http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16117
Summary: Creatures 3 Won't Run Product: Wine Version: unspecified Platform: PC-x86-64 URL: http://www.gamewaredevelopment.co.uk/creatures_index.php OS/Version: other Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown AssignedTo: wine-bugs@winehq.org ReportedBy: Gwaeraurond@yahoo.com
A game by cyberlife, "Creatures 3" will install, and will prompt for a CD, it will even (somehow) create an AOL shortcut on my Ubuntu 8.10 desktop but when I go to actually run the game, my machine makes a sound like it's running it then it just stops and doesn't run the game at all.
The game is a fairly old game, needing Direct X 7 to run. My best guess would be that the version of Direct X that comes with WINE just won't run it but being that it is so old I can't imagine why not.
I dual boot between Ubuntu and Windows XP Home, and Windows XP will run the game just fine.