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Offline ErolTopic starter

Question for A-eon
« on: October 18, 2015, 11:28:14 AM »
I contacted Steam to find out if they would consider porting Steam client to the Amiga.
Awaiting a reply.    who thinks this is a great idea?
 

Offline ErolTopic starter

Re: Question for A-eon
« Reply #1 on: October 18, 2015, 12:39:45 PM »
great feedback btw.

my angle is that yeah they have a steam client which allows Linux users to run PC games and vs vers.  
well seeing Amiga has a vast catalogue of games, why not have a steam retro section for Amiga or C64 games.  virtualised machine can be used to emulate the game through a steam client allowing you to play on any platform.  

It would bring a whole group of community to Retro platform whom probably never heard of the Amiga,  would inspire developers to create sequels to old games and also may bring a steam client to the Amiga platform.    

I don't know about anyone else but yes its great to play on an Amiga hardware, but to preserve an entire catalogue of games for future generations would be a great idea.  
Clean exact copy of a game not hacked versions.  

Talking back on track though I thought the point of steam was transparency gaming allowing pc or Linux games to run on any hardware and any os so if the client was ported to the Amiga, then playing PC games would be possible.
 

Offline ErolTopic starter

Re: Question for A-eon
« Reply #2 on: October 18, 2015, 12:43:09 PM »
Quote from: som99;797601
Without porting of games to NG machines it would just be a bloated chat client tho ^^
I have a hard time seeing that they will even make a proper reply, odds are that the person getting this email in the support end don't even know what Amiga/NG is and they have nothing to say about porting to new systems.


Maybe if we all started to tweet steam on twitter we get a reply..  social media is wonderful for being noticed.
 

Offline ErolTopic starter

Re: Question for A-eon
« Reply #3 on: October 19, 2015, 03:16:50 PM »
Quote from: polyp2000;797652
How is this a question for A-eon ?


To grab Trevor attention,  maybe A-eon can look into development for a steam client for NG Amiga.  After all no point having a new machine with no games to play on it.
 

Offline ErolTopic starter

Re: Question for A-eon
« Reply #4 on: October 19, 2015, 03:57:48 PM »
Quote from: BSzili;797658
How is a Steam client is supposed to help that?


how do you mean?