From: "Peter Jay Salzman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Debian user mailing list" <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Monday, April 16, 2001 4:24 AM Subject: offtopic (completely): linux games
>dear all, > >i know i'll get flamed for this, but i also happen to know that some of you >will greatly appreciate this information: > >if you ever wanted to get quake III but didn't want to spend the (admittedly >hefty) price of $50 or $60, now is your chance to purchase it: > > quake 3 arena: 9.99 > descent 3: 9.99 > myth 2: 9.99 > heretic 2: 9.99 > heavy gear 2: 9.99 > soldier of fortune: 9.99 > railroad tycoon 2: 9.99 > eric's solitaire: 9.99 > >http://www.ebgames.com/ search on "linux" > >these are INCREDIBLE prices. if loki sales get good enough, maybe some day >we'll get diablo or (native) halflife for linux. :-) > >sorry, but people like me who refuse to run a dual-boot computer (refuse to >fork over $$$ to the evil empire) rely on loki software for recreation. :) > >pete I know people who've had good success in getting several recent release windows games (such as "Oni") to work in wine - apparently many OpenGL games work at full (or close to full) speed with Xfree4 and DRI. - Kevin.
