Games: Emulators, Steam and Native GNU/Linux Titles
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7 Best Free Linux Mega Drive Emulators
The Sega Mega Drive (Sega Genesis) was a leading 16-bit video game console system. The console was developed by Sega Corporation in 1988. Sega was unable to obtain trademark rights in North America, and it was released in that market under the name of Sega Genesis.
By current console standards, the Mega Drive’s specification seem positively pedestrian. However, at its launch the console’s specifications surpassed competitors in many respects. At its core is a Motorola M6800 16 bit processor running at 7.67 MHz with a Zilog Z80 8-bit co-processor to handle sound. In the graphics department, the console offers a typical resolution of 320 x 224 pixels, with a 512 colour palette (up to 64 displayable at any one time), with up to 80 sprites. When released in Japan the console did not meet anticipated sales, but it was more popular in the North American and European markets. Demand for the Mega Drive took off with the release of the classic game, Sonic the Hedgehog.
The Sega Mega Drive spawned a number of variants including the a redesigned version of the console called Mega Drive 2. To maintain interest in the platform, Sega also released the Mega-CD (Sega CD in North America) which offered an improved specification over the original console and the ability to play audio CDs, as well as the video game console add-on, 32X, which was inserted into the system like a normal game cartridge.
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Abandon Ship, the naval combat and adventure game is still heading to Linux
It's been quite some time since I checked on Abandon Ship, the naval combat and adventure game that hooked me in with the art inspired by old naval oil paintings.
I haven't written about it or checked on it since 2017, so I caught up with the developer briefly when they posted their latest beta update. When asking if they're closer to a Linux release which they did previously confirm, they said "Heh - Linux is still in our plans, don't worry :)". Good news, as I'm quite looking forward to this one.
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The developer of AuroraRL, a 2D space exploration game has thrown in the towel
The difficulties of game development and Early Access have hit another developer, with Sun Dogs throwing in the towel with AuroraRL. It's not all bad news though.
Writing an announcement on Steam, the developer noted how they understimated the effort required to make a game of the scale they wanted to. Not only that, they overestimated the amount of money they would make.
This isn't the end though, since the code is all up on Bitbucket under the Apache license. When I asked the developer about the assets (graphics and so on) they said "Assets can not be used in commercial projects, though if you really like and want to use them this is negotiable.".
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The war of the PC stores is getting ugly, as Metro Exodus becomes a timed Epic Store exclusive
While this might not be specific to Linux gaming, it's still something interesting I've wanted to talk about. Metro Exodus from 4A Games and Deep Silver has jumped ship from Steam to the Epic Store.
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Estranged: Act II, the free first-person puzzle, exploration and combat game was tweaked recently
Estranged: Act II, the free game from Alan Edwardes that follows a fisherman, stranded on a mysterious island during a violent storm had a recent update to tweak various issues.
For those not aware, the game continues after the events of the original free game, Estranged: Act I. It's an atmospheric exploration and puzzle game, with some simplistic combat sprinkled in for good measure.
While the update isn't a big one, it does deal with a couple of notable issues. It has some new and improved audio, with messages from a particular character having been re-recorded. Additionally there's a new lab section of levels, some new death animations, some needed pacing tweaks and some HUD tweaks. Not a huge update but good to see more coming in for this free game.
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The hide and seek shooter 'AT SUNDOWN: Shots in the Dark' is now out with Linux support
AT SUNDOWN: Shots in the Dark from developer Mild Beast Games and publisher Versus Evil puts an interesting spin on the top-down shooter genre where light is your enemy.
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Allspace, a free to play first-person space combat game arrives on Steam in a rather basic form
While it's incredibly early days for Allspace, this free to play first-person space combat game could be interesting when it's a little less bare.
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The sporty city-builder 'Road to your City' has a demo out ahead of the Kickstarter
Here's a good sign for their Linux support, Road to your City, a city-builder with a focus on Football (Soccer to some of you) has a demo up.
They're heading to Kickstarter on the 1st of February, so this is a little taster to see if we're interested. With that in mind, the demo is locked to 15 minutes playtime so it's still a little difficult to gather any real thoughts on it. Although, that's per new-game, it's not locked to 15 minutes and then never again so you can keep restarting to test more.
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