While most of us on here can do it, for the (hopefully) plethora of new users that'll hop on board via the Steam Deck, they won't want to mess with this is it exactly. Downloading things from requires the set up of dosbox, and all the settings that entails, so isn't exactly the easiest thing to do. Steam is a click and play set up, and with Boxtron you can even have extras like MIDI autodetected and set up for you. But also won't listen to dmca take downs from what I've seen.īut let's be fair here. There is no legal definition of 'abandonware'. I don't know why they are selling those games on Steam or GOG when most of those those games can be downloaded for free, legally, at, is an interesting situation. Quoting: slaapliedje Quoting: foggerYou can already play those games easily on Linux with DOSBox. Worth noting that Descent 3 already had Linux support, as porter Ryan Gordon did some work back in 2020 to re-port the game along with many tech upgrades for modern Linux gaming. M.A.X.: Mechanized Assault & Exploration.Here's some that added Linux builds recently: Going over their list of games on Steam there's quite a few. Tux and Apple being Linux and macOS if that wasn't clear. On their Twitter, Interplay mentioned:Īs part of the drive to bring our classic pool of games to an entirely new generation of gamers, we will also update our back catalogue today, providing Tux & Apple support for heavyweight titles such as Earthworm Jim, Stonekeep and Descent! A lot of it of course is thanks to the excellent free and open source DOSBox, which allows thousands of classic to play on modern systems without much hassle.įirst of the announcements was that Battle Chess 4000 is now available on Steam, and it comes straight out of the gate with builds setup for Linux too. Interplay Entertainment announced today they're updating many of their classic titles to support Linux.
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