Tux Games

Ok my goal is to make a fun thread about a game called Tux Racer. Its fun and doesnt need much learning. So anyway. TO get the thread going.

Do you play this game? if you want to but ont have it you can download it here:

http://www.tuxracer.com/

Anyway. What is the fastest youv gotten Tux to go? I had him at 200 but Im going to try again after i finish this thread and then ill reply if i beat that record. so what are your Tux records? how fast have you gotten Tux to go?

Hehe, that is a great game. I used to play it a bit, and haven't gotten version 1.0 yet (cuz I don't have any money and don't want to cheat the people out, because eventually I will end up buying it), but when I did play it, my high was around 150 or so. I wasn't all that good, obviously, but it is a fun game. :)

I just downloaded the demo. What a cute game, although I suck at it. I think I am going to buy it.

And for the record...I got him up to 89. :/ I'll be back in a few days with something better, I hope.

Hahaha I love that game, I highest I got was 160 or something like that ;). Gore I will past your speed. Hehehe.

Cya

Well, I got the game back to my liking now that I have SuSE 8.2 professional installed. I had to download a driver from Nvidia (just like with every other distro Iv used) and now that im using 8.2 I got to use the new .run file from Nvidia which wa kinda neat.

It changed my kernel around to support the 3D FX you could use in Windows or other machines. I thought that was nice. One thing you have to do when installing this is switch to runlevel/init 3 (X not running) to install it but that was fine with me.

Now i have awesome Graphics. Some people said they even got more FPM in Unreal Tournament. Anyway, After I installed that i went to the configuration file for Tux Racer because i like it to be fll screen so I added the options i wanted and saved it and I just got done playing a few minutes ago.

I beat my old record. I was trying to steer Tux at 190 MPH and then i saw it hit 200 and i beat my record but Im not sure but how much because i was steering. I'll be trying again and post back.

Also for you playing.

Holding the up arrow key is good when you start off but after you see the little meter for your speed go to yello its a good idea to let go because after that it will actually slow you down. Now if you become air born, hit and hold up till you land and Tux will flap his wings, this is good for a speed increase.

Also you can hold the "e" key and let go after a bit to try and jump. Another tip: When you need to take a tight corner hold the down arrow key and youll slow doen but you can take tight turns.

I am also glad this thread is going exactly how I wanted it. So thanks for that. I'll reply with more as I get it done. Anyway, see ya all around. (except not in IRC anymore. If youd like to know why send a PM to shrekkie and ask him why I am no longer in IRC because I AM NOT typing all that **** out and ruining the posotive nature of my thread.)

I downloaded the Win32 Demo since I'm in windows right now and it was easier.. It crashed the first time I ran it, but after that it runs great.. seems to be a fun lil game. I'm almost tempted to buy it.. (When I said that.. my roommate laughed.. he hasn't purchased software since his first 486.. but I'll support cool games like that)... Anyways my top speed so far was 82.

I just broke my record. 210 is now my record speed.

w00t yeah I like tuxracer :D

my sister used to call it "BuikSchuiven" or something..

There are lots of "cheap" commercial games wich do well cross-platform..
pontifex for example

I haven't played in a couple of weeks, but I have the disk somewhere and will post my score asap..

HEHE beat my record again.

215 and my score was 11,153

Bastard... do you have the full version with longer courses or something?? by the time I get up to 88 (new record for me).. I end up running out of course and being at the finish line.

Yeah, same here...I've only got the demo and I can't get past my high score that I posted previously. Must be some steeper hills on the regular version.

But it's ok, I got 19- something, I got the hang of it. Am getting better tho.

Hehe, im using the version that comes with SuSE 8.1 and 8.2 professional. ( Im not really sure if its full or not but in 8.1 and in 8.2 i got these speeds).

Also...hehe got up to 220 a lil while ago :) the level was "who says penguins cant fly?" its alot of ice so i fly down that. :) And also Thanks for keeping this thread as I intended. Fun and without any complaining.

12,174 <-- my new high score.

As for speed i cant seem to get passed 220.


EDIT:

225 :) finally beat it.

I've only been able to get to 82.89 for my speed.

Of course I only have the dem right now.

My score was 8,964

DAMN!

Speed: 213
Score:10,193

Forget this game lol. I will try harder! Going to make my penguin fly ;).

Speed:4,000,000
Score: 100,000,000,000,000,000,000
Hrmmmm ok back to game lol to much time on hands.

Cya

Thanks to Ennis for renaming this so I can add this to this thread.

How many of you play Tux Kart? So far I havnt gotten that good at it but iv been learning more and having fun blowing up my enemies. Anyway, What about Tux Kart? do you guys play that at all?or Frozen bubble? Frozen Bubble im pretty good at.

For Frozen Bubble go to:

http://www.frozen-bubble.org/

Also here is what the game looked like as it was being developed:

http://www.frozen-bubble.org/index.php?menu_item=2

Also if your into Music from the game or the people that made the game check this out:

http://www.frozen-bubble.org/index.php?menu_item=4

Works fine on my SuSE Linux 8.2 Professional box. Im not sure how well Windows handles .ogg files. BUT if you are using a Windows machine, theres still hope for you yet ;)

http://vorbis.com/download_win.psp

^this can help you out so you can hear these from Windows.

For Tux Kart:

http://tuxkart.sourceforge.net/


Also We cant have this post go on without a pointer at:

http://www.develux.com/tuxgames/

Enjoy and keep this thread fun :)

Windows handles .ogg just fine...plays it default in WinAmp. :)

It's only 89 for me. . sniff sniff. . .I blame the carpal tunnell...yea. thats right. . . yea.

New speed record:

250!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was air born for almost 30 seconds! oh man, i was flying down an ice ramp and hit a bump and was air born so i made Tux flap his wings and that made me accel in the air and it hit 250 for about a second.


EDIt:

Just beat my high score :

12,873

:)

/me unplugs gore computers. My highest I got right now was 219. Score I don't remember, just trying to beat your speed. 250!!!! No way!
/me unplugs my computers ;).
Great games (links) thankyou gore!

P.S: To me it looks like gore is rounded to much, lol.

Cya

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Originally posted here by d00dz Attackin
/me unplugs gore computers. My highest I got right now was 219. Score I don't remember, just trying to beat your speed. 250!!!! No way!
/me unplugs my computers ;).
Great games (links) thankyou gore!

P.S: To me it looks like gore is rounded to much, lol.

Cya

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Funny you should say that...We lost power this morning for a second, long enough that my computer rebooted its self and I lost all my uptime.

Hey Gore Tux racer comes with the Red Hat 9.0. The only thing is that i don't know if it is the full version. But I like the game it is just a pain to win I haven't gotten past the first board. I can't get enough fish, you know how many fish you need to pass the first board/

Whizkid2300

Haaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Top speed for me.
84.42 :)

Thats just cruising. However, before the game is over I'm gonna kill that damn seal.


Still only have the demo.

In each race, before you hit race, itll show how many and what time you need to pass. One of those things that keeps the game nice and sweet.

Solar Wolf is a game Im going to add to this. Its awesome. If you have SuSE 8.2 you can install it from that and play. Its awesome! I just started playing it not long ago but Im getting the hang of it.

Everyone always complains about Linux not supporting games. No one ever understand that Tux games are better than all the rest :D.

12,701!!!!!!!!!

my new high score in Tux racer. :):)

EDIT: Beat this one now too.

13,494:)