Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Dianne Reuby wrote: > > On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 16:32 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> Dianne Reuby wrote: >>> On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:33 +, Tony Arnold wrote: There seems to be at least two places that thus could be: http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath, Swindon. >>> That's us! >>> >>> Dianne >>> >>> >> Oh that sounds great, good reason to go to Swindon me thinks. >> >> Rob >> >> >> > I knew there had to be a reason! > > Pong to Playstation is still running until the end of the year, if > you're tired of emulators and want the real thing. We've got a Wii, but > Pong to Wii doesn't sound as attractive. :) Saturday mornings are best > as we're manned, and everything is up and running. > Actually I have a Wii, what I'm interested in is the older stuff and the Neo Geo (I used to have a Neo Geo but stupidly let it go when I got divorced). Do you have consoles and computers? > Don't forget to introduce yourselves - I'm the short fat one with the > glasses. Of course. > I'll pass your thoughts on the Christmas dress code on to my fellow > volunteers ... :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 16:32 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dianne Reuby wrote: > > > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 23:33 +, Tony Arnold wrote: > >> There seems to be at least two places that thus could be: > >> > >> http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath, > >> Swindon. > >> > > > > That's us! > > > > Dianne > > > > > > Oh that sounds great, good reason to go to Swindon me thinks. > > Rob > > > I knew there had to be a reason! Pong to Playstation is still running until the end of the year, if you're tired of emulators and want the real thing. We've got a Wii, but Pong to Wii doesn't sound as attractive. :) Saturday mornings are best as we're manned, and everything is up and running. Don't forget to introduce yourselves - I'm the short fat one with the glasses. I'll pass your thoughts on the Christmas dress code on to my fellow volunteers ... Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
What about an Ubuntu UK Xmas geekathon, presuming it is the Swindon site? Silly hats with bells or antlers, with musical socks and ties, would be de rigure of course! Certainly beat trying to elbow your way through to your favourite computer shop on a Xmas shopping day. E -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tony Travis Sent: 11 November 2007 10:56 To: Daniel Lamb; British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme Daniel Lamb wrote: > For lemmings clone there is pingus, which works very well not tested it on ubuntu just another os :-(. Hello, Daniel. Thanks! - Just tried it under 6.06.1 LTS + it is brilliant! Best wishes, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Daniel Lamb wrote: > For lemmings clone there is pingus, which works very well not tested it on > ubuntu just another os :-(. Hello, Daniel. Thanks! - Just tried it under 6.06.1 LTS + it is brilliant! Best wishes, Tony. -- Dr. A.J.Travis, | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Rowett Research Institute, |http://www.rri.sari.ac.uk/~ajt Greenburn Road, Bucksburn, | phone:+44 (0)1224 712751 Aberdeen AB21 9SB, Scotland, UK.| fax:+44 (0)1224 716687 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Alan Pope wrote: > Hi Rob, > > On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 00:08 +, Rob Beard wrote: >> What would make my evening complete though is finding a Linux version of >> Workbench Lemmings (which was a small app for the Amiga which made >> Lemmings walk down windows on the Amiga Workbench Desktop). >> > > xpenguins is what you are after :) > >> Ahh, maybe I should get out more :-) > > You and me both. > > Cheers, > Al. > Ahh cheers Al, that's great. :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
For lemmings clone there is pingus, which works very well not tested it on ubuntu just another os :-(. Daniel - original message - Subject:Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme From: Rob Beard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 11/11/2007 00:07 Adam Bagnall wrote: > Dianne Reuby wrote: >> We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - >> we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, >> handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off >> Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. >> >> Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? >> >> Dianne >> >> >> > I second what others have said about tux racer, however planetpenguin > racer is a more up to date version and is in the Ubuntu repositories. > Supertux is a mario type platform game with a snowy theme. Tuxtype is a > typing tutor type game also with a snowy theme and yet another snow > themed game is frozen bubble. There are also games called snowballz > (which I havent tried) and Icebreaker (which is quite basic). > > One other thing to install is xsnow. It's not a game but displays > snowflakes and santa on your background. Perfect for Christmas :) > > Regards, > Adam. > LOL, just tried xsnow, thats pretty cool. Makes my desktop icons disappear :-) What would make my evening complete though is finding a Linux version of Workbench Lemmings (which was a small app for the Amiga which made Lemmings walk down windows on the Amiga Workbench Desktop). Ahh, maybe I should get out more :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Hi Rob, On Sun, 2007-11-11 at 00:08 +, Rob Beard wrote: > What would make my evening complete though is finding a Linux version of > Workbench Lemmings (which was a small app for the Amiga which made > Lemmings walk down windows on the Amiga Workbench Desktop). > xpenguins is what you are after :) > Ahh, maybe I should get out more :-) You and me both. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Adam Bagnall wrote: > Dianne Reuby wrote: >> We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - >> we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, >> handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off >> Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. >> >> Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? >> >> Dianne >> >> >> > I second what others have said about tux racer, however planetpenguin > racer is a more up to date version and is in the Ubuntu repositories. > Supertux is a mario type platform game with a snowy theme. Tuxtype is a > typing tutor type game also with a snowy theme and yet another snow > themed game is frozen bubble. There are also games called snowballz > (which I havent tried) and Icebreaker (which is quite basic). > > One other thing to install is xsnow. It's not a game but displays > snowflakes and santa on your background. Perfect for Christmas :) > > Regards, > Adam. > LOL, just tried xsnow, thats pretty cool. Makes my desktop icons disappear :-) What would make my evening complete though is finding a Linux version of Workbench Lemmings (which was a small app for the Amiga which made Lemmings walk down windows on the Amiga Workbench Desktop). Ahh, maybe I should get out more :-) Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Tony Arnold wrote: > Rob, > > Rob Beard wrote: > >> Where is this Museum of Computing? Sounds like heaven if it's got loads >> of computers and consoles. > > There seems to be at least two places that thus could be: > > http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath, Swindon. > > or > > http://www.tnmoc.co.uk/ > > which is better known as the National Museum of Computing and is in > Bletchley Park where you can see an original Enigma machine and loads of > other stuff. I went there a couple of months ago! > > I think Dianne is referring to the one in Swindon. > > Regards, > Tony. Ahh, Swindon isn't that far from me, looks like a good way of using up some holiday. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Dianne Reuby wrote: > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > > Dianne > > > I second what others have said about tux racer, however planetpenguin racer is a more up to date version and is in the Ubuntu repositories. Supertux is a mario type platform game with a snowy theme. Tuxtype is a typing tutor type game also with a snowy theme and yet another snow themed game is frozen bubble. There are also games called snowballz (which I havent tried) and Icebreaker (which is quite basic). One other thing to install is xsnow. It's not a game but displays snowflakes and santa on your background. Perfect for Christmas :) Regards, Adam. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Rob, Rob Beard wrote: > Where is this Museum of Computing? Sounds like heaven if it's got loads > of computers and consoles. There seems to be at least two places that thus could be: http://www.museum-of-computing.org.uk/ at the University of Bath, Swindon. or http://www.tnmoc.co.uk/ which is better known as the National Museum of Computing and is in Bletchley Park where you can see an original Enigma machine and loads of other stuff. I went there a couple of months ago! I think Dianne is referring to the one in Swindon. Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, IT Security Coordinator, University of Manchester, IT Services Division, Kilburn Building, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL. T: +44 (0)161 275 6093, F: +44 (0)870 136 1004, M: +44 (0)773 330 0039 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED], H: http://www.man.ac.uk/Tony.Arnold -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
On Nov 10, 2007 10:29 PM, Alan Pope <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:41 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: > > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - > > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, > > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off > > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > > > > Enemy Territory with the North Pole map :) It's just about as Christmasy > as you are going to get (albeit with guns and violence built in). > LOL, sic. Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:41 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > Enemy Territory with the North Pole map :) It's just about as Christmasy as you are going to get (albeit with guns and violence built in). It's a multi player first person shooter game. You could run a server internally on your LAN quite easily with only the North Pole map. It's not "Free" but it is free to download. Cheers, Al. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
On Sat, 2007-11-10 at 21:41 +, Dianne Reuby wrote: > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > > Dianne > > pretty much any with the name 'tux' in it ;) hes a penguin! also there is pingus (like lemmings if you can remember that.. but with tux) frozen bubble, tux racer and Super Tux among others. generally though there arn't many games made with an actual christmas'y theme for the pc (such as.. iruno, saving Santa from evil reindeer's or som't?) because pc games are generally played by 'older' gamers. but those have snow in it n stuff. -- gord <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
Dianne Reuby wrote: > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > > Dianne > > Super Tux also has an icey theme. Not only does it run on Ubuntu, you could give copies away for Windows too. Where is this Museum of Computing? Sounds like heaven if it's got loads of computers and consoles. Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
On Nov 10, 2007 9:41 PM, Dianne Reuby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > > Dianne Tuxracer, it's a classic http://tuxracer.sourceforge.net/ Only Christmas related in the fact that there is lots of snow about :) Philip -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
Re: [ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
- "Dianne Reuby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing > - > we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for > consoles, > handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show > off > Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. > > Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? > Tux Racer -- Blog: kirrus.co.uk Work: encryptec.net RPGs: Captain Senaris Vlenn, CO, USS Sarek Lt Aieron Peters, XO DS5 -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
[ubuntu-uk] Games with a Christmas theme
We're planning a gamers day for Christmas at the Museum of Computing - we have quite a few games with a Christmas theme lined up for consoles, handhelds and Windows. I thought it would be an opportunity to show off Ubuntu both to our visitors and to my fellow volunteers. Can anyone recommend any Linux games with a Christmas theme? Dianne -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/