Commodore 64 fans will likely remember one of the most original, addictive and outright brilliant games of all time: Wizball. Everyone who does is in for a pleasant surprise: Retrospect have released a port of Wizball for Windows and Mac. Better yet, it ‘just works’ ( and perfectly so ) under Wine, so Linux users can also rejoice. Oh and it’s also available as a free download from their website ( direct link ).
Check it out, running on my Gentoo Linux system, on an Enlightenment desktop, with slightly transparent windows:
wizball, under wine, under linux
That background, by the way, is an animated background, which was a joint project between me and a friend, Michael Gordon. It’s designed for the Enlightenment desktop.