Maxis Developer on Linux Game Porting

Posted by chrisd on Tuesday October 30, 2001 @07:30AM from the isn't-xbill-and-same-game-enough-for-ya dept.

friedmud wrote in to tell us about a comment from a Maxis developer, Don Hopkins, who did a partial linux port of "The Sims". You can find his post here (3rd one down, comment from Don Hopkins titled "Reality check from a game developer") in a LinuxGames.com forum. I don't know if I agree with his assertion that Wine is the best way to have games happen on Linux but his comments on the economics of Linux games development and especially the costs of keeping versions concurrent on multiple platforms are insightful.

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Re:Best UNIX for Games? by isa-kuruption · 2001-10-30 07:50 · Score: 1, Offtopic

Actually, UNIX was originally written to play a game at AT&T. It was a play of the name off of the failed O/S called Multix.
Re:Best UNIX for Games? by toupsie · 2001-10-30 07:52 · Score: 1, Offtopic

What was the game??? Has it been ported to Linux? :P

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