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I am new to ubuntu and I wanted to use wine or playonlinux to run games such as Fifa 07 or GTA san andears. I do have them as portable (preinstalled) games, I tried to run them but either they run but with weird resolutions or they don't run

is it possible to run them with wine and how? do I need installation CDs?

Thanks in advance Hasan

subodh007
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You can find information on the support for various windows programms under http://www.playonlinux.com/en/supported_apps.html as well as https://appdb.winehq.org/.

Especially regarding the mentioned games:

  • Fifa 07 ("Have tested it in Xubuntu (xfce) and works flawlessly")
  • GTA San Andreas ("Everything works and I mean everything.")
fret
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    But do I need the installation CD? because as I mentioned I have them as portable files – Hasan Almohtaseb Nov 03 '14 at 20:25
  • By portable, you mean as *.iso-file or something else? – fret Nov 03 '14 at 20:27
  • These are review of how well they work in Wine - they also give tips such as using a 32bit wine prefix [1](https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=version&iId=6444&iTestingId=80559) (instructions on that are available [here](http://askubuntu.com/questions/177192/how-do-i-create-a-32-bit-wine-prefix) (see also http://wiki.winehq.org/FAQ#head-8d9263369d4c6d93a7cbacf2415377778c679d32). Then insert the CD and run the executable on the CD in terminal with `env WINEPREFIX="/home/USER/.WHATEVER/" wine /PATH/TO/FILE.EXE`. – Wilf Nov 03 '14 at 20:28
  • Wineprefixes act like separate virtual windows drives (see [here](https://www.playonlinux.com/en/dev-documentation-5.html) - note the instructions are more for PlayOnLinux) *@fret it would be a good idea to detail how to install wine and playonlinux* – Wilf Nov 03 '14 at 20:31