On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Rick Murphy wrote:
> Secondly, how are linux games coming along. I'm thinking about getting
> civilization for linux but it's $44. The windows version is $19. I know I'm
> sounding cheap here, but hey I guess I'm cheap. Is there a source for a
> cheaper civilization.
Well, I think what you're talking about is Civilization: Call to Power (by
Activision) which is not the same as Civilization and Civilization II by
Microprose. Though it IS very similar in style from what I've read. But
anyway it's newer and I think the Linux version and Windows version are
the same price (they might even be in the same box, if I remember
correctly).
There's also 'Freeciv', which is, as you might guess, a free and open
source Civilization type game, which you might want to try. You can
download it at Linuxberg and probably also freshmeat.net.
As for games and general, there's not a huge variety of commercial games,
and most of the better open source games are still heavily under
development I think. I just found one yesterday that really stands out to
me--Myth II: Soulblighter. I downloaded the demo and it looks REALLY
nice, I'm definitely going to order it. It's kind of like a Warcraft type
of game but with much better graphics and a 3D environment (though the
demo is running fine with my video card which normally sucks with 3D stuff
:) ), and it's just tactical fighting--none of the building towns and
mining for resource stuff that you have to waste time with in Warcraft. :)
Oh, and it's bloody. Very bloody.
If you want more info on Linux games check out www.linuxgames.com and
www.lokigames.com.
-Tom
