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>When installing &kubuntu; via a DVDROM, all of the KDE Games are installed. However, when installing &kubuntu; from a CDROM, no KDE Games are installed, due to the lack of available space on the CDROM. It is simple to install games after a CDROM install. Please review the <ulink type="help" url="help:/kubuntu/manage-software/"

>Software Management</ulink

> topic. </para>

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<title

>KDE Games</title>

<para

>KDE Games is a collection of various games designed especially for the KDE Workspace. The KDE Game categories are: arcade, board, card, dice, logic, strategy, and toy. </para>

<title

>KDE Games - Arcade</title>

<para

>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=arcade"

></ulink

>. </para>

<varlistentry

><term

>KBounce</term>

<para

>A single-player arcade game with puzzle elements. It is played on a field surrounded by a wall. Balls move on the field, bouncing off of the walls. Successfully completing a level starts an empty field with additional balls. The object of the game is to build new walls to decrease the size of the active field. </para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry

><term

>KBreakout</term>

<para

>The object of the game is to destroy as many bricks as possible without losing the ball. </para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry

><term

>KDiamond</term>

<para

>A single-player puzzle game where the object of the game is to build lines of three or more similar jewels. </para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry

><term

>KGoldrunner</term>

<para

>A maze game with a puzzle flavor. It has hundreds of levels where pieces of gold must be collected, with enemies in hot pursuit. </para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry

><term

>KLines</term>

<para

>A simple, addicting single-player game inspired by the well-known arcade game called Color Lines. Eliminate five in a row, but colored markers keep appearing. </para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry

><term

>Kolf</term>

<para

>A miniature golf game with a 2D, top-down view. Courses are dynamic. Up to 10 people can compete at the same time. </para>

</listitem>

</varlistentry>

<varlistentry

><term

>Kollision</term>

<para

>A simple ball dodging game. </para>

</listitem>

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><term

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>KSame</term>

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>A simple, yet challenging color matching game modeled after the once famous SameGame. The goal is to clear the game board filled with multicolored marbles. </para>

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><term

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>KSpaceduel</term>

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>Two players control satellite spaceships orbiting the sun. As the game progresses, players have to eliminate opponent's spacecraft. </para>

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>KDE Games - Board</title>

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>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=board"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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<varlistentry

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><term

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>Bovo</term>

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>A Gomoku-like game for two players. Opponents alternate placing their respective pictograms on the game board. Also similar to Connect Five or Naughts and Crosses. </para>

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><term

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>KBattleship</term>

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>Ships are placed on a board which represents the sea. Players try to hit their opponent's ships by guessing where they are placed. The first player to destroy all ships wins the game. </para>

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><term

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>KMahjongg</term>

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>Tiles are scrambled, and stacked to resemble various shapes. The player removes matching pairs of tile's until all the tiles have been removed from the game board. </para>

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><term

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>KReversi</term>

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>A simple single-player strategy game played against the computer. When a player's piece is captured, the piece is turned over (reversed) to reveal the color of the capturing player. The winner is the player with the most pieces when there are no more possible moves. </para>

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><term

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>KShisen</term>

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>A solitaire game played using the standard set of Mahjonng tiles in a single layer. Play against the clock or change the settings to increase the challenge of the game. </para>

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><term

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>KFourInLine</term>

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>A board game for two players based on the Connect-Four game. Players try to build a row of four pieces using different strategies. </para>

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</varlistentry>

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>KDE Games - Card</title>

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>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=card"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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><term

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>KPat</term>

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>A card sorting solitaire game also known as <application

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>KPatience</application

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>. To win, a player has to arrange the cards in a certain order. Choose from several different games. </para>

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</listitem>

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</varlistentry>

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><term

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>LsKat</term>

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>Lieutnant Skat is an engaging card game for two players, where the second player is either a live opponent, or built-in artificial intelligence. </para>

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<title

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>KDE Games - Dice</title>

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>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=dice"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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><term

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>Kiriki</term>

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>An addictive dice game, similar to Yahtzee, that can be played by as many as six players. Participants collect points by rolling five dice for up to three times in a single turn. </para>

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</listitem>

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</varlistentry>

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<title

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>KDE Games - Logic</title>

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<para

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>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=logic"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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><term

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>KAtomic</term>

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>Educational game built around molecular geometry. It employs simplistic 2D views of different chemical elements. </para>

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><term

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>KBlackbox</term>

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>A game of hide-and-seek played on a grid of boxes where the computer has hidden several balls. </para>

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><term

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>KMines</term>

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>The classic Minesweeper game where the object is to uncover all the squares without blowing up any mines. When a mine explodes, the game is over. </para>

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><term

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>KNetwalk</term>

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>A single-player logic game where the player constructs a network, connecting all the terminals to the server in the fewest turns possible. </para>

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><term

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>KSquares</term>

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>A game modeled after the well-known pen-and-paper game called Dots and Boxes. </para>

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><term

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>KSudoku</term>

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>A logic-based puzzle where the player has to fill a grid so that each column, row and block contains all the numbers with no duplicates. </para>

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>KDE Games - Strategy</title>

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>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=strategy"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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><term

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>Konquest</term>

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>A clone of GNU-Lactic where players conquer other planets by sending ships to them. The goal is to build an interstellar empire and conquer all other player's planets. </para>

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><term

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>Ksirk</term>

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>A computerized version of a well-known strategy board game. It is a multi-player, network-playable game with artificial intelligence. The goal of the game is to conquer the world by building an army and attacking neighboring countries. </para>

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><term

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>KJumpingcube</term>

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>A simple tactical game played against the computer or another person. Players move by clicking on a vacant square or one of their own squares with the objective of taking over all the squares. Clicking can create cascading territorial expansion. </para>

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>KDE Games - Toy</title>

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>To view more information about these games, please go to <ulink url="http://games.kde.org/category.php?category=toy"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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><term

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>KTuberling</term>

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>A simple constructor game suitable for children and adults. The game is based on the once popular toy for making funny faces. </para>

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>GNOME Games</title>

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>Even though you are using &kubuntu;, which features the KDE Workspace, you can still install and play games designed for the GNOME Desktop Environment. To read more about GNOME Games, please go to <ulink url="http://live.gnome.org/GnomeGames/"

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></ulink

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>. </para>

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>Games For Linux</title>

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>There are quite a few popular game titles for the Linux system. For more information on the games available for Linux, please read the following websites: </para>

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<ulink url="http://whdb.com/2008/top-25-linux-games-for-2008/"

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>Top 25 Linux Games for 2008</ulink>

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<ulink url="http://www.linuxgames.com/"

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>Linux Games</ulink>

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<ulink url="http://happypenguin.org/"

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>Happy Penguin</ulink>

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<ulink url="http://www.linuxlinks.com/article/20080510052539217/Games.html"

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>42 of the best free Linux games</ulink>

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>To see the games available in the &kubuntu; repositories, open <application

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>muon</application

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>, &kubuntu;'s package management application by going to &menusysmuon; and then selecting <guilabel

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>Games</guilabel

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>. </para>

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>Windows Games</title>

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>Windows-based games do not operate natively in &kubuntu;. However there are applications available that allow playing some Windows-based games. Cedega (listed below) is popular among gamers, though it isn't a free service. PlayOnLinux (listed below) is another popular application which is free of charge. Wine (listed below) is a more advanced application. For gaming, both Cedega and PlayOnLinux are recommended over Wine. </para>

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><title

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>Play Windows Games on Linux</title>

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><term

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>Wine</term>

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>An application that allows some software made for Windows to run within Linux. </para>

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>Go to <ulink url="http://www.winehq.org"

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></ulink

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> for more information. </para>

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>PlayOnLinux</term>

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>An application to install numerous games and applications designed to run on Windows. </para>

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>Go to <ulink url="http://www.playonlinux.com"

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> for more information. </para>

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>Cedega</term>

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>An application that allows numerous Windows games to be run on Linux. </para>

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

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> for more information. </para>

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