OSNews: Cedega Review: A Whole New Way to Play Games on Linux

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jul 9, 2004

“One glaring issue I’ve had since my transition to Linux is
video games. Being a Nintendo (consoles) and Sierra (PC) kid, I’ve
gravitated to consoles more lately, but the occasional PC game has
kept my interest solidly enough to keep Windows around on a spare
drive. I tried WineX (CVS) in the past, and had great success with
Diablo II, but didn’t bother to try any ‘new’ games with it.

“I tend to play LAN-based games of BattleField 1942/Vietnam and
the Rainbow Six variety, but since I am bringing my machine to
someone’s house to play these, choosing ‘Windows’ in GRUB is no big
deal. It’s that whole ‘rebooting to play at home’ part that I
didn’t like, plus the waste of space that the XP install took
up…”

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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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