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Any recommendations for low-end, Linux-friendly games to play? (beehaw.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Witch@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org

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Hi everyone! So I just switched to Linux and I am a little unsure of what to play on my laptop.

It's a presumably decent laptop, 16gb of ram and Iris Xe, but I find that it has battery issues trying to play anything fancy like Skyrim.

I'm looking into things like emulation, finally tackling my Itch.io backlog, and bringing out old classics.

I like RPGs and text-based choose your own adventure games, so if you have any recommendations I'd appreciate it!

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[–] SirSauceLordtheThird@beehaw.org 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want an old classic, I've been playing rollercoaster tycoon 2 recently and there is an open source engine for it (openrct2) that has native linux compatibility. The controls take some getting used to, But I think that artstyle looks totally amazing.

[–] Gork@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Or even the first RCT as it's written in assembly. Can't get much more efficient than that, even a potato can run it.

I'm also amazed by it. How can you write a full game that looks as good as Rollercoaster Tycoon when you're shifting bits left and right on the stack? Some kind of wizardry, that's what.

[–] SirSauceLordtheThird@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Even more impressive when you realize it was coded by one dude primarily, crazy stuff.