[opensuse] Ordering the "FizzBall" game for Linux.
Hi, I don't mind to spend some money to get a great looking and lovely game, such as e.g. FizzBall ( http://grubbygames.com/fizzball/ ). This e-mail supposed to be in fact no advertisement, just collecting info if anyone ordered or even has it already... Any positive/negative feedback on this particular order/shipping is very welcome! Thank you, Pelibali Ps. Maybe a link to a review of that game doesn't hurt: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/fizzball-well-designed-enjoyable-game.... When playing with the trial version, don't forget to turn ON sound! After a strongly task-overloaded period, a few hours of FizzBall-ing made my day ;))) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:56, pelibali wrote:
I don't mind to spend some money to get a great looking and lovely game, such as e.g. FizzBall ( http://grubbygames.com/fizzball/ ). This e-mail supposed to be in fact no advertisement, just collecting info if anyone ordered or even has it already...
This is an absolutely terrific game - an example of what a good game should be: easy to get to grips with, witty, great graphics, terrific sound-effects. My 12-year old loves it. We've also got the other Prof Fizzwizzle game, and it is just as good, though in a different, more puzzley, way. One of the great things about it is that it gives a walkthrough of the solution to each puzzle, so once she's spent 10 or 15 minutes trying to solve it herself, she doesn't have to give up in disgust - it encourages her to try the next one. Both games are highly recommended. -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - KDE yn Gymraeg www.eurfa.org.uk - Geiriadur rhydd i'r Gymraeg www.rhedadur.org.uk - Rhedeg berfau Cymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:56, pelibali wrote:
Hi,
I don't mind to spend some money to get a great looking and lovely game, such as e.g. FizzBall ( http://grubbygames.com/fizzball/ ). This e-mail supposed to be in fact no advertisement, just collecting info if anyone ordered or even has it already... Any positive/negative feedback on this particular order/shipping is very welcome!
Thank you, Pelibali
Ps. Maybe a link to a review of that game doesn't hurt: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/fizzball-well-designed-enjoyable-game .html When playing with the trial version, don't forget to turn ON sound! After a strongly task-overloaded period, a few hours of FizzBall-ing made my day ;)))
Hi Pelibali I've played with the trial version and my two boys love it. I expect I'll have to shell out the money for a full release, but between that and Supertux 0.3, we've avoided having to buy an xbox for another year :) Let me know how you get on. Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sunday 07 January 2007 09:10, Pete Connolly wrote:
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:56, pelibali wrote:
Hi,
I don't mind to spend some money to get a great looking and lovely game, such as e.g. FizzBall ( http://grubbygames.com/fizzball/ ). This e-mail supposed to be in fact no advertisement, just collecting info if anyone ordered or even has it already... Any positive/negative feedback on this particular order/shipping is very welcome!
Thank you, Pelibali
Ps. Maybe a link to a review of that game doesn't hurt: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/fizzball-well-designed-enjoyable-ga me .html When playing with the trial version, don't forget to turn ON sound! After a strongly task-overloaded period, a few hours of FizzBall-ing made my day ;)))
To the OP - thanks. It is inice to see an actual vendor with a kid-friendly game. I'll check into it ASAP.
Hi Pelibali
I've played with the trial version and my two boys love it. I expect I'll have to shell out the money for a full release, but between that and Supertux 0.3, we've avoided having to buy an xbox for another year :)
Okay, what's with the Red Hats? Something we should know about? Seriously, my kids - between Tux Math, SuperTux, LBreakOut, TuxCart, X-MAME and the other games, I can't see needing one. ...and they say games don't run on Linux. :) -- kai - theperfectreign@yahoo.com www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com wo ist der ort für den ehrlichsten kuss ich weiss, dass ich ihn für uns finden muss... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 08 January 2007 12:37, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Sunday 07 January 2007 09:10, Pete Connolly wrote:
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:56, pelibali wrote:
Hi,
I don't mind to spend some money to get a great looking and lovely game, such as e.g. FizzBall ( http://grubbygames.com/fizzball/ ). This e-mail supposed to be in fact no advertisement, just collecting info if anyone ordered or even has it already... Any positive/negative feedback on this particular order/shipping is very welcome!
Thank you, Pelibali
Ps. Maybe a link to a review of that game doesn't hurt: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/fizzball-well-designed-enjoyable- ga me .html When playing with the trial version, don't forget to turn ON sound! After a strongly task-overloaded period, a few hours of FizzBall-ing made my day ;)))
To the OP - thanks. It is inice to see an actual vendor with a kid-friendly game. I'll check into it ASAP.
Hi Pelibali
I've played with the trial version and my two boys love it. I expect I'll have to shell out the money for a full release, but between that and Supertux 0.3, we've avoided having to buy an xbox for another year :)
Okay, what's with the Red Hats? Something we should know about?
Well, the red hat on the penguin in Supertux means he can fire little bullets. Apart from that, not sure what you mean :)
Seriously, my kids - between Tux Math, SuperTux, LBreakOut, TuxCart, X-MAME and the other games, I can't see needing one.
...and they say games don't run on Linux. :)
Don't forget Frozen Bubble 2 (very nice), Doom3 (since I bought the windows version a long time ago), Nexuiz for a quick deathmatch FPS session..... I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :) Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 08 January 2007 13:28, Pete Connolly wrote:
On Monday 08 January 2007 12:37, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Sunday 07 January 2007 09:10, Pete Connolly wrote:
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:56, pelibali wrote:
Hi,
I don't mind to spend some money to get a great looking and lovely game, such as e.g. FizzBall ( http://grubbygames.com/fizzball/ ). This e-mail supposed to be in fact no advertisement, just collecting info if anyone ordered or even has it already... Any positive/negative feedback on this particular order/shipping is very welcome!
Thank you, Pelibali
Ps. Maybe a link to a review of that game doesn't hurt: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/fizzball-well-designed-enjoyabl e- ga me .html When playing with the trial version, don't forget to turn ON sound! After a strongly task-overloaded period, a few hours of FizzBall-ing made my day ;)))
To the OP - thanks. It is inice to see an actual vendor with a kid-friendly game. I'll check into it ASAP.
Hi Pelibali
I've played with the trial version and my two boys love it. I expect I'll have to shell out the money for a full release, but between that and Supertux 0.3, we've avoided having to buy an xbox for another year :)
Okay, what's with the Red Hats? Something we should know about?
Well, the red hat on the penguin in Supertux means he can fire little bullets. Apart from that, not sure what you mean :)
I don't recall that in previous versions. Also he (it?) can go backwards now.
Seriously, my kids - between Tux Math, SuperTux, LBreakOut, TuxCart, X-MAME and the other games, I can't see needing one.
...and they say games don't run on Linux. :)
Don't forget Frozen Bubble 2 (very nice),
Very addictive!
Doom3 (since I bought the windows version a long time ago),
Doom is still around? Wow, I haven't played that since '99 or so.
Nexuiz for a quick deathmatch FPS session.....
Wow! 190MB. That's a chunky download.... ...glad I'm at work.
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
Heh! Thanks for the tip! -- kai - theperfectreign@yahoo.com www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com wo ist der ort für den ehrlichsten kuss ich weiss, dass ich ihn für uns finden muss... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 08 January 2007 23:09, Kai Ponte wrote:
On Monday 08 January 2007 13:28, Pete Connolly wrote:
Don't forget Frozen Bubble 2 (very nice),
Very addictive!
Too much so. Doesn't work too well for coloiur blind folk like me ('is it yellow or green') but still great fun.
Doom3 (since I bought the windows version a long time ago),
Doom is still around? Wow, I haven't played that since '99 or so.
Doom3 is sort of recent. A bit too dark for me, but it runs as a native Linux executable so deserves support. Scares four colours of stuff out of me still..
Nexuiz for a quick deathmatch FPS session.....
Wow! 190MB. That's a chunky download....
But the download works for Win32, Linux and Mac so you only have to grab it once and save it to a memory stick. We've run it happily on a mixed Win32/Linux network with a linux game server and although too fast for me, still works very well.
...glad I'm at work.
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
Heh!
Thanks for the tip!
No Problem, happy gaming! Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:28 +0000, Pete Connolly wrote:
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
My daughter has a laptop running Windows XP. Previously, she used the family computer and Linux and we pretty much happy. What tipped the scale for Windows was that she likes to play Sims2. vmware seemed a bit much to deal with to let that happen (she is only 13). This leads to the endless discussion of getting games for Linux. IIRC, the success rate for companies that have tried has not been very encouraging. -- Roger Oberholtzer OPQ Systems AB Ramböll Sverige AB Kapellgränd 7 P.O. Box 4205 SE-102 65 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: Int +46 8-615 60 20 Fax: Int +46 8-31 42 23 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Monday 08 January 2007 23:26, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:28 +0000, Pete Connolly wrote:
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
My daughter has a laptop running Windows XP. Previously, she used the family computer and Linux and we pretty much happy. What tipped the scale for Windows was that she likes to play Sims2. vmware seemed a bit much to deal with to let that happen (she is only 13). This leads to the endless discussion of getting games for Linux. IIRC, the success rate for companies that have tried has not been very encouraging.
/me shakes head... hence why i call it "wintendo" - many people switch just for the games. sad. -- kai - theperfectreign@yahoo.com www.perfectreign.com || www.4thedadz.com www.filesite.org || www.donutmonster.com i believe in what i'm doing, but what is it i'm doing here? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 08:26 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:28 +0000, Pete Connolly wrote:
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
My daughter has a laptop running Windows XP. Previously, she used the family computer and Linux and we pretty much happy. What tipped the scale for Windows was that she likes to play Sims2. vmware seemed a bit much to deal with to let that happen (she is only 13). This leads to the endless discussion of getting games for Linux. IIRC, the success rate for companies that have tried has not been very encouraging.
Have you tried running Sims2 in wine or using Crossover Office? -- Ken Schneider UNIX since 1989, linux since 1994, SuSE since 1998 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Kenneth Schneider wrote:
On Tue, 2007-01-09 at 08:26 +0100, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:28 +0000, Pete Connolly wrote:
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
My daughter has a laptop running Windows XP. Previously, she used the family computer and Linux and we pretty much happy. What tipped the scale for Windows was that she likes to play Sims2. vmware seemed a bit much to deal with to let that happen (she is only 13). This leads to the endless discussion of getting games for Linux. IIRC, the success rate for companies that have tried has not been very encouraging.
Have you tried running Sims2 in wine or using Crossover Office?
Not working under wine yet... http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=1942 I'd think a big pile of games will start working when DX9c is fully/sufficiently-well mapped. I'm not sure how DX versions relate to shader model levels, though. Russell -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
The game looks very primitive. I prefer something more Serious: Warcraft, Unreal, ... -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 23:08, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
The game looks very primitive. I prefer something more Serious: Warcraft, Unreal, ...
The game is basically a breakout clone for small kids. I doubt if the target market include people who play Warcraft -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 22:08, Alexey Eremenko wrote:
The game looks very primitive. I prefer something more Serious: Warcraft, Unreal, ...
The game looks fantastic - great graphics, good gameplay, nice little diversion. I'm taking the view of a dad of a 4 year old boy. I think our needs are different :) UT2003 is it's own thing, and I've had my fun there, but these days I'm in a different market segment. Cheers Pete "I'm a white male aged 18-35. Everyone listens to me, no matter how dumb my ideas are," right before he cracked open a can of "Nuts-n-Gum" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
Am Dienstag, 9. Januar 2007 23:08 schrieb Alexey Eremenko:
The game looks very primitive. I prefer something more Serious: Warcraft, Unreal, ...
Well, it IS simple: breakout meets katamari. and that's the point: it's just plain fun. When i want serious gaming, i usually play neverwinter nights on a persistent world... Anyways, I tried fizzball for about 5 minutes before ordering the linux version. heh, 15 euro to take a stand for linux gaming... bye, MH -- gpg key fingerprint: 5F64 4C92 9B77 DE37 D184 C5F9 B013 44E7 27BD 763C -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Anyways, I tried fizzball for about 5 minutes before ordering the linux version. heh, 15 euro to take a stand for linux gaming...
I too think that fizzball is kewl game an will be ordering it also in near future. jack -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 13:13, Russell Jones wrote:
Kenneth Schneider wrote:
Have you tried running Sims2 in wine or using Crossover Office?
Not working under wine yet... http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iAppId=1942 I'd think a big pile of games will start working when DX9c is fully/sufficiently-well mapped. I'm not sure how DX versions relate to shader model levels, though.
Russell
Here's hoping. I'm still surprised by WINE and just how good it is, regardless of the specific versions like Cedega and CXOffice. I don't need to be on the bleeding edge of gaming, I'd just need to be able to see it :) Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Tuesday 09 January 2007 07:26, Roger Oberholtzer wrote:
On Mon, 2007-01-08 at 21:28 +0000, Pete Connolly wrote:
I still have a Win32 boot partition on this system in case I need to run a game that doesn't work on Linux. Haven't booted into it in 6+ months :)
My daughter has a laptop running Windows XP. Previously, she used the family computer and Linux and we pretty much happy. What tipped the scale for Windows was that she likes to play Sims2. vmware seemed a bit much to deal with to let that happen (she is only 13). This leads to the endless discussion of getting games for Linux. IIRC, the success rate for companies that have tried has not been very encouraging.
I was going to suggest Cedega (transgaming.com) but it seems it doesn't work for the Sims2. I know what you mean about the high failure rate for Linux game companies - look at Loki. A shame, but the developers of fizzball - www.grubbygames.com - seem to have a good development platform that caters for both Win32 and Linux platforms. Maybe a few more developers should use that approach? Cheers Pete -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
On Sun January 7 2007 12:10 pm, Pete Connolly scratched these words onto a coconut shell, hoping for an answer:
On Sunday 07 January 2007 15:56, pelibali wrote: <snip>
Ps. Maybe a link to a review of that game doesn't hurt: http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com/2006/11/fizzball-well-designed-enjoya ble-game .html When playing with the trial version, don't forget to turn ON sound! After a strongly task-overloaded period, a few hours of FizzBall-ing made my day ;)))
Hi Pelibali
I've played with the trial version and my two boys love it. I expect I'll have to shell out the money for a full release, but between that and Supertux 0.3, we've avoided having to buy an xbox for another year :)
Let me know how you get on. Jumping in here don't even think of an Xbox if you want to go console go w/ PS3 which is as an extra for we linuxers, linux based.. the prices should be dropped to semi reasonable by the time you are interested in actually buying one. ;) The smalled HD is cheaper now and probably will be halved before the end of next year.. if you don't want a console to run all your entertainment it's likely big enough for most any game to come. The other advantage is the network, always on if you have dsl.. but isn't everything ( bleah!) is always free, including the fact they are giving away games to anyone who wants them, and who has an acount.. you sign up at the time you set up the box the first time.
Just in case you don't know... Xbox still doesn't have a lot of good let alone great games. And from their attitude towards deveolopers, they are unlikely to do so either. It really isn't good business practice to insult your users, and less smart to insult those you hope to woo to become your suppliers.. Neither of those consoles, nor the Wii is a casual purchase, as each company wants to be the one to control your living room media, but at least Playstation and Wii are open about it... Xbox is still pretending it isn't actually a Windows computer, which it is, but they have control for the first time of all the hardware you use to play the games.. so wont get the damned game back w/ the noise that it wont play on your computer. ( And we know how BG loves control of everything the user can do ) And at least the Playstation or the Wii will ask you if you want it to control you telly picture.. I doubt those are options w/ The Xbox .. My grandosn wanted and got an Xbox, and he has turned it into a linux computer.. he uses the family playstation2 for games. Seems after Socom and Halo nothing happened much.. And my husband says the extra souped up graphics stop imediately the game begins.. it looks like every other game console. Of course we are a bit anachronistic about consolse since we started w/ the PC engine a million years ago, and still wish they would re release some of the older games. Even might finlay buy a psp if they would Y's was a great game full of surprises but I digress -- j Playstation underground since 1996 -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org
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Alexey Eremenko -
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Jack Malone -
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Kai Ponte -
Kenneth Schneider -
Kevin Donnelly -
Mathias Homann -
pelibali -
Pete Connolly -
Roger Oberholtzer -
Russell Jones