I use Linux Mint and Lutris and i do own all these games, but lost the key or CD over the years. So i wanted to install them on my little Dell Optiplex with an 6th gen i5 and 32gb of ram with integrated intel graphics 730.
You can get any game you want through Archive.org or myabandonware. If you have the .ISO image, just mount it via Image Disk Mounter and use the "i have a windows executable i want to install" through lutris. Find the setup.exe or similarly named .exe file in the iso as the executable for lutris to open. It should install normally like on any windows computer, but create a windows style folder format in it's own folder on your /home folder.
DO NOT LAUNCH THE GAME BEFORE CONFIGURING. You will need to most likely change the game to 32 bit, change the runner options if it doesn't boot with the default Wine runner. You can try Proton, or the System 9, and usually one of them will work. You will also need to change the path of the executable to the correct autorun exe in the folder. Sometimes they can be hard to find, but look in the APPs folders and every folder and for instance Sim City 3000 unlimited was just SCU3.exe and that is the .exe i needed to launch the game correctly.
Some games require winetricks to be enabled, so you can click that box if the game doesn't launch. Same with DGvoodoo, some games like Carmageddon 2 and Sim City 4 only work well with DGvoodoo.
Rollercoaster Tycoon 2 needs a CD unless you use OpenRCT2, which is a fan made software that works amazing for rollercoaster tycoon and all the expansions. Thanks to the OpenRCT2 creators!
There is an option to make a game windowed and lutris says the option is not supported, but this option is the only way i was able to get Windows Space Cadet Pinball to work.
Game keys can be found many times in the comment sections of archive.org, or you can look up the game on ebay and many sellers will show the key/code on the back of the CD case that you can use.
I have 14 games installed so far and keep finding new games to add. Many of the games run better than they ever did on my old windows equipment.
Any questions, just let me know. But look up tutorials on youtube for step by step instructions and if you run into a problem, let me know.
Games i currently have working 100% Need for Speed: Porsche Unleashed CnC Tiberian Sun Red Alert Red Alert 2 The Sims complete collection Sim City 3000 Unlimited Sim City 4 Deluxe Carmageddon Max Pack Carmageddon 2: Carpocalypse Now Carmageddon TDR 2000 Rollercoaster Tycoon 2: Triple Thrill Pack Windows Space Cadet Pinball Sid Meier's Civilization III Complete
Sid Meier's Sim Golf does not work and has many rendering issues as the grass does not show.
