How do I get Civilization 3 to play on ubuntu

I can not get Civilization 3 to load onto ubuntu. How can this be done. It is a windows based version.

1 Answer

First things first: Your Windows version of Civ 3 is not going to work out of the box on Linux (or any other Operating System outside Windows) because it's a Windows version. That said, there are a couple of workarounds that you can try to run Windows programs on Linux:

1. Depending on the Civilization 3 version you have, you may get good or bad results using Wine:
2. In any case, for installing and playing Windows games on Linux I'd recommend using PlayOnLinux: