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New Transgaming WineX Release

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the gimme-games-dammit dept.

Thunderbird writes "Transgaming released a new version of WineX. Winex allows you to run x86 windows games and programs on x86 Linux. It includes allmost full directx support (up to 7 including direct3d). " I'm still skeptical of their business model, but I subscribed anyway in the hopes that The Sims and its expansion packs will work soon. They look legit, although I only own 2 windows program (The Sims, Diablo 2, and their expansion packs) so I don't have much to test it on.

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  1. Re:Macrovision ??? by goatboy_14 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Your one of those people who should really learn to read the entire page before posting.

    From the page (about half way down):
    Issued on Tuesday November 27, 2001

    The long-awaited WineX update is now available to subscribers in the download area. The full list of changes is below:

    • Support for running SafeDisc protected games, like Alice, Sacrifice, etc

    So there you have it. They probably had to license SafeDisc so the could properly run protected software.

    Don't feel bad, these mistakes happen to all of us. ^_^

    (BTW: since I'm on the subject of corrections, the hole your thinking of is 'whole' as in everything, not hole as in an empty space. Hehe.)
  2. hmmmm.... maths...... by posmon · · Score: 4, Interesting
    so a years' subscription to transgaming (at $5 a month) is $60.

    how much is a copy of win98 going for these days?

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