Windows games on Mac?

hi.
is there a free way to run a Windows game on a Mac (.exe file, of course)?

I used a WINE based program to try to run windows games on my Mac, but it wasn't named DarWine.. it was under a different name.. thing is, that it never was able to run a single game I tried.. it really only works for the most part with the applications they list as tested.. most or all of which are not games... Your only and best bet for gaming is (on Intel Macs) to install Windows XP using Apple's free BootCamp software, OR to use a PC emulator to install any version of Windows. I'm not sure if any of the PC emulators are now coded for Intel Macs, but if they aren't, they should still run under Rosetta. The problem with that is they will crawl because you're emulating an Intel PC under an emulator emulating a PowerPC processor on Intel... Why bother? Just use BootCamp.
BETTER OPTION FOR INTEL: Use Parallels software (commercial/store-bought) to install and run WIndows simultaneously with MacOS.. no BootCamp or partitioning of drives is required.

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