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Solarwolf
[[Image:SolarWolf-splash.png|right|thumb|right|400px|Splash screen from SolarWolf.]]
[[Image:Solarwolf.jpg|right|thumb|right|400px|SolarWolf in [[full screen]] mode.]]

'''''SolarWolf''''' is an updated [[Clone (video games)|clone]] of the 1983 action/arcade game [[Solar Fox]] for the [[Atari 2600]] produced by [[CBS]] Electronics<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/atari-2600/solar-fox Solar Fox for Atari 2600 - MobyGames<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> which was itself adapted from the 1981 [[arcade game]] of the same name.<ref>[http://www.everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1168406 Solar [email protected]<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>

SolarWolf is [[free and open source software]], licensed under the [[GNU Lesser General Public License]], version 2.1 and uses the [[cross-platform]] [[Pygame]] game development library.  The official site maintains binary packages for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Linux]] and [[BeOS]].  The source code may also easily be compiled for [[UNIX]] variants such as [[BSD]], [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] and [[IRIX]]. It is included in the official repositories of several L(contracted; show full)* a temporary slow-animation power-up (which reduces the speed of objects).  
* an extra life

If the player loses the game, they can later continue it from a saved file menu.

According to the author's website, his own personal best score is "in the 40's."  The best reported score on the same website is 15 ships and 26 skips.  Scores as low as 13 ships with 25 skips have been reported on various websites.


=== References ===

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=== External links ===
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*[http://www.pygame.org/shredwheat/solarwolf Official SolarWolf Site]
*[http://archive.gamespy.com/articles/july02/freeware5/ The Freeware Scene: Volume 5] (July 2002) see page 2; article from GameSpy.com
*[http://www.unixreview.com/documents/s=10089/ur0606e/ Marcel's Linux Game of the Month] (June 2006) article from UnixReview.com
*[http://www.happypenguin.org/show?SolarWolf Linux Game Tome] entry

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