flight sims

Wings of Prey is a WWII combat simulator where you can re-live the action-packed scenarios of Europe in the skies. Fly through a campaign or create your own custom training missions and gasp at the beautiful environments while tailing your nemesis.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Wings of Prey in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of Wings of Prey. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.4
Wine: 4.0

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"



Look for the Wine Version: 4.0
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right...

Engage in nostalgic space battles from the Star Wars frachise. Hop into combat with the Empire or Rebellion and dogfight with the enemy in 50 combat missions. Play single player or with your friends in co-op over LAN.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing X-Wing vs TIE Fighter in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the GOG version of X-Wing vs TIE Fighter. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 19 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.3.3
Wine: 3.0.3

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 3.0.3
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right


Click...

Rise of Flight is a free-to-play combat simulator with online battles and campaigns. Of course you only get two planes for free and the rest have to be purchased. But once you get your Controller or Joystick setup with the 400 controls and your plane is in the air, all the combat simulator natalgia hits you in the face.



Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Rise of Flight in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Rise of Flight. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

Try SteamPlay before using this guide as Valve now uses a fork of Wine called Proton and should run most Windows games.

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 18.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.12
Wine...

Battle the Kilrathi in open space, fight in skirmishes or full-scale fleet battles and complete missions for the Terran Confederation to save Earth.





Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Downloaded version of Wing Commander Saga: The Darkest Dawn. Other versions may require additional steps.

Tips & Specs:

To learn more about PlayOnLinux and Wine configuration, see the online manual: PlayOnLinux Explained

Mint 17 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.4
Wine: 1.6.2

Wine Installation

Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"


Look for the Wine Version: 1.6.2
Note: Try using stable Wine 1.8 and 1.8-staging

Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right...

Needing some Nostalgic games back in your life? When was the last time you played Doom II, Hexen, Heretic or Warcraft?

DOS Box is a PC emulator which allows MS-DOS games and programs to be run under other operating systems. It was designed with PC gaming in mind, but should also run other DOS programs.

This step-by-step guide leads you through installation of DOSBox and Blood in Linux.



Installation

Open your Distro's Package Manager, I'm using Linux Mint.

Search for DOSBox (double-click to select it).


Click Install.


You will be prompted with a password to install it.


When the installation is done a shortcut is created in your...