I've never heard of the series, but I looked it up on Steam and actually went to purchase the original two games... Only to discover that they're not available for Linux-based operating systems!

I don't buy the latter games in a series without buying the originals, so hopefully the other two games get ported to Linux-based operating systems at some point...

It'd be a shame if they don't though, because these games look very similar to the "Heroes of Might and Magic" series.

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Quoting: Guest

Quoting: liamdawestan, did you send a full bug report to them?

I didn’t, since I’m not using Ubuntu or Mint… Now that I think of it I tried the game quickly on Xubuntu 14.04 to check if there was the same problems and think most of them were present, but honestly I don’t remember. (The half-transparent window thing is probably caused by a combination of the game using an unusual way to open the window and me using Compton.)

How strange - I have a long, long list of DOSBox-based games from GOG.com, and they've all run fine since Day One...

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Taylor Davis ("ViolinTay") did the soundtrack for this one, so for me, it's an instant buy just on that point... I do hear however, that it is a good game.

Added to my Steam "wish" list!

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Quoting: OZSeafordHummm,

Games people would not expect but are universally loved:
Ages of Empire 2

As in the Microsoft game?

Yeah right - we've got about as much chance of Bill Gates announcing that he'll be using Ubuntu going forwards as we do of that happening!

Of course, I'd love to be proven wrong (I love the franchise, but am sick of playing it via PlayOnLinux), but it's never going to happen...

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Quoting: Segata SanshiroJust a theory, but could it be Heroes of Might and Magic III?

Oh I hope so - I all of the "Heroes of Might and Magic" games to date in my GOG.com library (though the first three games are the best), and I'd love to play them natively in Ubuntu... Heck, I'd even pay for them again, if I had to!

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Quoting: Stupendous ManBioshock. I haven't played it, but from the few YouTube videos I've seen of it, the style is very similar to the above picture.

I hope it's Bioshock - one of my pet peeves is having latter games in my collection, whilst not having the games before them (yes, I know that Bioshock is technically a different story, but still...), in fact I often refuse to purchase a game until I have the originals!

I think I might be disappointed though - you guys are all talking about Bioshock Infinite and to be honest, that would make more sense (thann Bioshock) from a commercial standpoint (plus they've already indicated that it's coming to Linux-based operating systems)...

But, I can always cross my fingers.

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Quoting: DrMcCoyBy going to a lawyer and sending you a Cease & Desist letter. If you'll ignore it, they're going to sue you for trademark infringement (use of the Super Mario name and character likenesses), as well as copyright infringement (creating and distributing works that is based on existing copyrighted work (character models, level layout, ...) without the expressed permission of the copyright holder).

True, but if the source code is released under an Open Source license, then the company (in this case, Nintendo) would have to go after anyone hosting, reviewing or otherwise interacting with/using that source code...

Like I said, it can be done (action taken, that is) if the source code is released as Open Source, but it's potentially a lot of work on behalf of the copyright holder, largely depending on how quickly the source code is distributed throughout the Interweb.

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Quoting: subSome companies let you use some of their IP's for free software project as long as you don't
attempt to make money from it and the game content is well aligned with the canon

Well now that you mentioned it, I just remembered something and it is exactly why I might be wrong about The Big N having a dummy-spit - Nintendo announced a few weeks back that they are permitting fair use of their intellectual property for fan-made projects!

I had completely forgotten about it, but then I remembered today because the cake-decorating/novelty cake community were going nuts about it (my wife semi-professionally does cake-decorating and novelty/wedding cakes), due to the fact that they are no longer bound by legal restrictions.

Wifey sent me a few links just now, which you will find below - but bear in mind, I've only skimmed these articles and I'm no lawyer, so I can't comment on the specifics of this new stance by Nintendo...

But, it is a positive sign.

Anyway, it should be interesting to see if this fan-made version of Super Mario 64 falls under this new policy or not...

Here's the links, if you want to read them in full or clarify the specifics:
* http://artisancakecompany.com/2014/11/nintendo-makes-it-legal-to-make-character-cakes/#sthash.6BTbdjHO.gbpl
* http://nintendoeverything.com/nintendo-ips-can-officially-be-used-for-fan-projects-endorsement-scheme-announced-for-japan/
* http://www.gamnesia.com/news/nintendo-properties-can-officially-be-used-for-fan-projects
* http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?t=934441

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Quoting: Alex VSharpI am one of those few people who has this strange and probably unrealistic desire that Nintendo switches to Linux (SteamOS) and then gives us their games on PC as well.

Well it'd be interesting to see Nintendo jump on the "Steam Machine" bandwagon, after all, it'd have a pretty big head-start during the launch... And a big catalog to offer at launch.

Of course, the Catch 22 would be that anyone whom manufacturers a "Steam Machine" would also have access to any games Nintendo released for Steam OS, which I don't think the Big N would be too happy about...

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And Nintendo's lawyers will descend in 3, 2, 1...

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