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So how do I install/play cracked games? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 day ago by darkguyman@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.world
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I don't even know if this is allowed here but frankly, I don't care. I have seen conflicting guides on how to play cracked games. Some say to use lutris/wine, some say to use proton with steam and add the cracked games to steam though that carries a significant risk of a ban. So to all Linux pirates, how do you do this?

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[–] hendrik@palaver.p3x.de 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

I run Windows software such as games with Proton, I used Wine before. The frontend to launch it doesn't matter a lot to me. Lutris, Bottles, Steam... they mostly all work. But honestly, I don't pirate many games these days. I'm more for older games and since we got Steam sales and Humble Bundles, I get a lot of them there. At least the Windows games. I haven't found a legal source for old console games, but we have a lot of emulators for N64, PSP, Arcade machines ... as well. And great frontends like Emulationstation.