From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Aug 6 00:50:20 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4AF4FBB01BC for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 00:50:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@merenbach.com) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (pb-smtp2.pobox.com [64.147.108.71]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0FB091A81 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2016 00:50:19 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from andrew@merenbach.com) Received: from sasl.smtp.pobox.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69FA2316BF for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 20:49:50 -0400 (EDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=pobox.com; h=mime-version :references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; s=sasl; bh=xGTh9MGqopwdbNFqF8tzQGQmLoM=; b=Ho8Yre L3Asb/88mHknEqzNJrHNmuq0TRAlZZXbqyIpWm6ZB7Jj11zCeSVloOMMxclpxBY7 N+GWp9k8JPtcnvOTnLcWex4KlIwbqlPz94PxQAT8MHd75yjmm0LXvyfhVoXJPrU3 7hLXmIs005cxCx2bnJ9EVc1eifkEyfHbMCnXo= Received: from pb-smtp2.nyi.icgroup.com (unknown [127.0.0.1]) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61B87316BE for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 20:49:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: from mail-vk0-f42.google.com (unknown [209.85.213.42]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pb-smtp2.pobox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 10B67316BD for ; Fri, 5 Aug 2016 20:49:50 -0400 (EDT) Received: by mail-vk0-f42.google.com with SMTP id s189so203364077vkh.1 for ; Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:49:49 -0700 (PDT) X-Gm-Message-State: AEkooutq/Qo33rSHqcDWmDPK98O4Wxh9sPrDRMdRDvH7qoFjtJPCjCt6OIO0HKo0XP8AROoMSOBLuhwTyFcieA== X-Received: by 10.31.50.22 with SMTP id y22mr21303613vky.94.1470444589439; Fri, 05 Aug 2016 17:49:49 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Andrew Merenbach Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:49:38 +0000 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Re: game machine based on FreeBSD? To: freebsd-questions X-Pobox-Relay-ID: AE0A2042-5B6F-11E6-A131-EE617A1B28F4-44869218!pb-smtp2.pobox.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.22 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.22 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:50:20 -0000 On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:51 AM Luca Ferrari wrote: > I'm just curious if there is any effort or possibility to build up a > FreeBSD gaming machine. Since I've seen SteamOS > I'm just curious to be able > to make a machine based on FreeBSD (and therefore use it also as a nas > thru ZFS). > Links and/or suggestions are welcome. > > Hi Luca, While modern games lie mostly outside my experience with FreeBSD, "retro" game players do have a large amount of flexibility, especially if they are willing and able to install Wine and/or DOSBox. Some examples from my experience, not all of which are of the same caliber: 1. Wine: Fallout 1 and 2, DOOM I and II, Quake II, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Unreal Gold (the original) 2. Ports: ScummVM (Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis, Flight of the Amazon Queen, many others); Marathon 1, 2: Durandal, and Infinity (plus Aleph One expansion packs like Tempus Irae); DOOM I and II (with caveats) 3. DOSBox: Duke Nuken 3D Atomic Edition, Shadow Warrior, Myst (IIRC=E2=80= =94tried only once), Wolfenstein 3D 4. Terminal: Angband, NetHack, text adventures (e.g., Zork and Curses) 5. Emulator (e.g., VirtualBox): any Windows or Linux games that won't run under Wine or DOSBox, or compile under the FreeBSD ports system I haven't tried early Warcraft games (Warcraft I, II, and III) but I'd be willing to bet they could be run in a combination of DOSBox, Wine, and/or emulation. Cheers, Andrew