I was browsing the net today and a keyword popped up in my head, "Golden Axe". Golden Axe was an old game I remember playing when I was a kid. Google brought me to Abandonia, the lair of old (and abandoned) games.
When downloaded, I tried to run it using wine but presented with the following error;
shakir@anduril ~/gold $ wine GOLD.EXE winevdm: unable to exec 'D:\shakir\gold\GOLD.EXE': DOS memory range unavailable
Someone suggested the following solution
shakir@anduril ~/gold $ sudo sysctl -w vm.mmap_min_addr=0 vm.mmap_min_addr = 0
But I still get the following error, because I’m using 64 bit Linux;
shakir@anduril ~/gold $ wine GOLD.EXE wine: Cannot start DOS application "D:\\shakir\\gold\\GOLD.EXE" because vm86 mode is not supported on this platform.
In the end I decided to install dosbox, and things then run perfectly.
shakir@anduril ~/gold $ sudo apt-get install dosbox shakir@anduril ~/gold $ dosbox GOLD.EXE
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Comment left on 9.3.2008 by apis
Hi,
I’ve been trying to download the said software but the site keeps timing out. Would it be possible for you to share the software through email?
Regards,
Ditesh
Comment left on 9.3.2008 by Ditesh Gathani
Ditesh: I’m still able to download the game here from my end, but anyway, I’ve emailed you the game.
p/s: The new Golden Axe game is in the making
http://www2.sega.com/gamesite/goldenaxe/
Comment left on 9.3.2008 by shakir
whoaa…we played this game since i was a little kid. used to love it. hated to wait for the computer when u were around. kui3… (such a cruel boy back then for a young nice kiddo like me)
Comment left on 9.10.2008 by syamirazaki
Hehe, sure did bring back some old memories eh
Digger, paratrooper, prehistoric, super shinobi, sail, hmm, what else did we play ek? Downloaded and played some of them already.
Comment left on 9.10.2008 by shakir
Hahahaha, still remember this games. My fav games masa kecik2 dulu
Comment left on 9.12.2008 by firdaus
bro,
boleh kasi passwd entry dia ?
tak jumpa la manual dia
Comment left on 10.31.2008 by piju
No need *real* password. Just type anything and press enter, and you’re supposed to be able to play.
**
** I still remember page 5 lower left’s password is “turtle”
Comment left on 10.31.2008 by shakir
2shakir:
wine doesn’t support 64-bit linux.
You have to use 32-bit linux if you want to use wine.
Comment left on 11.2.2008 by Vadim
Vadim:
Yup, but I prefer to just install dosbox and play the game rather than re-installing my system with 32 bit Linux
Comment left on 11.3.2008 by shakir
please e-mail me the download of this fav game
Comment left on 11.5.2010 by Thulani
Follow the link (abandonia) in the post
Reply left on 12.1.2010 by shakir