# Kernel Panic

> real-time strategy game

**Wikidata**: [Q116667059](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116667059)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/kernel-panic

## Summary
Kernel Panic is a real-time strategy video game. It is a free and open-source game built on the Spring Engine and is available for Microsoft Windows and Linux.

## Key Facts
- Kernel Panic is a video game described as a real-time strategy game.
- Kernel Panic runs on Microsoft Windows and Linux (platforms: Microsoft Windows, Linux).
- Kernel Panic uses the Spring Engine (software engine: Spring Engine).
- Kernel Panic is characterized as a free and open-source video game.
- Kernel Panic is documented on the Spring RTS wiki at https://springrts.com/wiki/Kernel_Panic (described_at_url).
- Kernel Panic has an Ubuntu package: `spring-mods-kernelpanic` (ubuntu_package).
- Kernel Panic is indexed on multiple game databases, including Mod DB (mod_db_game_id: kernel-panic), Indie DB (indie_db_game_id: kernel-panic), and Lutris (lutris_game_id: kernel-panic).
- Kernel Panic has the StopGame identifier `kernel_panic` (stopgame_id).
- Kernel Panic has the UVL game ID 183104 with a Linux qualifier (uvl_game_id: 183104; qualifier P400: Linux).

## FAQs
### Q: What kind of game is Kernel Panic?
A: Kernel Panic is a real-time strategy (RTS) video game. It is listed as an instance of a video game and described as an RTS in its available metadata.

### Q: What platforms does Kernel Panic support?
A: Kernel Panic is available on Microsoft Windows and Linux. These platforms are explicitly listed as its supported platforms.

### Q: Is Kernel Panic open source?
A: Kernel Panic is characterized as a free and open-source video game. This is listed as a defining characteristic in the provided structured properties.

### Q: What engine does Kernel Panic use?
A: Kernel Panic uses the Spring Engine. The Spring Engine is listed as its software engine in the structured properties.

## Why It Matters
Kernel Panic matters as an example of a free and open-source real-time strategy game built on the Spring Engine and distributed across major desktop platforms (Microsoft Windows and Linux). In a genre where many titles are proprietary, its open-source status is a defining characteristic that can make it relevant to communities interested in modding, open development, and Linux-friendly gaming. It is also notable for its presence across multiple game and software catalogs—such as the Spring RTS wiki, Lutris, Mod DB, Indie DB, and an Ubuntu package (`spring-mods-kernelpanic`)—which improves discoverability and supports different ways of obtaining and running the game. For researchers, archivists, and players, these identifiers and listings provide stable reference points for cataloging, installation, and cross-database linking.

## Notable For
- Being a free and open-source real-time strategy video game (has_characteristic: free and open-source video game; wikidata_description: real-time strategy game).
- Running on both Microsoft Windows and Linux (platform: Microsoft Windows, Linux).
- Using the Spring Engine (software_engine: Spring Engine).
- Having an Ubuntu-distributed package named `spring-mods-kernelpanic` (ubuntu_package).
- Being documented on the Spring RTS wiki (described_at_url: https://springrts.com/wiki/Kernel_Panic).

## Body
### Classification and Description
- Instance of: video game.
- Description: real-time strategy game.

### Platforms and System Availability
- Supported platforms:
  - Microsoft Windows.
  - Linux.
- Linux is a family of Unix-like operating systems (provided class context).

### Engine and Technical Basis
- Software engine: Spring Engine.

### Distribution and Packaging
- Ubuntu package:
  - `spring-mods-kernelpanic`.

### Official/Primary Documentation
- Described at URL:
  - https://springrts.com/wiki/Kernel_Panic (Spring RTS wiki entry).

### Database and Catalog Identifiers
- StopGame:
  - stopgame_id: `kernel_panic`.
- UVL:
  - uvl_game_id: 183104 (qualifier indicates Linux).
- LGDB:
  - lgdb_game_id: `kernel_panic`.
- Lutris:
  - lutris_game_id: `kernel-panic`.
- Mod DB:
  - mod_db_game_id: `kernel-panic`.
- Indie DB:
  - indie_db_game_id: `kernel-panic`.
- LibreGameWiki:
  - libregamewiki_id: `Kernel_Panic` (qualifier P9675: 13479).
- Holarse:
  - holarse_article_id: `kernel_panic`.
- VGList:
  - vglist_video_game_id: 52911.
- VideoGameGeek:
  - videogamegeek_game_id: 77516.
- Internet Game Database:
  - internet_game_database_game_id: `kernel-panic` (qualifier P9043: 110886).
- Repology:
  - repology_project_name: `kernel-panic`.
- GamerProfiles:
  - gamerprofiles_game_id: `mzyg2` (reference includes retrieval date 2024-05-17).

## References

1. Q124398839