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I'd love to play Diablo 1 on Ubuntu.

How can I do that?

Zanna
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Oxana Ushakova
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    Hi! I don't want to sound off-topic, but, if, for some reasons the bellow listed answers don't help you, maybe you should check on this project: https://freeablo.org/. Looks like some kind of open-source alternative to Diablo 1 which works on Linux too, so it spares you from the entire process of Wine installation. – Cristiana Nicolae May 11 '17 at 19:49

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You can do it easily. Install wine and PlayOnLinux. Download the game, and use the Miscellaneous tab of playonlinux to run the exe.

The process could be as follows:

  1. Install playonlinux:

    sudo apt-get install playonlinux

If the program can't be found in your software sources, download from here: PlayOnLinux

  1. Install wine:

    sudo apt install wine

  2. Download the game

  3. On PlayOnLinux, go to Configure -> General tab
  4. In the left side panel, click on New, to create a new virtual disk.
  5. Select the new created disk, and go to the Miscellaneous tab.
  6. Click on Run a .exe in this virtual drive, and select the diablo installer.
  7. Follow the installation program, and install it normally.
  8. Once finished, go to the General tab, and click on Make a new shortcut for this virtual drive. Follow the instructions and search for the diablo executable.
  9. Finish and close the Configuration window.
  10. The diablo shortcut should appear in the main screen of PlayOnLinux, select it and click on Run.
GTRONICK
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    When I try to run the game it loads as normal at first, and then the navbar pops up and it looks like the game loads, but I can only see a small portion of the game. – wanderer0810 Nov 20 '17 at 01:02
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some other solutions:

  • install virtualbox - free https://www.virtualbox.org/ or vmware player http://www.vmware.com/
  • create a virtual xp machine, tutorials youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJt6scJyDUw
  • install xp guest additions with 3d support from safemode https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EMvQqBCBqY
  • install game
  • hf

be advised.. the mouse jumps uncontrollably sometimes especially if you scale the guest window; as a solution disable mouse integration and attach the mouse to virtual machine(you will be unable to take it outside of vm unless you disconnect it from the socket.. usb mouse)

  • is helpful to have 2 mouses one attached to vm the other for host

edit: regarding vinehq.. be careful of infected programs.. thay can run as in windows and you cant jail windows apps to vinehq folder

obs: for vmware player.. youtube for tutorials.. i dont use it on linux as i prefer gpl/free/apt-repo programs; performance wise is close to virtualbox; i play lod/quake2/starcraft on virtualbox.. very fluent only problem is mouse bugs.. see workaround

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