Quoting: LightkeyWhat about Tux Racer?! Even developed in Canada! Just kidding. :tongue:

Well yeah, that arguably became commercial, but it does not have you racing cars. Nor did Soul Ride from LGP. I would consider both to be more sports games personally.

Quoting: LightkeyThere was a similar commercial game released (only digitally) around the time called Turbo Sliders [External Link], I remember writing a news for it. Although now looking at the date, it was end of 2004, so a little later.

Ah never heard of this one. Good to know, even if it would be a little late for Dianoga.

Quoting: LightkeyFor the next article I'm guessing SuperTuxKart (which started as TuxKart in 2000 but the first playable version was apparently only released in 2007)? Or Widelands? It couldn't be a RPG with hexagons, could it? :whistle:

Looks like you are going to have to keep guessing. :wink:

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Quoting: slaapliedjeI don't know what happened to my copy of Devil's Whiskey... but I never could get it to work, it requires an old Python or something.

Well, that kind of is the whole point of this computer, so I should really at least try the demo at some point.

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The Trophy website on SourceForge can be found here:
https://trophy.sourceforge.io/ [External Link]

The ClanLib and Hermes RPM packages I used can be downloaded here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/clanlib-hermes-valhalla-rpm-packages.tar [External Link]

And an article covering Trophy by J. Neil Doane for Linux Journal is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20011030153203/https://noframes.linuxjournal.com/articles/culture/0026.html [External Link]

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Quoting: whizseThe tourist is another fantasy reference. Based on the Twoflower character in the Discworld series.

I suspected as much, but at the risk of sounding heretical again, I only really know of Terry Pratchett by reputation. Good to have that confirmed.

Quoting: LightkeyAs a child? Way to go, making me feel old from the first line. :sad:

You're not old, I'm just generationally misplaced. :wink:

Quoting: LightkeyAlso at the end, Shirley continuing in Part 23?

Ah yes, that's the problem with laying down track while the the train is oncoming. Fixed now.

Also ended up having to publish the article far later than intended as I was stuck waiting to see a doctor for my throat infection and my mobile data failed me. I'll muddle through somehow.

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The RPM packages I used can be downloaded here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/nethack-falconseye-1.9.3-rpm-packages.tar [External Link]

The Falcon's Eye SourceForge page can be found here:
http://falconseye.sourceforge.net [External Link]

An article on the development of Falcon's Eye by Howard Wen is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030621055556/http://www.onlamp.com:80/pub/a/onlamp/2003/01/02/falconseye.html [External Link]

An article on free games including Falcon's Eye by Mike Diehl for Linux Journal can be read here:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/more-free-games-linux [External Link]

An article exploring role-playing games for GNU/Linux is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20071125091054/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/role_playing_games_gnu_linux [External Link]

And an article exploring NetHack in general by Marcel Gagné for Linux Journal can be read here:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8491 [External Link]

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Quoting: LightkeyOne of the rarer ones I have on CD. :grin:

Would love to see some pictures of your full collection, but it is good to know that I am not missing much by not having the Bunnies disc to show.

I probably would not have given Bunnies an article on the basis of just the shareware without Jump 'n Bump and the fact BlackHoleSun Software came up organically with the last one.

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The shareware version of Bunnies can be downloaded from here:
https://files.holarse-linuxgaming.de/native/Spiele/Bunnies/ [External Link]

The BlackHoleSun Software website is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20061110135946/http://www.blackholesun.com/ [External Link]

Additional levels for Jump n' Bump are archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030202182946/http://www.brainchilddesign.com/games/jumpnbump/levels/levels1.html [External Link]

And the LibreGameWiki article for Jump n' Bump can be read here:
https://libregamewiki.org/Jump n Bump [External Link]

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Quoting: PenglingI don't think that I was wrong to pick up Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games [External Link] instead, though!

I cut my teeth on a keyboard using Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa back in the day.

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Quoting: IggiI should emphasize that the quality of the video (when watching the complete movie) is just abysmal :grin: With a resolution of 224x168 (!), massive compression artifacts and sound with static noise where it's hardly possible to understand some of the characters it must have been way worse than even the VHS release...

Someone uploaded the MOV file to YouTube, and the comment section is both endearing and baffling; all these people being so glad to have finally found this movie again. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug...

Quoting: IggiIt's still an interesting addition to Linux gaming history, but if you really want Interactive Storybooks for your children I'd recommend to play the games from Humongous Entertainment or Living Books using ScummVM...

Yep, I remember the Drayton Valley Public Library had CD-ROMs of Ruff's Bone, Arthur's Teacher Trouble, as well as Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force to borrow when I was a kid. What a great time to be alive.

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My brother is poking me to mention that ReflectionHLE also supports Linux:
https://catacomb.miraheze.org/wiki/ReflectionHLE [External Link]

As well as the Catacomb games it also works with Keen Dreams, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, and Super 3D Noah's Ark.

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