SuperGamer Live DVD
Here’s some quick stats on my Macs so you have an idea of the hardware I used to run SuperGamer.
iMac
Intel Core 2 Duo (3.06Ghz)
L2 Cache: 5MB
Memory: 4GB
Bus Speed: 1.07 Ghz
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GS (512 MB VRAM)
MacBook Pro
Intel Core 2 Duo (2.4 Ghz)
L2 Cache 4MB
Memory: 4GB
Bus Speed: 800 Mhz
NVidia GeForce 8600M GT
Games, Games, Games!
Since the entire point of SuperGamer is to provide a great Linux gaming experience, here’s what you can expect to find in terms of games when you boot into SuperGamer. Bear in mind that some of these are playable demos and not full versions of the game.
Quake Wars
Doom 3
Prey
Unreal Tournament 2004
Quake 4
Savage 2
Postal 2
Enemy Territory
Penumbra Black Plague
Sauerbraten
Urban Terror
Soldier of Fortune
Torcs
Tremulous
Alien Arena
True Combat
America’s Army
Nexuiz
Open Arena
PlaneShift
Drop Team
FretsOnFire
Chromium B.S.U
MadBomber
X-Moto
BGFlag
MegaMario
Glaxium
GL-117
NeverBall
NeverPutt
Super Tux
PPRacer
All of the games are available with just a click on the desktop panel at the bottom of the screen.
For the most part I got very good performance on both of my iMacs while running games. Even the MacBook Pro (the older of the two) did pretty well. Your mileage may vary though depending on the hardware you use to run the games and on the requirements of the game itself. If you have a relatively recent computer then you really shouldn’t have a problem in terms of horsepower in running any of the games included on the SuperGamers Live DVD.
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Well, I’m not a gaming fan, and I have also never created a dual layer DVD – though I have used a few of them from Linux Format (UK) mags and they are great. That’s where I first got to try Virtualbox OSE and it convinced me that I was “missing out on something”.
I have used Vector Linux before, and so has my eight year old son, who would probably be the target if I were to give a distro like this a try. I might be more inclined to go to a fast order DVD shop though and just plunk down a few bucks (as long as it wasn’t more than a few bucks) to get this distro.
Chances are that I will pass on this one since it just isn’t my style. You did, however, Jim, make this an interesting review, interesting enough to make me wonder, “Am I missing out on something?” ;-) Well, I’ll resist, but it was a good review, thanks!
“won’t get the full version of Ultimate Tournament 2004″
Should that not read “Unreal Tournament”? and, although I like th econtent of your interview, I don’t think you did it justice. Having no sound on 2 machines in a gaming distro is more than a little bug. I would have rather you’d worked out how to fix it and posted that as well.
Homer wrote:
Thanks for catching that goof on UT, Homer. It’s pretty funny since I used to play it all the time. I think I had a brain fart when I was writing that part of the review.
As far as the sound goes, I was not able to get it working. I did try but it may have been a problem with the macs, I’m just not sure.
Brian Masinick wrote:
Brian,
Well it might be worth downloading it if you can burn a dual layer DVD. But if you really aren’t interested in gaming then this is probably a remastered distro you can pass on.
But I’m sure there are some gamers that will like it.
Heh, heh. Yeah, good point dragonmouth. It’s cutting edge and retro at the same time.
Would an 8GB Flash drive and Unetbootin work for this?
I thought this was based on Puppy when I saw those text config screens, the only place I’ve seen those in the last 4 years.
Monty
Why make this a dual-layer exclusive? I’m interested but would rather have a volume 1 and volume 2 that I can burn straight away, without having to presumably buy a single DL disc from a local computer shop at an inflated price (don’t want to buy bulk).
The author has limited the popularity of his release.