There are many (and I mean really many) ways to run the games:

1) (Windows) Put the CD in your CD-ROM device (or mount with Daemon
Tools) and then double click on the CD icon located in My Computer.
Now you have the option to play the games directly. In this mode
the games will be installed in your Windows TEMP directory.

2) (Linux) Restart the computer and boot from the CD. Choose one of
the Slax related boot options. A system with 1GB RAM or more is
required. After Slax has started, you will find a shortcut on
the desktop, from which you can start the games.

3) (MS-DOS) Restart the computer and boot from the CD. Choose the
MS-DOS 7.1 boot option. A system with 64MB RAM or more is required.
Most of the games might not work well though, as this mode is
'last resort of hope' and is kind of unsupported... sorry.

4) (Windows, Linux) Copy ALL files and directories from the CD to any
directory you want. In this mode you will have the option to play
the games directly or install them automatically to the folder
'playgame' (if the folder is writable). You need to run 'Games.exe'
for Windows or execute the command 'sh games.sh' in termainal console
for Linux in order to play the games in this mode. If you have done
this on your USB flash device, you can easily make it bootable later.

5) (Windows, Linux) Navigate to the folder 'slax' => 'rootcopy' and
copy the 'dosgames' folder which resides in 'rootcopy' to any
location at your choice. Inside 'dosgames' you will find additional
set of startup files ('Games.exe' for Windows and 'games.sh' for Linux).
In this way you can't make bootable USB flash device but you are
preserving space as you are not copying the built-in Slax distribution.
The games are fully loadable and playable. This option is useful
when for example you already have a bootable USB flash device and you
just want to be able to play the provided games.

6) (Windows) Choose 'Install Games' from the context menu of your
CD-ROM device. There is another option in the same context menu
which allows you to uninstall the games later.

7) Youse a PC emulator like 'VMware Player', 'Qemu' or 'Virtual Box'.
These virtualization solutions are free and publicly available.
After you have obtained, installed and configured one of them, you
can try one of the options explained above.

When you start the games, the provided executables and scripts will
check if the media you are running the games from is read only or
with read/write permissions. For example, a CD is a read only meadia,
while the HDD device is usually with read/write permissions enabled.

Anyway, the system is 'smart' and if the media is 'read only', then
the games are unpacked to your temporary folder, which location is
specific for your operating system. Usually it is called 'TEMP' or
'TMP' on Windows and '/tmp' on Linux. Although you still can save
and load games, the OS has the final decision when to wipe the
temporary folder, which means that your saves are not safe if you
play for a long time from read only device.

On the other hand, if the system detects a read/write enabled media,
then your games are unpacked to the relative folder 'playgame', which
can be found at 'slax' => 'rootcopy' => 'dosgames' => 'playgame'. In
this way you are assured that all your saved games are at safe location
and that they will not be wiped out unless you do it yourself. For
example you can delete the content of the folder or use the text based
menu to uninstall the game you wish to remove.

In Linux you will need to have DOSBox preinstalled but even if you don't
have it, the provided scripts (games.sh in particualr) will show you how
to install it for Ubuntu. The process is similar for other distributions
and I hope that since you are using Linux, you know what you are doing.

If you use the CD in DOSBox mode, you have the option to install each
item to your HDD or USB flash. This feature enables you to start the
games faster (unpack game only the first time) and your saves are now
really saved, so you can really load them later! This was already
mentioned above, but it doesn't hurt to remind it.

Once an item is installed, you have the option to uninstall it. This is
available ONLY for previously installed items.

You also have the option to install permanently all items from this CD
to your HDD or USB flash device. All you need to do is to follow these
easy to do steps:

First option (Windows, Linux):

1) Copy ALL files and folders from the CD to the location you want. This
is mandatory if you have copied the files to your USB flash device and
you intend to make it bootable later.
2) Start the system via 'Games.exe' (for Windows).
Start the system by executing 'sh games.sh' from console (for Linux).

Second option (Windows, Linux):

1) Copy tyhe content of 'slax' => 'rootcopy' => 'dosgames' folder from
the CD to the location you want. Please be aware that in this way you
can't make your USB flash device bootable. Suitable if you have less
space available on the destination drive, or if you don't intend to
make the targeted device bootable.
2) Start the system via 'Games.exe' (for Windows).
Start the system by executing 'sh games.sh' from console (for Linux).

Third option (Windows):

1) From the context menu of your CD-ROM device choose 'Install Games'.
2) Start the system via 'Games.exe' (or create shortcut for this file).

To create a bootable USB flash device, follow these instructions:

1) Copy ALL files and folders from the CD to the root directory of your
USB flash device.
2) Navigate to the folder 'boot' and execute 'bootinst.bat' (Windows)
or 'bootinst.sh' (Linux). Then you just need to follow the provided
instructions and if everything goes fine, you will be able to boot
from your USB flash device.