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Linux Gaming?
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09-03-2011, 10:15 PM

Linux Gaming?

Does anyone game on Linux?
I've not really come across any games that run natively under Linux, let alone any good ones.
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09-03-2011, 10:59 PM
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DOSBox if you like text adventures :tongue
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10-03-2011, 04:28 AM
(09-03-2011, 10:15 PM)Mark Wrote: Linux Gaming?

Does anyone game on Linux?
I've not really come across any games that run natively under Linux, let alone any good ones.

I do on occasion. That is why they created Wine. If you prefer being a nub then you can use PlayonLinux which basically uses presets all the Wine settings for the game of your choice. Not many native Linux games unfortunately. Capitalism and OpenSource aren't a good profitable pairing. I think with the release of WebGL you might start to see more universally compatible games. We can only hope.
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10-03-2011, 06:37 PM
Yeah, packet beat me to the Wine front.
Though if it's text based you're after, there's lots of games upon the webz like ZORK. Also, a fair few browser versions of old NES games. I found Final Fantasy once
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11-03-2011, 12:10 AM
I just downloaded Zork, what a coincidence.
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11-03-2011, 12:36 AM
ZORK is pure win. I mean, the grue! It ate me!

...It's a shame they revealed what the grue looked like Sad
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11-03-2011, 01:27 AM
I kinda just got lost in the forest. Nothing really happened. Need to try again.
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