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trying to run an OLD pc game in linux. tried steam no success this is on mint linux (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by andrewta@lemmy.world to c/linuxmint@lemmy.ml

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i copied the exe file to my linux mint 22.1 system and added the game as a non steam game. it installed, but the game won't run

using steam i've tried proton 9.0-4 and also proton hotfix and proton 3.16-9 just for giggles I tried unchecking "force the use of a specific steam play compatibility tool"

when i click on the game in steam the green "play" button switches to a blue "stop" button but then just goes back to a green "play" button.

i'm thinking it's to old for steam to be able to run it. (maybe?)

any thoughts on another way to get this old as hell game to run?

edit: should say that the version of the game I am running is Flux . there are other versions like Flux LE and flux uplink and other versions. mine is just Flux (which was the full version of the game.)

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[–] brickfrog@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 5 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Do you mean old like DOS old, or you meant something like old Windows game?

If it's something like an old DOS game I'd maybe try DOSBox.. maybe there's something better but that'd be on the list of things to try.

EDIT: FreeDOS also exists, should be able to run that in an emulator / virtual machine and then load anything DOS compatible into it. There's a list of emulators / virtual machines they recommend in their download page https://freedos.org/