When it comes to games, most people are playing games on-line via their tablet or smartphone rather than buying a CD or DVD of the latest electronic game. Yes, I know there are still board games and sports but those type of games are not going to be covered on this site. However, for those of you who would like to preserve the legacy of your past favorite games on other non-Linux operating systems, there is a potential solution for you using the WINE Emulator program. This program will enable you to play a Windows game on your Linux PC. For this post, I will be using a Hoyle Board game as an example.
Before you can install the Windows game, you need to install the WINE Emulator program. The WINE Emulator program enables you to run Windows applications on a non-Windows PC. This program creates a virtual Windows directory on your Linux PC using the Windows File system. This means that if you download (*.EXE) files, you can use the WINE program to emulate Windows by installing and running Windows programs in your new Windows directory.
Although WINE is available in the Software Manager for Linux Mint and the Software Center for Ubuntu, I recommend following the instructions directly from the WINE website to download the package appropriate for your Linux distribution and to install the WINE program correctly. The reason why I recommend this is I went through the Software Manager on Linux Mint to install PlayonLinux, which automatically installed both PlayonLinux and WINE but I was unable to get it working without additional steps. Incidentally, PlayonLinux is the front-end UI for WINE. I detailed this experience on my Blog post. To make a long story short, I ended up removing PlayonLinux and WINE, then re-installing WINE from Software Manager and executing additional steps to get it working properly. "Why did this happen?" You are probably asking. Well, it's because the version of WINE I had downloaded from Software Manager was obsolete and there were areas specific to my Laptop hardware that needed to be addressed. So to save you from enduring my situation, just go straight to the source, the WINE website and follow THEIR instructions.
Once you get WINE working properly, installing a Windows game is a piece of cake. Make sure you configure WINE for the Windows version your game is designed to run on, locate the Window game Executable file (*.EXE), right click on it and select 'WINE Configuration loader'. The game will execute the installation process as if you were using a Windows PC. Here's my Blog post with a Youtube tutorial on the process.
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Monday, October 28, 2013
New Category Covering Gaming on Android or Linux Platforms.
Dear Readers,
In an effort to reach out to a wider audience, I am introducing a new category on this site covering gaming on the Android or Linux platforms. My gaming experience may not be as deep as some of the hard-core gamers out there but I do have quite a bit of gaming experience on several platforms. Let's see where to begin.
I started out electronic gaming as a kid with games like Simon, Space Invaders, Asteroids and Pac-Man on video arcade game machines. As I grew older and used the PC more often, my best friend and I experimented with a DOS-based game on a Commodore computer that was merely a text based response to whatever you typed into the computer. It was a scavenger hunt type of adventure game. The computer screen told you where you where and what happened. But because you couldn't see what was available like you can with today's games, you had to guess what your next move was going to be based on your own imagination. Unfortunately for you, your imagination (list of alternatives) may have not been what was stored in the programs so you could have been trying out many alternatives forever and frustrated that there was nothing visually nor even a HINT button to help you narrow down your alternatives. Needless to say, gaming since then has evolved beautifully to an almost virtual experience with the Nintento Wii and other platforms.
Back in 1998, my husband and I both changed our careers simultaneously limiting our income, which meant that we had to change our budget because we still had a mortgage to pay. One way we got through those hard times was by limiting our entertainment budget to seeing a movie in the theater occasionally and playing Mario games on the Nintendo 64 platform. That's when I really got hooked into video games. Years later, I bought games I could play on my Windows PC. Times have changed a lot for me since then.
Today, I spend most of my time working on a Linux laptop which includes Video Editing, Writing, Web Development and web surfing for interesting topics. Despite my intense schedule, I also have time to read and play games. In fact, I have demonstrated that I can read Kindle content and play Windows games on my Linux Mint laptop in my Youtube channel. Heck, I can even play Steam games on Linux Mint or Ubuntu and play free games downloaded from GooglePlay to my Android smartphone. Pretty cool, huh? I saw something even more exciting. The Nvidia Shield is an Android gaming console that allows you to download games from GooglePlay, which means you can play practically an unlimited amount of games. Looks like Nvidia Shield has come up with a new way to take gaming to a new level, picking up where the Google Chromecast left off. Well, that's it for now. Hope what you've read whets your appetite to see more on this section as you explore new games and technology in the Linux arena.
Regards,
The Editor
In an effort to reach out to a wider audience, I am introducing a new category on this site covering gaming on the Android or Linux platforms. My gaming experience may not be as deep as some of the hard-core gamers out there but I do have quite a bit of gaming experience on several platforms. Let's see where to begin.
I started out electronic gaming as a kid with games like Simon, Space Invaders, Asteroids and Pac-Man on video arcade game machines. As I grew older and used the PC more often, my best friend and I experimented with a DOS-based game on a Commodore computer that was merely a text based response to whatever you typed into the computer. It was a scavenger hunt type of adventure game. The computer screen told you where you where and what happened. But because you couldn't see what was available like you can with today's games, you had to guess what your next move was going to be based on your own imagination. Unfortunately for you, your imagination (list of alternatives) may have not been what was stored in the programs so you could have been trying out many alternatives forever and frustrated that there was nothing visually nor even a HINT button to help you narrow down your alternatives. Needless to say, gaming since then has evolved beautifully to an almost virtual experience with the Nintento Wii and other platforms.
Back in 1998, my husband and I both changed our careers simultaneously limiting our income, which meant that we had to change our budget because we still had a mortgage to pay. One way we got through those hard times was by limiting our entertainment budget to seeing a movie in the theater occasionally and playing Mario games on the Nintendo 64 platform. That's when I really got hooked into video games. Years later, I bought games I could play on my Windows PC. Times have changed a lot for me since then.
Today, I spend most of my time working on a Linux laptop which includes Video Editing, Writing, Web Development and web surfing for interesting topics. Despite my intense schedule, I also have time to read and play games. In fact, I have demonstrated that I can read Kindle content and play Windows games on my Linux Mint laptop in my Youtube channel. Heck, I can even play Steam games on Linux Mint or Ubuntu and play free games downloaded from GooglePlay to my Android smartphone. Pretty cool, huh? I saw something even more exciting. The Nvidia Shield is an Android gaming console that allows you to download games from GooglePlay, which means you can play practically an unlimited amount of games. Looks like Nvidia Shield has come up with a new way to take gaming to a new level, picking up where the Google Chromecast left off. Well, that's it for now. Hope what you've read whets your appetite to see more on this section as you explore new games and technology in the Linux arena.
Regards,
The Editor
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