“Michael Goodine has posted a couple of tutorials to running Mac OS 9 and earlier on Windows PCs using two open-source PowerPC emulators. He has a guide for using SheepShaver, and another for using Basilisk II,” MacWindows reports.
“SheepShaver and Basilisk II come in versions for Mac OS X, which lets you run Mac OS 9 and earlier on Intel Macs, and can act as a replacement for Mac Classic, which is no longer included with Mac OS X 10.5 and later,” MacWindows reports. “Referring to the Mac versions of the PowerPC emulators, Goodine said ‘they both run pretty well.'”
“He points out: ‘Actually, the development of both of those emulators has veered in that direction [running OS 9 in Leopard]. I think that Mac users have more interest in the emulators now. The Windows ports are described as ‘experimental’ these days,'” MacWindows reports.
Full article with links here.
[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader “Jen” for the heads up.]
Four words…Ancient Art of War. That would be great to play again.
As if my life isn’t full enough already but now I’ve got to go and investigate this! I can’t help myself… I still have old software from my pre-OS X days that I’m fond of…
BattleGirl, enough said.
All my young daughter wants to play is Monkey Island. Good thing we still have a G5 to run classic, but then what? Maybe it’s time for a new version of the game out there.
Sim City 2000, how I love that game…
Shame it was never ported to OS X.
Battle Girl?
Monkey Island?
Ha!
I went on ebay a few months ago and bought:
YDKJ!!!!
Full House bby!
Who would want to run classic? yawn
“Who would want to run classic? yawn”
Someone who would want to play Close Combat 2 again.
HyperCard!
COSMIC OSMO!!!
But does anyone know how to run Gnarly Golf for the 2GS on OSX? That’s the REAL question. At least for me…
Let’s see: I could spend my time reliving the Classic days via emulation – or I could get punched in the face.
Face punch it is. Right after I ‘rebuild my desktop’ and force quit my Chooser!
Suh-weet.
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Ambrosia, please port Escape Velocity (original, override, Nova) to the iPhone! For now, an OS9 emulator will have to do…
@ Mike from Fernie.
Are you in BC?
Anyway goto http://www.emulation.net
They got what you need dude.
Tubular Worlds – oh the memories…
HyperCard, baby!
This is a great news for PC users since even Mac OS 9 is way better than any Windows version….
oh, and i recently tried SheepShaver on my Intel mini. OS9 run like crap. about 1/6 speed. Applications run fine, but old Games _always_ bring down the System with a Bomb after a few minutes.
These Emulators are _very_ unstable.
system 7.6 lode runner now thats a game yeah
@Bill:
Why play EV on an OS9 Emulator??? Just get the OS X versions – I can play all 3 on my Intel Macbook Pro.
As for my OS 9 favs: Strategic Conquest and Spaceward Ho!
@old mac:
Lode Runner was great! I remember playing that on the old Apple IIe. 😀
What about running Classic on a PPC Mac under 10.5?
Perhaps I’ll run that Power PC emulator on a Fusion virtual machine running on my MacBook pro, thereby running Mac to run Windows to run Mac again.
Just because I can.
Where, BTW, can we find Specter VR??
> But does anyone know how to run Gnarly Golf for the 2GS on OSX? That’s the REAL question.
If your question was serious, try this…
http://www.sheppyware.net/software-mac/sweet16/
@bill
speaking of porting to iphone i want Oregon Trail iPhone edition!
Lucas Arts: Pod Racer!
Marathon!