Linked by Adam Geitgey on Tue 31st Aug 2004 20:12 UTC
Despite the impressive list of achievements of open source software, it can be argued that there have not been any world-class games created under the open source banner. Sure, several old games like Doom and Quake have been gifted to the open source community, but there are no comparable original creations in this area. One should not expect this situation to change anytime soon, because the open source development model does not make sense for game development.
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Scorched Earth is a great OSS remake of a classic DOS game. It has been completely remade into 3D with OpenGL graphics. It features beautiful water, destructible terrain, and mutliplayer online and LAN gaming! Sure, it's no big budget game, but it brought back some great memories, and is way better than the original imho.