This thread is kind of a fork off the software and link Linux Sticky. I'm no expert gamer by far, but I thought I'd start this thread so others can contribute. I currently use mythgame as my frontend for games. Below is the how-to I used to get me started:
It goes through setting up and configuring various emulators (mame, nes. snes. atari, commodore, sega, etc...) and controllers. I used it to setup NES (fceu emulator) and SNES (zsnes) and my wireless Logitech rumblepads. Works pretty well. I've been enjoying some street fighter, Ms. Pac Man, and super mario* along with some other old sports games.
I recently installed pSX (playstation 1 emulator) using the following how-to for ubuntu:
Many window$ games work in wine, also. You can search the appdb for a particular game's status --> http://appdb.winehq.org/index.php
Cedega is a commercial fork of wine that is modified specifically for gaming. I think the subscription is $20 for 6 months. Supported games are listed here --> http://www.cedega.com/gamesdb/certified/
Back in my Win98SE days, I always liked the mame32 Windows GUI. It had a simple multi-pane design, with game ROMS on the left pane, and the arcade cabinet art/marquee art, etc in the right pane, with all Mame options configured in a multi-tabbed Preferences dialog.
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Originally Posted by Rgb /forum/post/15910471
Back in my Win98SE days, I always liked the mame32 Windows GUI. It had a simple multi-pane design, with game ROMS on the left pane, and the arcade cabinet art/marquee art, etc in the right pane, with all Mame options configured in a multi-tabbed Preferences dialog.
Yep, those look exactly like the ones I have (got mine off ebay). They are RF. No tinkering involved. Just setting up the buttons as I want them in the different emulators is all I had to do....
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Originally Posted by newlinux /forum/post/15913272
Yep, those look exactly like the ones I have (got mine off ebay). They are RF. No tinkering involved. Just setting up the buttons as I want them in the different emulators is all I had to do....
The good ST games were very much like DOS games of 1992-1996 or Sega Genesis games, as the Sega Genesis console was very similar to the ST in hardware (same 68000 CPU, speed, audio, etc), but the ST predated the Genesis by 5 years.
The ST was my computer from 1985-1990 or so. far ahead of its time, and the best value of the latter half of the 80's. The ST could run Minix, a precursor to Linux
...and it was better than the Amiga! (...runs and ducks
)
BUt seriously, while the Amiga had some innovative design features, also well ahead of its time, the ST was the better value proposition from the price/performance standpoint.
It really took until around 1994-1995 for x86 PC's to catch up to where the ST and Amiga were in 1985-1989.
Outstanding example of what Linux gaming can be. Please support Linux game developers and throw them some cash to show support. This is the kind of game I like, too ("puzzle" games).
When you grow up, you tire of walking around shooting things in FPS's
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