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Linux, OS X Ports For Star Wars: Battlefront?

Posted by timothy on from the maybe-is-better-than-no dept.

Ant writes "LinuxGames has an interview that mentions Linux and Mac OS X ports for Star Wars: Battlefront game client. Wow." The answer here is carefully and ambiguously phrased, but at least Linux and Mac OS X ports are not ruled out.

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  1. Re:Even if you do port it... by NanoGator · · Score: 3, Interesting

    "Will it run as well or be as well supported or will it be an inferior product as some ports have been?"

    Don't get your expectations too high. Not like Linux/OSX represents a huge piece of the gaming pie, so to speak. I know this isn't going to be a popular opinion around here, but the PC-based Linux users out there who also really like playing games would have a much easier life if they got a copy of XP to dual boot with. The upside to this approach is that you would have instant access to a huge library of game demos to try out. Like the game? No prob. You have XP installed. You won't have to deal with worrying about Linux ports or support.

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  2. I've always bought... by reality-bytes · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I have bought practically everything game-wise that has been released for Linux.

    Perhaps it's sort of a collection-hobby for me. I can't say its got me far or even significantly affected the way that games are considered for Linux ports.

    The main problem I've found is that the game-houses don't always know if which O/S you are running the client on :(

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  3. Re:Even if you do port it... by silicon+not+in+the+v · · Score: 2, Interesting
    [...]would have a much easier life if they got a copy of XP to dual boot with.
    How about an old copy of Win98SE instead? It would take up less system resources, be cheaper, and it's not going to have many stability issues if your're just using it to play games with instead of installing a bunch of other apps. It also doesn't have that whole registering problem that XP came out with. "One disc to install them all..."
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  4. Re:Don't get your hopes up... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    I thought Republic Commando was the unreal-based one.