some games work, others dont, no obvious cause

[PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn]

Ubuntu 8.10 64
Wine 1.1.13

got Age of Empires running, but cant get Age of empires 2 to run
got freelancer and Homeworld2 running, but Empire earth and settlers 3 wont work

no fault messages, it opens up a virtual desktop, and then promptly shuts down again,

but then others work flawlessly, (with the exception of some slight screen flickers (goes blue for a split second) when I click using the mouse. (only noticed it on Homeworld2 however))

any ideas

[cogadh]

Have you checked Wine's Application Database (http://appdb.winehq.org/) to see if the games actually work with Wine and what, if anything, you might need to do to make them work?

[Melcar]

Wine is hit and miss. Check the database for compatibility.

[PsYcHoTiC_MaDmAn]

all of them work according to the DB,

dont work

Empire Earth = http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1600
Age of Empires 2 = http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=99
Settlers 3 = http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2699

work

Freelancer = http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=1871
Age of Empires (original) = http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=762
Homeworld 2 = http://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2616

just wondering if its worth using something like winetricks