Routine movement and exploration in Heroes 3 is carried out on the two-dimensional overhead adventure map with an icon bar to the right. From here, you can access any hero or town under your control. When the fighting starts, the game switches to the combat screen, an abstract, hex-divided battlefield with more than just a passing resemblance.
Back to the past! Playing Heroes of Might and Magic 3 with latest Horn of the Abyss on Linux or OS X!
Recently I've seen that there are championships in my favorite game from the childhood Heroes of Might and Magic 3, also I and my girlfriend are big fans of that game so why don't play it and feel like a child again, right?
- Heroes of Might and Magic 3 is an iconic title in the turn-based strategy field of gaming. It has several unique factions to choose from, tens of spells to use in and out of combat and an even bigger number of mythical creatures to fight with or against you.
- A completely new HD experience: re-live the Heroes® III in HD, a true craftsmanship which offers players updated graphics, with wide screen compatibility. Enjoy the critically acclaimed Heroes® III gameplay, with 7 exciting campaign scenarios, around 50 skirmish maps, a local multiplayer mode and a map editor.
The problem was that I'm not having a Windows machine... I have only the MacBook which runs on OS X and Thinkpad powered by Ubuntu 18.04 LTS and that was a time when I started reading and using a wine.
Also... I found that there is a cool unofficial extension Horn of the Abyss built by fans. So why not try it as well?
- Download Heroes 3 .exe file. I recommend to buy a Game from GOG: Heroes of Might and Magic 3 Complete (it worked for me). I heard that the Steam version is not working.
- If you are using the GOG version, go to your account and click on the bought game.
- Download game (2 parts) from offline backup game installers
Install wine (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS)
Go to wine tutorial and install wine.
I used WineHQ packages commands and it worked without any issue.
Install wine (macOS Mojave 10.14.2)
Install wine on machine
Run setup
- Go to terminal and run wine and exe file
- Proceed the wizard
HoMM3 HD+ extension
This extension is required to run Horn of the Abyss.
- Go to HoMM3 HD+ and download exe file
- Install it using wine
Heroes 3 Hd For Macbook Pro
- Make sure that extension will be installed in the same directory as the base game
Horn of the Abyss (HotA)
Heroes 3 Hd For Mac Download
- Go to HotA page and download exe file (do not be afraid of Polish language, the file is working and it supports English language as well)
- Install it using wine
- Make sure that extension will be installed in the same directory as the base game
Play a game
- Go to the wine directory on your unix machine. In most cases it will be ~/.wine
- Enter Heroes 3 directory and run HoMM3 HD+ mode exe file
- Enjoy the game