OpenRA
www.openra.net
Classic strategy games rebuilt for the modern era
    • sovietknuckles [they/them]
      ·
      1 year ago

      Not sure about Debian, but it's the openra package on Arch Linux

      Edit: They have instructions for all the different distros at https://openra.net/download/

    • ProxyTheAwesome [comrade/them]
      ·
      1 year ago

      I was obsessed with Red Alert 2 and went out and bought CnC Generals the day it came out, came home excited to play and my cheap ass family computer couldn't run it and I never got to play it.

      • lemat_87@lemmygrad.ml
        ·
        1 year ago

        Sorry to hear that, I can recommend Generals wholeheartedly. But you probably need Windows 7 to run it, unfortunately.

        • Imnecomrade@lemmygrad.ml
          ·
          1 year ago

          @ProxyTheAwesome@hexbear.net You can install GenPatcher on Windows to give Generals a more modern experience similar to the spirit of OpenRA, but it seems people are having difficulty running Generals with GenPatcher through wine/proton on Linux. You would probably need to virtualize Windows and run the game that way. If you want to run Generals alone, Lutris should have some scripts.

          I'm not sure if any of these links will work for you:

          • https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-generals-incl-zero-hour-win-repack-en.-ru_202103
          • https://archive.org/details/EA_Command_And_Conquer_Generals_Deluxe_Edition_w_Zero_Hour_Expansion_Windows_200
          • https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-generals-incl-zero-hour-win-repack-en.-ru
          • https://archive.org/details/CommandConquerGeneralsUSA
          • https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-generals-incl-zero-hour-win-repack-en.-ru_202109
          • https://archive.org/details/generalscd-2-pc
          • https://archive.org/details/c-cgenzhcd-2-pc
          • https://archive.org/details/Nova_CandCGeneralsUSA
          • https://archive.org/details/command-and-conquer-generals-zero-hour-2003-ea-games-2-cd-set

          To look for more, you can go here.

    • DengsCats@lemmygrad.ml
      ·
      1 year ago

      I like to play as GLA, they have such a great postal service. Also the GLA has the best faction soundtrack

      • lemat_87@lemmygrad.ml
        ·
        1 year ago

        On my MX Linux, package not found; maybe the command works on Ubuntu or it needs some repositories to enable first.

        • maudefi@lemm.ee
          ·
          1 year ago

          You can go the snap route too, if you're into that:

          https://snapcraft.io/install/openra/debian

          Enable snapd

          On Debian 9 (Stretch) and newer, snap can be installed directly from the command line:

          sudo apt update

          sudo apt install snapd

          sudo snap install core

          Install OpenRA

          To install OpenRA, simply use the following command:

          sudo snap install openra