To me it mostly seems like an excuse, at least now that there is such a huge number of indie games that going this route.

While I like the nostalgic stuff as much as anyone else growing up in that era, it's getting a bit much.
The Amiga (which I still have up and running) had better graphics than many of these games, so what are they aiming at? C64 level?

Will probably still get this game, though, it looks fun :)

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Quoting: tijderGOG doesn't even bother to put Linux in the submit a game form.
https://www.gog.com/indie [External Link] You have Windows, MAC and other.

GOG obviously have very little interest in linux.
I used to buy alot of games there, but now I all but stopped.

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Quoting: Beamboom... while we in Norway still only get the "coming soon" message on the controller page. :(

I ordered mine to norway from amazon.com.
If one store doesn't want to sell to you, just find another that will.

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I think it looks great, wishlisted.

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I was playing games on my a1200 with a friend just a few days ago, still fun.

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Quoting: chrisq"easily induce seizures", speakin of over the top...

You obviously know nothing about it such conditions.

And you said nothing about pre-existing conditions.

Your bitchy tone in response to any kind of criticism or questioning is tiring.

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Quoting: kazrikoI still buy from Humble, but I have never bothered with their monthly pack. No guarantee of Linux games in the pack at all. I just pick and choose the weekly and indie bundle packs that have linux games that I want, and crank all the windows-only games down to 0 in the tip distributor.

I was sceptical of the monthly bundles myself, but it has turned out to deliver at least its value in linux games every month, often a lot more.
Maybe I've been lucky.

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"easily induce seizures", speakin of over the top...

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI instantly thought of Oil's Well on the Atari 8-bit

http://www.mobygames.com/game/oils-well_ [External Link]

Or Oil Imperium on the Amiga (also released on other platforms).
http://www.mobygames.com/game/black-gold [External Link]

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Quoting: nattydreadMy (landline) Phone has rechargeable AA batteries in and that has no problems charging them. You could include rechargeable batteries in the price of the steam machine (what £2?). This should not be an issue.
Honestly, if I had known it didn't charge the battery I probably wouldn't have bought the steam controller.
It's a design flaw.

No, in _your opinion_ it's a design flaw, however there are several reasons why it was the right choice.

As a person that has at least 5 cylindrical battery chargers, costing from $20 to $100, charging batteries of 5 different chemistries, I'm certain they did the right thing.

You would like it to charge the standard size battery, but obviously don't know the cost of adding such circuitry to the controller. How can you tell the difference between a nearly dead alkaline and a full NiMH? Do you know there are rechargable alkalines in addidtion to the more common NiMH and NiCd? You know you get rechargable AA batteries as 3.3V and 4.7V as well right?

It's not by chance that basically ALL consumer equipment that also charges the battery used, uses special battery packs.

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