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These are the games I really enjoyed playing...

1) Roller Coaster Tycoon
2) Theme Park
3) Tetris
4) Lemmings - alternative found: Pingus

Are there any alternative open source and run in Linux for the three above?
 


Easier to just run the original games using wine or proton. There are many projects to re implement old games, but they're rarely in a state where they are capable of scratching the nostalgic itch.
 
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Easier to just run the original games using wine or proton. There are many projects to re implement old games, but they're rarely in a state where they are capable of scratching the nostalgic itch.
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If I could play Roller Coaster Tycoon or a alternative clone in Linux I'd be happy. There is something called OpenRCT2 that allowed you to play this game in Linux but required importing the files from the original disk for it to work but it all looked very iffy and a lot of faffing about for some that might not work then there is the challenge of having no optical drive because the game can only be ran from CD I normally have to play this on my Windows 98 PC but it be nice if I could have some of these classics playable in Linux.

I wonder if there was a way to get it to play in Batocera Linux? Its very possible I could have Tetris in Batocera and even Theme Park. Its been a long time since I messed about with Wine.

I used to like programming in Basic, there was Apple Basic and BBC Basic I'd be interested if any of these were available for Linux?
 
There is a 2017 remaster available on GOG for Rollercoaster Tycoon. The original 1999 release seems to only have a 720p widescreen community patch. Chances of both of these working in Wine/Proton seem high. Waiting for someone to make a free version will take forever and probably won't be as complete as you want it to be.
 
The days of Basic have come and gone. These days you're better off picking up a language like Python. You can do useful things with it today and you probably already have it installed if you're running Linux. It's not that much more complicated than Basic, but as with all programming languages there will be a learning curve.
 
LOL there is a lot that you're missing. Try using GNU Octave to plot a curve with ready X,Y points and the stupid thing expects a one-sided matrix along a simple counter. With QB64 I was able to do what I wanted. Could even do simple video games on it when the effort is put into it, and it isn't as involved as using Godot. Well that other package wins with three-dimensional stuff and in other ways but QB64 Phoenix Edition has come a long way from M$'s "be-all do-all" 16-bit interpreter. I'm repulsed totally by Python and object-oriented programming. I don't want to learn another programming language different from BASIC or Lua. Sorry.
 
Fair enough, everyone has their own likes and preferences. For the average person though just wanting to get their feet wet with programming and getting their first projects done, I don't think Basic is a good recommendation as you won't be able to find as much help about it online in 2023 as more popular ones like Python. Saying that even though I started with Basic on the ZX Spectrum.
 
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Remake by Terry Ritchie of "Berzerk". Might need a bit of adjustment on Linux. Proof of what could be done with QB64.
 
I think I can get Tetris under Batocera Linux as well as lots of other games.

I have an old Dell Optiplex 745 that is very slow with a dual core 2 @ 1.8 GHz I did try to change the processor to something faster but it would only work with the processor it came with and it has 6GB RAM although it only really needs 3 or 4 GB of RAM. Batocera runs perfectly on this machine I am very impressed with it I wasn't expecting Batocera Linux to work this well and on this machine it runs flawlessly, fast and responsive. I bought some USB generic game pads and plugged them in and they work right out of the box with Batocera Linux no configuration or nothing they just worked straight away. I'm very impressed.
 
VanillaCoffee said:
These are the games I really enjoyed playing...

1) Roller Coaster Tycoon
2) Theme Park
3) Tetris
4) Lemmings - alternative found: Pingus

Are there any alternative open source and run in Linux for the three above?
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For Tetris, you could take a look at Tong, which is an extremely challenging cross between Tetris and Pong.


The idea of the game is - pieces fall and need to be rotated and slotted into spaces using the keyboard, as per Tetris, whilst you simultaneously use the mouse (or trackpad) to control paddles on the left, right, top and bottom of the screen to keep a ball bouncing around the screen, as per Pong.

To compound things, the game will randomly change the rules affecting the effects of the ball.

Depending on the rule that is active, if the ball hits a falling Tetris piece, it might bounce off the Tetris piece, or pass through it, or destroy it. Etc.

So you’re basically playing Tetris and Pong at the same time. It’s extremely frantic, infuriatingly challenging and actually - quite good fun!
 
I've got it all sorted. I tell ya Botacera Linux is amazing. I can play all the Sega Master system games and Mega drive games on it plus much more. I never thought that I could transform an old Dell Optiplex 745 into a gaming machine like this. Botacera is very stable and works very well. I'm addicted to Tetris, The Sega Master System game "Columns" is one of the best Tetris games.

At this point I feel there is no limit with Linux. I take my hat off too the developers of Botacera Linux.
 
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