I have to admit, I've tried using Heroic Launcher both on macOS and on a Steam Deck and in both cases the experience has been rather frustrating. Maybe I was just unlucky, but any game I tried was broken in a way or another, or stopped working with no clear explanation (weird segfaults at start) just a few days later.
I've tried GOG DOS Games, GOG Windows Games, Steam Games under Proton, nothing was particularly usable.
Got the very same games working under Faugus Launcher and Dosbox-X. The UX is a bit worse but my games run without any issues, and I've stuck with those since then.
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Heroic Launcher makes it even simpler, also for non-DOS Windows games (both very old and newer) - https://heroicgameslauncher.com/
I have to admit, I've tried using Heroic Launcher both on macOS and on a Steam Deck and in both cases the experience has been rather frustrating. Maybe I was just unlucky, but any game I tried was broken in a way or another, or stopped working with no clear explanation (weird segfaults at start) just a few days later.
I've tried GOG DOS Games, GOG Windows Games, Steam Games under Proton, nothing was particularly usable.
Got the very same games working under Faugus Launcher and Dosbox-X. The UX is a bit worse but my games run without any issues, and I've stuck with those since then.
But I wonder if Heroic can install HoMM2 on a Mac if no Mac binary is available on GOG.
How so? I don't think heroic can install a native DOSBox when the game ships a windows DOSBox. Or was that added recently?
Apparently (<https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher...>) Heroic supports launching games with DOSBox Staging or ScummVM.
Heroic Launcher is awesome on the Steam Deck