There's a big thread here about getting it running on modern (Windows) systems: MiG Alley

I've just tried a couple of versions on my Linux desktop here using Lutris and I observe the same behaviour - absolutely no output from mig.exe at all, and the wine/lutris log window shows it starting and immediately exiting.

Thank you for the suggestions. I wanted to update my status and share a critical new finding, as I am still unable to launch the game using standard Lutris/Wine methods.

New Observation: "Esports for Engineers" Script Success

I found a project called "Esports for Engineers" on GitHub that includes a working script for several classic simulators, including Mig Alley. Using their script, I am able to launch the game and navigate the main menu screens perfectly. This is a huge step, as previously the game wouldn't even attempt to start. BUT, when I enter the actual flight simulator/3D world, I encounter severe graphical glitches.

Since the E4E script proves that the game can be launched successfully on Wine/Linux, my goal is now to understand how they achieved the initial launch so I can replicate that specific Wine/Winetricks configuration in my own Lutris setup. I am new to Linux (only two months in), and I'm struggling to decipher the E4E installation scripts to see exactly what specific steps (DLL overrides, registry keys, or environment variables) they use to get the menus running. I believe if I can successfully replicate their base configuration, I might then be able to fix the flight glitches by simply changing the Wine engine (e.g., swapping a GE-Proton runner for a different one) or by adjusting a specific compatibility layer (like DDrawCompat), as I did in other games (like F22 Total Air War)

Does anyone know the core compatibility trick that allows these older Windows 9x simulators (like Mig Alley) to get past the initial menu and run in Wine without immediately crashing? Is there a known, minimal set of Wine overrides that the E4E script is likely using? Any guidance on reverse-engineering this script's Wine setup would be immensely helpful!

Thank you!

THis is the link: https://github.com/sim-museum/esports-for-engineers

Looks like it's quite a simple one:

https://github.com/sim-museum/esports-for-eng … ley/migAlley.sh

Appears to need vcrun6, so just run winetricks from Lutris and install it.

I then get the game start, but it complains about missing files - suspect I have an incomplete install. But with a proper installer I'd guess it will work at this point.

The way to stop it asking you for the CD is to copy the SMACKER folder from the CD into the game’s folder (if you left it at the default /rowan/mig).

Then, in that same location find the file roots.dir, edit it, and lines 3 and (I think) 10 are different and point to the CD-ROM — change them to where you put the game folder (e.g. C:\rowan\mig).

I installed vcrun6 with Winetricks and nothing happened. I guess the key must be somewhere else. I don’t know whether to install more Windows components at random… I’m going to try a few!