[Bug 23364] New: 16-bit games - many don't work in Wine.
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wine-bugs at winehq.org
Thu Jun 24 20:42:06 CDT 2010
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=23364
Summary: 16-bit games - many don't work in Wine.
Product: Wine
Version: 1.1.42
Platform: x86
OS/Version: Linux
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: -unknown
AssignedTo: wine-bugs at winehq.org
ReportedBy: turbolad995 at hotmail.co.uk
As I have not found a bug report for this already I've decided to create one
myself.
Many 16-bit games, especially the old Windows 3.1 games like "whack-a-mole",
"Bricklayer" and many others I've tried simply don't work at all in Wine. Since
there's too many 16-bit games to list, it makes sense to write one bug report
covering the same problem i.e. problems running 16-bit games.
Try some yourself from here:
http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/win16.htm
Here I've found that the 32-bit version of tetris works in Wine, but the 16-bit
version does NOT work at all (try it yourself from this link, you get to
download both the 32-bit and 16-bit versions respectively, at the bottom of
that page): http://members.chello.at/theodor.lauppert/games/tetrisjr.htm
I'm pleased to say that the Ballistic (Paddle) game appears to work:
http://www.classicdosgames.com/genre/paddle.html
This bug report may appear trivial and not important, but playing old Windows
games appeals to some people. These games will NOT work in dosbox. Also
consider that 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows won't even run 16-bit
programs and games, whereas Wine can sometimes get them working, as in the case
of the Ballistic game.
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