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On SteamDB today was this entry:
260739/name: Desperados - Wanted Dead or Alive LINUX
260739/config/oslist: linux
To be clear, this isn't confirmation of it coming. Sometimes games pop up indicating Linux support on SteamDB, but don't actually come.
The strategy game was originally released back in 2001 and it gained a Steam release in 2013 a few months after THQ Nordic (formerly Nordic Games) swallowed up some of Atari's IP, like this one.
THQ Nordic have revived other games before, like Sphinx and the Cursed Mummy and Imperium Galactica II: Alliances which were updated with Linux support. So, it's certainly not out of the realm of possibility. Quite likely in fact, I would say.
Fans have previously asked for a HD remake, so it will be interesting to see what happens.
Game Features:
- More than 20 enemies with different profiles, from the lazy and cowardly bandit, to the fearsome mercenary.
- A team of 6 characters, each with their own very distinct characteristics, to manage in real time.
- 25 different levels provide nail-biting intrigue, with cinematic transition scenes and landscapes that will take your breath away. Amazing artificial intelligence!
- Each enemy is ranked on 10 different criteria, including intelligence, courage, marksmanship, resistance to alcohol, etc.
- An array of different settings: day-time, night-time, storms, dusk, villages, ghost towns, fortresses, gold mines, saloons, prisons, boats 6 training levels to allow the player to really get into the story
cRaZy-bisCuiT Jul 5, 2018
Quoting: lucifertdarkQuoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTWow, that would be amazing! Actually I'd love to play this game again! I spent so many hours on that one as a child.The problem I have with this is most of us already own a copy so they're not going to make much money by porting it, unless we all start gifting copies to strangers. ;)
Also, I think people like us are exactly the ones they're targeting with such ports. It's unlikely kids will play these old games under Linux.
Since I used to play it with a CD, I don't own it on Steam. And since it is out right now I'll buy it when I'm back home!
Edit: Is it native or wrapped?
Last edited by cRaZy-bisCuiT on 5 July 2018 at 5:16 pm UTC
lucifertdark Jul 5, 2018
lucifertdark Jul 5, 2018
Quoting: Ketilin the main menu it says quit to windows.I didn't notice that till you mentioned it. Now it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Quoting: lucifertdarkSomeone should mod it :D :D :DQuoting: Ketilin the main menu it says quit to windows.I didn't notice that till you mentioned it. Now it sticks out like a sore thumb.
Quoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTQuoting: lucifertdarkQuoting: cRaZy-bisCuiTWow, that would be amazing! Actually I'd love to play this game again! I spent so many hours on that one as a child.The problem I have with this is most of us already own a copy so they're not going to make much money by porting it, unless we all start gifting copies to strangers. ;)
Also, I think people like us are exactly the ones they're targeting with such ports. It's unlikely kids will play these old games under Linux.
Since I used to play it with a CD, I don't own it on Steam. And since it is out right now I'll buy it when I'm back home!
Edit: Is it native or wrapped?
If by "wrapped" you mean "with wine prefix", then no, there is native binary and didn't see any wine reference in the game directory.
Working flawlessly in Ubuntu 16.04! The only drawback is what Ketil mentions XD
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