17 Facts About Linux gaming

Linux gaming refers to playing video games on a Linux operating system.

Linux gaming started largely as an extension of the already present Unix gaming scene, with both systems sharing many similar titles.

On November 9,1998, a new software firm called Loki Software was founded by Scott Draeker, a former lawyer who became interested in porting games to Linux gaming after being introduced to the system through his work as a software licensing attorney.

Linux gaming market started to experience some growth towards the end of the decade with the rise of independent video game development, with many "indie" developers favouring support for multiple platforms.

The Humble Indie Bundle initiatives helped to formally demonstrate this trend, with Linux gaming users representing a sizable population of their purchase base, as well as consistently being the most financially generous in terms of actual money spent.

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In 2009, the small indie game company Entourev LLC published Voltley to Linux gaming which is the first commercial exclusive game for this operating system.

Linux gaming has been ported to several game consoles, including the Xbox, PlayStation 2, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, GameCube, and Wii which allows game developers without an expensive game development kit to access console hardware.

Java-based sandbox game Minecraft by Indie developer Mojang is available on Linux gaming, as is any other video game compiled for the Java virtual machine.

LGP-associated but freelance consultant Frank C Earl is porting the game Caster to Linux and has released the first episode and developed the Linux version of Cortex Command being included in the second Humble Indie Bundle.

Linux gaming is working towards other porting projects such as the entire Myth series.

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Some games published by GarageGames which have Linux gaming versions include Bridge Builder, Marble Blast Gold, Gish, Tribal Trouble, and Dark Horizons: Lore Invasion.

MP Entertainment released Hopkins FBI and Crack dot com released Abuse for Linux gaming, becoming one of the first developers to release a native port.

Some companies ported games to Linux gaming running on instruction sets other than x86, such as Alpha, PowerPC, Sparc, MIPS or ARM.

Linux gaming Game Publishing published Candy Cruncher, Majesty Gold, NingPo MahJong and Soul Ride to Linux gaming PowerPC.

Hyperion Entertainment ported Sin to Linux gaming PowerPC published by Titan Computer and Gorky 17 to Linux gaming PowerPC which later was published by LGP.

Several game titles that were previously released for Linux gaming were able to be expanded or updated because of the availability of game code, including Doom, Abuse, Quake, Quake II, Quake III Arena and Jagged Alliance 2.