Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2016 00:49:38 +0000 From: Andrew Merenbach <andrew@merenbach.com> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: game machine based on FreeBSD? Message-ID: <CALrEyCAqhjcNRHhyt0qmpcnJouMJT20fxSEfxRkS-w4R-fpXEQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAKoxK%2B56Fc3Pks6cCDOs394z5HxO5qmOo8u7j2iRSgnGk5CvMQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAKoxK%2B56Fc3Pks6cCDOs394z5HxO5qmOo8u7j2iRSgnGk5CvMQ@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Aug 5, 2016 at 9:51 AM Luca Ferrari <fluca1978@infinito.it> wrote: > I'm just curious if there is any effort or possibility to build up a > FreeBSD gaming machine. Since I've seen SteamOS > <http://store.steampowered.com/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
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