636 Part IV (Web hosting india) . Running Applications including Half-Life
636 Part IV . Running Applications including Half-Life and Unreal Tournament. To see if your favorite Windows game will run in Linux and Cedega, refer to the TransGaming.Org Games Database at http://transgaming.org/gamesdb. . 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. (See Table 23-3 for a more complete list of games.) 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 both 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. . Go to a Web site that describes how to install, get patches for, and work around any issues related to playing the game in Linux. Here are examples of a few commercial games that run well in Linux: . Duke 3D Atomic Edition for Linux (3D Realms) Duke Nukem returns to earth to face aliens and clean up Los Angeles in this third chapter in the Duke Nukem series. Visit 3D Realms for official information about Duke 3D Atomic Edition (www.3drealms.com/duke3d). See the Icculus.org site (http://icculus.org/ duke3d/) for tips on getting it running. . Unreal Tournament 2003 (Epic Games) Multiplayer death match set in the future, where warriors face each other with awesome weapons and stuff. Includes a Linux installer. Got to Epic Games (www.epicgames.com) or Unreal Tournament site (www.unrealtournament.com)for the official information. Visit the Icculus.org site for tips on installing in Linux (www.icculus.org/ lgfaq#ut2k3_install). . Unreal Tournament 2004 (Epic Games) Adds new maps, characters, vehicles, weapons, and modes of play to the 2003 edition.
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