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Golden Axe in Linux

shakir    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 Comments to “Golden Axe in Linux”

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  apis September 3, 2008 at 8:01 am

  cayalah
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  Ditesh Gathani September 3, 2008 at 12:00 pm

  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
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  shakir September 3, 2008 at 12:12 pm

  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/
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  syamirazaki September 10, 2008 at 4:17 pm

  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)
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  shakir September 10, 2008 at 4:29 pm

  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.
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  firdaus September 12, 2008 at 9:50 pm

  Hahahaha, still remember this games. My fav games masa kecik2 dulu
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  piju October 31, 2008 at 6:17 am

  bro,
  boleh kasi passwd entry dia ?
  tak jumpa la manual dia
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  shakir October 31, 2008 at 6:58 am

  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” **
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  Vadim November 2, 2008 at 11:50 pm

  2shakir:
  wine doesn’t support 64-bit linux.
  You have to use 32-bit linux if you want to use wine.
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  shakir November 3, 2008 at 2:46 pm

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