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I got some reports that the RAM requirements mentioned are wrong. It is possible to use Nvidia or ATI hardware acceleration and play some games with only 256 MB RAM. I'm sorry for the misleading values. So this is the new minimum RAM requirement (updated in release news).

In addition to Bittorrent you may download the Games Knoppix now via ftp and http . Many thanks to the network group of RHRK.

Finally, the first release of the Games Knoppix (St. Nicholas Day Release) is ready for download. Please use this link to get to the Bittorrent page.

The following games have been lately added:

• Castle-Combat
• Globulation 2
• Hatman
• Kobodeluxe
• Miniracer
• Pingus
• Rafkill
• Lots of small games

If there is a graphic card with possible acceleration detected, you will be asked whether you want to use the Nvidia/ATI drivers. To use this option, you need at least 256 MB RAM.

The joystick configuration tool is startet via 'joystick-config' inside the console. We'll add a small HOWTO about how to turn your Linux box into a game console soon. ;)

I want to kindly thank the following people:

• Klaus Knopper for building the Knoppix and his technical and mental support.
• Erik Auerswald (wrote the 'joystick-config' tool and made joystick patches for some games).
• Helge König and Barbara Herr for hours of beta-testing.
• Peter Drews-Walkling for suggestions concerning the hardware acceleration script.
• Agnieszka Czajkowska for the background graphics (she's not guilty for the freaky-looking penguin, that was my work).
• The members of the Unix-AG for their support.

Legal issues (Germany only):

• In Germany, you're not allowed to give this ISO to people under age of 18. Additionally, it's not allowed to distribute this piece of software on CD-ROM's or other physical media. You will get problems with the USK. You have been warned.
• I'll give no guarantee that anything on the Games Knoppix is working. It may even be that your city is invaded by aliens or worse soon after using this Knoppix but I won't take responsibility.

My public key for verification of the signed checksums can be downloaded here.

More Games/Emulators have been added:

• Boson
• Bsdgames
• Crimson Fields
• Dosbox (Emulator)
• Empire
• Konquest
• Mangoquest
• Pysol
• Tuxcart
• Zsnes (Emulator)

Erik Auerswald is working on an enhanced joystick configuration tool and coded patches for some of the games. The tool will be downloadable from his homepage after the release of the Games Knoppix.

The following games have been added so far:

• Ace-of-penguin
• Battle for Wesnoth
• Bzflag, Bzflag-Server
• Clanbomber
• Crossfire (GTK client)
• Enigma
• Foobillard
• Freeciv, Freeciv-server
• Freesci
• Gltron
• Gnuchess
• Jump'n'Bump (joystick support patch, special graphic patches)
• Ksokoban
• Lbreakout2
• Lgeneral
• Miniracer
• Nethack
• Netpanzer
• Neverball
• Tuxracer
• Xgalaga
• XMame, XMess (Emulators)
• Xpilot

After receiving a lot of positive feedback concerning the Knoppix PCGH-Edition we decided to build a public games version. This version is a true Knoppix and I'll try to sync the releases with Klaus Knopper in a way that the base of the Games Knoppix is the most current public Knoppix.

The date of our first release will be Monday, the 6.12.2004 (St. Nicholas Day ;). At first, the Games Knoppix will be downloadable only via the Bittorrent page of the Unix-AG TU-Kaiserlautern which is kindly providing the infrastructure for this project.

Until then, this site will be updated regularly with news concerning the features of the games version.