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The second Linux game was BFRIS.
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1. allowing the install script to install the included Mesa binaries (beneath the game directory, so you won't overwrite your real Mesa libs)
2. setting BFRISDIR to /usr/local/games/bfrisdemo
3. cd /usr/local/games/bfrisdemo; chmod 755 bfris (apparently the install script forgets to do this for you)
4. starting the game like:
LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib ./bfris

I ran the game as a regular user because I have the /dev/3dfx driver installed. Not sure what I think yet. Pretty graphics. It defnitely has to be played with a joystick.
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So roll up your sleeves and write a TNT driver for Mesa. That's how the 3Dfx support got there...
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I play Quake2 online for an hour or more daily on my Linux system with a Voodoo2. You're doing something wrong if your system constantly locks up. Try reading the Linux Quake howto (http://linuxquake.com/howto) for a clue.
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www.freeciv.org

Freeciv, as you might expect, is a GPL Civilization clone. It's quite good, in both multiplayer and single player modes. You really don't have an excuse for booting Windows to play Civ any more, unless you really like those annoying little songs that get played over and over...
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At http://www.rtimeinc.com/html/demoframe. html they've got a (Windows only) demo game called RTIME Rocks! available for download to show off their innovative new technology. Has anyone tried this yet? Alas, I won't have access to a Windows box until I get home from work.

My bullshit detector immediately glowed bright red as I read the first sentence on the demo page:

The first real-time, fast action game available over the Internet!

They say "gone gold" when they cut the master CD that gets shipped to the duplicators because the CD itself is gold-colored.
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