So the topic on old games got my search on, and I was happy to find Pathways into Darkness was classified a abandonware. Hooray!
Too bad my Macbook won't play it. I get a message stating that it is "not supported on this system." under the program's info, it is classified as a "Classic" application.
Being new to the OSX and intel hoo-ha, is there any way to get this game working? I want to kill some headlesses!
EDIT: I think I somehow need to emulate the old 68k processors. Anyone know if there's a program that can do that (I'm on an Intel Macbook running Tiger)
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Perhaps BasiliskII will run it.
Heh. My old slow G4 that I constantly complain about, is actually perfect for retro gaming. It has OS 10.3 and OS 9. Marathon FTW!
Oh, and good look with getting PiD to work. It's like the great-grandfather of Mac gaming
For those who don't know: Pathways into Darkness
Oh, and good look with getting PiD to work. It's like the great-grandfather of Mac gaming
For those who don't know: Pathways into Darkness
QUOTE(Ferazel-X @ Nov 29 2006, 09:37 PM) 
Perhaps BasiliskII will run it.
Alright, so I located this Basilisk II business, and extracted it, but it appears I need an old copy of MacOS? What's up with that?
All for PiD....well, it may just be worth it, but it's still a bugger trying to get one old program to work on a new system.
You want a real challenge? Try getting Zaxxon playable on a modern PC. The PC version of Zaxxon was written for the original PC's (8086 running at somewhere around 2 and 4 MHz).
The game will actually launch from Windows, but before you can do anything you've crashed into the first wall 3 times...
As far as PiD goes, I never really could get my bearings in that one. I considered myself lucky if I made it to the second floor...
Basilisk can work with just about any version of the MacOS up through 8.1. The tricky part is getting it installed. If you happen to have a CD for the install, it's fairly simple. Otherwise, you'll probably need at least a Disk Tools disk image.
Fortunately, Apple's download archive has suitable images available. I recommend digging around in there for a few other interesting goodies. You could even theoretically make a CD from the 7.5.3 disk image set (follow the link above, select your region, then go to Macintosh->System->Older_System->System_7.5_Version_7.5.3 and download all the images, then burn a CD from them in Disk Utility). I'm not sure if that particular one is bootable, but together with a Disk Tools image, you should be able to install it.
The other issue is whether or not the OS X version of Basilisk requires an older Mac's ROM (just about any 68k Mac that can boot to the OS of your choice--except for perhaps the 660a/v and the 840a/v--can supply a donor ROM image; instructions and tools for extracting the image are usually included with Basilisk. Of course, the newer the machine it comes from the better, usually.) If you don't have an older mac that you can get the ROM image from, you'll have to do some digging to find what you need. And as usual, working with ROM images is a very grey area when it comes to copyright issues.
The game will actually launch from Windows, but before you can do anything you've crashed into the first wall 3 times...
As far as PiD goes, I never really could get my bearings in that one. I considered myself lucky if I made it to the second floor...
Basilisk can work with just about any version of the MacOS up through 8.1. The tricky part is getting it installed. If you happen to have a CD for the install, it's fairly simple. Otherwise, you'll probably need at least a Disk Tools disk image.
Fortunately, Apple's download archive has suitable images available. I recommend digging around in there for a few other interesting goodies. You could even theoretically make a CD from the 7.5.3 disk image set (follow the link above, select your region, then go to Macintosh->System->Older_System->System_7.5_Version_7.5.3 and download all the images, then burn a CD from them in Disk Utility). I'm not sure if that particular one is bootable, but together with a Disk Tools image, you should be able to install it.
The other issue is whether or not the OS X version of Basilisk requires an older Mac's ROM (just about any 68k Mac that can boot to the OS of your choice--except for perhaps the 660a/v and the 840a/v--can supply a donor ROM image; instructions and tools for extracting the image are usually included with Basilisk. Of course, the newer the machine it comes from the better, usually.) If you don't have an older mac that you can get the ROM image from, you'll have to do some digging to find what you need. And as usual, working with ROM images is a very grey area when it comes to copyright issues.
QUOTE(gray_shirt_ninja @ Nov 29 2006, 09:28 PM)
Heh. My old slow G4 that I constantly complain about, is actually perfect for retro gaming. It has OS 10.3 and OS 9. Marathon FTW!
Heh. My G4 has OS 10.2.8, OS 9.1, and 128 MB RAM.
Oh, I feel special. My 1.33 GHz PowerPC G4 has OS 10.4.7 and 1 GB DDR SDRAM. I also have a problem of playing classic games, because I do not have Classic installed.
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