Two games for testing

Wasn't quite sure where to put this, but decided it would get the most attention from Linux users here.

For those that don't know, I developed a couple of games in BlitzMax that I later converted to run under Linux. However, when they were run fullscreen the system would lock-up when exiting. This was when compiled with a version of BlitzMax earlier than v1.12. They've since been re-compiled for v1.12 and the problem seems to have disappeared and they exit properly.

As I only have one distro of Linux to test them on (Ubuntu 5.10 on PC), I would like to call upon the community to test under various other distros and setups to see how they fair. The links to the two games are:

Max Invaders:
http://www.sos-software.co.uk/downloads/MaxInvaders_Linux.tar.gz

Worm:
http://www.sos-software.co.uk/downloads/Worm_Linux.tar.gz

Just unpack them to wherever suits you best (root or home folder) and let me know how they run. I would basically like to know the following...

- PC or Mac (and spec, including gfx card) - would aid in gauging a minimum.
- Linux distro and version.
- Whether you have gcc 3 or 4 (or both) installed - just in case this is a factor.

This info might also be of use to others producing software for the Linux platform as well. All help appreciated.

Hi Jazzie,

Both work correctly here (same distro as you though). I think it would be a good idea to explain to the user how to mark the binary as executable though, otherwise it won't run.

Thanks Robert. I thought they would maintain their 'executable' status when zipped and uploaded, then consequently downloaded by someone else. I'll look into this and see if there's a way of avoiding telling the user how to make a binary executable.

Both work fine here. PC, Athlon XP 3200, Nvidia Geforce FX 5700. Running SUSE 10.0, gcc version 4.0.2 20050901 (prerelease) (SUSE Linux).

I also had to set the binary as executable.

Make them tar.gz instead of zip.

I've now changed the downloads to tar.gz in the original post. That should sort the executable issue out.

Cool! Thanks! More more! More Linux BMax games!!

Works fine under SuSE 9.3 after installing the nVidia Drivers
and doing some other junk to make it work...