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LinuxGames.com: A Loki Timeline

[ Thanks to Al
“Alkini” Koskelin
for this link. ]

“1998

  • 22 January
    The Simple DirectMedia Layer (SDL), on which most of Loki’s games
    would be based, is announced by Sam Lantinga on USENET in this
    post. At this point, the version number is 0.3.
  • 10 December
    A LinuxGames reader sends in note that Loki Software is now online
    with a website claiming they are the “first and only company
    dedicated to commercially porting top selling computer games to the
    Linux.” A press release from Loki is also issued.
  • 31 December
    Loki signs a contract with Activision to port Civilization: Call to
    Power to Linux…”

Complete
Story

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