Not exactly Linux related… but I could argue that TheC64, a modern reimplementation of the Commodore 64, has some sort of Linux underpinnings… I think…
Here is a video I did on getting “PETSCII Robots” a game by The 8-Bit Guy, David Murray, to use a SNES style controller on TheC64. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as straight forward as one might think. This is how I accomplished it.