(32-bit layer)
Tested: Ubuntu 7.10 64bit - Gnome


Head Over Heels was released, um, a while ago. Around about 1987 if I recall correctly and it was immediately praised in the press as being quite the bestest thing ever. Not only was it a huge game for it's time, it also had great graphics and was very addictive - if somewhat punishing in its difficulty level. The variety in the locations was amazing and the challenges brilliantly designed. Quite rightly it was awarded with pretty much every accolade that could be bestowed upon it by the various magazines. Even today it still stands as a brilliantly designed title and has never really been bettered in the isometric adventure genre.

This version is a pretty darn faithful remake of the Speccy original except with a few spanking extra bits grafted on like a save system and subliminal flashes of erotic art.

[More Info]

Make sure that the driver to your 3D graphic card is proper installed and working.
Check if your sourcelist is fully enable (universe, multiverse and mediabuntu).

Next you need 32-libs to make Head over Heels to work.

Code:

sudo aptitude update && sudo aptitude safe-upgrade
sudo aptitude install ia32-libs
wget http://www.boundlesssupremacy.com/Cappy/getlibs/getlibs-all.deb
sudo dpkg -i getlibs-all.deb
sudo getlibs -w mirrors.kernel.org/ubuntu/pool/universe/g/gcc-2.95/libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2_2.95.4-24_i386.deb

Done.

Download Head over Heels for linux to your Desktop.


Download

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
tar jxfv hohlin-101.tar.bz2
cd hoh-install-1.01
sudo ./install.sh
getlibs /usr/local/share/games/HoH/HoH

Done.

Download hoh.png to your Desktop.

Code:

cd ~/Desktop
sudo mv hoh.png /usr/local/share/games/HoH
sudo nano /usr/share/applications/HOH.desktop

Add the following;

Save (ctrl)+(o) and Save (ctrl)+(x)


You can now launch Head Over Heels by Applications —> Games —> Head Over Heels
or by typing hoh in the terminal.


Enjoy!

Written and Published by Artificial Intelligence