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If they add a native version of Alpha Centauri im sold. Loki's Alpha Centauri port was the game that didn't make me miss Windows anymore. http://en.wikipedia.

by mxfh 13y ago

If they add a native version of Alpha Centauri im sold. Loki's Alpha Centauri port was the game that didn't make me miss Windows anymore. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki_Software#Games_published http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loki_Software#Games_published That list is pretty much all I'll ever need.

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toast0 13y ago
This might be tougher than it seems. Several years ago, I tried to run the Alpha Centauri demo on a recent Fedora system (I think probably 6 or 7), and it wasn't able to start; it did run fine on FreeBSD in linux emulation though. (sorry no details)
- mapleoin 13y ago
  I wouldn't call Fedora 7 recent. It was released 7 years ago.
  - toast0 13y ago
    It was recent at the time when I tried (several years ago). I imagine it would fare worse now. How many sound apis have we gone through, etc
    - Zancarius 13y ago
      Somewhat OT, but I've actually had really fantastic luck running older Windows titles under Wine, even when those same titles won't work under Windows Vista or later. I've actually found it substantially more work to get the Linux port of Tribes 2 (from Loki) working under a modern distro than to simply run the Windows version under Wine. Gosh I wish the Tribes franchise got more attention in those days, but I think the learning curve didn't exactly help. I really like what Loki did. It's a shame they were too early to market.
pjc50 13y ago
I had no idea that existed! In the long term I suspect the best option for SMAC is a binary reverse-engineer and re-implement. The original game has a number of bugs ( http://www.civgaming.net/smac/acad_buglist.shtml http://www.civgaming.net/smac/acad_buglist.shtml ) and isn't even a very good Windows port (it uses a crazy 16-colour video mode that really doesn't like alt-tab). Or we could run a kickstarter to open source it ..
barbs 13y ago
Is it much different to the WINE version? I believe GOG.com wrapped it in a Wineskin wrapper for Mac...

by mxfh 13y ago

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toast0 13y ago

This might be tougher than it seems. Several years ago, I tried to run the Alpha Centauri demo on a recent Fedora system (I think probably 6 or 7), and it wasn't able to start; it did run fine on FreeBSD in linux emulation though. (sorry no details)

mapleoin 13y ago
I wouldn't call Fedora 7 recent. It was released 7 years ago.
- toast0 13y ago
  It was recent at the time when I tried (several years ago). I imagine it would fare worse now. How many sound apis have we gone through, etc
  - Zancarius 13y ago
    Somewhat OT, but I've actually had really fantastic luck running older Windows titles under Wine, even when those same titles won't work under Windows Vista or later. I've actually found it substantially more work to get the Linux port of Tribes 2 (from Loki) working under a modern distro than to simply run the Windows version under Wine. Gosh I wish the Tribes franchise got more attention in those days, but I think the learning curve didn't exactly help. I really like what Loki did. It's a shame they were too early to market.

pjc50 13y ago

I had no idea that existed! In the long term I suspect the best option for SMAC is a binary reverse-engineer and re-implement. The original game has a number of bugs ( http://www.civgaming.net/smac/acad_buglist.shtml http://www.civgaming.net/smac/acad_buglist.shtml ) and isn't even a very good Windows port (it uses a crazy 16-colour video mode that really doesn't like alt-tab). Or we could run a kickstarter to open source it ..

barbs 13y ago

Is it much different to the WINE version? I believe GOG.com wrapped it in a Wineskin wrapper for Mac...