Simon the Sorcerer Forum

This title installs and run correctly under cxgames (linux),
using an unsupported bottle & the inbuilt winXP profile. I'm
prepared to rank it gold after a few more hours testing and
provided I can complete the game without incident. So far
though, no issues encountered at all.

The installer does throw an error several times during installation - clicking
on 'OK' dismisses the error and the installer continues until it completes...

-> cross referenced this under it's native OS ; the above error relates to the
installation of 'Foxit' which is part of he distribution archive ; it is a pdf
reader used to render the game manual. Although the game itself (and manuals)
do indeed install correctly, 'Foxit' does not get installed into the bottle
due to the noted errors.

::-> Not so much of a problem ; the game and gameplay are unaffected. If you
would like to read the manual (cheat 😉, just use your host OS' pdf reader.
The manuals are installed in the program directory inside the bottle used.

NOTE: Using cxgames-7.1.0/linux , the game documentation is automagically
available to the host pdf viewer.

The game totally, absolutely steals the mouse focus - this is not a bug ;)

-> it behaves entirely the same way running under it's native OS -- you have
to quit the game to get your mouse back. This is an accurate recreation of
the original game release all those years ago...and how it behaved...

::-> Makes it a bit of a challenge to grab screenshots, but I have an idea...

This game is old, possibly the highest resolution it was ever designed to
'look good' on was 640x480 -- does run in cx fine using fullscreen - looks
really awful like this on a 1680x1050 panel tho' <grin> I find it best to
configure the bottle/winecfg to use windowed mode...(or plugin my old CRT)