A friend of mine recently asked if Patrician III might run on a Mac. My knee-jerk reaction was: "Silly man. Of course you need Windows to run a Windows game."
Except, of course, I was wrong*.
I remembered that I'd played Patrician on my Ubuntu Linux laptop a while back, and it ran just fine ... provided I was willing to install the incredibly awesome WINE application, which runs Windows apps without needing Windows.
* A textbook vindication of Shoemaker's Rule #3: "Distrust the Easy Answer."
Symptoms:
- You want to play Windows games.
- Your computer runs Linux or Mac OSX or some other non-Windows operating system.
How to Fix It:
Install WINE! WINE is free, open source software that can run Windows applications without requiring Windows itself. Very cool.
You can get WINE up and running in the time it takes to tell. Don't believe me? Watch the video.
Example:
Other Resources:
- WINE HQ, home of the project itself
- The Official WINE compatibility database
- Games from GOG that run on WINE
- Installing WINE on Mac OSX
- The Official MACOSX WINE Wiki
Disclaimer:
DISCLAIMER: This is the solution that worked for me. Apply it to your own computer at your own risk.
