GameSpot: Linux: The OS of the Next Generation? | Linux Today

GameSpot: Linux: The OS of the Next Generation?

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Aug 13, 1999

[ Thanks to Jens G
Jensen
for this link. ]

“Here’s a quiz: What do Quake II, Civilization: Call to Power,
and Myth II have in common? If you answered, ‘They’re all Windows
games,’ you fail the quiz. Please prepare a 10,000-word essay on
the existence of life before Microsoft. These games run on
Linux…”

“If you’re really a hard-core gamer, you’ll be underwhelmed
by the state of Linux gaming. But it’s improving by leaps and
bounds
, in Net years. Like the Macintosh world, there are
several companies handling ports of Windows games to Linux. One of
the better known of these is Loki Games. Its recently completed
port of Call to Power is a good example of what can be done.”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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