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Physician
United States4146 Posts
If your bored out of your mind, own a ps3, want to get a little of that feeling Neo had in the matrix, try setting this up:
With the PS3's ability to allow you to install your own OS, tech junkies have been tinkering with the console's potential since its launch a few Novembers back. There is one thing we haven't seen yet, though -- and that's a PS3 running Starcraft!
Accomplished through the use of Windows 95, with Qemu and Yellow Dog Linux, you too can can crush Zerg scum with the Protoss on your PS3. (Just don't think you're going to get Crysis to run on the thing.) Linux and Qemu really hog the Cell processor, so a low-end game like Starcraft is as stable as it gets. Zerg rush past the break to watch the video.
[Thanks, Evan!]
http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/02/26/watch-ps3-run-starcraft-with-help-from-linux-and-windows/
4 hard core nerds fans only (it's almost synonymous anyway)
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o dude that is fukcing sweet! Too bad its for stuff like PS3 only though 
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lol right when i come to tl on my ps3 i see this
too bad i never got linux to run well on my ps3
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What is up with that load time lol i guess boredom beats the overall ablity just to hook your computer up to the tv instead of making your ps3 run linux.
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Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller.
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On February 28 2009 14:51 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller.
you can hook up a mouse and keyboard too lol
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On February 28 2009 14:51 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller.
haha I see what you did there.
Outside of a gimmik though ("Look at me, I can play SC on my PS3! What can your wii do outside of having 20x more games than me?"), this isn't very useful. I remember SC on Nintendo 64 and how much of a failure playing a RTS on a controller was. That's why Halo Wars will likely be a failure as well.
Interesting, nonetheless.
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Sometimes I miss the ol' SC splash screen instead of big dumb Kerrigan popping up every time.
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On February 28 2009 15:14 Royalcommand wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 14:51 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller. you can hook up a mouse and keyboard too lol
Get it on the wii and i'm sold everyone would play sc on the wii just to fail horribly at fine control with the wii mote.
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pretty cool but epically slow.
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this is pretty cool although im sure noone would really do it
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its cool despite being totally useless lol
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needs to be an RTS for the wii. Personally I think the Wii / DS would be amazing for RTS's. They just need to do it right.
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On February 28 2009 14:51 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller.
You would need to figure out how to get SC to work with the controller first. Until then you would have to use a keyboard and mouse on the PS3.
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People were playing it on the old xbox too, through XDSL and Wine, with keyboards and mice.
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United States3824 Posts
Was anyone around when a four pool was actually called a Zerg Rush? Its like when street lingo hits the suburbs around the interwebz these das.
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On February 28 2009 14:51 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller.
B+ w/ 10 apm ez
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konadora
Singapore66163 Posts
Oh wow, I really missed that Windows 95 opening song 
I wonder if PS3 players can get like 200apm on this...
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On February 28 2009 15:20 redtooth wrote:Show nested quote +On February 28 2009 14:51 RebirthOfLeGenD wrote:
Protoss would be the only playable race with a PS3 controller. haha I see what you did there. Outside of a gimmik though (" Look at me, I can play SC on my PS3! What can your wii do outside of having 20x more games than me?"), this isn't very useful. I remember SC on Nintendo 64 and how much of a failure playing a RTS on a controller was. That's why Halo Wars will likely be a failure as well. Interesting, nonetheless.
The amount of showelware on the wii doesn't make it any better than the PS3(or 360). That's like saying Halo Wars has more units than SC, so it's better(or similar nonsense).
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On February 28 2009 18:11 konadora wrote:Oh wow, I really missed that Windows 95 opening song I wonder if PS3 players can get like 200apm on this...
USB keyboard + USB mouse
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Waw, the loading speed on that thing is terrible. I think even my old computer could have loaded StarCraft faster then that.
I agree with Redtooth. Other then as proof of good computer knowledge, this is not particularly practical.
EDIT: Yes, the Windows 95 intro song is preety nostalgic.
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The combination of windows 95 boot and the vanilla SC load screen brought back memories of my early teenhood
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the intro tune is so much better than XP's
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On March 01 2009 00:15 Tom Phoenix wrote:
Waw, the loading speed on that thing is terrible. I think even my old computer could have loaded StarCraft faster then that.
I agree with Redtooth. Other then as proof of good computer knowledge, this is not particularly practical.
EDIT: Yes, the Windows 95 intro song is preety nostalgic.
lol back in the day it took exactly 75 seconds for SC to load on windows 95. It was such a nice change when I upgraded to XP
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I have a PS3, but I'm sure I'll never do this. It's cool none the less though I suppose.
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