In their FAQ section for their downloadable 32 game collection 3D Realms have said they are planning to release the collection for Mac and Linux later this year.
From the FAQ:
Quote- Will you release the Anthology on other platforms?
- We're aiming for a Mac and Linux release later this year.
Source: https://3drealms.com/faq/
The download-only collection contains 32 DRM-free Apogee/3D Realms classics, such as Wolfenstein 3D, Rise of the Triad: Dark War, Shadow Warrior and many others along with a ”re-rockestarted soundtrack” which contains 9 re-mastered classic tracks from Apogee and 3D Realms games.
We've already seen a couple of these games pop up on GOG and Steam like RoTT, Shadow Warrior and Duke Nukem 3D but the collection also includes games like Commander Keen: Goodbye Galaxy which haven't been sold for Linux users before.
The website mentions that the titles are brought to Windows by a custom-made launcher called Anthology. It's unclear what this launcher actually does and are the games using something like DOSBox to work on modern operating systems but I'd assume at least some of the games in the collection will be ”DOSBoxed”. There are of course a couple of modernized game engines like EDuke32 that could be used with some of the games in the collection.
3D Realms Anthology website: https://3drealms.com/catalog/3d-realms-anthology_50/ Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
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Quoting: HamishZenimax forcibly stamped out the practice of releasing unofficial binaries.
REALLY sad how anti-linux they are, and for no apparent reason other than they choose to be. I would love to see Fallout 3 and New Vegas brought to linux natively, but sadly I doubt that will ever happen. What is even more sad is that more than likely I will have to use windows to play Fallout 4/Fallout:Boston or whatever they call it. It's almost certain it will be a DX11 only game.
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Quoting: HamishWell, it's nitpicking really, but there was also an official boxed release of Quake for Linux.Quoting: Xylemonid Software has had the opportunity to do this for so many years via Steam, but it seems Zenimax wants them putting no effort at all towards Mac or Linux. Such a shame really, especially since up until Quake 4 there were official Linux ports.There were Linux ports even as recently as Enemy Territory: Quake Wars in 2007 actually. It should be noted though that other than Quake Live the Linux releases that were put out by id Software at that time were not actually official ports as you claim but instead the personal work of Timothee Besset who left the company around when Zenimax forcibly stamped out the practice of releasing unofficial binaries.
I think the most damning thing is that no id Software titles have even appeared on GOG.com for any platform, except for the ones that were published by Apogee and as such could be placed there by them. It is a real shame that I can not recommend a good place to buy Doom or Quake.
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Quoting: CybolicWell, it's nitpicking really, but there was also an official boxed release of Quake for Linux.
Just to ensure I am not outdone in terms of nitpickery, I did technically say "at that time" in my previous statement in order to properly delineate this fact. The only official id Software products ever released for Linux were the boxed versions of Quake: The Offering and Quake II: Colossus put out by Macmillan Digital Publishing and the Quake III Arena collectors edition tin put out by Loki Software, as well as Quake Live until Zenimax finally canned the Linux and Mac versions of that.
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