Games on Linux

[jriggs]

I'm your average linux user I suppose. I can do pretty much anything on a linux box that I could do w/windoze, EXCEPT play the latest video games, e.g. Fear, COD2, BF2, etc...Teh way I see it, about the only thing m$ has going for it at this point is the ability to handle these games. So it's got me thinking:
If I could somehow play my games on a linux box, I'd never have to buy another m$ product ever again. So, is anybody working on a project like this, how can I help, and/or what are some problems in accomplishing something like this?

[gruven]

Check out cedega.
http://www.transgaming.com

[Cabhan]

Also, for the record, there are a few Windows games that run natively on Linux (notably Doom 3 and Neverwinter Nights). Many games may also have Linux clones. Check out the Linux Game Tome for MANY Linux games:

http://www.happypenguin.org/

[d38dm8nw81k1ng]

just a quick, slightly off-topic point. i've always felt that linux could kill windows off if it had the game support. after all, linux is easier to tweak to get the best performance out of games and opengl is a lot better than directx. when it comes to openGL on linux compared to openGL on windows, linux definitely comes off better, and online gaming makes windows just look bad. in linux my ping times were cut in half! while the casual gamer would be happy with windows, the hardcore gamers wouldn't mind tweaking settings to get the best performance out of games. i'm sure many gamers would be happy with the ability to tweak the entire OS to get everything set up perfectly. just my two cents

back on-topic: the unreal tournement games run natively on linux as well and enemy territory. UT2007 will also run natively on linux when it is released, with full 64-bit support. enemy territory is a free FPS game, and neverwinter nights is just the best RPG ever.

[Anonymous1c4]

I just hope they start making Cedega better. I hope it will get to a point where i barely notice I'm playing on an emulator. Only problem, is Cedega can barely play Dawn of War, which is sad. I don't know about CoD2 and FEAR though. I don't even have a good enough computer to play those two so it doesn't matter.

[Cryptofreak]

There is always WINE:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wine/

Official site:
http://www.winehq.com/

"Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on X or Unix". I have heard both the good and bad about it, but you can install games and run them like they were on a Windows system.

-Crypto

[jaboua]

There is always WINE:
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/wine/

Official site:
http://www.winehq.com/

"Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on X or Unix". I have heard both the good and bad about it, but you can install games and run them like they were on a Windows system.

-Crypto

Not all games no, many games are built with microsofts DirectX which AFAIK don't work in wine, on them you'll need cedega.

Myself I've also experienced a few bugs in cedega (most notably in Worms World Party, the configuration panel is screwed and network play doesn't work). In addition, at least on my box, cedega/wine's performance in games is worse than windows.

[Cryptofreak]

Not all games no, many games are built with microsofts DirectX which AFAIK don't work in wine, on them you'll need cedega.

Myself I've also experienced a few bugs in cedega (most notably in Worms World Party, the configuration panel is screwed and network play doesn't work). In addition, at least on my box, cedega/wine's performance in games is worse than windows.

That is why I said I have heard both the Good and the Bad about it.
Some games work fine, others do not. Some users can't even get it to run anything! All in all it is still an emulator type software and well that being as it is, it may or may not work great. If there is really a game you want to play on Linux, start writing letters to the companies that put them out, you may find they have a setup for it that uses the CD, or if enough people write letters they will see that they have a market here and start making them run natively on Linux!!

[Roxoff]

just a quick, slightly off-topic point. i've always felt that linux could kill windows off if it had the game support. after all, linux is easier to tweak to get the best performance out of games and opengl is a lot better than directx. when it comes to openGL on linux compared to openGL on windows, linux definitely comes off better, and online gaming makes windows just look bad.

Yes, but it's not the aim of Linux to kill off Windows. I dont think those driving Linux really care whether Windows is there at all. The opposite is not true, the aim of Microsoft is to destroy Linux - as it does with all competitors. The trouble is, every time it tries, Linux just shrugs its shoulders , says "whatever" - then goes back to ignoring Microsoft completely...

back on-topic: the unreal tournement games run natively on linux as well and enemy territory. UT2007 will also run natively on linux when it is released, with full 64-bit support. enemy territory is a free FPS game, and neverwinter nights is just the best RPG ever.

Yes, back on topic... Neverwinter Nights utterly rocks. I've been playing it for a couple of years and it's still the first game I turn to. I've set up the dedicated server (for Linux, of course) on my network at home, and we play multi-player all the time. Just as with Linux, there is a huge community of developers out there creating stuff, so it's never the same game twice (although we do have our fave modules...).

[charlieg]

I run a blog/list on Free Gaming which covers the best Free Software games out there:
http://freegamer.blogspot.com/

Stop by and check it out!