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Two classic adventure games are now available on Linux in their full glory! While Broken Sword 2 was already on Linux thanks to the most recent Humble Bundle, number 1 is now here too.
The Humble Bundle is the only place right now to get Broken Sword 2 for Linux outside of steam, so you may want to hurry if you aren't pro-Steam.
They don't have Linux store icons yet on Steam, but a user has confirmed them working for us.
I've never played either of them, so I don't get what the big fuss is about the Broken Sword series, I am sure you will all tell me what-for in the comments!
What I do know is classics like this on Linux are important, having a back-catalogue is always a good bargaining chip for OS-switchers.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Two classic adventure games are now available on Linux in their full glory! While Broken Sword 2 was already on Linux thanks to the most recent Humble Bundle, number 1 is now here too.
The Humble Bundle is the only place right now to get Broken Sword 2 for Linux outside of steam, so you may want to hurry if you aren't pro-Steam.
They don't have Linux store icons yet on Steam, but a user has confirmed them working for us.
I've never played either of them, so I don't get what the big fuss is about the Broken Sword series, I am sure you will all tell me what-for in the comments!
What I do know is classics like this on Linux are important, having a back-catalogue is always a good bargaining chip for OS-switchers.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Bought all trilogy :)
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While Broken Sword 2 was already on Linux thanks to the most recent Humble Bundle, number 1 is now here too
Well, the first one was already on Linux as well, thanks to a previous Humble Bundle. It never appeared in the Humble Store, though, so you couldn't get the Linux version anymore afterwards.
What I do know is classics like this on Linux are important
The non-remastered classic versions of the games also still work perfectly fine with ScummVM. (The remastered versions use a different engine altogether, so not supported in ScummVM.)
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Apparently when you buy in Humble Bundle 9 You also give the BS 1, I say this because in my Steam's game list linux appear BS 1 and BS 2.
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Apparently when you buy in Humble Bundle 9 You also give the BS 1, I say this because in my Steam's game list linux appear BS 1 and BS 2.
I'm guessing you bought the previous bundle that DrMcCoy mentioned, and that you're only just now seeing BS1 on Steam.
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Apparently when you buy in Humble Bundle 9 You also give the BS 1, I say this because in my Steam's game list linux appear BS 1 and BS 2.
??? No, only BS 2 you get in the last Humble Bundle: PC and Android 9. I say that, because i have the bundle. And there is no BS 1 in it.
So i have only BS 2 in my Steam list.
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I have both in my steam list. I got Broken Sword 1 with "Humble Bundle with Android 6".
http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/53856557109/humble-bundle-with-android-6-is-now-loaded-with-9
http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/53856557109/humble-bundle-with-android-6-is-now-loaded-with-9
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Neat, I've already played original 1&2 on ScummVM, but it's good to have them in my Steam library now. I wonder if they come around to porting the missing parts as well.
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I have both in my steam list. I got Broken Sword 1 with "Humble Bundle with Android 6".
http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/53856557109/humble-bundle-with-android-6-is-now-loaded-with-9
Sorry my mistake...
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I was waiting for them for a long time. I really love this games.
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Oh cool. BS2 has penguin icon already.
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I just bought BS2 over the weekend via the Steam sale but sadly the game isn't available in my neck of the woods. When I try to download the game it doesn't download anything.
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Hmm, maybe you could try setting a different download mirror in the Steam options?
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Liamdawe I like what you are doing with the site, just please stop pushing Steam all the time. These Broken Sword games are yet another example of games available through other distribution methods, yet your tags don't mention them and you straight out put buy on steam widgets in the post. Not everyone likes or uses steam and giving the impression that steam is the only distribution method reduces revenue streams for developers.
Fair call, the article is essentially about these games being available on steam now, so I will concede that point, however there have been many posts that only represent steam as the distribution method and not humble store or desura.
Fair call, the article is essentially about these games being available on steam now, so I will concede that point, however there have been many posts that only represent steam as the distribution method and not humble store or desura.
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These Broken Sword games are yet another example of games available through other distribution methods
I just deleted a long rant I wrote here about how the Broken Sword games are not anywhere else.
At the time that article was written, the Broken Sword games were not in the Humble Store. In fact, you couldn't get the games for Linux anywhere else except Steam (and the second game in the Humble Bundle). I know, I checked. (Which is the reason Liam wrote "The Humble Bundle is the only place right now to get Broken Sword 2 for Linux outside of steam".)
This has actually changed now. The games are now in the Humble Store. :)
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These Broken Sword games are yet another example of games available through other distribution methodsI just deleted a long rant I wrote here about how the Broken Sword games are not anywhere else.
At the time that article was written, the Broken Sword games were not in the Humble Store. In fact, you couldn't get the games for Linux anywhere else except Steam (and the second game in the Humble Bundle). I know, I checked. (Which is the reason Liam wrote "The Humble Bundle is the only place right now to get Broken Sword 2 for Linux outside of steam".)
This has actually changed now. The games are now in the Humble Store. :)
Exactly, what I write about is 99% true at the time - barring oversights.
GOL is not a steam-only place, but we focus on it heavily because developers do.
Desura still crashes every time when loading a game page, after several months, so why mention them? They don’t even care.
Indeed, they new Linux client is being worked on though, once the new Windows version is out the Linux one will be worked on.
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Has anybody bought these through the Humble Store? The icons say Linux supported, but the sys req mentions only windows (BS1) and Windows/Mac (BS2). Only BS5 is consistent with the icons and sys req. Is it safe to assume BS1&2 are Linux native and not some wine wrapper?
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The ones I got from the Humble Bundle and the ones on Steam are native (in fact, IIRC, they are identical). I really doubt the the Humble Store versions are different there.
$ file bs1dc_x86_64
bs1dc_x86_64: ELF 64-bit LSB executable, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.18, BuildID[sha1]=074e04fa5cf8fd01424f5cba272c70c5b4d5fbe1, stripped
$ LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ldd bs1dc_x86_64
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff0cb33000)
libSDL-1.2.so.0 => ./libSDL-1.2.so.0 (0x00007fbd8a498000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0 (0x00007fbd8a22b000)
libopenal.so.1 => ./libopenal.so.1 (0x00007fbd89fd5000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007fbd89cd2000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fbd899d4000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fbd897bd000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fbd89411000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fbd8920d000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fbd8a736000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fbd89004000)
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The ones I got from the Humble Bundle and the ones on Steam are native (in fact, IIRC, they are identical). I really doubt the the Humble Store versions are different there.
Cool. So given the Humble Bundle will be the same as the Humble Store, there is no problem. Just slack management on Humble's part in listing system requirements in the store.
My problem is my mind works extremely literally, and conflict in information like that sends it into a frenzied spasm ;)
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Just bought & downloaded BS1 via Steam & despite the fact that it only lists windoze & mac as the compatible OS's, it plays fine on my Kubuntu system :)
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