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Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 52: What Am I Going to Do With All This Cheese<\/a><\/p>\n

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Publish Date: 2026-06-14 15:03:00<\/a><\/p>\n

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Return to Part 1: Dumpster Diving<\/strong><\/p>\n

Continued from Part 51: It\u2019s Not Easy Being Green
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Following the demise of Loki Software the future became very uncertain for commercial gaming on Linux, but for id Software, the one developer that could boast a significant pedigree on the platform even beforehand, things would be business as usual. Timoth\u00e9e Besset was brought on board to continue Linux support for Quake III Arena, and he would soon pick up the mantle left by Dave Taylor and Zoid Kirsch by releasing an unofficial Linux installer for Return to Castle Wolfenstein.<\/p>\n

In order to copy the data files from the original retail release of the game you would have to first extract them by going through the Windows installer, but this issue is sidestepped if you own either the “Game of the Year Edition” or the “Platinum Edition”. With these, you can just go ahead and copy all of the PAK files with the extension “.pk3” from the “Setup\/Data\/Main” directory on both of the CD-ROMs to the “main” directory in the file path you generated by running the Linux installer.<\/p>\n

By covering Return to Castle Wolfenstein I am not only in the unusual position of already being familiar with the game itself, but the last time I played through it was using this very port. It was 2011, and the source code had only just been released by id the previous August, meaning work on more modern source ports was still ongoing. As such coming back to it feels very much like sitting down to some comfort food, even if running the game proved to be quite demanding on the hardware.<\/p>\n

I was able to get through the demo using my ATI Rage 128 Pro, but I had most of the graphical settings cranked down to low. The Nvidia GeForce 2 MX 400 does allow me to play with higher details, but I am still held back by my Pentium III 500 Katmai, which does meet the minimum system requirements listed on the box but not by much. Knowing this I scaled back most of the labelled “Performance” options, but the game would still…<\/p>\n

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