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Forum: Future Ports of Games to Linux

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the it's-been-awhile dept.

It's been a long time since I posted an open forum like this, but I'm curious what people think on this one. What games do you most want to see ported to Linux in the next few months? Of course, for me personally it's StarCraft and Diablo 2, but I'm curious what games have come out or are due soon that people would most like to see a port of (and note that WINE doesn't count. ;)

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  1. Re:Not Starcraft by Thrakkerzog · · Score: 5

    I don't think you understand the roaring mass of people who want starcraft ported.

    Just because it's new doesn't mean it's fun. Starcraft is one of the best games I have ever played, and has a lot of life left in it.



  2. Driving games (and Diablo 1) by 198348726583297634 · · Score: 4
    I'd like to see something like Need for Speed 3 ported..or Wipeout XL (or even the outstanding Wipeout 3!) I've never been able to get into FPS shooters, so having Q3 native means nothing to me. Likewise with a native port of halflife, etc.

    The original Diablo would also be quite cool... it had just the right amount of complexity and playability for my tastes. It seems to me that the sequels to good games sometimes try to cram in twice or thrice as much complexity into the game, and just learning the usefulness and function of all the new features/abilities/characters takes too long for me to remain interested. (even GT2- it has over 500 cars? how'm I ever going to find the one I can drive the best??)

    Alternately, if the WINE people could emulate DirectX enough to play these windows games on my desktop (and if my X would gain the ability to do full-screen, which it mysteriously has never had [slackware X funny in any way?]), then I'd be happy and noone would need to port anything. :)

    </end long-winded rant>

  3. Not Starcraft by delevant · · Score: 5
    Yeah, I know I'm gonna get flamed back to the Stone Age for this one, but let's not have someone waste time porting Starcraft . . . it's just too old.

    There are so many newer, up-and-coming games that Loki could be spending their time on:

    • Halo
    • Oni
    • Tribes2
    • TeamFortress2
    • Warcraft3
    • . . . et cetera . . .
    After all, why don't we aim our proselytizing at games BEFORE they come out? Have you seen the Halo trailers? Good lord, we need to have that game on Linux.

    . . . of course, I could be wrong . . .

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  4. RPG's, Adventures, Flight Sims. by DrCode · · Score: 4

    The title says it. I'd buy Ultima 9, Monkey Island 3, Wing Commander 5, and anything similar. Unfortunately, I'm not interested in the current crop of ports, which consists entirely of strategy and FPS's.

  5. Re:Zork! by Loligo · · Score: 4

    There are open source interpreters for the Infocom game "databases" (for lack of a better word) available, and a while back Activision (who now owns the rights to these, I suppose) released a CD with about 30 or so games on it, including the three Zorks. In fact, it had just about everything except Hitchhiker's Guide... It also included the Invisiclues hint/map books and promotional material (well, like the little magazines and such, no toys) in PDF format.

    Here it is, still available. 15 bucks. I can't recall how it stores the files on the CD, so you might have to extract the files under dosemu or wine or something...

    -LjM

  6. From Tribsoft... by mpinard · · Score: 5

    Hi I'm working for Tribsoft (we are porting Jagged Alliance 2 to Linux).

    Linux IS becoming a major gaming platform. We are currently writting contracts for some extremely interesting games (I mean AAA games).

    In 2000, there is a lot of GREAT THINGS coming for Linux. (Damm NDAs...)

    Mathieu Pinard
    Tribsoft Inc.
    www.tribsoft.com

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    Mathieu Pinard
    Tribsoft Inc.