OpenArena first person shooter game, is a free replacement for id Software Inc.’s Quake 3 Arena, but it is not compatible with the proprietary game.

OpenArena’s gameplay is exactly the same as Quake III Arena – score frags to win the game using a balanced set of weapons each designed for different situations.

Gameplay modes exist such as deathmatch, Team Deathmatch, Tournament, and Capture The Flag (all modes also in the original game). OpenArena version 0.7.6 adds the new Elimination, CTF Elimination, Last Man Standing and Double Domination gametypes.

OpenArena contains Mature Content, such as a lot of blood and guts that stain the level with animation and sound accompanying it, and some characters wear next to nothing (but no nudity).

It uses the ioquake3 game engine, a project which aims to build upon id Software’s Quake 3 source code release.

OpenArena First Person Shooter.

Developer: OpenArena team

License: GNU/GPLv2

Version: 0.8.8 ( upcoming V3.0 'Aka OA3' has no releasedate )

Size: 478MB

Features include:

• Different playing modes.
• Bot support.
• Multiplayer with up to 32 players.
• Weapons range from a gauntlet to a BFG10k.
• Invulnerability powerup and effects.
• Great music.
• It doesn’t look like the original game nor does it try to.

How to install it via a terminal window:

sudo apt-get install openarena

Press Enter,

IMPORTANT: The developers are looking for help in the areas of programming, voices and music.

NOTE: Tested on Acer Aspire 5750, 8GB RAM, iCore7, 128MB Video and it works great.

►Developers website