Some notes on ScummVM

This is a pretty cool virtual machine/emulator for the old school SCUMM game engine. That being said, I have to offer a disclaimer. ScummVM is open source, which is cool and compliant with the OLPC Initiative's idea of how software that runs on the XO should be. However, the games you download/have are not open source, they are closed binaries. To anyone with a non-technical background, that means even though they run just fine on the XO, you can't just open them up and edit them. Some people see this as a no-no for any kind of software, but thats just the way most of the software in the world is. There are a couple of legal, freeware released games listed on the ScummVM downloads website.

Anyway, I have it working right and am working on the tutorial on how to install it. I am not Linux guru, and I didn't even find it that hard, it does take some mucking around with the Terminal, but its easy.

First fun

Well, I am starting this so I can post up some of the cool stuff I do with the OLPC. Recently, I have been able to install and run ScummVM, and emulator for some old school games, including one of my all time favorites, Indiana Jones and The Fate of Atlantis. I plan to put up the instructions in a bit as soon as I get it all ironed out.