[Wolves] Games consoles

[Matt Wright]

I agree with Jono with two exceptions:

Quake 3 and Unreal Tournament. Both of these games have Linux ports that use 
the orignal game data with native linux code to run them. The only major 
downside is that they're not open source but we can't really expect people like 
iD to give away their games can we?? 

Both games require a working installation of Xfree86 with DRI extensions and 
although you can play them using Mesa 3D software rendering its deadly slow. I 
have got Q3 and UT running successfully in Linux, relatively easily, on my 
Radeon VE based system.

Regards,

Matt

-- Quantum canem in fenestra est?


Quoting Matthew Revell <matthew@understated.co.uk>:

> Cool ... I spend enough time in front of my computer as it is, so if
> it's in the lounge and in front of a games console linked up to my tv,
> it feels slightly less geeky :-D
> 
> 
> On Mon, 2003-05-12 at 11:31, Jono Bacon wrote:
> > --- Matthew Revell <matthew@understated.co.uk> wrote:
> > > Now that games and Linux are kinda mentioned in the
> > > same breath here,
> > > can anyone recommend any good Linux games?
> > 
> > Linux games are shite to be honest. They are neither
> > fun nor exciting and the pinnicle is pretty much
> > BZFlag which still sucks balls to an extent. When you
> > have a PS2 or GamePube, you will find that Linux games
> > are cack.
> > 
> > An yes...that does include Nethack before someone
> > jumps in. ;)
> > 
> >   Jono
> > 
> > 
> > 
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