System Shock 2 on GNU/Linux

Demontration of System Shock 2 (MS Windows game) on Ubuntu 8.04.1 64-bit GNU/Linux - 1024x768 WINE desktop on 1680x1050 desktop for comparation. No sound and short recording for smaller file. This video is response on some idiotic comments posted for "PC vs MAC vs LINUX" video.

Notice that desktop recording software is working and there are no major slowdowns, and 3D Compiz powered desktop is running also!

Some (not all!) games that can be played on GNU/Linux OS by using WINE application:

Baldurs Gate I & II, Battle Realms, Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror, Ceasar III, Call of Duty I & II, Chicken Invaders 1-3, Commanche 4, Red Alert 2, Tiberian Sun, Commandos 2, Descent 3, Deus Ex, Diablo II, Disciples II, Doom 3,Duke Nukem Manhatten project, Dungeon Siege II, Europa 1400: The Guild, Europa Universalis II, Fallout I & II, FIFA 08, Football Manager 2008, Freedom Force, GTA, GTA III, GTA Vice City, GTA San Andreas, Guild Wars, Grim Fandango, Half Life & HL2, Harry Potter & HP2, Heretic II, Heroes of MM III, Hearts of iron II, Hitman 2, IceWind Dale II, Jagged Alliance 2, Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Keepsake, Kingpin: Life of crime, Blood Omen 2, Lego Star Wars II, Live for Speed, Luxor 3, Mafia, Max Payne I & II, MOHAA, Motocross Madness 2, Myth I-III, NFS 2, NFS ProStreet, Neighbours from hell I & II, Neverwinter Nights, NHL 99, Patrician II & III, Pirates of caribbean, Postal I & II, POP: Sands of Time, Quake 1-3, Rayman 3, RTCW, rFactor, Richard Burns Rally, Roller Coaster Tycoon I & II, Rune, Sam And Max 2xx, Serious Sam II, Soldier of Fortune I & II, ST Away Team, ST Bridge Commander, SW KOTOR I & II, SW X-Wing, Starcraft, Startopia, Supreme Commander, Syberia II, The Curse of Monkey Island, The Simpsons hit and run, Thief II, Ghost Recon, Tomb Raider Anniversary, Traffic Giant, Tropico, Unreal, UT, UT2003, Warcraft III, Warhammer 40.000: Dawn of War and Mark of Chaos, Warzone 2100, World of Warcraft, Zuma DeLuxe, ...

And not to forget DOSBOx, and emulators for MAME, NES, Mega Drive2/Genesis, SNES, ...

Category:

Comedy

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• pc
• linux
• games
• rpg
• fps
• system
• shock
• shodan

[DAudIcI]

Just as a note to your video description: Doom 3 binary is available natively to Linux from id, as is Quake 4. Source to id tech 3 engine is publicly available and there are builds for MOHAA, Q3 and Enemy Territory. UT & UT2k3 is released for Linux.

These run better than something, that is "not an emulator", so your description is a bit misleading.

[Leartoon]

@DAudIcI Yeah, ID was cool before joining Bethesda in a conquest to ruin PC games... :) There's more and more games that run native on GNU/Linux... and that description is old as ancient Greece. Check this out: lin-app.com/category/games (type h-t-t-p and so on, in front)

[myrtlevilleace]

Sorry mate, but you simply must show us how to do this! I've scoured the internet trying to get System Shock 2 working! Please help us...*many* of us want to play this gem again!

[Ograws]

Didn't this game inspire BioShock?

[DAudIcI]

@Leartoon Thanks for the cool site. I am still hoping that Beth lets Carmack fulfill his promise of GPL id tech 4 once RAGE is released...

[myromance123]

@prototype9000, if you got em, why not use em? :)

[iron888888]

OLOL this is not full screen xDDD suckers

[prototype9000]

everyone allways has to show off the wobbly windows

[93Bananaphone93]

lol guild wars

[MesaMXR]

Can you explain how you got it to work in Ubuntu? My friend's been trying to get it to work for quite some time. Thanks.