Re: Business models

[Steve Baker <sjbaker1@airmail.net>]

Jan Ekholm wrote:

> My Myth2 only runs accelerated with the obsolete Glide API, and software
> is not an option, so yes, it does not work for me. I'd be happy to be
> proven wrong on that one, since I never completed the game and I'd still
> like to play it.

Myth is an unfortunate exception (because of Glide) - I think that's the
only Loki game that has that problem.  All the others ran happily on my
kid's old 133MHz Voodoo-2 machine - and still run OK on my 900MHz GeForce-2
box.
 
> And what do you think big game companies like Loki would do to support one
> single fscking customer in a remote small market area such as Finland? :-)

Yes - well, that's economics I'm afraid.
 
> So, the point is that if I want something I want to play on Linux I have
> to write it myself.

Or play non-commercial stuff.

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