How to install the game CLAW from Internet Archive (beehaw.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Thumper@beehaw.org to c/linux_gaming@lemmy.ml

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Hey guys, Recently I wanted to play Claw but I lost my old cds. So I decided to get the game from Internet Archieve.

When downloaded I got these files from it

CLAW_2018_meta.sqlite
CLAW_2018_meta.xml
CLAW.BIN
CLAW.CUE
__ia_thumb.jpg
Claw_1997_Game_Cover.jpg

I have no clue how to use theses files. If it is possible to convert to an exe, then I might be able to run through bottles.

Thanks for all the help

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[-] chaos@beehaw.org 9 points 3 weeks ago

The .bin and .cue file are the parts of the actual game disc that you want. The .bin file contains almost all of the data and the .cue file contains some extra information about the structure of the CD. All the rest is Internet Archive stuff (and an image of the game cover of course).

To open it, you can convert it to a .iso disk image instead, which any Linux distribution can open as if it were a real CD. This blog post talks about how to do that. The last paragraph about mount you can probably replace with double-clicking the .iso file in the GUI I would guess.

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