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I would be quite surprised if a modern Linux could run the original binary without gymnastics. Windows is the only OS which prioritizes backwards compatibility.


You're probably right about the native version, but the Windows version works fine: https://www.protondb.com/app/297000?device=pc


That report is for the fixed version of HOMM 3 from GOG, not the original version of the game.


Heh. Which is why the only stable Linux ABI is Win32.


And even then not always. For example, Rome 2 Total War crashes in Proton, but works just fine on actual Windows.


there's a linux version off archive.org I managed to get running last year. this is a perfect problem for a flatpak to solve however.


The game isn't stable under modern versions of Windows.




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