Building list of great demos for Wine
[Sent this to wine-users, but maybe wine-devel folks are more likely to give demos and need a list like this.] I'm putting together a list of impressive freely-downloadable demos (or apps) that run flawlessly under Wine. i.e. platinum (no hacks, patches, or recipes needed), high production values, and good enough to have gotten some notice and approval at Amazon, Wikipedia, or some other authoritative site. What I've got so far is at http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos I'll keep plugging away at it, but it'd be great if other people could add known great demos there. Thanks! - Dan
On 11 February 2010 21:40, Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> wrote:
[Sent this to wine-users, but maybe wine-devel folks are more likely to give demos and need a list like this.]
I'm putting together a list of impressive freely-downloadable demos (or apps) that run flawlessly under Wine. i.e. platinum (no hacks, patches, or recipes needed), high production values, and good enough to have gotten some notice and approval at Amazon, Wikipedia, or some other authoritative site.
What I've got so far is at http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos
I'll keep plugging away at it, but it'd be great if other people could add known great demos there.
Dan, loads of the casual games (PopCap Games and Awem Studios specifically) work out of the box without modification or winetricks. These tend to be impressive in terms of production (graphics, sound, story), and are reviewed at jayisgame.com. Do these count? - Reece
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Reece Dunn <msclrhd(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Dan, loads of the casual games (PopCap Games and Awem Studios specifically) work out of the box without modification or winetricks.
These tend to be impressive in terms of production (graphics, sound, story), and are reviewed at jayisgame.com.
Do these count?
Well... games that can be played in web browsers don't really count. If people can already run them anywhere, they don't need WIne for them. Otherwise, as long as they are good enough to merit a review from a serious site and/or a Wikipedia page, sure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants_vs._Zombies is an example of a demo that's good enough for this list, but only because (for some odd reason) there's no online version of it yet. - Dan
On 11 February 2010 22:04, Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> wrote:
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Reece Dunn <msclrhd(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
Dan, loads of the casual games (PopCap Games and Awem Studios specifically) work out of the box without modification or winetricks.
These tend to be impressive in terms of production (graphics, sound, story), and are reviewed at jayisgame.com.
Do these count?
Well... games that can be played in web browsers don't really count. If people can already run them anywhere, they don't need WIne for them.
Otherwise, as long as they are good enough to merit a review from a serious site and/or a Wikipedia page, sure.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plants_vs._Zombies is an example of a demo that's good enough for this list, but only because (for some odd reason) there's no online version of it yet.
Note that not all of the casual games are available online, and the ones that are have cut-down gameplay/graphics/missing voice acting/etc. I know that the following work well: 1. Virtual City (http://www.awem.com/virtual-city.html) 2. Born into Darkness (http://www.awem.com/born-into-darkness.html) 3. Westward 4: All Aboard (http://www.awem.com/westward-iv-all-aboard.html) 4. Trapped, The Abduction (http://www.awem.com/trapped-the-abduction.html) 5. Virtual Families (http://www.awem.com/virtual-families.html) 6. Aztec Tribe (http://www.awem.com/aztec-tribe.html) 7. My Kingdom For The Princess (http://www.awem.com/my-kingdom-for-the-princess.html) 8. Autumns Treasures: The Jade Coin (http://www.awem.com/autumns-treasures%3A-the-jade-coin.html) My Kingdom for the Princess is the only one of these that I am aware of that has a cut-down online version available. I know that the following don't work yet: 1. Architect: Episode 1 (http://www.awem.com/architect-episode-1.html) -- Crashes when starting a game. 2. Mishap: An Accidental Haunting (http://www.awem.com/mishap-an-accidental-haunting.html) -- Does not show anything on the screen. - Reece
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Reece Dunn <msclrhd(a)googlemail.com> wrote:
On 11 February 2010 22:04, Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> wrote:
http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos ... I know that the following work well:
1. Virtual City (http://www.awem.com/virtual-city.html) 2. Born into Darkness (http://www.awem.com/born-into-darkness.html) 3. Westward 4: All Aboard (http://www.awem.com/westward-iv-all-aboard.html) 4. Trapped, The Abduction (http://www.awem.com/trapped-the-abduction.html) 5. Virtual Families (http://www.awem.com/virtual-families.html) 6. Aztec Tribe (http://www.awem.com/aztec-tribe.html) 7. My Kingdom For The Princess (http://www.awem.com/my-kingdom-for-the-princess.html) 8. Autumns Treasures: The Jade Coin (http://www.awem.com/autumns-treasures%3A-the-jade-coin.html)
My Kingdom for the Princess is the only one of these that I am aware of that has a cut-down online version available.
I'll probably make a separate section for Flash games, since they're not quite as impressive as some of the other games.
I know that the following don't work yet:
1. Architect: Episode 1 (http://www.awem.com/architect-episode-1.html) -- Crashes when starting a game. 2. Mishap: An Accidental Haunting (http://www.awem.com/mishap-an-accidental-haunting.html) -- Does not show anything on the screen.
Thanks, Dan
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:40:31 -0800 Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> wrote:
[Sent this to wine-users, but maybe wine-devel folks are more likely to give demos and need a list like this.]
I'm putting together a list of impressive freely-downloadable demos (or apps) that run flawlessly under Wine. i.e. platinum (no hacks, patches, or recipes needed), high production values, and good enough to have gotten some notice and approval at Amazon, Wikipedia, or some other authoritative site.
What I've got so far is at http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos
I'll keep plugging away at it, but it'd be great if other people could add known great demos there.
Any kind of apps? Your forum post asked for demo games. -- Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net>
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Rosanne DiMesio <dimesio(a)earthlink.net> wrote:
On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:40:31 -0800 Dan Kegel <dank(a)kegel.com> wrote:
[Sent this to wine-users, but maybe wine-devel folks are more likely to give demos and need a list like this.]
I'm putting together a list of impressive freely-downloadable demos (or apps) that run flawlessly under Wine. i.e. platinum (no hacks, patches, or recipes needed), high production values, and good enough to have gotten some notice and approval at Amazon, Wikipedia, or some other authoritative site.
What I've got so far is at http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos
I'll keep plugging away at it, but it'd be great if other people could add known great demos there.
Any kind of apps? Your forum post asked for demo games.
By demo I think Dan means applications/games that would make for a good demonstration of wine's capabilities/success, for example, to show at a LUG meeting/computer conference/etc. -- -Austin
On 11 February 2010 22:46, Austin English <austinenglish(a)gmail.com> wrote:
By demo I think Dan means applications/games that would make for a good demonstration of wine's capabilities/success, for example, to show at a LUG meeting/computer conference/etc.
I just added Exact Audio Copy to the list - it's downloadable, even though the "downloadable" flag isn't ticked in AppDB. So perhaps don't use this as a search criterion, just check if it is ;-) - d.
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