You can download the working Heretic II installer from here:
https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.lokigames.com/installers/heretic2/ [External Link]

A review of the game by Matt Matthews for Linux Games is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20020227231244/http://www.linuxgames.com/reviews/heretic2/ [External Link]

And my launch command for Heretic II is as follows:
heretic2 +set gl_dynamic 0 +set cl_lights 0

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At present I am going to be sticking to games that I have on disc rather than abandonware. Partly because I can show them off better and partly to stay clear of any legal questions.

The Kohan: Immortal Sovereigns demo was playable but felt a bit heavy when I tried it, but I will definitely give it another look if I can get hold of the disc.

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Just discovered that the MobyGames page for XEvil has a lot of nice Linux screenshots:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/xevil [External Link]

As does The Ace of Penguins thanks to the same contributor:
https://www.mobygames.com/game/ace-of-penguins [External Link]

Nice to know that I am not alone in doing all this. :grin:

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Quoting: Phlebiac

Quoting: sub

Quoting: HamishYeah, sadly the Hyperion Entertainment ports are next to impossible to find on disc these days

There was a physical release by a porting company?

Indeed... I think I got mine through Linux Game Publishing, before they folded.

Tux Games is probably what you are thinking of, although it was run by the same people as Linux Game Publishing.

I really regret not being able to buy a few boxes from them before they closed shop.

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Quoting: CalinouJudging by the article name, I thought it was going to be about the first-person shooter SiN. :P

Yeah, sadly the Hyperion Entertainment ports are next to impossible to find on disc these days. I did mention that I played the SiN demo on Red Hat Linux 9 earlier if you would recall.

Quoting: IvancilloOne of the first Linux games I played (on Slackware 3.0) circa 1997. My favorite version was 1.4. I didn't like too much the 2.X (nor the sound).

Ha! The tradition lives on.

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The original XEvil website has been archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160601125044/http://www.xevil.com/ [External Link]

The Linux Game Tome entry for XEvil has been archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20071010005312/http://www.happypenguin.org/show?XEvil [External Link]

The GitHub repository can be found here:
https://github.com/lvella/xevil [External Link]

An article on XEvil by Ryan Armstrong can be read here:
https://zerker.ca/home/xevil.html [External Link]

And the final XEvil 2.02 release can be downloaded from here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/xevil-2.02.tar [External Link]

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To download the beta1a installer click here:
http://icculus.org/betas/ssam/ssam-tfe-lnx-beta1a.run [External Link]

Then to download the subsequent beta installers click here:
https://icculus.org/updates/ssam/ [External Link]

And, since I struggled for years trying to get this to work, here is how I built the Serious Sam source port:

Spoiler, click me

For The First Encounter:
# git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/Serious-Engine.git [External Link]
# cd Serious-Engine/Sources
# ./build-linux64.sh -DTFE=TRUE
# cd ../Bin/
# cp ../Sources/cmake-build/ssam-tfe ./
# cp ../Sources/cmake-build/Debug/* ./
# ln -s libGame.so libGameMP.so
# ln -s libEntities.so libEntitiesMP.so

For The Second Encounter:
# git clone https://github.com/ptitSeb/Serious-Engine.git [External Link]
# cd Serious-Engine/Sources
# ./build-linux64.sh
# cd ../Bin/
# cp ../Sources/cmake-build/ssam ./
# cp ../Sources/cmake-build/Debug/* ./

Then copy SE1_10.gro and the relevant Bin directory to your Serious Sam installs. Launch ssam-tfe or ssam from the Bin directory in order to play.

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I was tempted to highlight Maelstrom from this set since it also has higher production values than most and was actually ported over to Linux by Sam Latinga, the father of SDL, but sadly it would not load due to a glibc conflict. That said, it was packaged on the Valhalla install discs by Red Hat and that version does work on Dianoga.

I also found an AUR package for The Ace of Penguins which still works on my more modern Arch Linux computer. The graphics do not scale for larger displays of course, and the help screens do not work, but other than that it is fully playable, and I actually prefer it somewhat to AisleRiot.

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Quoting: sgtnasty369Why can't I get a pure AMD Ryzen/Radeon Linux laptop? They always have to throw in NVIDIA.
I'm so bummed. :angry:

System76 already sells this as the Pangolin:
https://system76.com/laptops/pangolin [External Link]

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Quoting: AnzaIratus is good fun. Voice acting by Stephan Weyte makes it even more fun.

Okay, you have my attention now. :wink:

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