alt Hacker News> I keep a Windows 2000 virtual machine with no network access around just to occasionally play HOMM 3.
according to wiki there should be an easier way:
Platform(s) Windows, Macintosh, Linux (PowerPC/x86), iOS, Android
Release March 3, 1999
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ktallett • last Friday at 10:34 PM
There is also a great remake with a new engine, that of course requires the original assets.
0cf8612b2e1e • last Friday at 9:14 PM
I would be quite surprised if a modern Linux could run the original binary without gymnastics. Windows is the only OS which prioritizes backwards compatibility.
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The Windows version is no longer compatible with modern Windows versions.
The Mac version (I own both) was for PowerPC Macs.
I've already paid for it a third time, as part of a HOMM box set for Windows.
Good Old Games has produced a fixed version, so I could pay for it a fourth time, but running it in the VM still works.