http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
Bug ID: 58637 Summary: SimCity 2000 Windows 95 edition doesn't launch Product: Wine Version: 10.13 Hardware: x86-64 OS: Linux Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 Component: -unknown Assignee: wine-bugs@winehq.org Reporter: ihatemylife0025@gmail.com Distribution: ---
Created attachment 79198 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79198 Logs
The Windows 95 edition of SimCity 2000 (URL: https://archive.org/details/sc2000_win95) doesn't launch. I remember it did work in older versions of wine (I think 8.0) but I can't point out the exact version it stopped working.
Steps to reproduce: Launch the game directly (not the setup, it's 16-bit and it's known to be problematic even on Windows. The game itself is 32-bit) WIN95/SC2K/SIMCITY.EXE
I tried https://github.com/sc2kfix/sc2kfix too which is a patch that gets the game running on modern versions of Windows but it didn't make any difference.
My computer's technical specifications (although I don't think they matter, I tried it with several different computers with different distros and got the exact same error):
GPU: 0000:00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation TigerLake-LP GT2 [Iris Xe Graphics] (rev 01) Subsystem: Lenovo Device 3f9c Kernel driver in use: i915 Kernel modules: i915, xe CPU: 11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-1135G7 (8) @ 4.20 GHz
Laptop Model: 82H8 (IdeaPad 3 15ITL6)
Kernel Version: Linux 6.15.10-200.fc42.x86_64
Distribution: Fedora 42 KDE Plasma Edition
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #1 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- Created attachment 79199 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79199 Log with WINEDEBUG=+seh
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Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #2 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #0)
Created attachment 79198 [details] Logs
The Windows 95 edition of SimCity 2000 (URL: https://archive.org/details/sc2000_win95) doesn't launch. I remember it did work in older versions of wine (I think 8.0) but I can't point out the exact version it stopped working.
I recently tested for Special Edition which worked (see screenshot): https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46963
I'll try Windows 95 edition.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #3 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #2)
I'll try Windows 95 edition.
My screenshot shows that its running from the win95 directory of Special Edition: https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79079
Maybe there's still a difference between 95 and Special Edition despite sharing file consistencies.
Otherwise something changed recently for Wine 10.13 from 10.12 that I tested against.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #4 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- Created attachment 79203 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79203 Special edition logs
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--- Comment #5 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #3)
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #2)
I'll try Windows 95 edition.
My screenshot shows that its running from the win95 directory of Special Edition: https://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79079
Maybe there's still a difference between 95 and Special Edition despite sharing file consistencies.
Otherwise something changed recently for Wine 10.13 from 10.12 that I tested against.
The special edition (URL: https://archive.org/details/SimCity_2000_Special_Edition_Maxis_Inc._1996) doesn't launch with the same error for me.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
ihatemylife0025@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #6 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- I installed the latest 32-bit wine without wow64 and the game launched. So it's very likely a wow64 mode specific issue and your version of wine probably isn't compiled with it enabled.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
ihatemylife0025@gmail.com changed:
What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary|SimCity 2000 Windows 95 |SimCity 2000 Windows 95 |edition doesn't launch |edition doesn't launch in | |WoW64 mode
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--- Comment #7 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #6)
I installed the latest 32-bit wine without wow64 and the game launched. So it's very likely a wow64 mode specific issue and your version of wine probably isn't compiled with it enabled.
My versions of wine are typically compiled according to: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Building-Wine#shared-wow64
Thus wow64 mode was likely enabled with 32-bit support.
Debian apt packages don't seem to support GStreamer 32 and 64 bit dev files simultaneously installed but other than that all other 64 and 32-bit libs were satisfied for compiling shared-wow64 mode.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #8 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #7)
(In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #6)
I installed the latest 32-bit wine without wow64 and the game launched. So it's very likely a wow64 mode specific issue and your version of wine probably isn't compiled with it enabled.
My versions of wine are typically compiled according to: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Building-Wine#shared-wow64
Thus wow64 mode was likely enabled with 32-bit support.
Debian apt packages don't seem to support GStreamer 32 and 64 bit dev files simultaneously installed but other than that all other 64 and 32-bit libs were satisfied for compiling shared-wow64 mode.
Maybe then it's an issue with the official fedora builds (the ones from the winehq repository)? I'm not sure I'm not a developer
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #9 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #8)
Maybe then it's an issue with the official fedora builds (the ones from the winehq repository)?
Maybe.
Please provide the link to the specific fedora build from WineHQ repo that you are using.
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--- Comment #10 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #9)
(In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #8)
Maybe then it's an issue with the official fedora builds (the ones from the winehq repository)?
Maybe.
Please provide the link to the specific fedora build from WineHQ repo that you are using.
I followed the instructions from here https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Fedora and installed winehq-devel
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--- Comment #11 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #10)
I followed the instructions from here https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Fedora and installed winehq-devel
Thanks for the links.
Based on: "Note: the Fedora 40 and later packages are built with "new WoW64" architecture. Unlike the "old WoW64," these packages do not require a separate install of the 32-bit wine-common package or any 32 bit dependencies"
It does indeed seem that Fedora builds in a way that differs from how I do so for Debian.
I'm less familiar with this "new WoW64" than the shared wow64 method so I'll try to build on Debian similar to these Fedora builds.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #12 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #11)
I'm less familiar with this "new WoW64" than the shared wow64 method so I'll try to build on Debian similar to these Fedora builds.
Based on Debian-Ubuntu "Build from Source" instructions it seems to use Shared WoW64: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Debian-Ubuntu#building-from-sour... (last modified 2025-08-19)
The "new WoW64" mode was added for 9.0: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0#wow64 (last modified 2024-01-16)
Debian doesn't provide much detail regarding their WoW64 builds but it seems to be using Shared WoW64 as well: https://wiki.debian.org/Wine#Installation_on_Debian_Jessie_and_newer (last modified 2025-05-17)
The Fedora link you provided was last updated 2025-04-24: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Fedora
Fedora isn't terribly out of date but Debian is much more recent which I typically use as my guide for how best run Wine in its latest state.
I'll continue trying the "new Wow64" mode.
Maybe someone more familiar with new vs old Wow64 can make better recommendations.
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Zeb Figura z.figura12@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #13 from Zeb Figura z.figura12@gmail.com --- New wow64 won't run the setup yet (this is bug 54670), but a previously installed copy works fine for me, with both old wow64 and new wow64. I did not use anything from sc2kfix.
Can you reproduce this failure with the official upstream Wine packages?
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #14 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- (In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #13)
New wow64 won't run the setup yet (this is bug 54670), but a previously installed copy works fine for me, with both old wow64 and new wow64. I did not use anything from sc2kfix.
Can you reproduce this failure with the official upstream Wine packages?
I'm using the official wine packages as far as I'm aware. Actually the problem is only with the official packages from the link in my previous reply (which use the "new" wow64 mode). If install wine from the fedora repos the game runs just fine.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #15 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- Created attachment 79207 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79207 Screenshot of "new WoW64" running WIN95/SC2K/WINSCURK.EXE
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #13)
New wow64 won't run the setup yet (this is bug 54670), but a previously installed copy works fine for me, with both old wow64 and new wow64. I did not use anything from sc2kfix.
Confirming 16-bit related install errors for "new WoW64" (built for commit 93b6570ef4e via: ./configure --enable-archs=i386,x86_64):
00ec:fixme:shell:IShellBrowser_fnOnViewWindowActive stub, 00007FFFFEBCD240 (00007FFFFEBF5560) 00ec:fixme:exec:SHELL_execute flags ignored: 0x0000000c 0164:err:environ:init_peb starting L"C:\windows\syswow64\winevdm.exe" in experimental wow64 mode 0164:fixme:wow:wow64_NtSetLdtEntries 0107 0488323f 0000f37a 0000 00000000 00000000: stub 0164:err:module:loader_init "krnl386.exe16" failed to initialize, aborting 0164:err:module:loader_init Initializing dlls for L"C:\windows\syswow64\winevdm.exe" failed, status c0000005
Shared "old WoW64" installs and runs without issues.
So Wine 9.0 release notes regarding lack of 16-bit code support seems still relevant for the latest versions using "new WoW64": https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0#wow64
However, attached is a screenshot of WIN95/SC2K/WINSCURK.EXE running which backs Zeb's claim that it's mostly just an installer issue because the 32-bit parts not involving 16-bit seems to work for "new WoW64" which is why it's able to run if already installed.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #16 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #15)
Shared "old WoW64" installs and runs without issues.
Is "new wow64" not considered prime-time ready to be mentioned by official build instructions? https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Building-Wine
Wine 9.0 release notes are the only place I've found it mentioned: https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-9.0#wow64
Newcomers may be unaware of "new wow64" build option leading to inconsistent test results and confusion so it may be worth mentioning to help clarify those potential diffs.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #17 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- Created attachment 79211 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79211 Screenshot of shared WoW64 working for Debian 13
Attached is a screenshot confirming the installer works for Debian 13 apt packages: wine-10.0 (Debian 10.0~repack-6)
`sudo apt install wine` only installs the 64-bit version causing this message: it looks like wine32 is missing, you should install it. multiarch needs to be enabled first. as root, please execute "dpkg --add-architecture i386 && apt-get update && apt-get install wine32:i386"
After installing i386 support, the the game installer worked but only by using a fresh WINEPREFIX different than the one created before i386 was installed.
Thus Debian 13 seems to still be using Shared WoW64 method unlike Fedora and apparently Arch as well: https://archlinux.org/news/transition-to-the-new-wow64-wine-and-wine-staging... https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/packaging/packages/wine/-/issues/10
(In reply to Stian Low from comment #16)
Is "new wow64" not considered prime-time ready to be mentioned by official build instructions? https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/wikis/Building-Wine
So regardless whether "new WoW64" is ready for prime-time or not, it's use has begun by other most popular Linux distros.
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--- Comment #18 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #14)
If install wine from the fedora repos the game runs just fine.
Which version of Fedora does the game run fine?
Earlier Fedora releases may use Shared WoW64 method.
Fedora seems more ambiguous than Arch about WoW64 support.
Regardless, without "new wow64" fixes for 16-bit installer issues, latest Fedora packages are likely to produce similar errors with moves away from "shared wow64": https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/Drop_i686_support
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--- Comment #19 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- Let me clear up the confusion: The packages from the winehq repo (https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/fedora/42/winehq.repo) use the new WoW64 mode
The packages in the official fedora repo (https://packages.fedoraproject.org/pkgs/wine/wine/) use the shared WoW64 mode
The setup is indeed 16-bit and doesn't run in the new WoW64 mode (nor in Windows) $ file WIN95/SETUP.EXE WIN95/SETUP.EXE: MS-DOS executable, NE version 5 for MS Windows 3.10 (EXE) (GUI)
But the game itself is 32-bit $ file WIN95/SC2K/SIMCITY.EXE WIN95/SC2K/SIMCITY.EXE: PE32 executable for MS Windows 4.00 (GUI), Intel i386, 8 sections
so it should run with the new WoW64 mode (but it crashes with a stack overflow error)
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #20 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- Created attachment 79212 --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=79212 Backtrace after taskmgr kill of game window for Debian 13 wine-10.0 (Debian 10.0~repack-6) apt package presumably using shared wow64.
(In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #19)
Let me clear up the confusion:
Thanks for clarifying. We seem to be on the same page.
Attached is a backtrace from Debian 13 wine-10.0 (Debian 10.0~repack-6) apt package presumably using shared wow64.
Despite installing without issues, the game freezes at the initial launch screen and requires `wine taskmgr` to kill the game window which produces the attached backtrace.
Thus the bug where I reported successes is for a different version than the link you provided: https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46963
That other version I used for that bug is heavily depended on DoxBox so it's only a workaround that doesn't sufficiently test Wine's ability to run the game without DosBox.
So it seems even "shared wow64" is having issues running this version.
I'll try another version to see if I can at least get "shared wow64" working so that "new wow64" can be tested after installed.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #21 from Stian Low wineryyyyy@gmail.com --- (In reply to Stian Low from comment #20)
I'll try another version to see if I can at least get "shared wow64" working so that "new wow64" can be tested after installed.
This version also requires DOSBox: https://archive.org/details/sc2kcd_en
Console Log: winevdm: D:\install.exe is a DOS application, you need to install DOSBox.
Via DOSBox, this is the best working version I've found so far.
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--- Comment #22 from Zeb Figura z.figura12@gmail.com --- I can't reproduce this stack overflow people are getting; the game works fine with new wow64 for me once installed via old wow64. Can someone who can reproduce please attach a log with WINEDEBUG=+seh,+module,+relay,+pid ?
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ihatemylife0025@gmail.com changed:
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--- Comment #23 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- (In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #22)
I can't reproduce this stack overflow people are getting; the game works fine with new wow64 for me once installed via old wow64. Can someone who can reproduce please attach a log with WINEDEBUG=+seh,+module,+relay,+pid ?
The game launches normally after updating to wine-devel 10.15. Marking as resolved.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #24 from Zeb Figura z.figura12@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #23)
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #22)
I can't reproduce this stack overflow people are getting; the game works fine with new wow64 for me once installed via old wow64. Can someone who can reproduce please attach a log with WINEDEBUG=+seh,+module,+relay,+pid ?
The game launches normally after updating to wine-devel 10.15. Marking as resolved.
Even with new wow64? The same conditions under which it was previously failing?
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #25 from ihatemylife0025@gmail.com --- (In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #24)
(In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #23)
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #22)
I can't reproduce this stack overflow people are getting; the game works fine with new wow64 for me once installed via old wow64. Can someone who can reproduce please attach a log with WINEDEBUG=+seh,+module,+relay,+pid ?
The game launches normally after updating to wine-devel 10.15. Marking as resolved.
Even with new wow64? The same conditions under which it was previously failing?
Yes, same repository, same distro, same build method (new wow64)
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
--- Comment #26 from Zeb Figura z.figura12@gmail.com --- (In reply to ihatemylife0025 from comment #25)
(In reply to Zeb Figura from comment #24)
Even with new wow64? The same conditions under which it was previously failing?
Yes, same repository, same distro, same build method (new wow64)
Thanks, just making sure.
http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=58637
Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org changed:
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--- Comment #27 from Alexandre Julliard julliard@winehq.org --- Closing bugs fixed in 10.16.
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