WINE - running Windous programs under Linux

WINE wine isn't an emulator

WINE is not a type of emulator, but software that allows you to run applications designed for Windows. The way WINE works implies that it can only be done on computers with processors that Windows is also designed for. So if you run Linux on x86 processors, you can try using WINE. If you are running Linux on computers with other types of processors, for example: ARM, SPARC, PowerPC and others, then forget about WINE. This is one of the reasons why it is better to avoid such programs that depend on Windows.

Many applications that are designed for Windows can be run on GNU/Linux using WINE. For most common simple small applications, there is no problem at all running them using WINE. For applications that are more tied to Windows, something needs to be installed. For example, with the polar CS 200 cyclocomputer, all you needed to do was to WINE library. Elsewhere you need to do more complicated things or modify the configuration.

Tomb Raider 3

At the end of February ... I decided to finish Tomb Raider 3.
Surely this game needs little introduction.
The game requires 3D acceleration.
Installation under WINE (tested in Mandrive 2007) was seamless. Running the game was also no problem. However, when loading a level, the game immediately crashed and quit. From observation, I concluded the problem was with the sound. I tried different sound configurations but nothing helped 100%. In the end, I disabled the sound directly in the TR3 setup, which starts when you first start it. Which turned out to be a workable solution
(I also tried different sound settings in WINE and disabling it but nothing really helped)
The game works great and I've gotten used to the fact that it's without sound.
All I had to do was copy the old save files.
In Mandrive 2007.1, where wine-0.9.33 is running, the sound works perfectly.

Neverhooda

In GNU/Linux, using WINE, I have successfully got the game Neverhood working. I played Neverhood to the end.

Gruntz

Next, I installed the full version of Gruntz, and it seemed to work, except it wouldn't switch to high resolution. :-(

Mafia

This game probably has pretty seamless functionality, because you can get a Linux installer for it, that does all the work for you. The installer runs natively so there is no problem with installation. It prepares everything to run and configure for wine and creates a startup script. I googled the installer quite easily, unfortunately, I didn't bookmark the link.

Something for inspiration: Ubuntu tutorials for Windows games

If you're trying a different game and that one doesn't work or crashes, I recommend playing around with the sound and graphics settings, e.g. via winecfg.