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    [–] TimeSquirrel@kbin.social 6 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

    I was playing Quake 3 and Unreal Torunament 2003 in the early 2000s, they had native versions. One of the first mainstream Linux gaming pioneers.

    I used to use Second Life on Linux too with a third party client.

    [–] parricc@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

    The first half of the 2000s was a lot better for Linux gaming than the second half. That time period after game companies stopped releasing anything for Linux but before Wine became realistically usable was very dark.

    [–] thehatfox@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago

    Quake 2 also had a Linux port, as did Return to Castle Wolfenstein. iD Software was one of the few early supporters of Linux for commercial games.