Please choose the operating system most relevant to you:

Installing ClassicMS on Windows

1. Obtain the ClassicMS installer for Windows from our downloads page.
2. Disable your antivirus during the installation (antiviruses can cause some problems with the installation).
3. Add an exclusion rule to the antivirus to prevent issues with launching the game.

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Installing ClassicMS on Mac OS X

1. Obtain the ClassicMS.dmg file from our downloads page.
2. Open the ClassicMS.dmg file from your Downloads location.
3. Drag ClassicMS to your Applications folder.
4. ClassicMS should be listed under your Launchpad.

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Installing ClassicMS on Linux (Ubuntu, Debian)

1. Obtain the ClassicMS installation bundle for Linux from our downloads page.
2. Open a terminal emulator window.
3. Run the following bash commands:
   sudo apt-get install wine winetricks
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wineboot
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winetricks d3dx9 directmusic
WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 winecfg
4. Set Windows Version to "Windows XP"
5. cd into the directory where you have your extracted ClassicMS installation and run the bash command to start your game.
   WINEARCH=win32 WINEPREFIX=~/.wine32 wine ClassicMS > /dev/null 2>&1 &