====== MindRover ======

===== Install the game =====

To install the game, mount your CD & run the installer with ''linux32'' from the ''util-linux'' package :
<code>
# mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
$ cd /media/cdrom
$ linux32 ./setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup
</code>

Apply the last released [[https://ftp.lokigames.twolife.be/pub/updates/mindrover/mindrover-1.07a-x86.run|patch]] :
<code>
$ linux32 bash mindrover-1.07a-x86.run
</code>

[Optional] Install 2 free expansions/scenarios pack:
  * [[https://ftp.lokigames.twolife.be/pub/updates/mindrover/ArenaRace-1.0.run|Arena Race Add-on]]
  * [[https://ftp.lokigames.twolife.be/pub/updates/mindrover/HydroBattles-1.0.run|Hydro Battles Add-on]]

Unfortunately the binary is statically linked with an old SDL, so we are stuck with it and it's bugs :-\

===== Launch the game =====
<code>
./mindrover -w
</code>

===== LGP - Linux Game Publishing =====
After Loki filed for bankruptcy, Linux Game Publishing acquired the rights to MindRover in 2002 and released a final //1.07b// version.

One major bonus to use this version is the presence of dynamically linked version of the game binary. This free us from the old SDL version bundled in the Loki binary and we are able to use ''sdl12-compat''