Quoting: whizseThe tourist is another fantasy reference. Based on the Twoflower character in the Discworld series.

I suspected as much, but at the risk of sounding heretical again, I only really know of Terry Pratchett by reputation. Good to have that confirmed.

Quoting: LightkeyAs a child? Way to go, making me feel old from the first line.

You're not old, I'm just generationally misplaced.

Quoting: LightkeyAlso at the end, Shirley continuing in Part 23?

Ah yes, that's the problem with laying down track while the the train is oncoming. Fixed now.

Also ended up having to publish the article far later than intended as I was stuck waiting to see a doctor for my throat infection and my mobile data failed me. I'll muddle through somehow.

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The RPM packages I used can be downloaded here:
https://icculus.org/~hamish/dianoga/nethack-falconseye-1.9.3-rpm-packages.tar

The Falcon's Eye SourceForge page can be found here:
http://falconseye.sourceforge.net

An article on the development of Falcon's Eye by Howard Wen is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030621055556/http://www.onlamp.com:80/pub/a/onlamp/2003/01/02/falconseye.html

An article on free games including Falcon's Eye by Mike Diehl for Linux Journal can be read here:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/more-free-games-linux

An article exploring role-playing games for GNU/Linux is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20071125091054/http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/role_playing_games_gnu_linux

And an article exploring NetHack in general by Marcel Gagné for Linux Journal can be read here:
https://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8491

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Quoting: LightkeyOne of the rarer ones I have on CD.

Would love to see some pictures of your full collection, but it is good to know that I am not missing much by not having the Bunnies disc to show.

I probably would not have given Bunnies an article on the basis of just the shareware without Jump 'n Bump and the fact BlackHoleSun Software came up organically with the last one.

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The shareware version of Bunnies can be downloaded from here:
https://files.holarse-linuxgaming.de/native/Spiele/Bunnies/

The BlackHoleSun Software website is archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20061110135946/http://www.blackholesun.com/

Additional levels for Jump n' Bump are archived here:
https://web.archive.org/web/20030202182946/http://www.brainchilddesign.com/games/jumpnbump/levels/levels1.html

And the LibreGameWiki article for Jump n' Bump can be read here:
https://libregamewiki.org/Jump n Bump

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Quoting: PenglingI don't think that I was wrong to pick up Timon & Pumbaa's Jungle Games instead, though!

I cut my teeth on a keyboard using Disney's Adventures in Typing with Timon & Pumbaa back in the day.

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Quoting: IggiI should emphasize that the quality of the video (when watching the complete movie) is just abysmal With a resolution of 224x168 (!), massive compression artifacts and sound with static noise where it's hardly possible to understand some of the characters it must have been way worse than even the VHS release...

Someone uploaded the MOV file to YouTube, and the comment section is both endearing and baffling; all these people being so glad to have finally found this movie again. Nostalgia is a hell of a drug...

Quoting: IggiIt's still an interesting addition to Linux gaming history, but if you really want Interactive Storybooks for your children I'd recommend to play the games from Humongous Entertainment or Living Books using ScummVM...

Yep, I remember the Drayton Valley Public Library had CD-ROMs of Ruff's Bone, Arthur's Teacher Trouble, as well as Star Trek: Voyager - Elite Force to borrow when I was a kid. What a great time to be alive.

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My brother is poking me to mention that ReflectionHLE also supports Linux:
https://catacomb.miraheze.org/wiki/ReflectionHLE

As well as the Catacomb games it also works with Keen Dreams, Wolfenstein 3D, Spear of Destiny, and Super 3D Noah's Ark.

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Quoting: gbudnyThe result of Benchmarks is interesting to me.

All dependent on the hardware and drivers used of course. I will note though that the period Linux Games review I linked was ran on a computer using the original Radeon DDR card which while more powerful would be using basically the same drivers I have been using with my Rage 128 Pro.

Quoting: gbudnyDo you plan to write the article about Devil whiskey for Linux?

I had never even heard of this game before, so thanks for the suggestion. I will certainly consider it.

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Quoting: gbudnyYou forgot to mention that Sin was ported to Linux PowerPC.

Not so much forgot as it was not directly relevant in my case, but it is still cool to know for those with an interest in such hardware. Same with a lot of the Loki Software games.

Quoting: gbudnyYou can also use Mac OS X 10.6 with Rosetta to play Wages of Sin on the intel Mac from 2010 (or Mac Pro 2012) or earlier. I didn't tried myself.

Considering I already had to install SiN on Windows 98 for the benchmarks I just went ahead and started playing Wages of SiN from there. I managed to find a loose Wages of Sin jewel case at a Goodwill while thrifting a few years back.

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Quoting: LightkeyOkay, now you've lost me again, guess it is a different title.

Enjoy the mystery. All will be revealed!

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