ZC in Linux via Wine?

[enderak]

I am wondering if anyone has attempted to run Zelda Classic in Linux by using Wine. I am able to run it, and the graphics look fine, the sound works fine, my usb gamepad works fine, my usb mouse works fine - but my keyboard (ps/2) doesn't work at all! This normally wouldn't be a problem, but ZC has you type in your name instead of selecting it via the controller like the original nes version.

Seems like a solution is so close, yet so far away. :|

Just looking to see if anyone else has tried ZC with Wine. I wish I had a usb keyboard - it would probably work! :P

[vegeta1215]

I tried it a while back, but it didn't work. Then again, I don't know a lot about how to use Wine, so I probably didn't do all that I needed to in order to run it correctly. If you'd like to post some directions, I'll give it a try again. (Also, what version of ZC did you try it with?)

There is a Linux port of ZC in Alpha testing, so there's not much need to work hard to get it running with Wine, but it'd still be fun to do.

[enderak]

Hmm.. I read somewhere that there was a Linux version in the works, but I couldn't find a download on the website. Perhaps I just need to look harder (or smarter)...

But, I'm using the latest version - 1.92/184 with Wine 20040408. To run it, I just run "wine -- zelda-w.exe -windowed". I don't see any debug information that would hint to why the keyboard input doesn't work. It works with other programs ran with Wine, so it seems to be specific to ZC.

[jman2050]

The linux version hasn't been released yet, so you won't find a download for it yet.

And I would think that for programs like Wine there'd be different results for different people. The only advice I can give you is to go and buy a USB keyboard and see if that works (they don't cost a lot at all, so it shouldn't be too much of a problem)

[Kry]

No, I'm pretty sure there was a low version Linux ZC at one time. I'll take a look and get back to ya.