Jet Set Radio Guide

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Jet Set Radio is one of the first skating sports games available back in 2000. Pull tricks, tag walls/vehicles, avoid the police and learn new moves.

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Follow my step-by-step guide on installing, configuring and optimizing Jet Set Radio in Linux with PlayOnLinux.

Note: This guide applies to the Steam version of Jet Set Radio. 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 17.3 64-bit
PlayOnLinux: 4.2.10
Wine: 1.8.3

Wine Installation

Note: Wine versions older than 2.0.2 and 2.12-staging no longer work with Steam.


Click Tools
Select "Manage Wine Versions"
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Look for the Wine Version: 1.8.3
Select it
Click the arrow pointing to the right
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Click Next

Downloading Wine
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Extracting

Downloading Gecko
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Installed
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Wine 1.8.3 is installed and you can close this window

Downloading Steam

Go To: http://www.steampowered.com
Click Install Steam
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Do not click "Install Steam Now"
It will automatically install Linux Steam
Select Windows Steam instead
click "Windows" under the green button
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Navigate to your desktop
Click Save
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PlayOnLinux Setup

Launch PlayOnLinux
Click Install
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Click "install a non-listed program"
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Click Next

Select "Install a program in a new virtual drive"
Click Next
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Name your virtual drive: jetsetradio
No spaces
Click Next
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Select all three options:
  • Use another version of Wine
  • Configure Wine
  • Install some libraries
Click Next
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Select Wine 1.8.3
Click Next
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Select "32 bits windows installation"
Click Next
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Configure Wine

Applications Tab
Windows Version: Windows 7
Click Apply
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Graphics Tab
Check: Automatically capture the mouse in full-screen windows
Check: Emulate a virtual desktop
Desktop size: 1024x768
Click Ok
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PlayOnLinux Packages (Libraries, Components, DLL's)

Check the following libraries:
  • POL_Install_corefonts
  • POL_Install_d3dx9
  • POL_Install_tahoma
Click Next
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Note: All packages will automatically download and install

Installing Steam

Click Browse
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Navigate to your desktop
Select: SteamSetup.exe
Click Open
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Click Next

Click Next

Check: I accept the license...
Click Next

Click Next

Click Next

Click Install

Click Finish

Updating Steam

Click the "X" to close Steam login
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PlayOnLinux Shortcut

Select Steam.exe
Click Next
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Name your shortcut: Jet Set Steam
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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PlayOnLinux Configure

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Arguments: -no-dwrite -no-cef-sandbox
This fixes the missing font and store problem
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Note: Click the + to download other versions of Wine. Click the down-arrow to select other versions of wine

Display Tab
Video Memory Size: Select the size of Memory your video card/chip uses
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Close Configure

Launching Steam

Select Jet Set Steam
Click Run
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Note: Click debug to see errors and bugs.

Click "Login to existing account"
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Login
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Go to your Library
Select Jet Set Radio
Click Install
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Uncheck "Create desktop shortcut"
Uncheck "Create start menu shortcut"
Click Next
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Click "I Agree"
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Click Finish
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Wait while the game downloads
Click play at least one time
The game will get stuck on Dot Net installation and crash.
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Close Steam

Back to PlayOnLinux
Click Configure
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General Tab
Click "Create a new shortcut in this virtual drive"
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Select "jetsetradio.exe"
Click Next
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Name the shortcut: Jet Set Radio
Click Next
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Select "I don't want to make another shortcut"
Click Next
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Launching Jet Set Radio

Launch Jet Set Steam first
Alt+Tab back to PlayOnLinux
Launch Jet Set Radio
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Conclusion:
Jet Set Radio crashed every time I launched it from Steam because it was automatically launching the setup.exe which didn't work. Something to do with Dotnet 35. I was unable to get the setup to run at all. But Jet Set Radio launches on its own just fine, as long as Steam is already running. Have fun playing with the keyboard or a controller.

To play in full-screen, just disable the Wine virtual desktop

Gameplay Video:

Screenshots:
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