Voodoo Kid: A 1997 Classic That Also Returns To Linux

Voodoo kid

Voodoo kid It has also been released for Linux with the emulator boxedwine. It is a classic adventure from 1997, originally published by the Infogrames studio and which consisted of pointing and clicking on different areas and objects to interact with them. Now, this graphic adventure has been relaunched, arriving in April 2021 for the other platform and now also on GNU / Linux.

Voodoo Kid is probably unknown to many, and even in that decade it is likely that it was a video game that went unnoticed by gamers. It does have its positives though, and now it's revived for game lovers. retro or classics and show that it is a gem.

It was already announced a while ago, by Digital Theory, that it would come, but this latest version uses the special software called boxedwine, an emulator that runs Windows applications and is closer to DOSBox than anything else, bringing an unmodified 32-bit version of WINE and emulating the Linux kernel and CPU. Thanks to Boxedwine you can run old video game titles, such as Voodoo Kid, native to Microsoft Windows in environments such as Linux, macOS, etc.

As for the game Voodoo Kid, it is an adventure in which a boy named Kid, apparently normal, who falls asleep reading a book and when he wakes up he finds himself alone and prisoner in a hostile and supernatural world where he is the king of the zombies, master of voodoo and lord of the unstable future of the poor child if he does not do something.

Will have to explore, solve challenges and fight. And when none of that works, run! It is sure to produce excitement and scares, as well as put your mind to the test with riddles or tests to stimulate your imagination. With a fun atmosphere and a simplicity of the game so that you simply worry about point and click ...

More information about Voodoo Kid and purchase - Steam online store


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