[ILUG] games.linux.ie

[John P . Looney]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2001 at 02:50:04PM -0000, Wynne, Conor mentioned:
> Hi Kate,
> 
> Heroes3 is the greatest strategy multiplayer game on the planet. My wife and
> I (and our mates) have been playing it since the first release of hereos.
> (thats over 8 years now) and we still play it. You can create your own maps
> (I have well over 500 at this stage, and if you don't have a map, when you
> play multi-player, you get it automatically) 
> 
> Its a 2d game and its turn based, but 8 years play says it all. 
> 
> You can get a demo from 
> http://www.lokigames.com
> 
> the demo is crap as its too easy - but you get the general idea.

 Downloading now...no 3D version ? The number of times someones' ruined a
good 2D game by going 3D...

 Damn, but I love the loki_demos program. It's excellent. As are their
loki_update & loki_uninstall programs.

> --- The DeusEx port is underway. But you'll have to pay for the binaries...
> 
> Cool, I have no problem paying for quality. (and I am absolutely sick of
> windows2000 crashing DeuxEX - and it has the multiplayer patch too, and sp1
> and latest everything) Especially if it means more games being developed for
> linux. 

 The great thing about Loki is that their bugs are on an open database,
and their developers read the newsgroups (on the loki site) and reply to
peoples problems, gripes and ideas. It's fab.

Kate

-- 
 When I say 'free', I mean 'free': free from bond, of chain or command: 
to go where you will, even to Mordor, Saruman, if you desire. " 
    -- Gandalf, paraphrasing the choice between Free and Non-free software