Category: Arcade

NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics sounds like an interesting game. It's done in the style of old shoot 'em up games, but turned into a turn-based strategy. A tactical shoot 'em up, if you will.

Neon Drive was sent in by GOL reader Cybolic as they have officially released their Linux version. The developers say it will make your brain melt and they aren't wrong.

The developer of Ellipsis sent in a key for us to check out what they call an Avoid ’Em Up and it's surprisingly good.

Overdriven Reloaded, a vertical-scrolling shoot 'em up is now on Linux. We have quite a few games like it, but this has 4 player co-op so it might just be enough to hook some in.

Switchcars is a game I've been putting off trying for quite some time to wait for it to get polished up some more, but now I've jumped in at the deep end of this arcade style roguelike.

Voxeliens, a game I haven't seen much on since I wrote about it back in 2012 has officially gone open source a few days ago. It's a retro-style arcade shooter and it's essentially a 3D voxel-based version of Space Invaders.

Try Hard Parking, is a new indie game from developer gearspecs that promises a rage-inducing 80s styled parking game.

The developer of IMPOSSIBALL is working to bring the game to Linux, so they have sent us tons of keys to throw at you so you can test it.

The developer of Solaroids: Prologue tweeted out to let everyone know that the indie arcade/action shooter will be coming to Linux. The developer is using FNA for the port and doing it themselves.

Impossiball, an interesting take on a Pong-like game has plans to bring out a Linux version. It looks somewhat amusing.

I don't often play many smaller arcade titles, but SPINGUN has genuinely surprised me with the interesting control scheme and how fun it actually is.

Astervoid 2000 was sent in by the developer and I've been testing out this multiplayer​ space brawler to see if it's worthy. It's surprisingly great actually! Mixing some lovely pixel art with sick tunes makes for an explosive experience.

Pro Pinball Ultra was released for Linux this year and a GOL follower gifted it to me, so I took a look to see if it's actually worth others picking it up.

Plenty of big releases recently, but let's not forget about the little guy. Super Blue Fighter, a casual arcade survival game now has Linux support.

If you’ve ever fantasized about killing uncountable amounts of giant mushrooms invading your homeland, Mushroom Crusher Extreme is a game with arcade elements that lets you do just that. The game got day-1 Linux support and I took a look to see what it was like.

'Conga Master' from Undercoders is an amusing and silly idea for a game, get ready to shake those hips.

Curvatron has recently been released on Linux and the developer sent in a bunch of keys for you lucky people. The game itself is inspired by the old game 'Snake' that was on rather old Nokia mobile phones.

Super Crate Box has officially released for Linux. Now the day has come for this title, so I tried it and it's a truly addictive game and an instant recommendation.

Absolute Drift: Zen Edition is an expanded version of the 2D car drifting game Absolute Drift, it will be a free update and arrive on August 16th.

I got sent Infinium Strike by both my Stride PR friends and from GOG, so I took a look and here's some thoughts.