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RTCW Single Player Demo & Linux Binaries

Posted by michael on from the into-the-outdoors-with-penguin-and-chaingun dept.

Ant was fastest on the mouse to report that Id Software has a single-player demo and a set of linux binaries available for Return to Castle Wolfenstein. Blue's News has some more information and a mirror.

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  1. Geez... by ackthpt · · Score: 0, Redundant

    I got the demo CD about a month ago... did this just become a news item?

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  2. Novelty or highly demanded and used? by Geeyzus · · Score: 1, Redundant

    I think it is cool that id supports Linux. And I know that everyone on /. loves Linux and the promise of Linux gaming. Not to mention that if Linux did develop into a major gaming platform, many more people would use it in the mainstream.

    However... is this sort of release really going to be downloaded and used a lot (outside of Slashdot)?

    ALL hardcore gamers use Windows for gaming. It is simply a fact. All the games are published for Windows, and even if they make it to other OSes, they make it to Windows first.

    I can see people from /. and other geeks downloading it just to see how it works, but this is as a novelty, IMO. You download it, get it working, say "this is cool I am gaming on Linux" and get back to work never to touch it again.

    Even if they did release for Linux, how many more units would they ship? Is the demand really there? I don't like Windows any more than the next guy but games are developed for Windows, played on Windows, and the AOL using rubes that buy the games all use Windows...

    Mark

  3. *click* by jeff13 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Firing for effect!
    i LOVE this game!!!

  4. Install on windoze first required? by SCHecklerX · · Score: 3, Redundant
    I was just about to try the mp demo (now I won't bother :), and noticed you had to have the junk extracted under windoze first.

    Does the new installer for linux require an existing windoze install, or is there a way I can play this thing without having to boot to windoze and install it there first?