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November 15th, 2005, 08:03 PM
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| Hi Decado, I would be interested in trying out the Journeyman series but, unfortunately, the Tiger OS doesn't include the "Classic" OS as well. I would have to install Panther inorder to have access to "Classic" for pre-OS X games, so I've been told. Are we to be disappointed with the Apples programmers or the game companies that don't keep up with latest patches or updates. I suppose that could be quite expensive for the companies that produce these games. Seems a shame though.  |
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November 15th, 2005, 08:22 PM
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| I agree with you about the Myst series. The games genius, besides the puzzles, was in sounds you had to listen for and looking at everything - searching for those slightly hidden details. That makes for an excellant game and well worth the money. From what you've said above, I'll probably skip on the End of Ages for this very reason. Very disappointed that UBI didn't keep up to it's standards, especially for it final game. After I left the forum last night, I started surfing for some OS X Strategy/Puzzle Solving type games. I came across 3 that might be interesting. 1) Alida 2) Riddle of the Sphinx: The Omega Stone 3) RHEM 2 |
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November 16th, 2005, 01:23 AM
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| hi! i did not know that os9 wasn't included with tiger. that is a shame. i know the classic environment is, so if you just could get hold of os9 you should be set to go. maybe you could lend panther from someone and just extract the os9 system folder? what country are you in? if you have a good apple-resller (or better yet; apple-store) close by you could ask them to give you a cd with a macos9 as a make-thecustomer-happy-thing. apple doesnt sell os9 anymore so i dont think the could charge you anything. back to the funny things: "Secret of the Luxor" is a bit of a myst rip-off (concept wise) and quite good.
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#28
November 17th, 2005, 03:43 AM
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| Hi Decado, I must have gotten a hold of a bad Apple at Apple Customer Service. With further research I find that Tiger OS X 10.4 does come with an OS 9 System Folder. I found this out at the Apple website. Apparently, some PowerMac G5's have this folder preinstalled on the hard drive, others don't - go figure. But the good news is that if it is not on the HD, one can install it from the CDs that come with the computer. So all systems go! What I understood is that "Classic" simulates OS 9 - which allows one to run their older programs. I'm figuring that inorder for OS 9 to run beside Tiger they had to fiddle with the programming of the original OS 9, thus coming up with "Classic" an OS 9 simulator. I'll have to check into this out of curiousity. Since I am going to become a Mactite (Mac-tete) (tete with "^" over the first "e" is french for "head" and pronounced "tite". I am from Quebec(a french province) in Canada so I like to cover both languages. I sent an email to tech support for the game, "The Omega Stone". Requirements call for an OS running 10.2 to 10.3. They can not guarentee that it will work on Tiger. They said that some programs are backward compatible and some aren't. If it were not to work, then simply send it back to them for a refund. Now that doesn't sit well with me. Deals come up on Ebay and I'll never know if the game or software requirements calling for 10.1 to 10.3, will run correctly on Tiger OS X - especially if it is a used version. I forsee a no-refund in the midst. Thanks for listing the game "Secret of the Luxor". I'll go check it out tonight! Take care |
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November 17th, 2005, 07:54 AM
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| Classic is basically OS 9 running in somewhat of a virtual machine (the best description I can get). It's not emulating OS 9, but instead is an actual OS 9 installation. Some Power Macs that can't boot into OS 9 still ahve the ability to install it from the Restore CDs that Apple ships with these machines. My iMac G5 didn't have OS 9 installed, but the installation was there in the CD and I installed it. Note that this isn't the retail version of the Mac OS X Installation, which doesn't come with OS 9. Only the restore CDs that come with the Apple systems have OS 9 included in the package.
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November 17th, 2005, 12:19 PM
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| I concur with all the obvious ones. I'll repeat just for kicks the ones that I actually played. 1. Dark Castle (it's still fun!) 2. Marathon 3. Lemmings (quite possibly the most inventive game ever) 4. Doom And the old text games: Zork Liesure Suit Larry! Leather Goesses of Phobos (or something like that)
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November 17th, 2005, 01:40 PM
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| Lemmings was awesome! But why is everyone talking about Marathon as though they can't play it any more? You can use the Alpeh engine and it works as well as it ever did in OS9.
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November 17th, 2005, 02:02 PM
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 My son even loves playing it. 
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