MINI-HOWTO: Running games on VMWare 0. Introduction 1. Games That Won't Run 2. Game That Might Run 3. Other Tips 0. Introduction This is a Mini How-To for running games on VMWare. 1. Games That Won't Run Games won't run on VMWare if they need one or more of the following: - Hardware acceleration - VESA 2.0 or later 2. Games That Might Run 2.1 Games might run if they need one or more of the following: - VESA 1.x - DirectX - OpenGL 2.2 Games might run if they can use software acceleration. 3. Other Tips 3.1. Check www.vmware.com for the latest VMWare updates, FAQs, etc. 3.2. Try the game anyway on a new virtual machine. It might work, perhaps with a few updates to the Guest OS, regardless of what the official specs say. You can always delete your virtual machine. ;) Lee Behrens <originalmessage date="Sun, 16 Sep 2001 01:50:49 -0500" from="Bob Tanner"> If you can get all the top selling games, like DiabloII, StarCraft, WarCraft, AoE, Mech4, etc working under VMWare, please post a howto. </originalmessage>