Fun games

DoudouLinux offers about 30 fun-oriented games. They have been chosen for being simple, funny or their ability to develop dexterity and/or thinking. These games target children from 4 years old and generally do not require to be able to reading.

Fun games are briefly described on this page as well as a list of links to their web sites in the following:

1. thinking games
   • Mahjongg
   • Mines
   • Sudoku
   • Five or more
   • Four in line
   • Same Gnome
   • Iagno
   • Tetravex
   • Klotski
   • Gnome Mastermind
2. card plays
   • Aisleriot
   • Blackjack
   • Kpoker
3. various games
   • Gnometris
   • Frozen Bubble
   • Tali
   • Gweled
   • Kolf
   • Nibbles
   • Robots
4. arcade games
   • Pingus
   • Help Hannah’s horse
   • Circuslinux
   • Tower toppler
   • Abe’s amazing adventure
   • Super Tux
   • Nikwi Deluxe
   • Ceferino
5. 3D games
   • Foobillard
   • Super Tux Kart

NB: 3D games require a computer relatively recent (≥ 2002) with a video chip from the Intel or ATI brand [1].

Mahjongg

Mahjongg

A tile-based solitaire game with an oriental flavor. Remove tiles in matching pairs to dismantle elaborately designed stacks. Beware: only external tiles can be moved away…

Mines

Mines

The popular logic puzzle minesweeper. Find mines on a grid using hints from squares you have already cleared.

Sudoku

Sudoku

Sudoku is a logic game with a Japanese name that has recently exploded in popularity. You have to fill boxes with figures from 1 to 9 so that no line, column nor 3×3 box would have one figure more than one time.

Cinq ou plus

Five or more

The game’s objective is to align as often as possible five or more objects of the same color and shape causing them to disappear. Unfortunately new objects appear regularly… Thus you need both making lines and free some space to be able to move objects.

Quatre en ligne

Four in line

The objective of Four-in-a-row is to build a line of four of your marbles while trying to stop your opponent (human or computer) building a line of his or her own. A line can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal.

Same Gnome

Same Gnome

The goal is to remove the objects in as few moves as possible. Similar objects that are adjacent to each other are removed as a group. The remaining objects then collapse to fill in the gaps and new groups are formed. The larger the group, the higher the score increase.

Iagno

Iagno

Iagno is a computer version of the game Reversi, more popularly called Othello. The object of Iagno is to flip as many of your opponent’s tiles to your color as possible without your opponent flipping your tiles. This is done by trapping your opponent’s tiles between two tiles of your own color.

Tétravex

Tetravex

Tetravex is a simple puzzle where pieces must be positioned so that the same numbers are touching each other. But pieces do not have just two sides… Your game is timed, these times are stored in a system-wide scoreboard.

Klotski

Klotski

The objective is to move the patterned block to the area bordered by green markers with as few moves as possible. To do this you need to move other blocks one by one with your mouse to clear its path through.

Gnome Mastermind

Gnome Mastermind

Mastermind is a little Mastermind™ game. The goal is to break a hidden color code following the hints that the game gives us. Several trials are allowed. For each trial, the computer indicates whether some colors are correct and if their position is correct too.

Aisleriot

Aisleriot

A compilation of over eighty different solitaire card games. Everything from favorites like Freecell and Klondike through to the hopelessly pointless Clock Patience. You can spend there solitaire hours!

Blackjack

Blackjack

The casino card game without any need to actually pay your gambling debts. Blackjack is a multiple deck, casino rules blackjack game. The object of the game is to hold cards having a higher count than those of the dealer without going over 21.

Kpoker

Kpoker

KPoker is a card game following the rules of the original Poker game. The game provides a computer player and various different card decks. You can play in an automatic bet mode or in a mode where you can adapt your bet a little. It is better to know card combination order (pair, three of a kind, suite, etc.).

Gnometris

The classic Russian falling-block game, Tetris. The goal of the game is to create complete horizontal lines of blocks, which will disappear. The blocks come in seven different shapes made from four blocks each: one straight, two L-shaped, one square, and two S-shaped. You score by dropping blocks fast and completing lines. As your score gets higher, you level up and the blocks fall faster.

Frozen bubble - Youtube

Frozen Bubble

The game mainly consists of firing randomly chosen bubbles across the board. If the shoot ends up having a clump of at least 3 bubbles of the same color, they all pop. If some bubbles were sticked only on the popping clump, they fall. In 1-player mode, the goal is to pop all the bubbles on the board as quickly as possible. In 2-players or network mode, you have to get your opponent to "die" before you.

Tali

Tali

Tali is a sort of poker with dice and less money. You roll five dice three times and try to create the best hand. Your two rerolls may include any or all of your dice. Tali also supports playing Kismet.

Gweled - Youtube

Gweled

Gweled is a new version of a popular game called "Bejeweled" or "Diamond Mine". The aim of the game is to make alignment of 3 or more gems, both vertically or horizontally by swapping adjacent gems. The more gems collapse at the same time, the higher the score you make. The game ends when there are no possible moves left.

Kolf

Kolf

Kolf is a miniature golf game that can be played alone, against computer or with other players. Up to 10 people can play at once in competition. Kolf comes equipped with a variety of playgrounds and tutorial courses. The mouse controls both direction and ball hit force.

Nibbles

Nibbles

Nibbles is a game where the user controls a snake. The snake moves around the board, eating diamonds while avoiding the walls placed around it. Nibbles also features network multiplayer, and up to six evil computer-controlled worms!

Robots

Robots

The classic robots game where you have to avoid a hoard of robots who are trying to kill you. Each step you take brings them closer toward you. Fortunately they aren’t very smart and you also have a helpful teleportation gadget.

Pingus - Youtube

Pingus

Pingus is a classic Lemmings™-like game. The player takes command in the game of a bunch of small animals and has to guide them around in levels. Since the animals walk on their own, the player can only influence them by giving them commands, like build a bridge, dig a hole or redirect all animals in the other direction. The goal of each level is to reach the exit, for fix multiple combination of commands are necessary.

Hannah’s horse - Youtube

Help Hannah’s horse

An arcade game best described as a cross between pacman and fastfood. Collect the pills and carrots while avoiding the ghosts! Cute and colourful! Beware: it is really fast and you shouldn’t get a special item which reverses left and right keys roles…

Circus Linux - Youtube

Circuslinux

The objective is to move a teeter-totter back and forth across the screen to bounce clowns up into the air. When they reach the top, they pop rows of balloons and then fall back down. It is played with the mouse and is also fast…

Tower toppler - Youtube

Tower toppler

A clone of the Nebulus game. You have to help a cute little green animal switch off some kind of "evil" mechanism. The "power off switch" is hidden somewhere in high towers. On your way to the target you need to avoid a lot of strange robots that guard the tower.

Abe’s amazing adventure

Abe’s amazing adventure

A game where the guy you are driving has to collect keys and open doors to free his friend. Of course is exploring a hostile world but he has some tricks to escape…

Super Tux - Youtube

Super Tux

SuperTux is a classic 2D jump’n run sidescroller game in a style similar to the original Super Mario® games. Your hero is a penguin on ice field who has to collect coins and pass obstacles to get into next level. Bonuses make him grow then able to shoot its enemies.

Nikwi Deluxe - Youtube

Nikwi

Catch candies and get some ice-cream! And its the same at each level… In the beginning this is quite easy, but difficulty rapidly increase with these creatures that always fight when you go past them!

Ceferino

Ceferino

A clone of the game Pang. The guy you are driving has to burst bouncing balloons while avoiding them. Each burst balloon splits into two smaller ones… Some trap doors in floors and large balloons contain extras that make you more powerful.

Foobillard - Youtube

Foobillard

A 3D billiard game. You can play different billiard games (8 ball, snooker, etc.). The hardest is to respect rules… This game will only run on machines with an Intel or ATI video chip since it relies on 3D features.

Super Tux Kart - Youtube

Super Tux Kart

A Super Mario Kart® inspired game. Competitors can catch items in cubes lying on the road in order to set them traps. This game will only run on machines with an Intel or ATI video chip since it relies on 3D features.