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Their Macintosh back in the 80s was a lame toy. And it cost a lot. I used one at a job back then. My first "lame toy" computer cost less than $90. I learned BASIC programming on it.
Must have been a ZX-81.
Timex Sinclair 1000. It was a modified version of the British ZX-81, that would work with US televisions. It came out in 1982, and the price quickly dropped from the introductory price of $99.95 because of competition from Commodore and others. When I bought might, I got the computer plus 16K memory pack for less than $90. I switched to the Radio Shack Color Computer the following year.
I ran a Mac from about 2003 until 2020. Loved it. It WORKED and it worked well. You can pooh-pooh the Mac but my experience was great and it wasn't just on the job. Been running Linux since 2020. I like that I'm not being spied on or not as much but the software leaves a lot to be desired, IMHO. The ONE game I've played for many years--no issues on the Mac--is almost impossible to run on the Linux sys. Every time there's a computer issue, I have to reinstall it and then search for the proper drivers. This last time, I was unsuccessful. So, the ONE game I love to play, I cannot.
What game? Unless it uses a rootkit anticheat like EAC it should run just fine on a modern Linux distro. Even then EAC can work.
Due to Proton and Vulkan, Linux is very viable for gaming...much more so than a mac. Check ProtonDB for your title. What's the game rated? If bronze or better it should work.
You'll laugh.....Din's Curse. Stream Deck: Playable. Awaiting further response before giving a rating.
Thanks for the comment, I appreciate it. I play Flare but there really is no comparison in terms of graphics, player control, movement, and seemingly endless variations. I originally bought DC from Soldak years ago, played right "out of the box" on the Mac. It's always been an arduous task to add necessary files that must be found and then activate them via the terminal. I bought it again from GOG games awhile back and got it running until several months ago when Ubuntu updated. As I recall, I never got it properly installed.
Thought I'd try to play it within Steam. I saved the player files but when I've tried to start the game, the display is so humongous that I cannot find the initial choices when starting or loading a game. I finally returned it.
Ok so to be fair youre playing a less popular game. That said the game is natively supported in Linux. Sometimes Linux native games aren't maintained, so in places like Steam you can also try the Windows version using Proton which allows Windows games to work in Linux.
Not knocking the game, I like CRPGs. Just noting this is an old, indie game that likely doesn't stay updated. I can find plenty of examples that have similar woes in Mac. Don't forget Mac just changed architecture again. There are many issues running legacy games on latest macs.
I'd need to know a little more. Bit since you own it on GOG I'd try using Heroic Launcher to install, manage and launch the game. It'll let you easily change settings and likely make it easier to launch and troubleshoot.
Good luck!
Quite possibly but I think a much more skilled person would be doing that, unfortunately. Sounds like a PROJECT; interesting but more cash that I could apply to it. Thanks for the idea though.
I was using a Mac in 1986, so what you had was a different machine completely.
You can install the MacOS in a virtual machine on a Linux machine. Here's one link:
https://www.linuxuprising.com/2020/03/how-to-install-macos-in-virtual-machine.html
I have Windows 10, and I use Virtual Box so that I can run Windows XP and some old software I prefer.
Interesting idea; I will give a look. Thanks.
LOL I learned BASIC on a Commodore 64.
TI99/4A with speech module, extended basic cartridge and cassette storage. Spent hours typing in code from magazines expecting some amazing game only to be disappointed. lol Spent more time playing Tunnels of Doom, Parsec, Dig Dug, Bigfoot etc. Great games, but the programming aspect just didn't draw me in. Had more fun making the speech module say rude things.
Loved playing around with my buddy's Commodore 64 though. Peeking and Poking various addresses to cause weird sounds, video corruption, crashes etc.
Mine was a Timex-Sinclair, a similar US model after Timex got it. It was actually in the watch case at a department store. I also took some BASIC classes at the community college on TRS-80, can't remember which model, except it did have 5" floppy drives.
I got a lot out of the Radio Shack Color Computer. It was much more versatile than the IBM PCs. You could hook it up to a MIDI keyboard to play it, or to a shortwave radio to download and print out weather satellite photos and Wirephotos from news originators. With the PC, you had to buy a separate card for MIDI and another separate sound card to record from the radio.
My first PC compatible was a Tandy 3000NL in 1989. It was very useful, but only had a 20MB hard drive which cost over $700 extra.