Quoting: slaapliedjeOoh, I have most of the Loki ports, but did not know they did some PPC ones.

You can download the PPC installers for them here:
https://ftp.zx.net.nz/pub/archive/ftp.lokigames.com/installers/ppc/ [External Link]

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Quoting: slaapliedjeHa, for me the topic of building a Retro Linux computer would be to put together an old PPC mac and install Debian :P

Well, my graphics card at least is about right for an old Mac. :whistle:

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Quoting: slaapliedjeFun fact, Heretic II also got a commercial port on the Amiga.

Yep, for Hyperion Entertainment making Linux and Mac ports was always a side hustle, with the Amiga being their one true love.

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Last time I tried to install Heretic II on my modern Arch Linux system it worked fine in Software but would crash with OpenGL enabled. Not sure if Lutris includes a fix for that or not.

For these articles though I am always going to try to use the original installers first to be as period accurate as possible. Hence why I tracked down all the Serious Sam betas off icculus.org rather than using the LIFLG installer.

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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

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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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