Building list of great demos for Wine

[Dan Kegel]

[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

[Reece Dunn]

On 11 February 2010 21:40, Dan Kegel  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

[Dan Kegel]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Reece Dunn  wrote:
> > http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos
>
> 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

[Reece Dunn]

On 11 February 2010 22:04, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 1:55 PM, Reece Dunn  wrote:
> > > http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos
> >
> > 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

[Dan Kegel]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Reece Dunn  wrote:
> On 11 February 2010 22:04, Dan Kegel  wrote:
> > http://wiki.winehq.org/GreatDemos
> > ...
>
> I know that the following work well:
> - Virtual City (http://www.awem.com/virtual-city.html)
> - Born into Darkness (http://www.awem.com/born-into-darkness.html)
> - Westward 4: All Aboard (http://www.awem.com/westward-iv-all-aboard.html)
> - Trapped, The Abduction (http://www.awem.com/trapped-the-abduction.html)
> - Virtual Families (http://www.awem.com/virtual-families.html)
> - Aztec Tribe (http://www.awem.com/aztec-tribe.html)
> - 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:
> - 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

[Rosanne DiMesio]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:40:31 -0800
Dan Kegel  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.

[Austin English]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Rosanne DiMesio  wrote:
> On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 13:40:31 -0800
> Dan Kegel  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.

[David Gerard]

On 11 February 2010 22:46, Austin English  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.