Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Fachoda Complex: Linux Flight Battle, Minimal Look

AI lift-off in Fachoda Complex

Fachoda Complex is an old Linux 3d flight battle simulator with flat visuals and extremely low system requirements.

The developer wrote an interesting logbook of how they recovered the game from the depths of Assembly Code Country in six days.
Some restore antique furnitures or old cars for a hobby. I am restoring a vintage piece of code, a small game that was quickly put together at the end of the former century then had its bits abandoned to rust. The original author is long gone and his ideas and thoughts forgotten. He was the me of 12 years ago.
Even after reading the readme, I am completely incapable of lifting off in this game and am unable to play it... :(

I still tried: