Alex the Alligator - a nice retro style Nintendo
/ GameBoy like Free Software game for GNU / Linux
Alex the Alligator is a
Free Software (Open Sourced) arcade
game licensed under the
General Public License
(GPL)
The game is quite of fun and especially the music totally kicks
ass! ;)
The game plot is simple but fun in the good Spirit of oldschool
Super Mario like arcade games.
In the game you are a little cute crocodile whose (crocodile)
girlfriend is kidnapped with a helicopter by the evil human
poachers.
As you love her too much and you're determined to grow a crocodile
family with this croco-girl you start a long quest to save her from
possible zoo slavery or killing for a crocodile skin boots.
The quest for kidnapped girlfriend (LOLA) liberation wents through
the harsh jungles.
Alex The Alligator has a version for both Windows and Linux
ports. The Linux port is available for most major distributions
including
Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora etc.
To install the game on Debian and Ubuntu with
apt-get
issue:
debian:~# apt-get --yes install alex4
...
After installing the game can be run from command line using
cmd:
alex4
The game controls are as follows;
- Arrow Keys - Movement
- Alt - Jump
- Ctrl - Fire (if you have previously collected Eggs
Alex the Alligator is also equipped with a MAP editor, so if
you really want to contribute the game development, take some time
create some maps and submit to game's official website
http://allegator.sourceforge.net/ . On the game website
there are few other variations of the Alex the Alligator as well as
extra game maps.
Explanation on which keys can be used to create maps is found in
the game manual, e.g.:
debian:~$ man alex4
If you have downloaded some extra game maps from the game
sourceforge website, to load them you can use:
Shift+L
Will Alex succeed in saving his girlfriend ? It's up to you
;)