History of video games/Open games
IntroEdit
Open Source games are interesting from a historical point of view, because they allow the examination of a codebase and development cycle over time.
NethackEdit
Nethack received it's first release in 1987.
Falcon's Eye, a graphical remake of Nethack from 1999.
Battle for WesnothEdit
Battle for Wesnoth in 2003
Battle for Wesnoth in 2008
Battle for Wesnoth in 2015
NeverballEdit
Neverball in 2006
Neverball in 2014
Neverball in 2019
StepManiaEdit
StepMania neoMAX2 in 2009
StepMania 5 in 2011
StepMania running on an arcade machine around 2011
0 A.D.Edit
Read more about 0 A.D. in its Wikibook.
0 A.D. in 2015
0 A.D. in 2019
0 A.D. in 2021
BZ FlagEdit
BZFlag in 2005
BZFlag in 2010
Super TuxKartEdit
Tuxkart 0.4.0 released in 2004
SuperTuxKart in 0.7 2010
SuperTuxKart 0.8 in 2013
SuperTuxKart 0.9 in 2015
SuperTuxKart 0.9.3 Splitscreen multiplayer in 2017
SuperTuxKart in 2018
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CubeEdit
AssaultCube in 2006
Cube 2: Sauerbraten in 2011
MinetestEdit
In 2011 the first early release (0.2.20110731_3) of Minetest was posted to Github.[1]
Minetest in 2012
Minetest in 2016
Minetest in 2020
Nexuiz & XonoticEdit
Nexuiz beta in 2004
Nexuiz in 2005
Nexuiz in 2006
Nexuiz in 2008
Xonotic in 2019
Other Open Source and Free Software GamesEdit
.kkrieger in 2004
Lincity NG in 2005
Yo Frankie! in 2008
Ferts on Fire in 2009
Warsow in 2012
Secret Maryo Chronicles in 2013
Osu! in 2019
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