QEMU Dungeon Keeper 2 (1999)
3The GAME has GOG treatment to play it on modern Windows. It is on-sale NOW and less than $2 to get it. Even the regular $5.99 is a steal for such a masterpiece and DRM-free. Here's the link to get it.
https://www.gog.com/game/dungeon_keeper_2
If this was the ONLY GAME that retro Windows gamers craved for, then GOG already offered a good deal. It does not make any sense to make a HEFTY DONATION for the qemu-3dfx project just to play one game. But I wouldn't have mind anyway as a token of appreciation for the developer's efforts in GAME preservation in "pristine condition" and the future of legacy-free 64-bit era or non-x86 platforms.
In a different scenario, when one grew up in the late 90's and already have 50 or so the best-selling Windows PC games collection in possession, then I sincerely believe qemu-3dfx presents the best values unmatched by any offerings. The value of continue enjoying those Good OLD Games in peace-of-mind isolation from a productive modern systems (Windows, Linux, macOS) is considerable. VMware/VirtualBox/Parallel could have acknowledged this and offer competing solutions. Unfortunately, the enterprise clouds have so much GOLD in it to be mined compared to paltry of retro gamers cries of games compatibilities. For years, no one had answered and likely never would be, if not the spawn of project -- qemu-3dfx.
The project qemu-3dfx is NOT a business, for-profits or requires heeding to stake holders in maximizing return of investments. The project is even FREE as of "free speech" in the true spirit of FOSS. Unfortunately the donation pledge in exchange for binary packages had garnered unfavored opinions as though any Open-Source project should be FREE as of "free beer". In reality, every donation for qemu-3dfx is a likely productivity loss for the developer to build an up-to-date binary packages and some basic checkouts. Even considering qemu-3dfx as a business, $59.99 for someone to debug, trace and make games work for you, is a steal for how much software developers are typically paid. Consider making an offer of $59.99 per game for VMware/VirtualBox/Parallel to make games work on their virtual machines, I am sure they will JUST LAUGH. Their time are better spent at mining GOLD in the enterprise clouds than selling the GOLD WineD3D libraries.
So the motive behind qemu-3dfx project is indeed very simple. It is expected to fail some days, which is inline with the reasons commercial players VMware/VirtualBox/Parallel would never heed the calls for Good OLD Games on virtual machines. Businesses are for profits, as simple as that. In an unlikely, against all odds, outcome that qemu-3dfx could be well funded to preserve Good OLD Games, then we will see if commercial interests are keen to cannibalize what qemu-3dfx has been building for years.
VMware Player/VirtualBox is FREE for personal use. Parallel offers a 14-day trial demo. The project qemu-3dfx would introduce a crash course in C/C++ and device model emulation in a nutshell. If this would change one's life, then one shall deem saving $59.99 for meals a disguised blessing from Heaven.🤣🤣
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