Playing Old Games On Intel Mac

Hi I Was Wandering How To Play Old Mac Games Eg: Marathon As I Get The Error "You Cannot Open The Application Because Its Not Supported On This System".
Is There A Emulator Or Something Ive Tryed On My Old G3 (Running OS X 10.3.9 And OS 9.2.2) And Get The Same Thing.
Note: The Mac Im Trying To Run It On Is The New iMac Intel

It should work on the G3 if you have "Classic" instaled.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classic_(MacOSX)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS
As far as Intel, might try this...
http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20060509180914879&lsrc=osxh

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Hello,
I have a macbook pro and i want to play this old powerPC mac game called Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis. Seeing as how my computer is intel based, i dont have classic environment. I put the game CD into my computer and it reads, but doesnt allow me to play the game. when i click the icon to start the game, it gives an error message:
"you cannot open the application becase it is not suported on this system."
i know there has to be a way for me to get this game going. any ideas?

Hi, Atturo -
Apple does not support Classic or OS 9 on any Intel-based machine.
However, there are some 3rd-party emulators available, each of which allows the use of certain pre-OSX OS's on an Ontel Mac. This article discusses some of them -
http://www.atpm.com/12.09/classic.shtml
The one I've seen mentioned the most is SheepShaver. There's more info about it here -
SheepShaver
Whether any of them will work sufficiently well for your purposes is a different issue. Many games do not work well, or at all, in an emulatorPrograms which require direct access to the machine;s hardware, such as many games do, usually will not run well, or at all, in an emulator or equivalent environment.
It may be simpler for you to look around for an older used machine, like an iMac of appropriate vintage, for this purpose - such machines can be got for not much money.

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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 I know it was originally made for 7.something but I thought it should be able to install on Classic but it won't. Can I hook up my old G3?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.
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You can read more about Basilisk here.
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I can't play my favorite game ever because it says the computer doesn't support the "classic environment".
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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.
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Does anyone know if there is something I can get to play old Mac games. I really want to play my MDK again. I have a macbook Pro.

You need an emulator. (i,e. - software that emulates the hardware required to run the application.)
I am not sure what MDK is. Depending on how old, and what special graphics requirements, you may or may not be able to run some of those older pre-OS X/Classic applications under emulation.
OS 9 and earlier games that require Classic and a PPC (G3/G4/G5) CPU to run in OS X might run under the OS 9 emulator called Sheep Shaver on the Intel Macs. I have only heard about it in these forums, no personal experience.
http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/
http://www.xlr8yourmac.com/feedback/Classicon_IntelMacs.html
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I'm trying to install some older games (97-00) onto my macbook pro, but I can't get them installed. When i click on the disc, it asks for a application to open it with, and I can't figure one out that works. Is there any way to get these games installed and working?

It depends on what OS these games were released for. Were they for Mac OS 8/9, or for some version of Mac OS X? If they were for Mac OS 8/9, then there's probably no practical way you can run those on your MacBook Pro. Sheepshaver is the only way to run Classic apps on an Intel system, but its performance is often too low for games. You could try it, though, and see if it would work for you (Sheepshaver is old and its compatibility with Snow Leopard I don't know).

I have a new mac. i used to play the sims on my old pc and i don't want to have to buy another game for the mac. i heard there is a program called crossover that allows you to play pc games on the mac, but i can't find it.

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