Hello.
Do 80s' Mac emulators exist? I would love to try this 1986's Gemstone
Warrior game that was ported for classic B&W Mac as shown in https://www.myabandonware.com/game/gemstone-warrior-3ki ... It even has
the game in SIT format. I am trying http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/start.html, but it requires a Mac ROM.
Does anyone know where to get it?
Thank you in advance. :)
Thanks guys. So far, I am currently trying Mini vMac in my old, updated 64-bit W7 HPE SP1 desktop PC. I got the old Mac ROMs from https://www.macintoshrepository.org/7038-all-macintosh-roms-68k-ppc- web page. I extracted its 128K's 1986-03 - 4D1F8172 - MacPlus v3.ROM file
and renamed it to vMac.ROM. I ran Mini vMac.exe and it booted up. I
heard its beep and saw its floppy disk icon with its "?". From what I
read, this is OK. At least it finds an old Mac ROM.
I ran into a new issue according from https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/mini_vmac_setup and http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/start.html web pages' instructions. I downloaded and installed the decade old http://www.emaculation.com/minivmac/StuffItStandard9.zip successfully. However, running its installed program crashed due to Visual C++ runtime error as shown in my uploaded https://image.prntscr.com/image/1F4eXCK0RwCk6aPOmWNyMw.png screen shot/capture. I can't use the newer StuffIt Expander for Windows version (http://my.smithmicro.com/stuffit-expander-windows.html) since it
doesn't support *.sea.bin files (http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin
and http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk2of2.sea.bin).
Argh. :(
Any ideas? Thank you in advance. :)
On 2018-01-13 22:09:18 +0000, Ant said:
Thanks guys. So far, I am currently trying Mini vMac in my old, updated 64-bit W7 HPE SP1 desktop PC. I got the old Mac ROMs from https://www.macintoshrepository.org/7038-all-macintosh-roms-68k-ppc- web page. I extracted its 128K's 1986-03 - 4D1F8172 - MacPlus v3.ROM file
and renamed it to vMac.ROM. I ran Mini vMac.exe and it booted up. I
heard its beep and saw its floppy disk icon with its "?". From what I
read, this is OK. At least it finds an old Mac ROM.
Yes. The flashing question mark disk icon means it can't find a disk to
boot from.
I ran into a new issue according from https://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/mini_vmac_setup and http://www.gryphel.com/c/minivmac/start.html web pages' instructions. I downloaded and installed the decade old http://www.emaculation.com/minivmac/StuffItStandard9.zip successfully. However, running its installed program crashed due to Visual C++ runtime error as shown in my uploaded https://image.prntscr.com/image/1F4eXCK0RwCk6aPOmWNyMw.png screen shot/capture. I can't use the newer StuffIt Expander for Windows version (http://my.smithmicro.com/stuffit-expander-windows.html) since it
doesn't support *.sea.bin files (http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk1of2.sea.bin
and http://download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/English-North_American/Macintosh/System/Older_System/System_6.0.x/SSW_6.0.8-1.4MB_Disk2of2.sea.bin).
Argh. :(
Any ideas? Thank you in advance. :)
NEVER EVER unarchive Mac application files on a Windoze PC, you'll ruin
them because Windoze doesn't understand the separate data fork and
resource fork used by Mac applications. That includes system installers
and ".sea" self-extracting archives.
Get the second download from the System 6 page at MacintoshGarden.org <http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/system-6-collection>
It's a zip archive containing an System 6 boot disk - unzip that and
use it with Mini vMac.
Or, RedundantRobot.com has a System 7 hard drive image (30MB) for SheepShaver, but it should work with Mini vMac as well. <http://www.redundantrobot.com/sheepshaver_files/disk_images/MacStartupOS7.img>
In comp.sys.mac.games.action Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
Get the second download from the System 6 page at MacintoshGarden.org
<http://macintoshgarden.org/apps/system-6-collection>
It's a zip archive containing an System 6 boot disk - unzip that and
use it with Mini vMac.
It worked.
HOWEVER, I just found out that I could boot Gemstone Warrior.dsk
without System 6. Huh? I thought classic Mac needed an OS to boot the
game. I guess not! I didn't use a lot of very old classic Mac back
then. I did use a lot of Apple 2s though.
<snip>
HOWEVER, I just found out that I could boot Gemstone Warrior.dsk
without System 6. Huh? I thought classic Mac needed an OS to boot the
game. I guess not! I didn't use a lot of very old classic Mac back
then. I did use a lot of Apple 2s though.
If the disk boots, then it must have a System Folder on it, even if
it's a cut-down one just to run the game - it may not have a Finder,
but is set to run the game instead after booting.
In comp.sys.mac.games.action Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
<snip>
HOWEVER, I just found out that I could boot Gemstone Warrior.dsk
without System 6. Huh? I thought classic Mac needed an OS to boot the
game. I guess not! I didn't use a lot of very old classic Mac back
then. I did use a lot of Apple 2s though.
If the disk boots, then it must have a System Folder on it, even if
it's a cut-down one just to run the game - it may not have a Finder,
but is set to run the game instead after booting.
Yes, it is a very simple OS. It did come with its Calculator, Note Pad,
Key Caps, control panel, etc. I tried to read the game's "Read Me
First!" document, but it couldn't find an application. I guess Note Pad
can't do it. :P
I had fun replaying this game that I used to play a lot on my Apple //c.
It was rad(ical) to see a Mac port since I never knew it existed. I
couldn't find any video recordings online, so I made my own: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiTODPVxHAd9G_fnRSaHanW4sfCicIzwr
... ;)
On 2018-01-16 02:00:11 +0000, Ant said:
In comp.sys.mac.games.action Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
<snip>
HOWEVER, I just found out that I could boot Gemstone Warrior.dsk
without System 6. Huh? I thought classic Mac needed an OS to boot the
game. I guess not! I didn't use a lot of very old classic Mac back
then. I did use a lot of Apple 2s though.
If the disk boots, then it must have a System Folder on it, even if
it's a cut-down one just to run the game - it may not have a Finder,
but is set to run the game instead after booting.
Yes, it is a very simple OS. It did come with its Calculator, Note Pad,
Key Caps, control panel, etc. I tried to read the game's "Read Me
First!" document, but it couldn't find an application. I guess Note Pad can't do it. :P
I had fun replaying this game that I used to play a lot on my Apple //c.
It was rad(ical) to see a Mac port since I never knew it existed. I couldn't find any video recordings online, so I made my own: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiTODPVxHAd9G_fnRSaHanW4sfCicIzwr ... ;)
According to MacintoshGarden.org, the game is b y Strategic Simulations
Inc. I never heard of that, but years ago we used to play a lot of
SSI's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games on the Commodore 64 and
Amiga at home, and a few on the Apple II at school.
In comp.sys.mac.games.action Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
On 2018-01-16 02:00:11 +0000, Ant said:
In comp.sys.mac.games.action Your Name <YourName@yourisp.com> wrote:
<snip>
HOWEVER, I just found out that I could boot Gemstone Warrior.dsk
without System 6. Huh? I thought classic Mac needed an OS to boot the >>>>> game. I guess not! I didn't use a lot of very old classic Mac back
then. I did use a lot of Apple 2s though.
If the disk boots, then it must have a System Folder on it, even if
it's a cut-down one just to run the game - it may not have a Finder,
but is set to run the game instead after booting.
Yes, it is a very simple OS. It did come with its Calculator, Note Pad,
Key Caps, control panel, etc. I tried to read the game's "Read Me
First!" document, but it couldn't find an application. I guess Note Pad
can't do it. :P
I had fun replaying this game that I used to play a lot on my Apple //c. >>> It was rad(ical) to see a Mac port since I never knew it existed. I
couldn't find any video recordings online, so I made my own:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLiTODPVxHAd9G_fnRSaHanW4sfCicIzwr >>> ... ;)
According to MacintoshGarden.org, the game is b y Strategic Simulations
Inc. I never heard of that, but years ago we used to play a lot of
SSI's Dungeons & Dragons role-playing games on the Commodore 64 and
Amiga at home, and a few on the Apple II at school.
Which games did you play? From https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Strategic_Simulations_games' list,
I played Eye of Beholder games briefly on my IBM PCs after Apple 2's
Gemstone Warrior. Gemstone Warrior is like a primitive version of
Diablo, Gauntlet, and other games. Its control sucks and has bugs too.
Hence, why I am a fan of that genre. I also found there is a PC-88 port
too, but having problems with its shoot keys in M88 emulator. Argh.
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