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<title>Gaming In &kubuntu;</title>

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This document will provide you with a brief overview of the games available to

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&kubuntu; as well as provide information on how to run some Windows games with

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your &kubuntu; system.

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This document provides an overview of the games available with &kubuntu;, and

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suggestions on how to run some Windows games with &kubuntu;.

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<title>Introduction</title>

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If you have installed, or are planning to install, &kubuntu; from a CDROM, one

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thing to note is that &kubuntu; does not ship any games due to available space

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on the CDROM. If you install &kubuntu; via a DVDROM, all of the KDE Games are

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installed. If you do install from a CDROM, installing games afterwards is

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simple. Please review the <ulink type="help"

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When installing &kubuntu; via a DVDROM, all of the KDE Games are installed.

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However, when installing &kubuntu; from a CDROM, no KDE Games are installed, due

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to the lack of available space on the CDROM. It is simple to install games after

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a CDROM install. Please review the <ulink type="help"

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url="help:/kubuntu/manage-software/">Software Management</ulink> topic.

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<title>KDE Games</title>

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KDE Games is a collection of various types of games designed specifically for

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the KDE Workspace. KDE Games selection consists of arcade, board, card, dice,

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logic, strategy, and toy.

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KDE Games is a collection of various games designed especially for the KDE

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Workspace. The KDE Game categories are: arcade, board, card, dice, logic,

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strategy, and toy.

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<title>KDE Games - Arcade</title>

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<varlistentry><term>KBounce</term>

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A single-player arcade game with the elements of puzzle. It is played on a

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field, surrounded by a wall, with two or more balls that move about in the field

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bouncing off of walls. The player can build new walls, decreasing the size of

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the active field.

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A single-player arcade game with puzzle elements. It is played on a field

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surrounded by a wall. Balls move on the field, bouncing off of the walls.

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Successfully completing a level starts an empty field with additional balls. The

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object of the game is to build new walls to decrease the size of the active

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field.

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A single-player puzzle game where the object of the game is to build lines of

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three or more similar diamonds.

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three or more similar jewels.

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<varlistentry><term>KGoldrunner</term>

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A maze-threading game with a puzzle flavor. It has hundreds of levels where

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pieces of gold must be collected, with enemies in hot pursuit.

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A maze game with a puzzle flavor. It has hundreds of levels where pieces of gold

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must be collected, with enemies in hot pursuit.

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<varlistentry><term>KLines</term>

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A simple, but highly addictive, single-player game that has been inspired by the

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well-known game of Color Lines.

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A simple, addicting single-player game inspired by the well-known arcade game

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called Color Lines. Eliminate five in a row, but colored markers keep

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appearing.

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A miniature golf game with a 2D, top-down, view. Course are dynamic and up to 10

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people can play at once in competition.

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A miniature golf game with a 2D, top-down view. Courses are dynamic. Up to 10

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people can compete at the same time.

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<varlistentry><term>KSame</term>

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A simple, yet challenging color matching game modeled after, the once famous

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game, SameGame. The goal is to completely clear the game board filled with the

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multicolored marbles.

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A simple, yet challenging color matching game modeled after the once famous

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SameGame. The goal is to clear the game board filled with multicolored marbles.

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<varlistentry><term>KSpaceduel</term>

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Each of two possible players controls a satellite spaceship orbiting the sun. As

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the game progresses players have to eliminate opponent's spacecraft.

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Two players control satellite spaceships orbiting the sun. As the game

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progresses, players have to eliminate opponent's spacecraft.

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A Gomoku-like game for two players, where the opponents alternate in placing

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their respective pictogram on the game board.

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A Gomoku-like game for two players. Opponents alternate placing

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their respective pictograms on the game board. Also similar to Connect Five or

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Naughts and Crosses.

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<varlistentry><term>KBattleship</term>

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A Battle Ship game where ships are placed on a board which represents the sea.

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Players try to hit each others ships in turns without knowing where they are

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placed. The first player to destroy all ships wins the game.

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Ships are placed on a board which represents the sea. Players try to hit their

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opponent's ships by guessing where they are placed. The first player to destroy

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all ships wins the game.

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<varlistentry><term>KMahjongg</term>

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A game where tiles are scrambled and stacked on top of each other to resemble a

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certain shape. The player then is expected to remove all the tiles off the game

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board by locating each tile's matching pair.

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Tiles are scrambled, and stacked to resemble various shapes. The player removes

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matching pairs of tile's until all the tiles have been removed from the game

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board.

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<varlistentry><term>KReversi</term>

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A simple single-player strategy game played against the computer. If a player's

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piece is captured by an opposing player, that piece is turned over to reveal the

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color of that player. A winner is declared when one player has more pieces of

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their own color on the board and there are no more possible moves.

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A simple single-player strategy game played against the computer. When a

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player's piece is captured, the piece is turned over (reversed) to reveal the

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color of the capturing player. The winner is the player with the most pieces

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when there are no more possible moves.

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<varlistentry><term>KShisen</term>

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A solitaire-like game played using the standard set of Mahjong tiles spread out

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A solitaire game played using the standard set of Mahjonng tiles in a single

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layer. Play against the clock or change the settings to increase the challenge

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of the game.

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A board game for two players based on the Connect-Four game. Players try to

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build up a row of four pieces using different strategies.

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build a row of four pieces using different strategies.

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A relaxing card sorting game also known as <application>KPatience</application>.

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To win the game a player has to arrange a single deck of cards in a certain

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order amongst each other.

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A card sorting solitaire game also known as

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<application>KPatience</application>. To win, a player has to arrange the cards

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in a certain order. Choose from several different games.

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<varlistentry><term>LsKat</term>

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Lieutnant Skat is a fun and engaging card game for two players, where the second

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player is either a live opponent, or built in artificial intelligence.

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Lieutnant Skat is an engaging card game for two players, where the second

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player is either a live opponent, or built-in artificial intelligence.

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An addictive and fun dice game designed to be played by as many as six players.

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Participants have to collect points by rolling five dice for up to three times

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An addictive dice game, similar to Yahtzee, that can be played by as many as six

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players. Participants collect points by rolling five dice for up to three times

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in a single turn.

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Fun and educational game built around molecular geometry. It employs simplistic

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2D looks at different chemical elements.

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Educational game built around molecular geometry. It employs simplistic 2D

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views of different chemical elements.

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The classic Minesweeper game where the object is to uncover all the squares

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without blowing up any mines. When a mine is blown up, the game is over.

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without blowing up any mines. When a mine explodes, the game is over.

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A single-player logic game where the player constructs the network, connecting

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A single-player logic game where the player constructs a network, connecting

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A fun and exciting game, modeled after the well known pen-and-paper based game

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A game modeled after the well-known pen-and-paper game called Dots and Boxes.

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<varlistentry><term>KSudoku</term>

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A logic-based symbol placement puzzle where the player has to fill a grid so that

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each column, row as well as each square block on the game field contains only

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A logic-based puzzle where the player has to fill a grid so that each column,

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row and block contains all the numbers with no duplicates.

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A clone of GNU-Lactic where players conquer other planets by sending ships to

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them. The goal is to build an interstellar empire and conquer all other player's

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A computerized version of a well known strategy board game. It is a

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multi-player, network-playable, game with artificial intelligence. The goal of

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the game is simply to conquer the wold. It is done by attacking your neighbors

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with your armies.

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A computerized version of a well-known strategy board game. It is a

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the game is to conquer the world by building an army and attacking neighboring

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A simple dice-driven tactical game where the playing area consists of squares

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containing points. Players move by clicking on either a vacant square, or on own

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A simple tactical game played against the computer or another person. Players

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move by clicking on a vacant square or one of their own squares with the

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objective of taking over all the squares. Clicking can create cascading

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territorial expansion.

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url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=toy"/>.

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A simple constructor game suitable for children and adults alike. The idea of

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A simple constructor game suitable for children and adults. The game is based

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There are quite a few very popular titles for the Linux system. For more

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There are quite a few popular game titles for the Linux system. For more

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Natively, you cannot play any Windows-based games in &kubuntu;, however there

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Windows-based games. Cedega (listed below) is more popular among gamers, though

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it isn't a free service. The newest contender in this market is PlayOnLinux

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(listed below) is another popular application which is free of charge. Wine

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applications available that allow playing some Windows-based games. Cedega

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(listed below) is popular among gamers, though it isn't a free service.

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An application that allows you to run some software made for Windows within

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An application that allows you to easily play numerous games designed to run on

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Go to <ulink url="http://www.cedega.com"/> for more information.