Xubuntu 12.04. HP Compaq nc8430. 2 GB RAM. Wine 1.4.
I'm trying to run Castle of the Winds, an old 16-bit Windows application, in Wine. I've put the application in .wine/drive_c. I've added it as an application in Wine, and I've tried setting the Windows version to 3.1, and I've also tried Win XP. Each time I try to run the app, Xubuntu freezes. I can do a Ctl-Alt-F4, and then a Ctl-Alt-Del to reboot. This application is not a DOS application, so I don't think DOSbox will help.
Any ideas?
Updated answer for 2020-2021
Here are the steps to run this 16-bit App:
sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
sudo apt-key add winehq.key
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ focal main'
I am using 20.04, but change focal to groovy if you are using 20.10.sudo apt install --install-recommends winehq-devel
Change winehq-devel to winehq-stable if you would like to use the stable version insteadwinecfg
once so it installs all required packages to work correctly like gecko. In some cases as mentioned below, it would be needed to set the Windows version to XP.wine CASTLE1.EXE
to beginFor Castle2, type
wine CASTLE2.EXE
in the terminal, inside this folder to play itNOTES