... The fans in the article's picture are staring at me...

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For any fans of classic 2D platformers, the Jazz Jackrabbit games are in the 1990s section of this sale for £1.59 each, as "Jazz Jackrabbit Collection" and "Jazz Jackrabbit 2 Collection".

The Jazz 1 collection comes in a DOSBox wrapper that has a native Linux version, and the only catch for using it as it comes is that you need to be using a resolution above 1024x768; It will silently crash on machines using 1280x720. I didn't pick up the Jazz 2 re-release because I still have that from back in the day (easily run through Wine, but full-screen doesn't play nice on some machines and the controls map oddly onto modern controllers), though it's worth noting that GOG's offering is the later "The Secret Files" version with extra fan-made levels and an additional playable character.

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Quoting: hardpenguinI begin to envy Steam Deck the features I would like to see in the regular Steam client 😁

Same - I've got a game in my library that only offers a few strange resolutions for no good reason, and I'd like to be able to persuade it not to do that.

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Quoting: Liam DaweYup, works fine.

Good news - it would be an absolute crime if not!

Also, @begui and @Avikarr: If you switch the game's language to Japanese, the song changes too.

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I'm not at all one for RPGs, but this looks like it could be one of those very rare exceptions. Wishlisting!

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Quoting: ShadMessado people really still use FAT32 .....

For me, yes, but only on USB flash-drives nowadays. It still comes up enough to not need to reformat them straight out of the packet.

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Please tell me that the opening FMV with the awesome 80s-anime-dub style song is working under Linux, too!

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Toy Tanks strongly reminds me of the Tanks! game from 2006's Wii Play (which itself was a spiritual successor to 1977's Combat for the Atari 2600), which is a good base to build upon. This looks like it should be a good time, and it's nice to see a native version, too!

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I've just given this one a try and was surprised by how fun it is!

I still prefer Super Bomberman R Online since that's more hectic due to the game corralling everyone into an ever-decreasing amount of confined spaces, but Super Animal Royale is definitely a keeper too.

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Glad that it's finally working - I just grabbed my copy. Thanks so much for bringing it to everyone's attention, Liam!

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