<![CDATA[Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.]]>Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/37d3089f-8fe1-422a-a169-a24a634d5a69/quake-iii-arena-was-one-of-the-only-video-games-ever-released-for-linux.RSS for NodeFri, 05 Jun 2026 10:04:03 GMTFri, 22 May 2026 17:52:38 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:37:56 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity in very much the same way as palantir is one of microsoft's only business partners

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rakslice/statuses/116620150494623719https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/rakslice/statuses/116620150494623719Fri, 22 May 2026 20:37:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:34:53 GMT]]>@cruftbox okay you win the thread

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SwiftOnSecurity/statuses/116620138472443704https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/SwiftOnSecurity/statuses/116620138472443704Fri, 22 May 2026 20:34:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:10:38 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity Tomb Raider 2 also wouldn't run on our Pentium 75MHz, we bought a 133MHz just after lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.balamb.fr/users/mehdi_benadel/statuses/116620043156136415https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.balamb.fr/users/mehdi_benadel/statuses/116620043156136415Fri, 22 May 2026 20:10:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:10:23 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity Aw, a joke foiled by autocorrect, looks like.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/hoolis/statuses/116620042119408473https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/hoolis/statuses/116620042119408473Fri, 22 May 2026 20:10:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:05:34 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity 64MB of RAM, 233MHz CPU, 25MB of uncompressed disk space. Those were great times.

I still remember when NASCAR crashed on start saying "You have 32MB of RAM, you need 64MB to run this game" lol

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.balamb.fr/users/mehdi_benadel/statuses/116620023207473645https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.balamb.fr/users/mehdi_benadel/statuses/116620023207473645Fri, 22 May 2026 20:05:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 20:01:43 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity in 1999 damn, they were very ahead of their time

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.balamb.fr/users/mehdi_benadel/statuses/116620008060695066https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.balamb.fr/users/mehdi_benadel/statuses/116620008060695066Fri, 22 May 2026 20:01:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:39:29 GMT]]>@avaelin @SwiftOnSecurity Same here! - it bent very quickly and would grate horribly whenever you tried to slide the box open.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gmh/statuses/116619920640090535https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gmh/statuses/116619920640090535Fri, 22 May 2026 19:39:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 19:15:55 GMT]]>@gbraad @SwiftOnSecurity That and Railroad Tycoon II were the games I wanted the most.

I already had the windows version of Alpha Centauri, so I didn't want to spend my limited pocket money on it.

The one retailer that carried Loki games though only ever seemed to have stuff like Quake III.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Mayabotics/statuses/116619827951958705https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Mayabotics/statuses/116619827951958705Fri, 22 May 2026 19:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:56:19 GMT]]>@ferdifz *One of the few games ever sold in a retail box*, among games that were released *natively* for Linux...

There are plenty of games released natively for Linux¹: Life is Strange, Life is Strange BtS, Life is Strange 2, Deus Ex Mankind Divided, multiple Warhammer games, Rise of the Tomb Raider, Shadow of the Tomb Raider… to name a few from only a single developer/publisher.

1. As is natively using Vulkan. So I'm obviously not referring to Valve's Proton

@SwiftOnSecurity

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/devnull/statuses/116619750882522413https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mamot.fr/users/devnull/statuses/116619750882522413Fri, 22 May 2026 18:56:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:55:27 GMT]]>@Mayabotics @SwiftOnSecurity

They also made some great ports of 2D games

There was Call to Power.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gbraad/statuses/116619747521449830https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/gbraad/statuses/116619747521449830Fri, 22 May 2026 18:55:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:55:01 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity I still have it, still in the can.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/sasutina13/statuses/116619745801739023https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://lgbtqia.space/users/sasutina13/statuses/116619745801739023Fri, 22 May 2026 18:55:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:51:29 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Linux_games

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/minus9/statuses/116619731902657593https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/minus9/statuses/116619731902657593Fri, 22 May 2026 18:51:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:49:18 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity I had a copy. 25 years ago...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cruftbox/statuses/116619723278982530https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/cruftbox/statuses/116619723278982530Fri, 22 May 2026 18:49:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:46:00 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity I had that steel/tin box version too. Happy memories.
I'm pretty sure there was some civilisation game that I got the boxed (cardboard, not metal) release of too.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jaark/statuses/116619710303520910https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/jaark/statuses/116619710303520910Fri, 22 May 2026 18:46:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:38:14 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity I bought Neverwinter Nights back then because they had an official Linux version.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/fluchtkapsel/statuses/116619679865598099https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://nerdculture.de/users/fluchtkapsel/statuses/116619679865598099Fri, 22 May 2026 18:38:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:36:28 GMT]]>@jan379 @SwiftOnSecurity

I clicked one of the links and saw this:
Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) Server at www.lokigames.com Port 443

Ubuntu 24.04 maybe, I wonder who is keeping it up haha

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/megaeggz/statuses/116619672868307017https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/megaeggz/statuses/116619672868307017Fri, 22 May 2026 18:36:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:24:41 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity The publisher website is still somewhat online: https://lokigames.com

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.berlin/users/jan379/statuses/116619626540367864https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.berlin/users/jan379/statuses/116619626540367864Fri, 22 May 2026 18:24:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:24:40 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity of course **this post** would get the most traction On Here

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nullrend/statuses/116619626432040294https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/nullrend/statuses/116619626432040294Fri, 22 May 2026 18:24:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:17:45 GMT]]>@BackFromTheDud @SwiftOnSecurity There were plenty of Linux builds back in the day, created by Loki Software. But I do think Q3A was the only one to have a retail, big box, release.
In some occasions a Linux installer was on disc, but in most cases you had to download it.
Ryan C. Gordon and Sam Lantinga, two former Loki devs, are still around doing great work including developing SDL.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://idlethumbs.social/users/elmuerte/statuses/116619599268858002https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://idlethumbs.social/users/elmuerte/statuses/116619599268858002Fri, 22 May 2026 18:17:45 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:10:18 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity The Loki logo is pure nostalgia, even though my Linux boxes at the time weren't capable of running 3d games.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Mayabotics/statuses/116619569957240590https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/Mayabotics/statuses/116619569957240590Fri, 22 May 2026 18:10:18 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:04:43 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity Will any game ever be released natively for Linux ever again after Valve & Steam's involvement in Proton... I wonder...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ferdifz/statuses/116619547992228580https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ferdifz/statuses/116619547992228580Fri, 22 May 2026 18:04:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 18:04:07 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity One of the few ever released *natively* for Linux...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ferdifz/statuses/116619545638206849https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/ferdifz/statuses/116619545638206849Fri, 22 May 2026 18:04:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 17:55:49 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity i had this!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/avaelin/statuses/116619513006468633https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://tech.lgbt/users/avaelin/statuses/116619513006468633Fri, 22 May 2026 17:55:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux. on Fri, 22 May 2026 17:55:27 GMT]]>@SwiftOnSecurity My local Micro Center had that steel box Linux edition. I remember exactly where it was. It sat there forever, never purchased.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foobarsoft/statuses/116619511575230109https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/foobarsoft/statuses/116619511575230109Fri, 22 May 2026 17:55:27 GMT