Complex Solutions to Simple Problems» colonization http://blog.heick.nu Just another WordPress weblog Sat, 05 Mar 2011 20:51:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 SimCity goes Open Source http://blog.heick.nu/open-source/simcity-goes-open-source.html http://blog.heick.nu/open-source/simcity-goes-open-source.html#comments Fri, 11 Jan 2008 11:54:20 +0000 Pål Heick http://blog.heick.nu/archives/2008/01/simcity-goes-open-source excerpt thumb

…and will henceforth be known under the name Micropolis and is apparently going to be included in the OLPC project. Cool. Read more here: SimCity Source Code Released. Also, visit...

]]> …and will henceforth be known under the name Micropolis and is apparently going to be included in the OLPC project. Cool.

Read more here: SimCity Source Code Released.
Also, visit Don Hopkins, one of the main forces in this project.

Strangely enough, it only a few days since I encountered the open source / old school project FreeCol - that is based on Sid Meiers classical Colonization. This spurred me to search for more open source games and came upon this list: Free and Open Source Games on the Internet.

Are we going to see a rise in open source computer games based on abandoned gems from the 90ties?
Here’s a vote for Ghosts’n'Goblins and Elite!
Update – there is actually an open source project dedicated to deep space trading, privateering and bounty hunting: Vega Strike. I haven’t tried it (yet), but I’m downloading as I write this. Update follows :-)

What old games do you miss?

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