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Tux Games was one of the first still active online Linux game retailers, founded on January 1, 2000 by Michael Simms, who would later also found Linux Game Publishing. It was originally created in response to Simms being unable to order a version of Loki Software's port of ''Civilization: Call to Power'' from any British reseller.〔(Linux Game Publishing Blog, LGP History pt 1: How LGP came to be )〕 Tux Games, being one of the oldest retailers, is one of the few places still selling Loki Software stock, although their availability is still variable.〔(Loki Stock ) LinuxGames, January 28, 2002〕〔(TuxGames Out of SMAC; Low on Others ) LinuxGames, March 18, 2003〕 It also offered the unique service of selling Linux boxed copies of many games whose ports otherwise require the presence of a Windows boxed version, such as with several id Software products.〔(Retail Linux RTCW at Tux Games ) LinuxGames, January 21, 2002〕 Doing this had the advantage of guaranteeing it is counted as a Linux sale.〔(Doom 3 Pre-Order at Tux Games ) LinuxGames, August 31, 2002〕 In addition to its services as a games seller, Tux Games has attempted to branch out into other areas, such as selling gaming oriented computer systems,〔(TuxGames Offering Computers ) LinuxGames, December 19, 2006〕 and attempting to open a Donation Center for free software projects.〔(Donation System at Tux Games ) LinuxGames, July 19th, 2001〕 In the end neither of these appear to have been successful. Its decision of hosting old Loki Software demos has been met with praise however.〔(Loki Repository from Tux Games and Holarse ) LinuxGames September 25, 2007〕〔(New Loki Games Repository Emerges ) Phoronix, September 25, 2007 (Article by Michael Larabel)〕 Tux Games received many requests for sales statistics,〔(Tux Games Statistics ) LinuxGames December 14, 2002〕 which prompted Simms to add a sales information chart to the main website.〔(More Tux Games Sales Info ) LinuxGames, April 23, 2003〕 The current top five overall sellers are ''Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri'', ''Tribes 2,'' ''Return to Castle Wolfenstein'', ''Neverwinter Nights'', and ''Majesty Gold''.〔(Overall Best Sellers ) TuxGames, Retrieved on March 16, 2011〕 In recent years Tux Games has gained some competition from other similarly focused retailers, such as (Fun4Tux ) and (Wupra ), both retailers based in continental Europe. It is also competing with the online digital distribution services (Gameolith ) and Desura. It has also been occasionally criticized for poor order handling.〔(Source for Retail Linux Games? ) LinuxGames, July 22, 2004〕 On January 31, 2012 after over a decade with the company, Michael Simms announced he was stepping down as CEO and handing over control to Clive Crous.〔(Linux Game Publishing...the return? ) GamingOnLinux, January 31, 2012 (Article by TheBoss)〕 == See also == *Linux Game Publishing 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tux Games」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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