GNU Robbo is a famous atari XE/XL game ported to Linux. Robbo the robot is trying to get out of the planet. He must collect all parts of capsule to move to next level.GNU Robbo is a free open source reimplementation of Janusz Pelc's Robbo (->) for the Atari XE/XL (->) which was distributed by LK Avalon (->) in 1989.
Features.
Graphical skin support: Oily, Original and Tronic
Sound skin support: Default, Free and Oily
Support for user supplied music
1113 levels across 28 packs converted from Robbo and Robbo Konstruktor
A mouse/stylus driven level designer
Support for Alex (a Robbo clone) objects
Support for Robbo Millenium objects
In-game help
Reconfigurable options and controls
Support for the mouse/stylus throughout the game
Support for keyboards, analogue and digital joysticks
Centering of game within any resolution >= 240x240
Simple build system to maximise porting potential
Support for locales: English, Czech, German, Indonesian, Polish, Russian, Slovak and Swedish
Gameplay Enhancements.
The gameplay of the original is faithfully reproduced with a few modifications :-
Lives has been removed and suicide replaced with level restart
Scoring has been removed: goal is level advancement
Bears don't endlessly spin around themselves or other bears of the same type
Capsules don't spawn from questionmarks
Solid laser fire is not left live after the originating gun has been destroyed
Requirements.
libSDL (->)
libSDL_mixer (->)
libSDL_image (->)
Optional: libSDL_ttf (->)
Additionally you will require the corresponding "-devel" development packages for building the source.
Screenshots.
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Game help and default keys are explained in-game.
For support please visit the project's support page.
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