RPGs_that_will_run_on_linux_and_my_shitty_laptop

[Rhett Butler]

I recently switched from xp to ubuntu because I could not get xp to detect my wireless network. The only computer I have in this city is this piece of shit. Any decent RPGs I could play?

 

[Captain Obvious]

Apart from emulated stuff, I don't think there's a whole lot, although I haven't tested too many indie RPGs.

Everything dosbox should work well enough.

Exult runs on linux, so if you want to replay Ultima 7, that's an option.

There was the Bard's tale spiritual successor Devil Whiskey, but their webpage is down, and unless you played BT back then, it probably hasn't too much appeal.

Speaking of BT, if you haven't played Dragon Wars yet, now might be the time to familiarize yourself with Vice and play the C64 version of it. It's awesome, really.

It's highly unlikely that ubuntu supports something which XP doesn't, though, and you could dual boot and switch the OS between surfing and playing.

 

[Rhett Butler]

I'm not too keen to dual boot, the hard drive on this thing is tiny. I may do it anyway if I get desperate enough though. I've never used DOS so DOSbox is unintelligible to me. I've always meant to master it though so maybe now is the time.

 

[DriacKin]

A large percentage of windows games can be tweaked to run on linux using Wine.

 

[MaskedMan]

adom

 

[Emotional Vampire]

gaybuntu, excellent choice

 

[lordfrikk]

gaybuntu, excellent choice

Not everyone is l33t linux user like you.

 

[Emotional Vampire]

Yeah, some people are just gay.

 

[pipka]

I've once tried to run Arcanum in ubuntu using VirtualBox. It was slow. And sound was clanky.
The point is : use dual-boot.

 

[asper]

Eschalon, Dwarf Fortress, Jagged Alliance 2, and lots of roguelikes.

Spiderweb games should run under wine, you can try the demos.

 

[Elwro]

They run, but Avernum 4 has a horrible cursor lag regardless of the machine specs. (It's almost gone in Avernum 5.)

 

[Licaon_Kter]

see this: http://appdb.winehq.org/appbrowse.php?iCatId=55

my list of installed games ( that work through WINE ):
fahrenheit
fallout1
max payne
riddick - escape from butcher bay
the witcher
diablo 2
vampire - bloodlines

native Linux versions installed:
defcon demo
eschalon book 1 demo
nexuiz
penumbra demo
regnum ( free mmo )
return to castle wolfenstein
savage2
warsow

 

[Melcar]

Not a lot of RPGs for Linux aside from gay rogue likes and shit. You can try looking here and see if anything caches your eye:
http://www.happypenguin.org/list?sort=category&search=rpg
http://ubuntu-gamers-arena.org/
Eschalon Book has a native client. The Penny Arcade games work if you're so inclined. Also, if you don't mind working a bit, SCOURGE is a fun rogue like (it's 3D, so it may not run that well).

As for Wine, some stuff runs rather well and it should have no problem running on that laptop you got there:

- BG games
- IWD games
- Fallout 1&2
- Arcanum*
- PST*

*these two can be troublesome under Wine, but they generally work.

Edit: Oh, just remembered. Wine uses a lot of nv libs and calls, and uses opengl2.0 for many of its DX translations. Open source drivers like the one your Intel chip is using are only opengl1.3-1.5 at the moment, so Wine may be specially problematic for you.[/url]

 

[User was nabbed fit]

Rouge?

That reminds me that I need to replay Rouge Squadron, and its sequels, Lipstick Raiders and Mascara Wars.

 

[SCO]

All java games should work in linux.

For example:
http://www.flyingguns.com/

Or possibly
http://bytonic.de/html/jake2_webstart.html

Of course there is plenty of shit. Like an unreleased "game" i made in a month.

Edit: this doesn't seem as polished but its a blast from the past really:
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jotd/gods/
And
http://pagesperso-orange.fr/jotd/supercars3/index.html

In fact just go here:
http://www.javagametome.com/