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Is there a way to play Diablo 1 on GNU/linux natively? Also, besides console emulation, what can I play on a GNU/linux machine? Ubuntu, to be more specific.

>> No.2380375

>>2380360
>Is there a way to play Diablo 1
Have you tried WINE?

>what can I play
Everything on Steam
Anything that works in WINE
Quake III Arena (Native on CD, as well as sourceports)
Doom, Doom II, and the other games on that engine (sourceports)

>> No.2380380

>>2380375
>WINE
Isn't playonlinux better, since it's directly developed towards games? I have Doom here. Will try quake 3. What do I need, just the CD image?

>> No.2380391

>>2380380
>Isn't playonlinux better
It's basically just a WINE frontend. It automatically performs workarounds and bugfixes and such for each game. Not that many games are supported in my experience, but it's pretty convenient for ones that are.

>Will try quake 3. What do I need, just the CD image?
For the original native version? Yeah, I guess. I've only played it with a sourceport, ioquake3. For that you just need the file pak0.pk3 and the CD key.

>> No.2380415

>>2380391
Yeah, I googled and found this source port. Don't wanna play online, just have some shooting arena fun. Gonna try to get it working here now. Will report back later.

>> No.2380465

>>2380360
DOSBox also works natively.

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2380494

>>2380415
Fuck, bad image. Why do people even upload these unofficial isos?

>>2380465
I try to stay away from dosbox as much as i can.

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2380787

I think I fucked up ioquake installation beyond repair. Anyway to restore my packages and settings to a previous date?

>> No.2380793

>>2380494
>I try to stay away from dosbox as much as i can.
Why?

>>2380787
Not unless you backed it up, chum. Copy your save files and reinstall.

>>2380380
>>2380391
>playonlinux
I usually find their workarounds don't work, but I can dig around in their scripts to get hints.

Sometimes I dl a game, fuck around with it for hours to get it to work, then don't even want to play it.
Still pretty entertaining though.

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2380795

>>2380793
I think I got it this time. Wait a sec.

>Why?
Whenever i try to run Dosbox and change the in-game keybinds I end up fucking the terminal binds together with it.

>>2380793
>Sometimes I dl a game, fuck around with it for hours to get it to work, then don't even want to play it.
I think that's what we all do when on a linux system. Fucking around with the system is way too fun.

>> No.2380807

>>2380795
GOT IT! It wouldn't let me copy pak0 to the folder, and all I had to do was open it as administrator. Boy, am I stupid sometimes.

>> No.2381209

>>2380793
>Sometimes I dl a game, fuck around with it for hours to get it to work, then don't even want to play it.

Are you me?