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[rcthelp]

RCT is a remarkably stable piece of software, with very few bugs too when compared with RCT2 or RCT3.

Here is a screenshot of original RCT running in Wine on an Ubuntu 12 Desktop.
The Ubuntu Desktop is running in VMWare Player
The VMWare Player is running on Windows 7 Ultimate 32-bit

So far, clicking on the new scenario or tutorial buttons just go back to the main RCT menu screen. The Load Game puts up the correct dialogue. The Exit Game button stops the game and puts up our old firend the Access Violation. So I do have some tweaking to do.

I'm thinking of moving to a dual boot Ubuntu + Windows 8 system, so I'm trying lots of different ways to test my old favourite Windows games, either in Ubuntu + Wine , or Windows 8 in compatability mode, or VMWare Player (in either Windows 8 or Ubuntu) with the Player running Windows 95, 98, XP or 7!

 RCTinWineonUbuntuDesktop12inVMPlayerinWin7Ultimate32.png   977.95KB   9 downloads

[rcthelp]

Installing Loopy Landscapes got rid of the access violation and lets me play the game with no errors.

I was also astonished when my RCT acCeSS ran under Wine and unlocked all the scenarios. RCT acCeSS reads the Windows registry to find the location of the scenario progress file. So, given that Wine has to emulate the registry, I was amazed when it worked.

Want proof? Here you go.

 LLinWineonUbuntuDesktop12inVMPlayerinWin7Ultimate32.png   1.44MB   13 downloads