XPilot

XPilot is multiplayer 2D space action video game. It is an open source game, and its first version was released in 1991.

 Development 
XPilot was created in 1991 by Bjørn Stabell and Ken Ronny Schouten, students in computer science at the Tromsø university (Norway), as a multiplayer game similar to Thrust. They received a lot of patches and feedback when they released the first public version. The game has been improved a lot by players from all the world and has many contributors. Originally only available on UNIX, it was ported on the Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. It has been forked and new versions appeared: XPilot 5 and XPilot NG (Next Generation). The Story of XPilot, by Bjørn Stabell and Ken Ronny Schouten, archived by Internet Archive.

In 2009 a version was released for iPhone and iTouch. Several projects are currently in progress: a Java version of XPilot, an optimised version for the Blood's Music map and a project to improve the artificial intelligence. XPilot Development, on the original XPilot website.

 References 

Other websites

 Official page of the original XPilot
 Page of XPilot 5 and XPilot NT
 Page of XPilot NG
 XPilot iPhone
 Java XPilot Client

Category:1992 video games
Category:Linux games
Category:MacOS games
Category:Multiplayer online games
Category:Windows games
Category:Shoot 'em ups