Automatic Games Installer for JDS Linux 22
Ricardo Wagemaker writes "GccInstaller is a automatic games installation software created to facilitated the installation of games on JDS Linux. Although still in development, with GccInstaller it will be easier to install games than it is to play them. Every time GccInstaller is launched it will check for a update and show you what the current version is, as well as a list of games available to Gccinstaller. Just select install and it will download patches to a temp area and install them on your local system."
Okay... (Score:1, Insightful)
Seriously, apart from the JDS buzzword this is something any of us could write in an afternoon.
hmmm (Score:4, Insightful)
And there was me thinking it was going to download the source for the game and compile it using gcc... oh, "gcc" stands for Global Computer Corporation...
JDS? Why? (Score:1)
Re:JDS? Why? (Score:1)
Global Computer Corporation? (Score:5, Funny)
Then there's the first line on their web site:
We are a small company divided in multiple aims but yet at the same time we are aiming at one goal only...
Obligatory Simpsons Quote (Score:2)
Awww...it's Patty.
Re:Kind of like Emerge? (Score:1)
Re:Kind of like Emerge? (Score:3)
Re:Kind of like Emerge? (Score:2)
IzPack (Score:5, Informative)
Anyway check out IzPack if you need a good cross-platform installer.
or how about this (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:or how about this (Score:1, Funny)
It didn't work, am I typing it right?
BitRock (Score:1, Informative)
Bitrock [happypenguin.org]
Seems like there's a few good alternatives to this (Score:4, Insightful)
Good, But What's really needed.... (Score:2)
We need a way to plug and play standard youypads in Linux AND a uniform method for programs to interface with them. Till then, emulation, as well as gaming in general will lag behind in linux.
How can you play Street Fighter II on a keyboard. It's inhuman I tell you!
Re:Good, But What's really needed.... (Score:1)
We need a way to plug and play standard youypads in Linux AND a uniform method for programs to interface with them. Till then, emulation, as well as gaming in general will lag behind in linux.
Huh? So what is it about the Joystick/Joypad interface or unified Input layer that doesn't satisfy that?
How can you play Street Fighter II on a keyboard. It's inhuman I tell you!
An I-Pac controller from Ultimarc [ultimarc.com] along with some arcade controls, quite easily.
While I suppose this is interesting (Score:2)