I didn't manage to run it. It always produces:

There is no data folder

Did it actually work for you?

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I have a CD version with voice acting which works in ScummVM fine. Steam obviously uses something else. I use that and FM Towns version which has no voice acting but has full dialogs and close up portraits (it works in ScummVM as well).

For more details about versions, see http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/loom/loom.htm [External Link]
And here is another great article I discovered recently: http://mixnmojo.com/features/sitefeatures/LucasArts-Secret-History-Loom [External Link]

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Quoting: Crazy PenguinSure it is DRM-Free! It's not possible to put the Steam-Stuff into an old DOS-Game :D. The "linux version" is the DOS-Game bundled with the native Linux DOSBox binaries. Which doesn't count as linux version in my book :D

I'm not sure that it's always the case. Somehow Steam managed to poison Loom for example, that it's not playable in ScummVM. At least that's what I've heard (I'm not using Steam so I can't verify that).

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Yes, GOG has it for a while already: https://secure.gog.com/game/wasteland_the_classic_original [External Link]
It looks like Desura wants to catch up on older games to compete with GOG :)

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Interesting, the develoeprs really had no clue that for many users DRM is a deal breaker. It's good to see them educated. Thanks for pointing it out to them Glog78.

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Steam keys were added often in the previous DRM-free bundles. I never used them and don't really care. But when they sell Steam only stuff - then it's bad. HB is just a Steam proxy in that case.

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This is a surprisingly dumb move. Is GOG the only sane distributor which doesn't do such crazy stuff?

I think GOG will start supporting Linux, around the same time they'll release Witcher 3 for it. It might be a while until that though.

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Even though I like the series, I won't buy the game until they'll release a Linux version. Or in the worst case until Wine will support DirectX 11, whichever comes first.

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I don't see how SteamOS makes it any better if they want to support many distros. It's just another +1. If they want to support just one reference distro, they can do it already now (using Debian Stable for example). They don't need SteamOS for that (which uses the same Debian stable by the way).

In the past, GOG folks at least said they considered supporting Debian, Mint and for some reason Chrome OS (which is pretty weird, since stock Chrome OS does not support native applications, you need to unlock it in developer mode to be able to install native stuff).

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SteamOS won't solve any fragmentation issues more than other distros already do (whether they are illusionary or not). But it has one catch - marketing push by Valve combined with a gaming console. Which is a good excuse for CDPR to start supporting Linux. Let's hope they'll get in shape and we'll see Witcher 3 and Cyberpunk 2077 on Linux.

CD Projekt Red folks really surprise me with being so clueless on this subject. Usually they do proper research. I think it's complete unfamiliarity with Linux of their top management that is the problem here.

About dropping Windows - you don't need any Windows to play Witcher 1 and 2, they perfectly work in Wine. Witcher 3 will be a problem however, because it will use DirectX 11 and will be 64 bit. So native version would be really great.

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