• cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de
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    19 hours ago

    I just hope they will also provide the unmodified versions for people that want to play them on original hardware.

    • qyron@sopuli.xyz
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      10 hours ago

      At some point it just makes more sense to run emulators, like it is already done with the classic gaming consoles.

      Ideally, we would get a push to release source after a given time, in order to have true conservation efforts.

      7 Kingdoms had its source released and was almost instantly ported to run natively on Linux. And from someone who played that game as a teen and truly enjoyed it, I admit it’s not that much of a game! There are thousands of titles that deserve this attention.

      Off the top of my head I can think of:

      • Black&White
      • The Punisher (this title was even censored due to graphical content)
      • the original Starcraft and Warcraft
      • Pharaoh
      • Anno 1602 (I am aware a FOSS “clone” exists)
      • Evolva
      • Syndicate

      I could go on forever…

    • SturgiesYrFase
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      11 hours ago

      Don’t they just slap a custom configured dosbox in the folder and point to it for launch? Could just strip out dosbox and have the thing.