Sunday August 31, 2008 06:32

Golden Axe in Linux

Posted by shakir as 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

 







10 Responses to Golden Axe in Linux

apis

September 3rd, 2008 at 8:01 am

cayalah

Ditesh Gathani

September 3rd, 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

shakir

September 3rd, 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/

syamirazaki

September 10th, 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) :P

shakir

September 10th, 2008 at 4:29 pm

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.

firdaus

September 12th, 2008 at 9:50 pm

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

piju

October 31st, 2008 at 6:17 am

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

shakir

October 31st, 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” :) **

Vadim

November 2nd, 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.

shakir

November 3rd, 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 :D

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