The DECWindows Archive - Strategy games

"Das mit dem Affen": Puzzle type game for X, not very easy but it is definitely solvable.

Affenspiel from CNAM

Affenspiel Screenshot

Angband is a "graphical" dungeon adventure game using textual characters to represent the walls and floors of a dungeon and the inhabitants therein, in the vein of "rogue", "hack", "nethack", and "moria".

Angband 2.8.0 from CENA

Angband 2.8.0 from CNAM

Angband Web Page

Angband 2.8.0 Screenshot

This is an X version of the `blockade' Macintosh game by Christer Ericson. It is a game of sliding blocks around.

Blockade from CENA

Blockade from CNAM

Blockade Screenshot

flying was actually meant to be a test program to implement some classes to control flying objects on the screen. After the classes were implemented there was the need of some real tests and a game of billard was just the first idea. By now, many subgame-classes are already more or less completely defined. They can either be selected by the options or by making a link to the original with a special name. Unfortunately having so many subclasses means that the classes themselves can't be too complicated. (There's just too less time in the world :( ) Therefore the games don't have any rules yet. This means you have to play fair and watch your opponent.

Flying 6.18 from CENA

Flying 6.18 from CNAM

Flying 6.18 Screenshot

Jester is an X-based board game similar to Othello. It can be played head-to-head on the console or by a single player against the computer. jester allows you to waste valuable time that could otherwise be spent playing Solitaire.

Jester 1.0 from CENA

Jester 1.0 from CNAM

Jester 1.0 Screenshot

There are 72 tiles, two of each combination of six colors and six shapes.
At the start of the game, there are six tiles on the board representing
each shape and color.  To place an additional tile on the board, you
must match at least one adjacent tile according to the following rules:
  - To match a single tile, you must match either the color or shape.
  - To match two tiles, you must match one shape and one color.
  - To match three tiles, you must match two colors and one shape OR two
    shapes and one color.
  - To match four tiles, you must match two colors and two shapes.

Resurrection of an old port found on the DECUS X11R4 Alpha Distribution

Ishido 1.0 from CENA

Ishido 1.0 from CNAM

Ishido 1.0 Screenshot

This is a nice little game with color graphics and sound (not available now for the VMS port) for your system with color X11. It was first released as "Mirror Magic" in the year 1989 on the Amiga (with ports on other computer systems).

Mirrormagic 1.3 from CENA

Mirrormagic 1.3 from CNAM

Mirrormagic Screenshots

The collection includes:
SLIDING BLOCK PUZZLES
xcubes:         expanded 15 puzzle
xtriangles:     same complexity as 15 puzzle
xhexagons:      2 modes: one ridiculously easy, one harder than 15 puzzle

ROTATIONAL 3D PUZZLES
  hold down control key to move whole puzzle
  letters that represent colors can be changed in mono-mode

xrubik:         a nxnxn Erno Rubik's Cube(tm) (or Magic Cube)
xpyraminx:      a nxnxn Uwe Meffert's Pyraminx(tm) (and Senior Pyraminx),
xoct:           a nxnxn Uwe Meffert's Magic Octahedron (or Star Puzzler)
xskewb:         a Meffert's Skewb (or Pyraminx Cube)
xdino:          a Triangle - 4 Cube - Dinosaur
xmball:         a variable cut Masterball(tm)

COMBINATION ROTATIONAL AND SLIDING 3D PUZZLES
  hold down shift key to move whole puzzle
  letters that represent colors can be changed in mono-mode
xmlink:         a nxm Erno Rubik's Missing Link(tm)

Puzzles from CENA

Puzzles from CNAM

Puzzles Screenshots

Reve is a version of the popular Othello game. It contains graphical interfaces for SunView, X11 and XView. Now available for Alpha VMS, but some bugs remains (the main bug, Reve cannot coontinue to play whe the player (or the computer) must pass.

Reve 2.01 from CENA

Reve 2.01 from CNAM

Reve 2.01 Screenshot

XAtaxx is a strategy game based on Ataxx, a popular arcade video game. It is a game of position and movement. The object is to have the most pieces of your color on the board at the end of the game.

Xataxx from CENA

Xataxx from CNAM

Xataxx Screenshots

xbattle is a concurrent multi-player battle strategy game that captures the dynamics of a wide range of military scenarios. It is based on X windows, which you must have installed to run this game. Players play from separate displays, and commands are executed concurrently, i.e. the players do not take "turns", they all issue their commands simultaneously. There can be any number of players, and each player is assigned to a color team (or black, white & gray for monochrome monitors). The game board is a matrix of squares that can be occupied by colored troops, and the aim of the game is to eliminate the enemy from the board by attacking squares occupied enemy troops.

Xbattle from CENA

Xbattle from CNAM

Xbattle Screenshot

The object of the game is to find the location of the mines and to mark their location by placing a small flag. You have exactly as many flags as there are mines, no more, no less. The number of flags that remain to be placed is displayed in the top left corner and a timer is displayed in the top right corner.

Xdemineur 1.1 from CENA

Xdemineur 1.1 from CNAM

Xdemineur 1.1 Screenshot

XFIL v2.02 ( X window Four In Line ) is a logic game.

Xfil 2.02 from CENA

Xfil 2.02 from CNAM

Xfil 2.02 Screenshot

you must beat your opponent by having the main part of the territory. There are three fortification levels, to obtain the control over one square you must have more influence on it than your adversary. If you have more influence than your opponent on a square occupied by him, his castle is destroyed.

Xfortress 1.1 from CENA

Xfortress 1.1 from CNAM

Xfortress 1.1 Screenshot

A small Isola game under X11 (uses XAW/XMU)

Xisola 0.1 from CENA

Xisola 0.1 from CNAM

Xisola 0.1 Screenshot

Xjig 2.4 from CENA

Xjig 2.4 from CNAM

Xjig 2.4 Screeshot

Daemonic X labyrinth is a labyrinth game under X11 that is played directly with the mouse pointer: the walls block the pointer's movement on the screen. The goal of the game is to retrieve the four colored squares: to retrieve a square, it is sufficient to move the pointer over it, and it will disappear. However, to make things more infuriating, the squares have to be taken in the following order: red, yellow, green and blue. When the blue square is obtained, the game is won.

Xlaby 2.01 from CENA

Xlaby 2.01 from CNAM

Original distribution

Xlincity is a city simulation game, very similar to Simcity, available for Linux and various Unix systems, and now for OpenVMS VAX & Alpha.

You are required to build and maintain a city. You must feed, house, provide jobs and goods for your residents. You can build a sustainable economy with the help of renewable energy and recycling, or you can go for broke and build rockets to escape from a pollution ridden and resource starved planet, it's up to you. Due to the finite resources available in any one place, this is not a game that you can leave for long periods of time.

By default, the games uses a 640x480 geometry, but you can use a full screen geometry with the -d option (IT IS wonderfull !!)

Xlincity 1.09 from CENA

Xlincity 1.09 from CNAM

Lincity Web Page

Xlincity 1.09 Screenshots

Mah jongg is an ancient chinese game usually played by four players with tiles similar to dominos. This is an X windows version for the solitaire game originally seen on the PC and later ported to SunView. It also has a new tournament option.

You need to install additional X fonts provided in the kit in BDF format. See instructions into AAA_VMS.NOTES

Xmahjongg from CENA

Xmahjongg from CNAM

Xmahjongg Screenshot

Xpool is a X window game which simulates a billiard game by using an approach called Discrete Element Method(DEM).

Xpool 1.3 from CENA

Xpool 1.3 from CNAM

Xpool 1.3 Screenshot

Reversi (aka Othello) game under X Window

Xreversi from CENA

Xreversi from CNAM

Xreversi Screenshot

The goal of xsokoban is to push all the round objects into the score area of each level using the mouse or the arrow keys. The arrow keys move the player in the corresponding direction, pushing an object if it is in the way and there is a clear space on the other side.

Xsokoban 3.1 from CENA

Xsokoban 3.1 from CNAM

Xsokoban 3.1 Screenshot

Xtic is a board game designed for the X windows environment. The game is a two-player game, although for the moment,it is only possible to play against the computer. The board is composed of 4x4 squares and 16 pieces. Each piece has four properties: black or brown, horizontal or vertical, solid or hollow, round or square. This makes up 16 possible combinations and there is exactly one piece for each possibility.

Initially the board is empty. Now the two players try to place out pieces in a way that the opponent has to complete a row, column or diagonal with a common property (e.g. all black). This makes the opponent lose. The players do not choose what piece to put but it is rather player 1 who gives a piece to player 2, who then has to place this piece somewhere and choose a piece for player 1 to put somewhere etc.

Xtic 1.12 from CENA

Xtic 1.12 from CNAM

Xtic 1.12 Screenshot

   Last Update: May 12 2002    

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