Quoting: Linuxerwelll its ok! i will just wait thanks so much anyway.

You could try running the Windows binaries through WINE if you are that scared of compiling.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeYeah, I think these were the only id Software games' expansions done by third parties?

Nope, there was X-Men: The Ravages of Apocalypse for a start, although the less said about that game the better, or so I have been told. And there were a number of custom map compilations released such as Aftershock and Time of Reckoning, but those are more like D!ZONE was for Doom.

It turns out my brother actually picked up a Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro while thrifting for only $6 CAD, so I can definitely pencil in trying it out with Heavy Gear II once I have a few less pots boiling on the stove as it were. Still have a number of articles lined up for the next few weeks.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeDid you get an old Joystick for the retro build? I'm thinking Heavy Gear II (I'm not sure if you've done one on that) had a Linux native release by Loki. Would be great to see that working with a flight stick, etc. (I have it buried somewhere).

I do indeed have Heavy Gear II in box and I do intend to cover it at some point, although I do not have a joystick I could pair with it at present. I do have a USB racing wheel I hooked up for use in a later article, but I would be curious to see if I could get something going with the game port on my SoundBlaster 16.

I grew up playing everything keyboard and mouse only, and I am now only passable at using an Xbox controller, so I may have a steep learning curve ahead of me. Not that Heavy Gear II is easy to learn in the first place.

Quoting: Guesttry modern quake sourceports

I mean, of course I have. Kind of missing the point though.

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The Shrak FAQ can be found here:
http://www.shrak.com/faq.html#help [External Link]

The Malice website is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/19990429000108/http://qamalice.com/ [External Link]

The list of secrets I compiled for Shrak can be read here:
https://quake.fandom.com/wiki/Shrak_for_Quake#Secrets [External Link]

All of the official patches for Shrak and Malice can be downloaded here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/shrak-malice-patches.zip [External Link]

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Quoting: gbudnyI thought it will about Eric's Ultimate Solitaire.

Must be someone's favourite game but it is not my mother's. :whistle:

Quoting: gbudnyI can't say it was one of my favorite games. The series Runes of Avalon was much better than that.

I suspect this is too new to run on Dianoga, but the website is still up, so that is nice. I can try the demo.

Quoting: gbudnyDo you plan to write the article about The Hunted chronicle? ... I showed it to my brother and my cousin in 2005. They asked how much I paid for it.

You mean the DarkPlaces mod? I can quite confidently say that would bring Dianoga to its knees. I remember Nexuiz being quite heavy even with my Radeon 9200 card.

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Considering the vast majority of the games with Linux wrappers also have native Linux source ports available, I think one of the biggest values to storefronts like this is just supplying you with a legal means of acquiring the data for use with them. No emulation strictly necessary.

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Quoting: whizseYour mother have impeccable taste in games. I loved Frozen Bubble!

She is also quite fond of playing Tetzle:
https://gottcode.org/tetzle/ [External Link]

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The Frozen Bubble website can be found here:
http://www.frozen-bubble.org/ [External Link]

An article on Frozen Bubble for NewsForge by Joe Barr is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20031205103558/http://www.newsforge.com/software/03/12/02/1252249.shtml [External Link]

An article on Linux puzzle games including Frozen Bubble by Tech Source can be read here:
https://www.junauza.com/2008/05/highly-addictive-puzzlearcade-games-for.html [External Link]

And a teaser video for Frozen Bubble 2 can be seen here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxjsDG6NaOE [External Link]

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Quoting: LightkeyI Because I had so little, I saved up for several years and then ordered them all at once to save on shipping costs instead of ordering them one by one

That is exactly what I am intending to do, actually. My point was if I do find things piecemeal on eBay with the shipping listed so I know the costs upfront I can take a smaller bite, but with ixsoft.de where it would make sense to bundle a huge order I would want to swallow the cost whole. So far most of the Linux games I have picked up were better done through eBay, but those discounted Loki prices sure are tempting, and LGP is pretty much nonexistent on the second hand market.

Of course the game I want the most for personal reasons is Shogo which Bernd Hentig does not have. :cry:

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Quoting: Lightkeyixsoft.de [External Link] still has most of the games from that time in stock, it's like a museum ... including the original prices for the most part ... Now the shipping costs only mention Europe with other countries "at request" ... I know Bernd Hentig personally, we from Holarse [External Link] went from our booth to his booth at the 2003 LinuxTag in Karlsruhe and bought a discounted batch of Quake III Arena tin boxes from him for everyone.

I was actually aware of ixsoft.de but was left unsure if they (or he it now seems) would be willing to ship internationally. So it is good to have some details clarified there, thanks. The main question is how much shipping to Canada would be as that is almost always the most expensive part of the process. With eBay at least such things are posted upfront.

Quoting: LightkeyAlso, don't forget to ask him about games on the German Index [External Link]. I have personally notified him in the past of at least two titles (I think one was Rune(: Halls of Valhalla)), so he doesn't get in trouble advertising them. I don't know what he did with the copies he had but it would not surprise me if he still has them stored somewhere.

Rune I thankfully already do have. It just brings Dianoga to its knees, so I have shelved doing an article on that for the moment. For the moment. :wink:

Same with Descent3 where it is mostly a matter of my wanting to play through the original two games from Windows 98 first as I have not actually done more than dabble with any of them before.

Quoting: CanadianBlueBeerI'm trying to find my 2 copies of Civ:CTP. (and all my other linux games from way back) I won't sell them, but I might be able to let you borrow one copy. (yes, we be in the same province now)

I will keep that in mind for the future, thanks. As of right now I am still hunting for my own copy.

Just a reminder to everyone though that Liam has clarified he does not want buying and selling done through GamingOnLinux itself to avoid any potential liabilities!

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