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Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by Bondi_Blue »

rezmason wrote: post #4

Oh, fantastic! I've tried rebuilding this for macOS half a dozen times, and never quite managed for one reason or another. And now you've brought it to the browser. I might try adding reflections and translucency to ice someday.

If you want to play locally on macOS, here is a build. If it fails to run, it is likely the error "The requested video mode is not available" and can be run if connected to an external monitor (then you can disable fullscreen and launch without an external monitor).

https://drodin.com/extremetuxracer/ https://github.com/drodin/extremetuxracer

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by parasti »

Bondi_Blue wrote: post #20

If you want to play locally on macOS, here is a build. If it fails to run, it is likely the error "The requested video mode is not available" and can be run if connected to an external monitor (then you can disable fullscreen and launch without an external monitor). https://drodin.com/extremetuxracer/ https://github.com/drodin/extremetuxracer

This guy ports open source games to mobile devices and sells them under their original names. (Selling is okay, misrepresenting them as the official version is not.)

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by mrdonbrown »

jml7c5 wrote: post #19

I wonder if the commercial version of this (from Sunspire Studios) is floating around anywhere. I recall it being even more satisfying to play. Looks like the author has gone on to have a successful career in game rendering, working on (among other things) Infamous and Ghost of Tsushima.

I have a CD copy of the game, and many fond memories playing it with the wife in the early 2000's...

Re: Tuxracer.js play Tux Racer in the browser

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Post by em-bee »

Aldipower wrote: post #22

Funny, I've loaded it in the browser, played it, was happy like kid. Then I just entered 'extremtuxracer' in my terminal and tada, played it locally without browser. Not to blame tuxracer.js, this is great. But sometimes you forget "normal" software.

the browser version doesn't work for me, the maps are messed up. anyways i did the same. except i had to install it first, because this is a relatively new laptop. i did have it on the previous one and almost every machine of mine before that.

i even made my own courses. one thing that i'd like to change is the slope. i made one course that would start in the center and then go in concentric circles around the starting point. it worked, kind of, but it was tricky. it would have worked better with a slope of 0 and a greater height differential from the highest to the lowest level. maybe some day...

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