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I've been trying to get Obsidian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(1997_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(1997_video_game)) to run unde

I've been trying to get Obsidian (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(1997_video_game) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obsidian_(1997_video_game)) to run under emulation, but so far it's been too choppy to be playable.

butz 7y ago
Had some luck with Windows version of Obsidian. Using Ubuntu 20.04, should work on other distributions too. 1. Install wine and timidity. I presume xephyr server is installed. 2. Insert CD and run setup.exe with wine. Install game to default location, install QuickTime when it asks. 3. In one terminal window run timidity midi server (if you want background music): `$ timidity -iA -B128,8 -Os` 4. In another terminal window start the game like this: `$ Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 640x480x16 & DISPLAY=:1 wine "C:\\Program Files\\Segasoft\\Obsidian\\Obsidian.exe"` In case you don't have physical optical drive you can use CDEmu to mount disk images, but it has to be installed from additional repository and has a bit of complicated setup.
butz 7y ago
How did you run it? WineHQ lists compatibility as "Gold", but report is three years old. Might be worth trying it out on latest Wine version.
- dllthomas 7y ago
  I put the most effort into QEMU. I think I tried Wine briefly first, but don't recall what trouble I ran into.
matthewn 7y ago
I'm glad someone else remembers this forgotten gem. Every couple of years or so, I try to get Obsidian running again. No luck so far. :(
- dllthomas 7y ago
  My email's on my profile. Shoot me an email and I'll let you know if/when I ever get it working well.
chongli 7y ago
Obsidian has a Mac port. Have you tried running it under SheepShaver? You may have better luck there. I have been playing a bunch of old Mac games on SheepShaver. Sometimes they just work better than the Windows versions under Wine.
- dllthomas 7y ago
  > Have you tried running it under SheepShaver? I've not. When I get back to it, that'll be on the list of things to try.

butz 7y ago

Had some luck with Windows version of Obsidian. Using Ubuntu 20.04, should work on other distributions too. 1. Install wine and timidity. I presume xephyr server is installed. 2. Insert CD and run setup.exe with wine. Install game to default location, install QuickTime when it asks. 3. In one terminal window run timidity midi server (if you want background music): `$ timidity -iA -B128,8 -Os` 4. In another terminal window start the game like this: `$ Xephyr :1 -ac -screen 640x480x16 & DISPLAY=:1 wine "C:\\Program Files\\Segasoft\\Obsidian\\Obsidian.exe"` In case you don't have physical optical drive you can use CDEmu to mount disk images, but it has to be installed from additional repository and has a bit of complicated setup.

butz 7y ago

How did you run it? WineHQ lists compatibility as "Gold", but report is three years old. Might be worth trying it out on latest Wine version.

dllthomas 7y ago
I put the most effort into QEMU. I think I tried Wine briefly first, but don't recall what trouble I ran into.

matthewn 7y ago

I'm glad someone else remembers this forgotten gem. Every couple of years or so, I try to get Obsidian running again. No luck so far. :(

dllthomas 7y ago
My email's on my profile. Shoot me an email and I'll let you know if/when I ever get it working well.

chongli 7y ago

Obsidian has a Mac port. Have you tried running it under SheepShaver? You may have better luck there. I have been playing a bunch of old Mac games on SheepShaver. Sometimes they just work better than the Windows versions under Wine.

dllthomas 7y ago
> Have you tried running it under SheepShaver? I've not. When I get back to it, that'll be on the list of things to try.