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> I keep a Windows 2000 virtual machine with no network access around just to occasionally play HOMM 3.

according to wiki there should be an easier way:

Platform(s) Windows, Macintosh, Linux (PowerPC/x86), iOS, Android

Release March 3, 1999



The Windows version is no longer compatible with modern Windows versions.

The Mac version (I own both) was for PowerPC Macs.

I've already paid for it a third time, as part of a HOMM box set for Windows.

Good Old Games has produced a fixed version, so I could pay for it a fourth time, but running it in the VM still works.


> Good Old Games has produced a fixed version, so I could pay for it a fourth time

It probably wouldn't cost more than $1, given that you're clearly willing to wait for a sale.

Advertised price right now is $5 with "lowest price in the last 30 days" of $2.50. The bundle of all 8 expansion campaigns shows the same current and recent pricing.


https://vcmi.eu/

There is also a great remake with a new engine, that of course requires the original assets.


I would be quite surprised if a modern Linux could run the original binary without gymnastics. Windows is the only OS which prioritizes backwards compatibility.


You're probably right about the native version, but the Windows version works fine: https://www.protondb.com/app/297000?device=pc


That report is for the fixed version of HOMM 3 from GOG, not the original version of the game.


Heh. Which is why the only stable Linux ABI is Win32.


And even then not always. For example, Rome 2 Total War crashes in Proton, but works just fine on actual Windows.


there's a linux version off archive.org I managed to get running last year. this is a perfect problem for a flatpak to solve however.


The game isn't stable under modern versions of Windows.




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