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I got an old game working through WINE that wouldn't work through Windows' compatibility mode (lemm.ee)

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Back around 2020 or so I wanted to play old games because I only had an underpowered laptop that could barely play modern games.

One I downloaded off MyAbandonWare was this shooter from 2003 called Devastation. It's alright, but more I played it when I was younger and always wondered what happened to it.

On my old laptop it always crashed on startup and I just couldn't get it working. I could open the level editor and that was about it.

Recently I downloaded it again onto a new laptop I put Linux on and tried a few different configurations. I heard how WINE can be better than Windows for old software so I decided to give it a shot.

Eventually I used Bottles with a gaming configuration set to Windows Xp.

I tried Devastation with that setup and it worked. I still have an issue with the game being in the top left corner and not taking up the full screen, but it's playable.

I have a top spec gaming PC now running Windows 10, but there are things this Thinkpad can do that my big PC can't.

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[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I'm super frustrated that for some reason, Sid Meyer's SimGolf doesn't run on any emulation or modern hardware. It was just a friggin windows 95 game!! I have no idea what's so special about it.

[-] tombruzzo@lemm.ee 1 points 6 days ago

If you want to play it and get really desperate you could try a VM running 95 or 98 but that's a lot of setup

[-] drasglaf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Have you tried a virtual machine? It should work.

[-] Malix@sopuli.xyz 1 points 6 days ago

Not really a solution for the game specifically, but there's a spiritual-successor of sorts for it, "Golftopia". It is a bit scifi/neon themed, but does a similar thing.

[-] jerkface@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago

I got it about a year ago and I've been playing it again recently. It's okay.

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