SuperTuxKart: unlock all tracks and karts

SuperTuxKart is a race karts game similar as Mario Kart and one of my favorite games because it's addictive and allow a lot of interesting things.

Now we see a tick to unlock all tracks and karts, we need edit a file with and editor than keep the original format of the file (I use jEdit).

This is the full path of the file:

$HOME/.config/supertuxkart/0.8.2/players.xml

we need change these strings:

true ► false

none ► hard

And that's it, you can already enjoy all the karts and tracks, including those that are blocked without needing to get the milestones.

Some of the best native games in raspberry pi

Raspberry pi has many leisure options beyond emulators and kodi, for example, you can play many GNU / Linux games that do not abuse graphics acceleration.

I made a brief list of funniest and fluid ones for our little computer, I group by installation method:

From official repositories

These are the game you can install with the command apt-get install name_of_the_game:

1. Block Attack, rise of the blocks: Very addictive diamond game, it's hard to stop playing.
2. lBreakOut 2: arkanoid remake.
3. Epiphany: Boulder Dash remake.
4. Ltris: tetris clone, very good.
5. Pingus: lemmings clone, with a lot of improvements.
6. Xgalaga: kill alien ships game. No rest.
7. Slimey Volley: simple and funny volleyball game.
8. SuperTux: like Mario but tux is the main character.
9. Tux football: soccer game, similar to Goal goal goal or Emilio Butragueño.
10. Pix frogger: frogger remake.
11. Minecraft Pi: Minecraft for raspberry pi.
12. Eat the whistle: soccer game similar to Football Manager or Yoda Soccer.
13. PySOL FC: 1000 cards games in one, very good and very well documented.

Install the form retropie

You need to use retropie script to install them:

1. Giana's return: Mario clone with amazing graphics.
2. OpenTyrian: amazing kill alien ships game, see how install it and configure.
3. zDoom: Doom adapted to raspberry pi.
4. Quake III: another first person shoot'em all game.
5. eduke32: Duke Nukem 3D adapted to raspberry pi.

 

Manual installation (binaries)

You need follow the author's instructions to install them, compile them is not necessary:

1. Hurrican: Turrican remake. Pure adrenaline.
2. Maldita Castilla (cursed Castilla): zombie game similar to Ghost'n'Goblings, master piece and guaranteed fun.
3. They need to be feed: Amazing game with worlds with their own gravity where you have to feed a dying alien race.
4. Air Hockey Arcade: you must put the disc into the goal.
5. Super Crate Box: a game that will not give you a respite.

To compile them

Compiling is very easy following the author's instructions:

1. Capitan Sevilla, el remake (Captain S): Another recovered classic game. You are the Captain Sevilla trying to prevent the evil Pr. Torrebruno enslaved the city and the World.
2. Rock'n'diamons: boulder dash clone with improved graphics (download the source code and compile with the command make sdl)
3. Lpairs: pairs game, you can change the images always with the same format than original ones.
4. Vorton: Highway encounter remake, recently recovered.
5. Stepmania: software to use dance mats.
6. PyDance: another software to use dance mats.

Java games

You only need java in your raspberry to run them:

1. The abbey of crime extensum: Remake of one of the most successful Spanish games of all time that takes full advantage of the capabilities of today's computers. It takes a while to boot but then it goes very well.

I want more...

This is just a small sample of the number of games that are available for our gadget, for example, I have not put any of the countless table games that work in luxury.
You can see a more extensible list in this thread in official raspberry pi forum.

Remember you also use emulators for more games, best DOS ones included.

Other interesting links

• Webfootgames: 15 games for raspberry pi (privative).
• Yoyo games: 3 games for raspberry pi (privative).
• List of games for raspberry pi in official forum.
• ScummVM games with raspberry pi.

SupertuxKart: All Tente 3D karts and track in one file

SuperTuxKart, is a funny and amazing game, freegame and avalaible for a lot of operating systems.
Tente was a Spanish construction game with bricks very similar to a famous Danish one.

Now you can download a lot of karts and a track to enjoy with Tente vehicles, Now that STK is in fashion.

#0: Download STK-Tente3D pack

You don't have to download the vehicles one by one, you just need download one file:

Pack with all Tente karts and the Jasolo's track for SuperTuxKart

Although a file with the installation instructions is included, I will explain how to install and use here:
 

#1: Install SuperTuxKart

If we use GNU/Linux we can find the version more adapted to our distro in their official repositories, in the case of Ubuntu or Debian we would look for it in its software center or by the command:

sudo apt-get install supertuxkart

If our distro doesn't include the game in its repositories (very strange) or we still use Windows o Mac OS X we can download in STK page.

#2: Add the karts and the track

Uncompress the STK-Tente3D ZIP in the folder where is the STK resources, in GNU/Linux is:

/home/youruser/.local/share/supertuxkart/addons/ (only for your user)

or

/usr/share/games/supertuxkart/data/ (copy them as root, for all the users).

If we use Windows uncompress in:

C:\Program Files\SuperTuxKart

In some Windows 'Program Files' is translated into your language.

I don't know details about OS X because I don't use Apple but I suppose that might be ver similar than GNU/Linux.

#3: Run and solving problems if they are

In any case we will have a direct access to the program, either on the desktop or in the menu, so by clicking on it we will launch the game.

If we have a very old computer, it may not start or delay a long time, as each kart is a folder inside the kart subfolder, just delete it to disappear from the game. In this case we could remove all the additions and add until it stops working.

Interesting links and advanced information

• How create your our karts and track with Blender in STK (Tente 3D included).
• Videos of Tente karts races in SuperTuxKart (Tentexpress quiz).