Old games on Lion

I'm sorry, I know there's already a thousand discussions about this but I had to get it off my chest. The question is just rhetorical.
Lion does not support PowerPC applications, and Rosetta has been stopped after SL. Now, what is bugging me is that everytime this topic comes up, the answer from other users is that in the last five years developers should have updated their apps to make them compatible to the new intel platform. But that answer is just oversimplified. Of course I'm not going to use apps that have been updated by developers! But there are some apps which will NEVER be updated by developers but I might still like to use nonetheless.
I was born in 1988 and I've always had nothing but macs at home. Now, it's not easy growing up as a mac gamer, and I think we all know how hard it was to get games for a mac just 10 years ago. Now, ALL those games I ever played on my computer are useless. Or they will be in a couple of years when I'll have to throw away the hardware.
I mean, I can play games made for an AMIGA in 1991 thanks to an emulator, but there's no way I can play Unreal Tournament, Quake, Elite Force, Wolfenstein, Call of Duty or any of those games anymore? That's just wrong. I'm going to downgrade and stay there until I can, waiting for a rosetta emulator to come up. And if it doesn't, there are other platforms which CAN run emulators. Apple really ****** me off with this one. And it really does mean a lot coming from someone who has always only used its products since he was capable of using a mouse.

Hi Zanmatt,
you are right: future Macs won’t boot 10.6. Even most of today’s Macs are unable to. I would suggest two things:
1) As long as you’re not getting a new Mac, use a separate partition or external drive with a 10.6 install on it.
2) You mentioned Quake. At least here I can help: I have Q1 to Q4 running in 10.7.4 without a problem. Q4 is offically supported, Q3 just needs the latest official patch and for Q1 and Q2 you should get these excellent ports done by a fellow german: http://www.fruitz-of-dojo.de/php/download.php4
Q1 and Q2 run great on my 2010 MBP with everything cranked up and if you convert the original CD Audio to MP3 or AAC you can even have the original audio!
As for using a VM: It’s perfectly possible to run OS X in a VM (I have 10.5, 10.6, 10.7 running in VMware Fusion), but graphics aren’t accelerated so relatively recent titles won’t be of much fun, I suppose. I once read a (imho true) thing: Windows is the new Classic. If you have no other choice, it might be easier to just boot Windows than to keep around an older Mac.

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Playing an old game on a new Mac

I just bought Quake 3 Arena for my MacBook Pro and when I try to install the game it says the classic environment is not supported and won't allow me to install it. Is there anyway I can install it or will a 12 year old game not play on a new mac?

Just to repeat: He WILL be able to RUN the game on his Mac as there is a Universal Binary version available (I know because I have it and have used it in the week since I've upgraded to Lion). It's just difficult to INSTALL because one has to manually extract files from the installation CD and then locate and install the UB version from wherever the developer stores it on the net. I gave him a link to the application and a link to the germ of some instructions for installing - from the CD - the other bits needed for the application to run.
Here's a little more, but I'm not interested in spending any more time tracking down every little tidbit of information needed for a self-confessed ignoramus (no offense intended) to whack together a 10-year-old game for a brand-new Mac:
http://forums.macrumors.com/archive/index.php/t-295870.html
"all you need is the pak0.pk3 from your quake disc. put it into the baseq3 subfolder of the universal binary. the pak0.pk3 file should be about 460mb and has all the textures.
you can use ioquake3 if none of the other universal doohickeys work - it worked for me. http://ioquake3.org/"

When I upgraded to ios 5, it asked me a for a new game center name. How do I use my old game center name, since it makes me start some games over without it?

When I upgraded to ios 5, it asked me a for a new game center name. How do I use my old game center name, since it makes me start some games over without it?

Carefully follow steps 1-9 outlined by wjosten in this post: https://discussions.apple.com/message/13356770#13356770. This will not, however, avoid wiping any non-purchased media from your phone (ripped CDs, etc.) as this is only synced one way: from your computer to your phone. You will have to either rebuild your iTunes library with this content and sync again to restore it to your phone, or purchase 3rd party software to copy it from your phone to iTunes prior to syncing (such as Touch Copy).

An old game with no uninstaller, here for good? oh, no.

i have an old (1998) game called carmageddon 2. i bought it and installed it a couple of months ago. since then, ive beaten it many times and am now sick of playing it and i want it off. so, i look to uninstall it and there is no uninstaller. i checked all the files that come on the disk that the game came on. so, i look to see if interplay who made the game can help. i think they've gone out of business, for they havent replied to my emails and thier website looks as though they stopped updating it a long long time ago. so am i stuck with this game? its like a wart thats taking up useful space. is there anyway of wiping this stuff off of my computer?
powerbook Mac OS X (10.4.6) a question about an old game running on classic 9

HI, SB. If the file is merely locked, that won't prevent you from putting it into the Trash, and holding down the Option keey when emptying the Trash will dispose of it. If the error message is that the file is "locked or in use", the file may be open or in use by other software, in which case you can't move it to the Trash. Try this: boot to a CD — any bootable CD or DVD will do — and then try moving the file to the Trash and emptying it.
If even that doesn't work, your hard disk directory is probably damaged and needs to be repaired. Boot to your latest OS Installer CD or DVD and open Disk Utility. Run the Repair Disk routine repeatedly until you've gotten two successive "Appears OK" verdicts from it. Then trash the file and empty the Trash.
If you can't get a clean bill of health from Disk Utility, you'll need to use a more powerful disk utility such as DiskWarrior or TechTool Pro to make the necessary repairs.

I recently got a new iphone but when I restored it in iTunes one of my games that I have played for months RESET. How do I get my old game info back?

I recently got a new iphone but when I restored it in iTunes one of my games that I have played for months RESET. How do I get my old game info back?

If you made a backup before you restored it you can restore your iPhone from a backup and your game data should be restored. When you connect your iPhone in iTunes you can right click on it in the sidebar and select restore from backup.

I've change device Ipone4s to Ipnoe 5 . How to i get the old game for game center

I've change device Ipone4s to Ipnoe 5 . How to i get the old game for game center

Regarding the old iMac. Just delete your USER NAME from the Control Panel. Go into System Preferences - then User/Groups and delete your account from there.
Just a bit of advice though before you do all this, go and buy yourself a remote Hard Drive, they're really good value today and copy off all of your sacred files from your old computer onto the new drive. You could also do the same via the Backup.app
It's well worth doing.... You can easily delay the switch over for a few days and you'll then have a backup disc that you'll start to use again and again.

HT5815 im searching a for a update there makes it possible for mac computer with OS X To play games there aren't Supported for power pc, Like Warcraft 3, Diablo 2 and those kind of old games there worked on the previous versions of the OS

im searching a for a update there makes it possible for mac computer with OS X To play games there aren't Supported for power pc, Like Warcraft 3, Diablo 2 and those kind of old games there worked on the previous versions of the OS

Here is a thread for you: Is there any possible way to run PPC...: Apple Support Communities

I got an old game set up for system 7.5 and my 10.6.8 wont run it. Is there a download of the older systems that would allow me to play this game?

Any ideas on how to get this old game working on the newer model computer? The message I get is that it wont run it "because Classic environment is no longer supported".

You could look into Sheepshaver which supports older OS versions but I hear can be very tricky to install. you may also find that a game will not work on it because games often want to control the hardware directly and an OS7 game will have absolutely no idea how to run your computer. Frequently it is recommended you just buy an old Mac capable of running OS7.
Even if you had a Classic-capable computer it is still quite possible it would not run an OS7 game. I found many of my OS7 games stopped working even when I ran a computer actually booted to OS9.
Which game is this? Some old favorites are being re-released for OSX, e.g. Solarian.
By the way, it would be better to post this in the correct forum ((probably Snow Leopard) since this forum is intended for questions about how to use this web site.

How do you continue a game app on a restored device that refuses to load the old game?

I have recently today restored my device since I have frogotten the orignal password to my iPod at that time. I reinstalled all of my apps, and most of them seems to load the old game I had on my device (thanks to my GameCenter account). But, there are 4 games that refuse to load the old game. Flutter: Butterfly Sanctuary, Mini Pets, My Talking Tom, and Naughty Kitties. The only game that mentions my game saved on my GameCenter account is Flutter, saying "Sorry, your Flutter account is already associated with a differnet GameCenter account." Flutter still plays from the start.
What I am trying to say is that there are games I redownloaded that will not connect to my GameCenter account after restoring my iPod. Is there any way to load my previous games back onto my restored device? The only app I really want to keep is Flutter, because I had made a lot of progress on it.
I'd recommend a person who's experienced with the apps I have listed to answer my question, but if anyone else knows a thing or two, go for it.

lllaass wrote:
Maybe:
http://www.tuaw.com/2011/03/22/how-to-transfer-game-saves-between-ios-devices-wi thout-itunes/
Just what do you mean by "refuse to load the old game."?
He means the progress of the game. Like where he was, what level he was on, his lives, etc.
As for the OP, restore from an old backup and use lllaass' directions. Then restore as new.

Game Center disabled all my old game apps.

Updated my phone and now there's a game center app. Whenever I try to open my old game apps I get a progress bar that says "Connecting to Game Center" perpetually. Game Center has effectively made all my previous game apps defunct. How to solve? How do I disable Game Center?
Message was edited by: sarahrae

Did you use the same GC login as on the old device? Yo have to.
Also see:
Conflicting clash of clans villages in the game center on 2 devices
need to get clash of clans from old device to new device. set up game center but only seeing new device coc not old device

I want to sing in to an old game center

I have a game attach to an old game center but I can't log in ....can I see with my email which users name is it ?

Hi finito09,
You can see what Apple ID you are using to sign in to Game Center by going to Settings > Game Center > Apple ID as shown in this article -
Using Game Center
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4314
Thanks for using Apple Support Communities.
Best,
Brett L

New Games? Old Games For New 6 Generation?

When will new games be out? When will the old games like Zuma come out for 6 Generation and if we already own the old games will they work for the 6 generation ipods?
I bought Zuma for my Ipod Classic and was hoping that it would work for it but nope... Itunes is lacking games.... WE WANT MORE !!!

When will new games be out?
Apple has set this up as a user to user forum and unfortunately they don't share their plans for the future with us. : - (
Your best bet is to submit your feedback to the man with this form: http://www.apple.com/feedback/itunes.html
(It says Request Music but it should do for Games as well.)

Old games on new Computer..........Help! IM Stupid!!!

I recently purchased a G5 imac. I cant play my old games (Diablo 2, Heroes, Age of Empires) on Mac os X because it says it cant find Mac OS 9.1. I dont think I should have to buy the old software and I dont know what to do. It doesnt make sense that the developers didn't account for this. Please give me help, Thanx!

think I lost all that software
Steffan, the DVD's or CD's that come with your computer should be treated like gold. There are many, many good reasons for ALWAYS keeping them in a safe place. Chances are you will need them for troubleshooting purposes one day. They will even increase the resale value of your Mac if should ever want to sell it (just ask any regular in the iMac G3 forum what they think about people buying older imacs that DON'T come with these disks.)
If you really have lost them then you should be able to get a replacement set from Apple, by quoting your model and serial number , etc. You will have to pay a fee for them, but it is well worth doing.
Cheers
Rod

Playing Old Games

I've been trying to play old games on my emac, it has Classic on it, but I can't get Where in Time is Carmen Sandiego to install, the one game I really want to play. lol! Is there a way I can make it work, I am desperate to? I know it was originally made for 7.something but I thought it should be able to install on Classic but it won't. Can I hook up my old G3? Would that work? Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. This is also the only Carmen Game that is not OSX (native).

I will try and boot Classic natively when I get home.
There is no such beast as boot Classic natively. You either boot Mac OS 9, or use Classic. Powerbook G4s with USB ports on the rear of the machine can boot Mac OS 9. Powerbook G4 with USB ports on the side of their keyboards can only use Classic. Mac OS X 10.5 and later don't allow running the Classic environment, but will on Powerbook G4s with USB ports on the rear of the machine allow booting into Mac OS 9.
If your Mac supports booting into Mac OS 9, you will have installed the Mac OS 9 drivers as stated here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA26834?viewlocale=en_US
and then installed Mac OS 9 that either came bundled with your Mac, or later retail version of Mac OS 9 which looks like * with no update or upgrade on the label. Finally, Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Startup Disk will let you switch to Mac OS 9 by selceting the Mac OS 9 system folder and selecting restart. Macs post the 9.2.1 release can only use their prebundled Mac OS 9 disc or restore discs to install Mac OS 9. Macs released after the July 2002 Jaguar 10.2 release, have a restore installer that installs the Mac OS 9 system folder on their prebundled discs.
If your Mac has 10.4.11 or earlier installed and supports Classic, Apple menu -> System Preferences -> Classic can be set to launch the Classic environment when an application is launched, or your machine boots into Mac OS X, or when you manually select it from the System Preference. That same restriction of installer discs applies, but no Mac OS 9 driver needs to be installed. Unfortunately Classic lacks certain driver support for graphics and sound making some games lack any support whatsoever.
- * Links to images hosted on my website may give me compensation.

Playing old games on OS X version 10.5.3

I can't play my favorite game ever because it says the computer doesn't support the "classic environment".
Is there a way around this?
Thanks.

See my FAQs*:
http://www.macmaps.com/macosxnative.html
http://www.macmaps.com/macgamepages.html
As you'll see any old games that require Classic essentially require an operating system that hasn't been updated since 2001.
Booting into Mac OS 9 gives you full driver support of Classic applications.
Using Classic only gives you partial support of Classic applications.
10.5 eliminates Classic, but still supports booting into 9 if you have a pre-2003 Mac (the 1 to 1.25 Ghz MDD G4 with no Firewire 800 which was available in 2003 and later new was really a pre-2003 Mac) that is 867 Mhz or faster.
PowerPC Macs released 2003 and later could only use Classic when booting into 10.4.11 or earlier. A Firewire hard drive or second partition allows you to have 10.4.11 or earlier simultaneously installed with 10.5 on the same Mac allowing you to use those older software titles.
2006 and later Macs use the Intel CPU, and they can't boot into 9, nor can they use Classic.
You can find used and refurbished Macs*:
http://www.macmaps.com/usedrefurbished.html
which will allow you to run older games if they haven't been upgraded to current compatibility.
The irony is, 2006 and later Macs have better hardware support for all Windows and Linux operating systems than older Macs, thus allowing you to run in virtualization Windows or Linux at native speeds, and giving you full compatibility with Windows and Linux games which was only possible through emulation before.
- * Links to my pages may give me compensation.

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