Legacy OS 2.1 Gamer release announced on Distrowatch

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#16 Post by john biles »

Hello simargl,

Here's the list of included games in Legacy OS 2.1 Gamer. Just remember games were chosen with the most chance of being playable on Pentium III Hardware. Sadly many great Linux games like Tuxkart etc ran too slow so were left out.

If you know of other games that may be suitable that aren't included please let me know.


atomix 2.14.0
biniax v2
blackjack 2.8.1
Enigma v1.01
gTans v1.1
IceBreaker v1.2.1
Kbackgammon 2.6.0
kbattleship 1.1
kball 2004
KCheckers 0.6.0
Khangman 1.6
knetwalk 1.0
kmahjongg 0.7.9
kmines 2.1.9
Kolumns 0.3.1
kobo deluxe 0.4pre9
kolf 1.1
Ksudoku 0.4
knights 0.6
kpat 2.2.2
kpoker 1.1
Ri-Li v2.0.0
blinKen 0.1
frozen-bubbles 1.0.0
groundhog 1.4
Gnono 0.0.3
gtkpool 0.5.0
gweled 0.7
Lieutenant sKat 1.0
lbreakout2 2.6beta-5
Abuse-SDL 0.7.0
Battle for Wesnoth 0.9.0
Ceferino ver 0.97.5
Circus Linux 1.0.3
Classic Invaders
crimson fields 0.5.1
csmash-0.6.6
digger-20020314
dodgindiamonds 0.2.1
easysok-0.3.5
gav 0.9.0
geki2-2.0.3
geki3-1.0.3
gravitywars v1.102
heroes 0.21
luola 1.2.6
madbomber 0.2.4
maelstrom 3.0.6.n
methane 1.4.5
mirrormagic 2.0.2
moagg 0.17
moon-lander 1.0pre1
mures 0.5
maze of galious v0.62
njam 1.25
pipepanic 0.1.3
prboom 2.4.5
rafkill 1.2.0
rockdodger 0.6.0a
sdlroids 1.3.4
shaaft-0.5.0
shisen 1.5.1
simutrans64 0.84.16.4
schafkopf 0.6
skijump 0.2.0
supertux 0.1.2
tecnoballs 0.92-2.1
toppler 1.1.1.
trophy 1.0.6
tumiki fighters 0.2
uxtank 2.0
xpired 1.22
xrally 1.1
xlogical 2001
xsoldier 1.3
descent2 0.2.5
Dukenukem 3D v1.5
holotz castle
kpacman 0.3.2
maelstrom 3.0.6N
maze of galious v0.62
metal blob solid 1.05
pingus 0.7.0
powermanga 0.9
quake 2000
starfighter 1.1
armagetron v0.2.5.2
xrick 021212
blockrage 2001
kblackbox 0.3.0
kreversi 1.7.1
ksmiletris 3.5.4
ksokoban 0.4.2
kenolaba 1.06b
kolor lines 1.1
samegame 0.51
bumprace 1.46
oxygene 1.1.1
tuxpuck v0.8.2
xtux 2000
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#18 Post by sc0ttman »

Also :

- numptyphysics
- freeciv
- xrick
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#19 Post by john biles »

Hello sc0ttman,
I'd never come across Numptyphysics so thank you.

As a reward here's the game. LOL!
Download from http://sourceforge.net/projects/legacyoslinux/files/
Look in the "Legacy OS 2 Series Extra Packages" folder for game.

As is normal for all Legacy OS Package installs download the tar.gz, click on it, extract to / and reload the menu (Applications > Accessories > Misc > Reload menu)

Looks like a great game!
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#20 Post by sc0ttman »

this may be outside the scope of your project but adding a few emulators can give you thousands more games...

Dosbox with dbgl provides a really easy way to play DOS games - "Another World/Out of this World" is a great DOS game... Also Civ II, many others...

But like many DOS games, they are better on the amiga. For amiga you can use various versions/forks of UAE...
There are some packages here: ppm.scottjarvis.com (see Emulation section)..

..some of these old games are honestly classic, very playable, challenging and great fun.

BTW, 'cave story' is still one the best little platformers on linux , you can get a patched/updated version at akita.scottjarvis.com .. And I do recommend xrick...

EDIT: I forgot, XSok (xsokoban) is a classic puzzler, it's TINY, very challenging, has many levels, and includes a level editor (well, can edit the level files, anyway!).

Also in the akita repo, gnu-go/cgoban are popular, old chinese board game progs... And xboard is a good chess frontend, forget the backend I used (fairymax?), but it's the lightest, and it's included in the xboard .pet. (i think)..

just for completeness, and so you dont have to trawl through them yourself, here are all games in the akita repo:

(you can search the livepackages5a.txt file in the repo for descriptions, sizes, etc)

akita_games-0.1 <--- includes many little games, inc good cli tetris
assaultcube-1104-akita
assaultcube_reloaded-240-akita
biniax-1.2 <--- odd but good puzzler
braincurses-0.5b-i486-akita <---- cli mastermind thingy
BubbleSnooker-1.2-akita
capitalism_0.5.1-i486 <--- monopoly board game
cartoon_fighter-1.1-akita
cave_story-1.2-i486-akita
cboard-0.6-i486
cboard_DOC-0.6-i486
cgoban-1.9.14-i486-akita
cgoban_DOC-1.9.14-i486-akita
dbgl073-i486-akita
digger-20020314-i486-akita <--- classic, but smaller versions are around
dosbox-0.73-akita
dudusdl_0.1.3-1_i386-akita
eDuke-1.4.0-i486-akita
epic_inventor-i486-akita
epsxe-1.6.0-x86-akita
epsxe-1.6-akita
fairymax
flash-chess
freeciv-2.3.4-i486
freeciv-2.3.3-i486
freeciv_DEV-2.3.4-i486
freeciv_DEV-2.3.3-i486
freeciv_DOC-2.3.4-i486
freeciv_DOC-2.3.3-i486
freeciv_NLS-2.3.4-i486
freeciv_NLS-2.3.3-i486
freecol-i486-akita
freecol_DOC-i486-akita
freecraft-1.20-static-20120816
freecraft_data-1.20
gens-2.15.5-akita
gens_gs_r7-i486-akita
gens_gs_r7_DOC-i486-akita
gnuchess-6.0.1-i486
gnuchess_DOC-6.0.1-i486
gnugo-3.8-i486
gnugo_DOC-3.8-i486
greyhounds
gsoko-0.4.2-akita
gsudoku-akita
gtkatlantic_0.4.2-3_i386
jester-1.0
JNKPlat-20100420-akita
king_arthurs_gold-190-akita
lbreakout-010315-i486
liboil-0.3.16-q1
lugaru-rev269-akita
lxdream-0.9.1-i386-akita
nethack-3.4.3
newton_adventure-1.3-akita
numptyphysics_0.2-akita
opensonic-0.1.4
openttd-r22274-i686
openttd-r22274-locales
operarena-2006-akita
pacman_cli-1.2-i486-akita <--- good little pacman game
pacman_X11-1.0-i386-akita
pcsxr-1.9.92-1-i386-akita
pingus-0.7.2-akita
pipepanic-0.1.3-i486-akita <--- very addicitive to beat score (i think!)
pSX-1.13-akita
quarry-0.2.0-i486-akita
racer-054
rocksndiamonds-3.2.3-akita <--- digger clone
rubix-1.03
Scrabble3D-i386
scratch-1.4.0.1-i386
seahaven
seatris-0.0.14-i486
seven_kingdoms-2.14.3-akita
snes9x-1.53-akita-i486
snes9x_NLS-1.53-akita-i486
soulfu-1.5.2
starfighter-1.2-i486-akita
starfighter_DOC-1.2-i486
stormbaancoureur
supertuxcart-0.6.2-i386-akita
tileracer-0.702-0-akita
touchmegames-0.2.5-i486
ultimatestunts-0741
vbam-svn451-1-i386-akita <--- gameboy/gbadvance... mario golf, advance wars, many other classics!
xarchon-0.5.0-10.2-akita
xasteroids_5.0-17_i386
xboard-4.5.2a-i386
xemeraldia-0.4.3-i486
xgalaga-0.8.1-akita
xinvaders-2.1.1-i486
xrick-021212-akita
xsc-1.5-i486
xshisen-1.51-i486
xsok
xsoldier-1.4
xsudoky-1.0.6-i486
ysflight
zepsdreamland-1.02
zombiegrinder-323-akita
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#21 Post by john biles »

Hello sc0ttman,
First thanks for highlighting the game numptyphysics as I'd hadn't come across that one. Xrick and dosbox are already in Gamer.

Also thanks you for the list of games and where to download them. A number are already in Gamer. I agree pipepanic can be addictive!

I see a number of titles I'd love to include but can't.

The underlying fact is any included games MUST RUN ON PENTIUM III computers with no special Graphic Card Drivers. If it isn't playable it isn't included.
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#22 Post by Colonel Panic »

John, it looks like Legacy 2.1 is already at the 1 CD limit with the games and software it already has. If it's going to get any bigger with all these additional games, would a 2 CD installation be viable?

That way, you could also add back the software to the distro that you had to cull from it to fit it onto a single CD in the first place.
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#23 Post by john biles »

Hello Colonel Panic,
That's one option or you could upload the extras to sourceforge
Download them from here
https://sourceforge.net/projects/legacy ... 0Packages/
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#24 Post by nitehawk »

John,..
Hate to change the subject from the Legacy "Gamer",
but I'm still using the old original LegacyOS (2010) with updated Opera (on my older PIII).

I want to put it on my main computer (P4), but I have a widescreen (1366x768). The old Legacy doesn't seem to go that high. Is there any way to change the resolution to 1366x768,....or do I need to just keep it on my old box--and forget about the widescreen P4?

(again,..I'm sorry to change the subject from the "Gamer")
I'd LOVE to get the Legacy Gamer,...but I'm still stuck with this dialup (and can't go the time it would take to download).
Maybe when I visit my daughter soon --as she has that nice high speed thingy. :lol:

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#25 Post by john biles »

Hello nitehawk,
As I don't own a monitor like you have and always use 4:3 monitors I haven't done much experimenting with xorg. I know there's a hack which other forum members would know. As the target user will most likely be using an older monitor with Legacy I saw no need to support newer monitors.

Any forum members with knowledge in this area who want to share please do so as I'll include the information in the next release.
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#26 Post by nitehawk »

Thanks for the reply, John.
I'll just keep it on my secondary computer (my Dell PIII). It's working just great on there,...and I do use that old computer a LOT. LegacyOS has given it new life,..and makes it think it's a new computer, or something :lol:

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#27 Post by umair »

Hi John:
I am having in trouble to boot the Legacy OS. tried the Legacy OS 2 as well as Legacy OS 2.1. I want to install it in P-III (1 Ghz Processor, 512 MB RAM and 20 GB HDD). When ever I tried to boot these puppies it tale too much time to load at copyin file to tmpfs or something like that. I think it may be due to 5120 MB ram as the ISO is too big. After that boot false with the Error Kernal panic... etc. I really dont have any idea? I tried it on 03 different PCs. Having the same problem. Please help me in the following matter.
1. How to install Legacy OS 2.1 using frugal method? (I tried windows unetbootin) but having the same above problem) also wat will be the entry in grub menu.lst ?
2. For full installation, Is it possible to install Legacy without burning the ISO ?
thnx in advance.
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remove some ram

#28 Post by oligin10 »

Hi umair, here is John's suggestion he has given to others. Uninstall some ram. You need to have 256 mb is what he suggests, I think. I'm sure John will see this and correct me if I'm wrong. Good luck. Thanks, Rob

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#29 Post by umair »

Rob
Thnx for the info. I remember that I installed Legacy OS 2 successfully with 512 MB RAM. heres the link http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic. ... 69&t=70151
Anyhow I will set 256 MB RAM in my PC. Can u tell me that decreasing the RAM will work with Unitbootin ? As I have a doubt on my CD ROM Drive that its not working properly.

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256 MB Ram

#30 Post by oligin10 »

Hi umair, this is what he recommended IIRC. Make sure computer has 256 mb of ram, then do full install (or frual). After you have done that reboot and make sure it is working. Then shut down again and reinstall the ram, then reboot with the full 512 mb of ram. Thanks, Rob

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#31 Post by Usman55 »

My wifi adapter it not supported, is there any way to fix it?

This OS runs much faster than Slacko or Precise and still has the fancy stuff on it. The paint app is not a pain in the a**. A great selection of games. Duke Nukem 3D is my favourite. It's been 2 days I've installed this and I already like it enough to suggest a friend to install it on his old computer.

Another thing, your website says 2 other versions of Legacy are coming in 2013 but the year is almost over. Can we have a more accurate date? I was very much looking forward to it.

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#32 Post by john biles »

Hello Usman55,
I had planned to release 2 more Legacy OS versions this year. My full time job work load has increased substantially. Family commitments has left very little time to work on Legacy. While one of the 2 planned releases is close to being released sadly problems has arisen with the other which means it isn't suitable for release.
As Legacy OS 2.1 Gamer was developed for someone to set up an old PC to play games on, WiFi support isn't and won't be supported in the future.

Any future Legacy OS Series 2 releases will also not include support for most WiFi adapters, Sorry!
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#33 Post by cthisbear »

Greetings Big John.

" While one of the 2 planned releases is close to being released
sadly problems has arisen with the other which means it isn't suitable
for release. "

No disrespect mate.

Have you thought of getting some help here to finish it??

Plenty of willing people to assist you I'm sure.

Regards....Chris.

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#34 Post by john biles »

Hello cthisbear,
You've been a big supporter of Legacy OS and it's appreciated!

While it would be great to assemble a team of talented programmers to work on Legacy OS in reality I don't think it would happen.

OK if any programmer wants to prove me wrong please reply to post. :wink:

Personally I love the 2 series of puppy on which Legacy OS 2 is based. What would be interesting to see is what Kernel version later than 2.6.18.1 could be shoe horned in to Legacy and still run with it current system files. Newer kernels bring better support for WiFi etc. Normally when you update a kernel glibc is also updated.
If anyone wants to run an kernel experiment with Legacy OS 2 and has success please let me know. If it is stable I'd be happy to include in future releases. :D
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#35 Post by Usman55 »

Is there no workaround the wifi problem?

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