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| {{Infobox Website | |||
| | name = The Linux Game Tome | |||
| | logo = | |||
| | screenshot = ] | |||
| | caption = | |||
| | url = <nowiki>happypenguin.org</nowiki><br><small>(Offline as of April 2013)</small> | |||
| | alexa = {{IncreaseNegative}} 3,526,339 ({{as of|2014|4|1|alt=April 2014}})<ref name="alexa">{{cite web|url= http://www.alexa.com/siteinfo/happypenguin.org |title= Happypenguin.org Site Info | publisher= ] |accessdate= 2014-04-01 }}</ref><!--Updated monthly by OKBot.--> | |||
| | commercial = No | |||
| | type = ] | |||
| | language = English | |||
| | registration = Optional | |||
| | owner = Bob Zimbinski | |||
| | author = Tessa Lau | |||
| | launch date = 1995 | |||
| | current status = Shut down permanently (April 2013) | |||
| }} | |||
| '''The Linux Game Tome''' was a ] which provided a comprehensive list of ]s for ]. | |||
| == Features == | |||
| ''The Linux Game Tome'' featured a distinctive 1950s ] ].<ref name="linux.com"/> It contained well over 2,000 games and game-related items<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.happypenguin.org/list?sort=title |title=Game Tome Listing |work=The Linux Game Tome |accessdate=2009-03-15}}</ref> as well as a user rating system, ]s, and an ] channel, at the time of closure. It also provided forums for game developers, and organized several make overs of "almost-there" Linux games such as '']''. Also, some game servers for multiplayer gaming were operated, e.g. for the two ]s ] and Legends.<ref name="linux.com"/> | |||
| == History == | |||
| The site was started by Tessa Lau in 1995. She collected games from ] Linux games directories, and classic ] games - for a database of just over 100 games.<ref name="linux.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/41037 |title=Site review: Linux Game Tome |work=] |accessdate=2010-01-05|author=Tina Gasperson|date=December 16, 2004}}</ref><ref name="about">{{cite web |url=http://www.happypenguin.org/about/ |title=The Linux Game Tome: About The Linux Game Tome |work=The Linux Game Tome |accessdate=2007-08-30}}</ref> | |||
| In 1998 maintenance was taken over by Bob Zimbinski who ran the site from that point to its closure.<ref name="about"/><ref name="sf2001">{{cite web | |||
| |url=http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?sid=01/05/01/024201&mode=thread | |||
| |title = Playing the game of life with Linux Game Tome maintainer Bob Zimbinski | |||
| |author = Julie Bresnick | |||
| |work = ] | |||
| |publisher = ] | |||
| |date = 2001-05-01 | |||
| |accessdate = 2007-08-30 | |||
| }}</ref> | |||
| Hosting was provided by ] of ] and ] which caused shared downtime during late 2010.<ref> ], December 08, 2010 (Article by ])</ref> | |||
| On March 25, 2013, it was announced that the Tome would shut down on April 13.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://happypenguin.onkoistudios.com/discussion/2/news-from-bobz |title=News From BobZ |work=Resurrecting the Tome |accessdate=2013-04-28|publisher=happypenguin.onkoistudios.com}}</ref> The site had gone without updates for several months prior to this announcement. | |||
| === Legacy === | |||
| An archived version of the database has been made available, and the happypenguin.org site linked to two different efforts, "" and "", to continue the project. A further project to restore the original database of "The Linux Game Tome" is currently working on the website "". | |||
| == See also == | |||
| {{Portal|Video games}} | |||
| *] | |||
| *] | |||
| ==References== | |||
| {{Reflist|30em}} | |||
| {{DEFAULTSORT:Linux Game Tome}} | |||
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