http://lg.blogsport.de Playing games under Linux Fri, 10 Apr 2009 13:42:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Quake II Multiplayer (MP) This article explains how to play Quake II MP under Linux. Nowadays, most Quake II server run r1q2 or similar/compatible servers that use an updated version of the Q2 protocol. This means that you need a modern Q2 client to join them. This article explains how to ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/10/playing-quake-ii-under-linux-multiplayer/ Quake and Quakeworld Quakeworld is a release of Quake I that has improved netcode and other features to improve the multi-player experience, especially when playing over the internet. The source code of Quake was released by id Software and there are many free implementations of Quakeworld. One of them is nQuake. ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/10/playing-quakeworld-under-linux-nquake/ I‘ve described how to do that in detail before and am too lazy to reformat all that for wordpress atm. See the following website: The Quake II linux dedicated server HOWTO http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/10/installing-a-dedicated-quake-ii-server-on-your-linux-server-r1q2/ Quake II — Single versus Multi-player Though Quake II is more than 10 years old by now it’s still great fun and I enjoy playing Quake II single player (SP) mode once in a while. The game is still sold and copyrighted by id Software, so you‘ll need a legal copy ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/10/playing-quake-ii-under-linux-singleplayer/ Quake I and darkplaces Quake is a classic. The game is more than 10 years old and runs even on very old hardware. This article describes how to install the darkplaces Quake I total conversion by Lord Havoc. You need the game media files for Quake I that can be found ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/08/playing-quake-i-under-linux-darkplaces/ I‘ve described how to do that in detail before and am too lazy to reformat all that for wordpress atm. See the following website: Quake III Arena linux dedicated server HOWTO http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/08/installing-a-dedicated-quake-3-arena-server-on-your-linux-box/ What this is all about This article explains how to install and play your old LucasArts adventures under Linux. The games I‘m talking about here are those adventures that are based on the SCUMM engine by LucasArts and include the following titles: Indiana Jones I Indiana Jones II Maniac Mansion I Maniac Mansion II: Day ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/08/playing-the-old-lucasarts-adventures-under-linux/ Quake 3 Arena Quake 3 Arena (Q3A) is a multiplayer FPS game based on the id tech 3 engine. You‘ve missed a lot if you don‘t know this one so read up on it at wikipedia and continue if you did. The source code of Q3A has been ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/08/playing-quake-3-arena-under-linux/ About Doom and Doom 2 I guess Doom is the reason why I wanted an x86 computer when I was in the 4th or 5th grade. It’s maybe the most famous FPS game out there, and I won‘t waste my time here telling you things about this game you already know. ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/08/playing-doom-under-linux-prboom/ About Elite Force Elite Force is a commercial first person shooter that was developed by raven software some years ago. It’s based on the Quake III Arena engine by id software. The linux version of the STVEF engine was written by Thilo Schulz. It is based on the ioquake3 engine from icculus.org ... http://lg.blogsport.de/2009/04/08/playing-star-trek-voyager-elite-force-under-linux/