Install and Play Angry Birds Rio In Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Angry Birds Rio is a spin-off of the new-legendary game Angry Birds. This plot is specially taken from popular animation film Rio, an adventure of a pet Blue macaw bird from US in Brazilian jungle.

Based on that successful film, there are some game developers created a spin-off for Angry Birds game called Angry Birds Rio. The good news about this is, there is already a flash version of this game so we could play it in Linux desktop easily using flashplayer (standalone player, or by Internet Browser with flashplayer plugin).

And just like what I've done before in Angry Animals game, I've packed this game too into Debian package so we could install it with ease. If you have had installed flashplayer standalone, you don't have to download and install it. But, if you haven't it yet, you have to download the flashplayer standalone to play this game.

These are the packages :
adobe-flashplayer-standalone-linux_10_i386_debian.deb
angrybirds-rio_0.1_i386_debian.deb

This is a free game so there are some advertisements (this is normal, programmers live from advertisements). Just ignore them and enjoy the game :)

Download, Install and Play Angry Animals Game Offline (An Angry Birds Clone) In Ubuntu/Debian Linux

Angry Birds is a new legendary game. It came first in iOS world and then spread widely into another Operating Systems. If we use Windows, we could get this game easily (there is already a Windows version). For Linux users, we could also install it easily using Wine. The native Linux version is not presented yet so we should be patient for this :)

But apparently, there is a game developer Flashninjaclan has developed an Angry Birds clone flash game and could be played easily in any browser and in any operating system, using adobe flashplayer plugin. This game is awesome, but playing it in an internet browser is not cool. So, there is a Zarko Zivanov has made a script to download this game, download an adobe flashplayer standalone, and then create a desktop shortcut. In the end, we will get “a Linux version” of this game and we can play it just like playing another native Linux game. The tutorial about this could be seen here.

Anyway, though that script is great, that will be more elegant if we could get a DEB package to install this game in our Ubuntu/Debian desktop regularly, just like installing another DEB packages. Because of this, I have packed this great game into a DEB package so we can install it easily. Also, I've packed a Macromedia Flashplayer Standalone into DEB to perform this game like a native Linux game.

To install this game, you have to download two packages. First, the adobe flashplayer standalone package (the game package depends on it); Second, the game package. Then, you can install them easily at once by terminal :

sudo dpkg -i *.deb

Here are the packages :

adobe-flashplayer-standalone-linux_10_i386_debian.deb

angryanimals_0.1_i386_debian.deb

After installation, you probably will get the game need some moments to be loaded (this happened in my old P4 computer). Enjoy the game and Happy Linuxing !

Gaming Dengan CrossOver Games

Di desktop Linux, banyak sekali pilihan game free untuk sekedar mengisi kekosongan waktu kita, atau untuk membuang sedikit kejenuhan setelah lama bekerja di depan komputer.

Namun, dalam dunia komputasi, ada kelompok user yang memang interest, addicted dan kemudian focused pada dunia game komputer. Kelompok user inilah yang kemudian disebut gamers. Karena kesukaan pada games, mereka rela membeli hardware yang mahal untuk bisa bermain game 3D yang berat dan memiliki interface memuaskan. Untuk hal ini, belum banyak perusahaan pengembang game 3D yang mengembangkan game komersial untuk desktop Linux.

Karena kondisi itulah, gamers yang mencoba menggunakan atau mencoba bermigrasi ke desktop Linux akan sedikit mengalami kesulitan. Jalan keluar satu-satunya adalah menggunakan emulator wine. Namun begitu, karena sifat wine yang free, untuk meng-optimized wine agar bisa menjalankan game-game 3D windows secara sempurna di butuhkan proses oprekisasi yang cukup rumit.

Sebenarnya ada cara yang lebih praktis, yaitu menggunakan emulator komersial yang bernama Crossover Games. Karena aplikasi ini berbayar, kita bisa mencoba versi trail dan men-download-nya dari Internet.

Banyak game 3D windows yang bisa dijalankan di Crossover Games. Sangat menarik bagi para gamers. Satu hal menarik lainnya adalah, jika kita telah memiliki CrossOver Office dan Wine di desktop Linux kita, kita tetap dapat menginstalasi CrossOver Games secara bersamaan dan tidak terjadi crash. Hal tersebut disebabkan karena direktori instalasi ketiganya yang terpisah, dan juga direktori konfigurasi ketiganya yang juga terpisah di home.

Selamat nge-game !

Melepas Lelah dengan Penguin !

Seringkali kita mendapai kesuntukan dalam bekerja di depan komputer. Ada banyak pilihan untuk sedikit menghibur diri dengan desktop Linux kita. Kalau kita ada koneksi internet, tentu kita bisa ber-facebook atau googling mencari bacaan-bacaan ringan. Alternatif lain (dan kalau kita tak ada koneksi internet) adalah bermain game.

Di lingkungan desktop Linux, ada banyak sekali pilihan game, baik yang ringan maupun yang agak berat. Salah satu game yang cukup saya sukai karena keringanannya dan ke-lucu-annya adalah Frozen Bubble! Game ini hampir mirip dengan jenis-jenis game Zuma Deluxe, cuma tokoh yang ada adalah si maskot Linux Tux Penguin dengan versi wajah yang lebih imut.

Permainan Frozen Bubble sangat sederhana. Kita hanya perlu menembakan bola dengan warna yang sesuai dengan deretan bola yang keluar dari atas. Mirip dengan Zuma. Letak kesegaraanya tentu pada tokoh Tux yang menembakan bola dengan tuas. Ekspresi khas kartun Tux yang memang menjadi daya tarik tersendiri bagi Linux!

Game ini ada di repositori distribusi besar. Bahkan distribusi Mandriva Linux, menyertakan game ini dalam DVD installer default bundel mereka.

Cukup menyegarkan untuk mengisis kekosongan jam penat kita!