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One of the strangest point 'n' click adventures of the '90s, [The Dark Eye], is getting a modern 'restoration' for Steam, making it easily playable for the first time this century

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Submitted ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨Agent_Karyo@piefed.world⁩ to ⁨retrogaming@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/adventure/one-of-the-strangest-point-n-click-adventures-of-the-90s-is-getting-a-modern-restoration-for-steam-making-it-easily-playable-for-the-first-time-this-century/

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  • hperrin@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I used to think ancient games were hard to play, trying to build a retro box, failing, trying to run a Win 98 VM, failing, trying to install patches on Win 10, failing, etc. Then I tried installing them on Linux with Lutris, and everything worked.

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    • MonkeMischief@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      This was my exact experience too, with Bottles.

      For instance “Sims 1 is SO DIFFICULT to get running on modern Windows! (Complicated hacky guide)”

      …I set up a bottle specifically for 95/98 era games and it just worked like no problem and installed as if I brought it home from Best Buy in 2001.

      Sometimes a minor setting tweak or something helped, but otherwise it’s CRAZY what stubborn games will run well on Linux now!

      And this is using Nvidia, too. Truly awesome times.

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  • Menschlicher_Fehler@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Really loved that game back then, got me into reading Poe a bit. Insta buy if the port is good and the price fair.

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