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Golden Axe in Linux

Posted on 31 Aug, 2008, categorized under Information Insemination



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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10 Responses to "Golden Axe in Linux"

2 | Ditesh Gathani

September 3rd, 2008 at 12:00 pm

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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

3 | shakir

September 3rd, 2008 at 12:12 pm

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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/

4 | syamirazaki

September 10th, 2008 at 4:17 pm

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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) :P

5 | shakir

September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

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Hehe, sure did bring back some old memories eh :D Digger, paratrooper, prehistoric, super shinobi, sail, hmm, what else did we play ek? Downloaded and played some of them already.

6 | firdaus

September 12th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

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Hahahaha, still remember this games. My fav games masa kecik2 dulu :)

7 | piju

October 31st, 2008 at 6:17 am

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bro,
boleh kasi passwd entry dia ?
tak jumpa la manual dia

8 | shakir

October 31st, 2008 at 6:58 am

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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” :) **

9 | Vadim

November 2nd, 2008 at 11:50 pm

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2shakir:
wine doesn’t support 64-bit linux.
You have to use 32-bit linux if you want to use wine.

10 | shakir

November 3rd, 2008 at 2:46 pm

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Vadim:
Yup, but I prefer to just install dosbox and play the game rather than re-installing my system with 32 bit Linux :D

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