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• 3D Game and Graphics Engines Database - A handy resource site for game development information. It includes a searchable 3D engine database, tutorials, articles, reviews, IRC chat network, and forums.
• Allegro - A Game Programming Library - A cross-platform library intended for use in computer games and other types of multimedia programming. A multilingual site. Latest stable release is 4.2.2, 2007-07-24.
• ClanLib Game SDK - A cross-platform C++ toolkit library which offers a series of different functionality under a streamlined API. Its primary focus is on games, although not limited for that usage only. Latest release is 0.8.1, 2008-03-11.
• Crystal Space 3D - A free cross-platform software development kit for real-time 3D graphics. Latest stable release is 1.2.1, 2008-05-05.
• Exult - A project to recreate Ultima 7 for modern operating systems, using the game's original plot, data, and graphics files. It also has a map editor and other tools for creating individual mods and games. Latest release is 1.2, 2004-06-21.
• Irrlicht Engine - A cross-platform, open source, high-performance, real-time 3D engine. It uses D3D, OpenGL and its own software renderer, and has all of the state-of-the-art features which can be found in commercial 3D engines. Latest stable release is 1.6, 2009-11-20.
• Libasset - A GPL'd library for managing game assets. Game assets are anything other than the actual compiled code (such as artwork, animation, sound, etc.). Latest release is 0.1.1, 2002-06-03.
• Steve's Portable Game Library Page - PLIB includes sound effects, music, a complete 3D engine, font rendering, a simple Windowing library, a game scripting language, a GUI, networking, 3D math library and a collection of handy utility functions. All are 100% portable across nearly all modern computing platforms. Latest stable release is 1.8.5, 2006-10-27.
• The Nebula Device - An open source real-time 3D game/visualization engine.
• Thousand Parsec - A framework for developing turn-based space-empire-building 4X strategy games.
• XShipWars - A multi-player Internet space combat gaming system. Latest release is 2.6.1, 2008-06-23.
• Xconq - Empire Style Strategy Game - A general strategy game system that includes all the components for a complete game system: a portable engine, graphical interfaces for Unix/Linux/X11, MacOS, and Windows, multiple AIs, networking for multi-player games, and an extensive game library. Latest release (pre-release packages) is 7.5, 2004-05-20.
• XreaL - An open source game engine. It is a non-commercial, multiplayer first-person shooter game based on a heavily modified Quake 3 Arena engine (id Tech 3).