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Some fun news here. ZOOM Platform, a games store that offers DRM-free games both new and old (as well as helping update some older games) now offers a special tool for Linux gamers to run Windows games with Proton.

This new tool called zoom-platform.sh was built to include "safety checks, handling updates, installing DLCs, creating desktop entries, a simple uninstaller" and more. It's based on top of the new Unified Linux Wine Game Launcher (UMU) that recently had a first release, along with protonfixes to ensure everything works as well as possible.

How many games from ZOOM Platform will work with this new tool? They said "We tested our most popular games, and we submitted our own fixes for many of them; some work out of the box, and some may not work at all." - so pretty normal stuff for running Windows games on Linux with Wine / Proton.

ZOOM Platform do offer actual Native Linux games too, but this gives you the best of both worlds. They also recently celebrated their 10th anniversary of the ZOOM Platform.

Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
Tags: Proton, Misc, Wine
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Cyril about 5 hours ago
This is great. Now GOG when? If ZOOM can do it, I'm sure you can too!


Last edited by Cyril on 8 October 2024 at 5:42 pm UTC
tmtvl about 2 hours ago
Oh yeah, wasn't Zoom the store that marketed itself with having "boomer shooters"? Man, it's been a while since they launched, hasn't it.
elmapul about 2 hours ago
never heard of it, is this website legit? it has some... suspicious titles...
https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/larry-lotter-and-the-test-of-time
ContainerRunner about 2 hours ago
Quoting: elmapulnever heard of it, is this website legit? it has some... suspicious titles...
https://www.zoom-platform.com/product/larry-lotter-and-the-test-of-time

A little search shows that this game is even on Steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/551840/Crystal_Shard_Adventure_Bundle/

Maybe the title is too small to get sued and then it's between the game publisher and the copyright owner and not the store.


Last edited by ContainerRunner on 8 October 2024 at 8:47 pm UTC
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