[MG] Desktop Games

[Robert Libbert]

Download X11 and Fink, then install Scorched Earth -
The Mother of All Games!  Their title, not mine, but
still a classic.

X11 will also alo you to play a ton of other existing
Unix X based games.

Rob
--- Walton Smith <wws2 at earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'd suggest JewlToy, and Snood.......both free
> downloads...
> My favorite is Tranquility........also free 
> download.......http://www.tqworld.com
> 
> Wayne
> 
> >	What are some good small games that i can play
> right on the 
> >desktop, so's i can amuse myself while monitoring
> the downloads 
> >window?
> >
> >	P. S.  Was there never on the Mac a game like
> X-Com, where 
> >the player defends Earth against UFOs??  I'm not
> even sure what 
> >category it would be in, as it blended aspects of
> strategy [building 
> >bases], real-time action [air-to-air combat], and
> turn-based RPG 
> >[elite adventurers searching for bug-eyed monsters
> in isometric 
> >terrain].
> >
> >G4 LCD iMac running OS X.2
> >
> >
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> >
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> 
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