SuperGamer is a

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for the x86 platform originally based on the

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distribution, and is currently based on VectorLinux. Focusing on gaming, it is designed to be run directly from a Live DVD.

Features

Available in several different flavours, SuperGamer claims to be the "world’s first Dual Layer Live DVD". The most recent version, SuperGamer Supreme 2.5, can be downloaded as a 7.9 gigabyte

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, while some older versions can also be downloaded in smaller sizes. As well as offering a wide selection of Linux native free games and

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versions of commercial games, it also includes a wide selection of video card drivers, including proprietary

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drivers from NVIDIA and

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as well as a wide array of free software alternatives. As well as online downloads which are offered as a freely available torrent or a direct download available for a $5.00 fee. Though primarily intended for use as a Live DVD system only, SuperGamer can be installed onto a hard-drive using an included installer. There must already be a properly formatted partition on the drive and the user must be aware of the system's root password, which by default is set to "root".

Included Games

The distribution included games like: SuperGamer Supreme 2.5, contains '' Enemy Territory: Quake Wars'', '' Unreal Tournament 2004'', '' Doom 3'', '' Prey'', '' Quake 4'', '' Savage 2: A Tortured Soul'', ''

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'', '' Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory'', '' Penumbra: Black Plague'', '' Sauerbraten'', ''

Urban Terror ''Urban Terror'' is a freeware multiplayer first-person shooter video game developed by FrozenSand. Originally a total conversion of id Software's '' Quake III Arena'', FrozenSand released ''Urban Terror'' as a free standalone game in 2007 utiliz ...

'', '' IconquerU'', '' TORCS'', ''

Tremulous ''Tremulous'' is a free and open source asymmetric team-based first-person shooter with real-time strategy elements. Being a cross-platform development project the game is available for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The game features two opposi ...

'', '' CodeRED: Alien Arena'', '' TrueCombat:Elite'', '' America's Army'', '' Nexuiz'', '' OpenArena'', '' PlaneShift'', '' Drop Team'', ''

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'', ''

Chromium B.S.U. ''Chromium B.S.U.'' is an arcade-style, top-scrolling space shooter available on Windows, iPhone, PSP, Mac, AmigaOS 4, Linux and numerous other UNIX-like operating systems. It is a free software distributed under the Clarified Artistic Licens ...

'', '' Mad Bomber'', '' X-Moto'', ''

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'', '' Mega Mario'', '' Glaxium'', '' GL-117'', '' Neverball'', '' Neverputt'', '' Super Tux'', '' PlanetPenguin Racer'', and '' X2: The Threat''. Commercial games are included as

while free software and freeware ones are included in their entirety. While older version included games that were open source and demos, the newest release does not.

Competition

Although very few distributions target the same niche as SuperGamer, it does have competition from the Linux-Gamers project, which offers a similar Live gaming distribution. The two projects however do have slightly different goals and diverge in the games that they package.How-to Become a Linux Gamer

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, April 29, 2010

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