herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agoNearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data showswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square72fedilinkarrow-up1449arrow-down110cross-posted to: linux_gaming@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.ml
arrow-up1439arrow-down1external-linkNearly 90% of Windows Games now run on Linux, latest data showswww.tomshardware.comherseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 14 hours agomessage-square72fedilinkcross-posted to: linux_gaming@lemmy.worldgames@lemmy.worldlinux@lemmy.ml
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down4·7 hours ago100% of games worth playing work on Linux!
minus-squareSaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 hours agoOh, yeah? I have a super niche German adventure game from 2004 that I can’t get up and running. But then it also won’t work on at least Win7 and up (I tried). I can’t even get that running on an XP virtual machine. This game has become my nemesis.
minus-squareDeestan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 hours agoSee if you can trick Ross Scott into playing it. :) He has near infinite patience for forcing old games to run, and a skilled network to lean on.
minus-squarefroh42@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-25 hours agoWhat about an emulator like 86box or so? And which game is it?
100% of games worth playing work on Linux!
Oh, yeah? I have a super niche German adventure game from 2004 that I can’t get up and running. But then it also won’t work on at least Win7 and up (I tried). I can’t even get that running on an XP virtual machine. This game has become my nemesis.
See if you can trick Ross Scott into playing it. :) He has near infinite patience for forcing old games to run, and a skilled network to lean on.
What about an emulator like 86box or so? And which game is it?