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For nostalgic people: in its current Weekly Sale, GOG is featuring a couple of games with Linux support from the late 80's and 90's. Before someone points it out, yes, they're only a minority in a group of 20 games, but since it isn't a cumulative sale (in the sense that you won't be getting a bigger discount if you buy more games) it's worth to mention it for nostalgic players. The games are the following:

- Space Rogue Classic (1989) (Space combat simulator)
- Knights of the Sky (1989) (Historical simulation)
- I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream (1995) (Point-and-click horror adventure)
- D: The Game (1996) (Horror puzzle adventure)
- Terra Nova: Strike Force Centauri (1996) (Tactical FPP)
- The Original Strife: Veteran Edition (1996)* (FPS/RPG)

* Actually, the original game was released on 1996. This one here is an enhanced version released by Night Dive Studios on December 12th, 2014.

If you're interested in one of them, here you have the...

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Link: GOG Weekly Sale

In my personal case, I will be buying Strife: Veteran Edition and Terra Nova, since I already have I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream and D: The Game.

It's nice to have some of these old games available on Linux, and I hope the people at GOG keep releasing more ports for other titles of that decade soon. Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: GOG, On Sale, Retro
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8 comments

HexDSL Feb 8, 2017
The original Strife game is bloody brilliant! it took the early id Software engine and added baseic rpg elements to it. theres still a lot of shooting and running but the depth of story really adds to it.

if you do pick it up then take the time to explore, the story only takes you though about 70% of the total game world, there is so much stuff off the beaten path! - well worth the money!
g000h Feb 8, 2017
Quoting: HexDSLThe original Strife game is bloody brilliant! it took the early id Software engine and added baseic rpg elements to it. theres still a lot of shooting and running but the depth of story really adds to it.

if you do pick it up then take the time to explore, the story only takes you though about 70% of the total game world, there is so much stuff off the beaten path! - well worth the money!

Just wanted to check with you - The Original Strife : Veteran Edition - updated with high-res textures in 2014 - Is that a Native Linux port? Or is it a Wine Wrapper or Dosbox release?

Also, are you playing the GOG or Steam version of this, yourself? (Thanks)
Delayline Feb 8, 2017
Wow! they released "D" as DRM free game on GOG, it's incredible! I wish they do the same thing with "Enemy Zero" and "D-2" (specially "Enemy Zero" :D )


Last edited by Delayline on 11 February 2017 at 4:02 pm UTC
Hamish Feb 8, 2017
Quoting: g000hJust wanted to check with you - The Original Strife : Veteran Edition - updated with high-res textures in 2014 - Is that a Native Linux port? Or is it a Wine Wrapper or Dosbox release?

The Veteran Edition is based on reversed engineered source ports such as Chocolate Strife using the Doom engine code, as the Strife developers lost the original code to their game.


Last edited by Hamish on 9 February 2017 at 5:58 am UTC
Luke_Nukem Feb 8, 2017
And to think I still have the boxed version of Terra Nova. Slow game, but fun.
DrMcCoy Feb 9, 2017
FWIW, I can whole-heartedly recommend "I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream". It works with ScummVM, too (however, I'm not sure if GOG bundles it with DOSBox or ScummVM).

The game itself is really dark, but I for one love it. It's a horror game not as much as it contains jump scares or is gory as hell (but there is some gore), but from the psychological aspect. It is a bit difficult, though: you can easily get a non-optimal ending if you don't make sure the various characters are really "happy" with what they do.
Hamish Feb 9, 2017
Well, I just won Strife: Veteran Edition over the course of a single day.

Now my head feels funny.


Last edited by Hamish on 9 February 2017 at 5:59 am UTC
sigmich Feb 10, 2017
Quoting: Guest
Quoting: GuestIt's native (SDL 1.2).
Oh, thanks. Removing from my wishlist…

Edit: As someone is bound to ask, that’s because SDL 1.2 blocks alt-tab.

You can always use strife1.wad included in GOG installation and play Strife with gzdoom which use SDL 2.
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