I just started using the latest version of openSuse (Gnome version). The games that come with it aren’t very fun at all.
Are there any good games that will run natively on Linux?
One game in particular I would like to run in openSuse is Around The World in 80 days but it is a Windows game.
If I use Wine will I be able to run that game?
Thanks
Mark
There’s an exhaustive compatibility list of Wine games somewhere on the Internet, just google for it. As for Linux games, see the Linux Game Tome and Gamer’s Hell. There are some excellent First Person Shooters based on the QuakeII and QuakeIII engines outthere, such as Paintball2 and Urban Terror.
The Unreal Tournament series runs natively, as do many games that use the Quake 3 engine.
As a general rule of thumb, the older a game is, the greater the odds are that it will run.
But all you can really do to find out if a game works or not is to install the program WINE from Yast, and then afterward go to the terminal and run this command
winecfg
WINE will then install itself in a hidden folder in your “Home” folder. To see it go to My Computer / My Home Folder / View and check the menu item “Show hidden files”.
You will see a fake Windows directory in that folder, and this is where the Windows programs will be installed. To install a Windows program, right clik on the “exe” file and choose “open with” and type “wine”.
The program or game will almost always install, and then if you go to the start menu and find the entry for WINE, you’ll see your program or game listed there and you can see if it works.
Never Winter Nights runs nicely in Linux. There’s a little bit of work involved but it’s easy. BioWare’s website has extensive easy to follow instructions. Basically if you have 3D drivers and can type a few simple commands - I cheated the first time and copied pasted-you can have the game up and running within 10 - 20 minutes.
On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 08:56 +0000, leogex wrote:
> Never Winter Nights runs nicely in Linux. There’s a little bit of work
> involved but it’s easy. BioWare’s website has extensive easy to follow
> instructions. Basically if you have 3D drivers and can type a few simple
> commands - I cheated the first time and copied pasted-you can have the
> game up and running within 10 - 20 minutes.
>
>
Half Life and Half Life 2 play well via Steam using openSUSE 11.0 wine.
I’m using Guildwars with the Crossover Linux Pro install that I got during their giveaway last week and it works quite well. My understanding is that it works well in plain-jane Wine as well.
baa some have all the luck
lol was thinking of buying it last week
^ Well, it’s not all sunshine and lollipops. 
I realized last night that I don’t have sound. And since I don’t play every single day, and since I started with Ubuntu (where I had been for about a year) and then tried no less than 4 variations of OpenSuse (GNOME and KDE4, 11.0 and 11.1) over the past week or so, including installing Crossover/GW in at least two of those, I’m not sure if I lost my sound when I moved to openSUSE or if something I’ve done in the past few days broke it.
I think I had sound in GW under OpenSUSE at some point, but I can’t be sure, it may only have been under Ubuntu. I’m reluctant to start hacking away with various recommendations I find online if I might just need to “undo” something I’ve recently done.
One more thing I forgot to mention, and it’s too late to edit…
Regarding Crossover Linux – I’ve only tried MSOffice 2007 and Guildwars under it so far, but I’ve been really happy with it. (Since I had sound at one point, I’m assuming my sound problem with GW is not the fault of Crossover Linux) There are a couple more games I want to try to install with it, and if they work I may start shelling out the yearly fee for upgrades at the end of the free year.
In my time with Linux I’ve always shied away from Wine, as howtos I see for installing anything with it always seem to involve replacing dll files and/or other arcane seeming settings – leaving me to wonder how I’d ever install something that someone more knowledgeable hadn’t already gotten to work under Wine.
I’m not sure whether it adds value or not for someone comfortable with Wine, but for me the handholding during installation + “bottles” feature make it pretty nice.
Crossover game is good but it is very hit or miss. Either the game will work and will work very well or it won’t work at all. I have gotten Rollercoaster tycoon, GTA Vice City, Simcity4000, Tomb Raider II, No Limits, Ceaser III, and Railroad Tycoon III to work. If you ever need any help, refer here…
Wine AppDB - Browse Applications
Some games work, some don’t. Funny thing is I purchased Crossover to make Steam work. Steam works all right but whenever I try to launch a game through Steam it keep giving me “service unavailble” BS nonsense. Oh well, it works at least and is extremely simple to use!
I have found a game that has a client for Linux also and its called Savage 2, here take a look:
Savage 2 - A Tortured Soul
They have 2 sorts of accounts, one that is free where they let you play the game for free.
And then they have a second account called Prime Account that costs $9.99.
I registered for an Free account because i want to test it, but it looks really good.
It seems worth to check the game out 
“Real games”?!
Pah!
Supertux
Pingus
Neverball
LBreakout
ha, they are real games!!
You youngsters don’t even know you’re born what with all those extravagant 3D graphics, masking the lack of gameplay, lastability and longevity.
Anyway, like most people are pointing out, WINE is excellent and lets you run most games through it.
I’m currently quite stuck into Trackmania United (through WINE) but HL2, CSS and so on run great.
Oh, do you like the Popcap games?
Basic gameplay but addictive as heroin!
The best game support will always be the ones designed for the operating system you’re playing it on. There are even a few big ones for Linux, such as Nexuiz (FPS), Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (FPS), Battle for Wesnoth (RPG)
Have a look at this list:
List of open source games - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Happy gaming
There are lots of good games in the packman repository. Open Yast, select Software Repositories, enable the Packman Repository, and any others you think you might want. Smoking guns is awesome, as is WoP. Tile Racer is lots of fun. Theres a bunch of good games in there. Take a look.
Umm… I may have added that repo from off of the net. If you dont see it, just search google for it.
Good Luck, and have fun.
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