Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity linvx -
Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity There was a Linux version of UT2K4, iirc. Also Tribes 2?
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity My local Micro Center had that steel box Linux edition. I remember exactly where it was. It sat there forever, never purchased.
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity i had this!
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity One of the few ever released *natively* for Linux...
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity Will any game ever be released natively for Linux ever again after Valve & Steam's involvement in Proton... I wonder...
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity The Loki logo is pure nostalgia, even though my Linux boxes at the time weren't capable of running 3d games.
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@SwiftOnSecurity There was a Linux version of UT2K4, iirc. Also Tribes 2?
@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. -
Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity of course **this post** would get the most traction On Here
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity The publisher website is still somewhat online: https://lokigames.com
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@SwiftOnSecurity The publisher website is still somewhat online: https://lokigames.com
I clicked one of the links and saw this:
Apache/2.4.58 (Ubuntu) Server at www.lokigames.com Port 443Ubuntu 24.04 maybe, I wonder who is keeping it up haha
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity I bought Neverwinter Nights back then because they had an official Linux version.
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@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. -
Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity I had a copy. 25 years ago...
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
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Quake III Arena was one of the only video games ever released for Linux.
@SwiftOnSecurity I still have it, still in the can.
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@SwiftOnSecurity The Loki logo is pure nostalgia, even though my Linux boxes at the time weren't capable of running 3d games.
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@SwiftOnSecurity One of the few ever released *natively* for Linux...
@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
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@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.
