Ophiuchus 0.3.1.2
October 19th, 2005 by MarvOphiuchus, a multiplayer strategy console game similar to the Master of Orion series, has released a new version bringing it to 0.3.1.2. This game requires Java 1.4.2, which brings a question to my mind: do LinuxGames readers care about Java-based games? For the record, I have nothing against Java at all.
Download: [ Ophiuchus 0.3.1.2 ]
October 19th, 2005 at 11:03 am
whats wrong with Java games? Is there another Java games site I should go look at instead? Just because it is Java does that mean it will play on Linux?
October 19th, 2005 at 12:28 pm
This particular java game is a console game, there’s no GUI as such.
It simply runs in an xterm or other console:
java -jar Ophiuchus.jar
Java applications run nicely on Linux (I use both FC3 and SuSE 9.3) when used with Java Runtime 1.5:
http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Regarding “do LinuxGames readers care about Java-based games?”, if it runs under Linux natively isn’t that what’s important?
Otherwise we should ask the same question regarding PERL, Python or any other programming language that requires a virtual machine/runtime-engine.
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October 19th, 2005 at 1:34 pm
As long as the game is good I don’t cara about the language it it written in. It’s all up to the game developer to make it good.
October 19th, 2005 at 11:40 pm
If the game runs on linux and its fun, then the fact that its written in java is irrelevant.
October 20th, 2005 at 7:00 pm
Tribal Trouble from Oddlabs is a 100% Java based 3D RTS game (Amazing feat, no?) that plays smoothly on most modern machines and is rather fun to play to boot. I played the demo and then promptly (well, as promptly as my budget permitted…) bought it from them.
It’s all about playability for me- I don’t care what the game is built with as long as the systems requirements aren’t ludicrous, it plays well, and is fun to play.