Well i could get MP 1 working through wine anyways but i have completed that one so i am not really interested in playing again.
But i also have a copy of MP2 lying around that i have not completed yet, unfortunately it would not run under wine.
Until i found the fix for Braid

> I did some Googling, and apparently GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc is disabled
> on the open source drivers because it is covered by a patent and requires a
> licence.
>
> But if you live in a country were the patent doesn't apply you can enable it
> using driconf (apt-get install driconf) under the Image Quality tab.

Thank you Scott! I just want to confirm that this was indeed the issue. I've
enabled the option in driconf and now Braid runs flawlessly. I've given this
solution to others in ubuntu forums and blogged about it (giving you credit for
the solution) so it doesn't get burried here.
I hope they will eventually release an update that uses an alternate
compression for the textures instead of this patented algorithm.

Now MP2 works beautifully I wonder what other games i can now get working through the use of wine (happy days) :)
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