Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?

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Author: Erich Newell
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To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: DOOM engine for modern Linux systems?
As far as quake goes...it went open source forever ago...and you'd want
GLQuake for sure.

On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:36 PM, mike havens <> wrote:

> ancient? heck no! Galga is ancient.... pacman..... pong!
>
> On Sun, Jun 8, 2008 at 11:56 PM, Kurt Granroth
> < <>> wrote:
> > Does anybody currently play classic DOOM (DOOM, DOOM II, and Final DOOM)
> on
> > Linux? If so, what do you use?
> >
> > I got bit by a nostalgia bug lately and want to play the original DOOM.
> I
> > remember using Doom Legacy back in the day but the binary doesn't work on
> my
> > 64-bit openSUSE system and it doesn't come close to compiling with a
> modern
> > gcc 4.x compiler.
> >
> > The Eternity project does have a working engine... but it's not much
> beyond
> > a classic port. It only goes up to 1024x768 for instance and doesn't
> have
> > the OpenGL effects that newer engines have and that Doom Legacy has
> spoiled
> > me for.
> >
> > So am I alone in playing these (now ancient) games? Or what is the
> > preferred engine?
> >
> > Kurt
> >
> >
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