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- Hi,
-
- Recent posts have inquired about software people have run with
- Executor-MSW. For kicks, I have tried grabbing some games off mac archives.
- Below I list some of the games I have tried so far. I want to thank
- Mat Hostetter, Harri Valkama and Cliff Matthews for their help in getting
- me started. Even though I purchased a copy of Executor because I was
- curious, I have almost never used a real mac. So I was really a novice.
-
- First thing I found was that the mac programs that unpack .sit and
- .cpt files don't seem to run on Executor-MSW, and I don't have a mac
- handy on which to run the uncompression. But I read a FAQ from one
- of the mac newsgroups that got me straightened out. Anyway, I include
- the following paragraph for completeness even though I realize most of
- you reading this list must already be mac and NeXT gurus.
-
- The solution that worked for me (standalone NeXT dialing in via
- kermit to a Sun connected to internet) is as follows.
- 1) ftp to rascal.ics.utexas.edu, and download macunpack_1.1 and mcvert_1.65.
- They are in a unix utilities for mac directory (I forget the exact name
- of the directory).
- 2) on the NeXT, unshar (macunpack only?) and compile macunpack and mcvert.
- 3) To get a game into Executor,
- a) in a NeXT Terminal shell, mcvert filename.hqx
- b) if the filename contains .sit or .pit or .cpt, macunpack -v filename
- c) drag the resulting .bin files into the ExecutorVolume directory
- of your choice ("games" for me)
- d) launch Executor and run BinHex (in the "other" directory) to
- "download" the .bin files you dragged in
- e) quit BinHex, launch Executor again
- f) if the result is a .SEA, double-click & it will try to self-extract
- g) after (e) and if necessary (f) you are ready to play the game
-
- I notice that if the game has a sound option, you should always set
- it to off or at most system beeps only. Otherwise, as soon as the game tries
- to make sounds, it will crash. I suspect that a lot of the games crash when
- launched because they try to make sounds.
-
- I have not tried fooling with the Executor configuration for any of
- these games. Perhaps that would help with a lot of them.
-
- Sumex-aim.stanford.edu has found a virus and stopped permitting
- downloading some time last week. I got all these files before then (gulp).
- But it is probably cleared up by now and I'm not about to try downloading
- them all again anyway.
-
- Some files from mac.archive.umich.edu:
-
- AirTrafficController 1.0 ***OK***
- canfield4.0.sit.hqx opens but flaky
- card99.sit.hqx opens but flaky
- chinesepuzzle.sit.hqx never is recognized as an exe
- ducks.hqx (Sitting Duck) **REALLY PAINFULLY slow
- euchre1.1.sit.hqx (Euchre 1.1) **launches but doesn't recognize clicks
- golf.sit.hqx (Golf 2.0) logs me out!
- guess.hqx (MasterGuess) ***OK***
- hoylespoker.sit.hqx flaky or crashes
- jack.hqx flaky or chashes
- klondike.sit.hqx flaky or crashes
- lunar.lander.hqx launches but runs out of control
- maccribbage0.81.sit.hqx (MacCribbage) ***OK***
- megaroids.hqx crashes
- missile3.0.hqx (Missile 3.0) ***OK***
- seahaven.sit.hqx (Seahaven Towers) requires Color QuickDraw
- solarian1.04.sea.hqx (Solarian II) requires Color QuickDraw
- spacedodge1.1.hqx (Space Dodge v1.1) **runs sort of OK
-
- Some files from sumex-aim.stanford.edu:
-
- 3d-tic-tac-toe.hqx (3D Tic-Tac-Toe 1.0.3) crashes
- ? (Action-Strategy Baseball 1.1) crashes
- action-strat-baseball-11.hqx (Action-Strategy Baseball) crashes
- adventure-11.hqx (Adventure) crashes
- armor-12.hqx (Armor 1.2) corrupted
- assault-20.hqx (assault 2.0) launches but is flaky
- ataxx-102.hqx (Ataxx ) ***OK***
- battle-zone-12.hqx (macBzone 1.2) requires 68020 or higher, 6.0.7 or
- higher and an FPU
- bikaka-12.hqx (Bikaka 1.2) flaky
- black-box-103.hqx (Black Box 1.0.3) crashes
- blockade-091.hqx (blockade 0.91) ***OK***
- bombs-22.hqx (Bombs 2.2) ***OK***
- bread-and-circuses.hqx (Bread&Circuses-9) Error 35 at 00018
- catch-the-buzz-101.hqx (CTB 1.01) ***OK***
- chello-11.hqx disk-doubler error when self-extracting
- classic-tennis.hqx (Classic Tennis) did not macunpack the cpt.bin OK
- core-11.hqx too humongous /too many - I left alone
- core-wars-simulator.hqx too humongous /too many - I left alone
- covert-action-11.hqx (Covert Action) crashed
- crab-attack-ii.hqx (CRAB ATTACK II) needs 1 Meg to run
- crush-10.hqx doesn't debinhex into exe
- crystal-cave-22.hqx flaky, crashes
- cthulhu-monsters.hqx (CthulhuCard 1.0) crashed while self-extracting
- diamonds-15.hqx (Diamonds) requires Color Quickdraw
- dice-master.hqx (Dice Master) ***OK***
- flip-disks.hqx (Flip - discs) ***OK*** (a very inferior reversi)
- funhouse.hqx (Fun House) (requires a system file)
- galaxis-101.hqx (Galaxis 1.01) crashes
- game-master.hqx (GameMaster) crashes (lots of games in a folder)
- genesis-10.hqx (Genesis) ***OK*** (an evolution game/simulation)
- glider-311.hqx (Glider+3.1.1) starts then hangs or crashes
- hangman-plus-20.hqx (HangMan Plus) requires MacPlus or later computer
- running 6.0.4 or later
- hex-11.hqx (Hex 1.1) crashes when self-extracting
- knight-edit-15.hqx (Knight Edit v1.5) crashes when clicked on
- kongbots.hqx (Kongbots 1.0) crashes
- light-cycle-duel-121.hqx (LightCycle Duel 1.21) crashes
- mac-chase-217.hqx macunpack says it is corrupted
- mac-qubic-22.hqx (MacQubic 2.2) ***OK*** (3D tic-tac-toe)
- math-attack.hqx (MathAttack) it is a "stack" I guess for hypercard
- movod.hqx (MovoD) hangs
- oids-paranoid-galaxy.hqx
- phraze-craze.hqx (PhrazeCrazePlus) ***OK***
- While self-extracting, a file error
- occurred. Couldn't find New York info.
- This was interesting - it tried to
- create a folder - I then recycled the
- folder in NeXTstep, created one with
- the same name using HFSXfer, then
- re-ran the self extraction, and then
- the self-extraction worked!
- pinochle.hqx (Pinochle 1.0) crashes
- polyominoes.hqx macunpack reported bus error
- praxis-15.hqx (Praxis 1.5) **interesting but flaky
- quayle-tetris.hqx (Quayle's Tetris) crashes while self extracting
- reversi-mac.hqx (ReversiMac) ***OK*** (a much better reversi)
- not as good as NeXT ReversiSend
- robo-sport-arena-1.hqx
- robo-sport-arena-2.hqx
- robo-sport-arena-3.hqx
- robo-sport-arena-4.hqx
- robo-sport-arenas.hqx
- roboids-ii.hqx (Roboids II) requires 16 colors
- roboids.hqx (Roboids) crashes
- robowar-212.hqx (RoboWar) ***OK***
- save-the-farm-bw-22.hqx (Save The Farm 2.2) ***OK***
- slime-invaders-10.hqx (Slime Invaders 1.0) **runs but flaky
-
- Anyone wants to add to this list, be my guest!
-
- John Troxell
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