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Running Applications Part IV
Games for Linux (id Software and others)??”Certain popular games have Linux versions
available. Most notably, id Software offers its Doom and Return to Castle Wolfenstein in
Linux versions. Other popular games that run natively in Linux include Unreal Tournament
2004 and 2005 from Atari (www.unrealtournament.com). Commercial games that run
in Linux without WINE, Cedega, or some sort of Windows emulation typically come in a
boxed version for Windows with some sort of Linux installer included.
Linux games that were ported directly to Linux from the now defunct company Loki Software, Inc.
are still available. While you cannot purchase the titles directly from Loki, you can go online to one
of Loki??™s resellers at www.lokigames.com/orders/resellers.php3. For example, Amazon.com
(one of the listed resellers) shows 16 titles, including Quake III, Myth II: Soulblighter, and Heretic II
for Linux.
Playing Commercial Linux Games
To get your commercial games running in Linux, you should start from a site such as The Linux
Game Tome (www.happypenguin.org) or Linux Gamers??™ FAQ (http://icculus.org/lgfaq),
which provide information on commercial games that run in Linux and help in getting them to
run. In most cases, you need to:
Purchase a legal copy of the game.
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