This is a follow up thread as I saw some posts regarding games being used on Linux such as ports from Loki.
Was it a rarity to get say, DOOM on a Linux compatible disk? Surely the floppy disk version would’ve worked as normal no?
There was also DosEmu which seems like an ancestor to DOSBOX to play all your face dos games in a redhat or Slackware box.
I understand that getting things to work in order was a mess, but was it that difficult to find a Linux compatible game CD or floppy disk? Was there some form of piracy to acquire a converted windows copy on a BBS?
TLDR : I just wanna know if 90s linux gaming there for you guys since firms like Loki existed, hell there was a port of Quake on the funni penguin OS.
90’s Linux gaming was a lot of Freeciv, Doom, Quake 3, and Tux Racer.
Wine really didn’t work for shit for AT LEAST another decade, and even then, didn’t really really work for a further decade after that. It took a very very long time for Wine to get to where it is now with Proton and playing basically everything that doesn’t need a rootkit to run.
As for finding Linux games, I could just go to Microcenter. They had a whole shelf full of Linux software ranging from distros, to games, to commercial office suites, to just random shit that looked like it was boxed up in some guy’s garage and contained just… stuff. I miss being able to buy software in big shiny boxes, though :(