27 April 2008

SuperTux Port For Symbian
Tux's girlfriend, Penny, has been kidnapped!

Tux the Penguin's girlfriend, Penny, has been kidnapped! Tux must run, jump and stomp enemies while tracking her down!

Yes it's true, the classic jump ’n’ run game, with strong inspiration from Nintendo’s the Super Mario Bros game is ported to Symbian OS and available for S60 3rd Edition devices as well as for UIQ platform.

SuperTux is a freeware game, classic side-scrolling 2D jump and run game inspired by the legendary Super Mario series of games. It was originally created by Bill Kendrick and is currently maintained by the SuperTux Dev Team.

Instead of Mario, the hero in this game is Tux, the mascot of the Linux kernel, albeit the game's only reference to Linux. Many of the in-game graphics were created by Ingo Ruhnke, creator of Pingus.

To help Tux in his quest to rescue Penny, various Powerups have been placed throughout the levels. Some are in plain view, but most are hidden in bonus blocks. When you bumps a hidden bonus block from below, Tux will either collect some coins or the bonus block releases one of several Powerups.

In the course of the game, Tux will encounter lots of different enemies - some easy to avoid, some tough to get past. When Tux touches a badguy, he will either lose a Powerup or - if no powerups are left - get thrown off the screen.

Most, but not all, of the easier enemies can easily be knocked out by jumping on their head, but take care: As a rule of thumb, enemies with a pointy top cannot be squished, and will hurt Tux, too. Fireballs can take out most of them, but beware: Some badguys are even immune to those.