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Tux Racer

Tux Racer is a 2000 open-source winter sports racing video game starring the Linux mascot, Tux the penguin. It was originally developed by Jasmin Patry as a computer graphics project in a Canadian university.

28 February 2000

Tux Racer is a racing, released 28 February 2000 on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Tux Racer is

Tux Racer was released in 2000. It is available on Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Tux Racer is a 2000 open-source winter sports racing video game starring the Linux mascot, Tux the penguin. It was originally developed by Jasmin Patry as a computer graphics project in a Canadian university.
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What it launched against

Tux Racer launched on 28 February 2000, within three weeks of Soldier of Fortune, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Rollcage Stage II and The Devil Inside.

Released around the same time: Soldier of Fortune, Marvel vs. Capcom 2: New Age of Heroes, Rollcage Stage II, The Devil Inside.

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When did Tux Racer come out?
Tux Racer was released on 28 February 2000 for Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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