Disney's The Lion King & The Jungle Book now have Linux support on Steam

Very nice of them to actually attribute Westwood studios as the developer on Steam.

Oh man, I remember playing The Lion King on my GameGear back in the day. I may have to pick it up just for nostalgia reasons. :D

Strangely though, they're actually cheaper on Steam, looks like the GOG prices are a little inflated.

Welcome to the wonderful and nonsensical world of regional pricing!

But you're wrong, the price is not really inflated on GOG, but rather 'deflated' for you on Steam (or really inflated there, depending for whom).

Let's see, take The Lion King for example:

· It is actually flat-priced on GOG (except for a generous discount for Russia and some ex-Soviet republics)

· On the other hand, on Steam you get a 6.39% discount if you pay in GBP, while you're surcharged by nearly 18% if you pay in EUR


So in fact, and as an example, at an equal discount, for me it'll be always cheaper on GOG rather than on Steam.


Last edited by muntdefems on 19 Dec 2017 at 11:47 am UTC

Is Linux properly supported or is it like Star Wars Dark Forces and the first season of The Walkind Dead...

I bought Lion Ling 5,6 € euros on Gog, works on the first launch, happy to see Gog more and more take attention towards Linux users.

Is the Lion King game one that came originally on floppies and asked for specific words out of the manual to run?

Disney also added "Maniac Mansion" to steam

Is the Lion King game one that came originally on floppies and asked for specific words out of the manual to run?

Yes!

Still waiting for Maui Mallard in Cold Shadow by Gog. That's a rare game I'd love to play, really a little gem!

I had "the jungle book" on my Game Boy Color but from the screenshot the game seems different from mine:D

Heh... The Lion King originally caused thousands of computers running Windows in stores to crash because Microsoft changed something in a Windows component.

That's when directX came in to existence.

Strangely though, they're actually cheaper on Steam, looks like the GOG prices are a little inflated.

I'd rather pay a little more for a DRM-free version of a game via GOG.com any day of the week... This is why when I purchase a game, I always look at GOG.com first, then the developer's web site (sometimes they offer DRM-free versions via their website) then Steam.

Very nice of them to actually attribute Westwood studios as the developer on Steam.

They made some great classics; doesn't look like they are attributed with much on Steam, though:
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Westwood%20Studios

Very nice of them to actually attribute Westwood studios as the developer on Steam.

They made some great classics; doesn't look like they are attributed with much on Steam, though:
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?developer=Westwood%20Studios

I don't believe there is any other Westwood game on Steam at the moment.

I don't believe there is any other Westwood game on Steam at the moment.

I guess they have been gone too long; us old farts are showing our age. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios#Games

Eye of the Beholder series (early dungeon crawler), Dune II (early RTS before Warcraft), Kyrandia series (adventures in the vein of Daedalic), Command & Conquer series (I think most people know these, at least), Blade Runner (I deigned to have Windows 95 on a Jaz drive just to play this - wouldn't infect my hard drive!).

Yet another great studio murdered by EA.

I don't believe there is any other Westwood game on Steam at the moment.

I guess they have been gone too long; us old farts are showing our age. :)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westwood_Studios#Games

Eye of the Beholder series (early dungeon crawler), Dune II (early RTS before Warcraft), Kyrandia series (adventures in the vein of Daedalic), Command & Conquer series (I think most people know these, at least), Blade Runner (I deigned to have Windows 95 on a Jaz drive just to play this - wouldn't infect my hard drive!).

Yet another great studio murdered by EA.

Aye.
You probably already know that ScummVM has support for the Kyrandia, Eye of the Beholder series and Lands of Lore 1, so you can play those natively on Linux, but there is also support for Blade Runner in development. I don't know how well it's going, but I'm hopeful.

Lands of Lore 1

I still have that one in the original shrink wrap - never did get around to trying it (I have soooo many games with nowhere near enough time). Is it really good?

Lands of Lore 1

I still have that one in the original shrink wrap - never did get around to trying it (I have soooo many games with nowhere near enough time). Is it really good?

It's a little more fun to me than Eye of the Beholder since it does away with all the D&D stuff and replaces it with very simple straightforward gameplay. Equip weapons, use regenerating mana to cast spells, your healing spell can easily heal characters out of death and so on. It's fun enough if you don't mind a somewhat slow repetitive chill first person labyrinth crawler (most of it takes place out in the woods so I can't really say dungeon crawler). But it's less fun than Lands of Lore 2 which is like a proper action RPG in 3D with an interesting premise and live action characters. Also while it definitely has that Westwood charm it's not quite as distinct and mesmerizing as the Kyrandia games. So I wouldn't say it's really good, but it's nice enough when you want something to just zone out in.