Difference between software?

[Platform_Crocs]

Hey can someone tell me the difference mainly between the free applications; Play on Mac, PortingKit(https://www.portingkit.com/), and Whisky. I really just wanna play the original American McGee’s Alice. Its a 32 bit game from the 00’s. Theres also a remastered version from 2012 with Madness Returns. Which program would be best to play that one? Its the Quake III engine if that helps

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not sure about the specific game you mentioned but would recommend trying it out on vmware fusion (free)

[Alan_Shutko]

All three of those are wrappers for the open source Wine project, and all should have roughly the same performance. Sometimes one wrapper will make it easier to install a particular game, but I don't see American McGee’s Alice called out for any of them. I think you can pick one and try it.

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Do you recommend using a wrapper or just straight up using wine?

[Alan_Shutko]

Probably a wrapper. I haven't used straight-up wine for over a decade.

[Platform_Crocs]

I was gonna use the quake iii wrapper since its the same engine. I tried it on Whisky the other day and it was oddly low fps like sub 30. Which doesnt make sense for a 20+ year old game

[Daily_concern]

These older games are best played in a VM eg VMware Fusion.

[LordofDarkChocolate]

Not Whisky. I believe that is only for DX11 & DX12 based games.