1996 Dinosaur Safari

[Gunslinger]

This is my first time posting. I want to play this game from 1996. I've tried The PC bios in emudeck, I've tried flatpak run com.dosbox.DOSBox with and without Proton, I've tried the ISO and the EXE File. I need help. I don't know Linux. Please.

[Modern Retro Gamer (UK)]

DOSBox is a Linux native app so wouldn't need Proton to run.

That said, a quick Google suggests Dinosaur Safari is a Windows game so wouldn't ordinarily run in DOSBox anyway.

Given the age of the game I'd suggest downloading Bottles from the Discover store.

Bottles is another way of managing WINE/Proton that I've found is easier to use with older games.

My advice would be to extract the contents of the ISO into a folder and run the games installer from that folder using Bottles.

Depending on the game you may need to apply a NOCD patch after installation is complete before the game will actually work.

Once you've got it working in Bottles you can add the Bottles flatpak as a non Steam game and use the Bottles command line options to launch the game from Steam.

[Gunslinger]

i appreciate your reply and will definitely give it a shot and update here. Just have to google NOCD and how to use Bottles

[Gunslinger]

Originally posted by Linux Retro Gamer:

DOSBox is a Linux native app so wouldn't need Proton to run.

That said, a quick Google suggests Dinosaur Safari is a Windows game so wouldn't ordinarily run in DOSBox anyway.

Given the age of the game I'd suggest downloading Bottles from the Discover store.

Bottles is another way of managing WINE/Proton that I've found is easier to use with older games.

My advice would be to extract the contents of the ISO into a folder and run the games installer from that folder using Bottles.

Depending on the game you may need to apply a NOCD patch after installation is complete before the game will actually work.

Once you've got it working in Bottles you can add the Bottles flatpak as a non Steam game and use the Bottles command line options to launch the game from Steam.

when i run the setup through Bottles it says not enough string space.. i also try to run the .exe of the dino safari but it wants to run in 256 colors. is there a workaround?

[Modern Retro Gamer (UK)]

Unfortunately I don't know this game and haven't experienced this particular problem.

It might be worth playing with the settings for the Bottle you created.

Make sure you create a 32bit Bottle, not 64bit (default), set to Win9X compatibility, tell it to use a Virtual Desktop, set the desktop resolution to something era appropriate (640x480 or 800x600), and you should be able to set 256 colours also.

If all that fails then you may just have a game incompatible with Linux at this time.

[bean]

have you tried running the app version you have through windows on another device?