What emu would you recommend to run old mac programs?

I have BasiliskII which runs pretty good for LC+ games, but its sound emulation is rather limited (no sound in any game I tried). Some games (Dark Castle, Beyond Dark Castle) are not working, because they want a 1-bit color depth. And I can't change it either... weird. So, what other options do I have? Is there something with better sound?





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> I have BasiliskII which runs pretty good for LC+ games, but its sound emulation
> is rather limited (no sound in any game I tried).

I've got sound here.

> Some games (Dark Castle,
> Beyond Dark Castle) are not working, because they want a 1-bit color depth. And
> I can't change it either... weird.

You can't change your video settings in the OS, you have to change them in the options for Basilisk (sucks, I know). Go to the "Screen" tab in Basilisk II prefs and select "Direct X Full Screen" as your screen type, set your width and height then your number of colors (Black and White/1-bit is the second from the top in the drop down menu). That should do you.

Basilisk II is the best 68k Mac emu out there and its free, its really you best option.

Lando242

> I've got sound here.

Do you have full sound?
I have *some* sounds emulated, mostly system sounds. But no game that I have tried has sound (e.g. Stuntcopter). The documentation mentions that sound emulation is not fully implemented...

Maybe there's a new version, which one are you using? The one that I donwloaded from their site seems pretty old...

> You can't change your video settings in the OS, you have to change them in the
> options for Basilisk (sucks, I know). Go to the "Screen" tab in Basilisk II

Not that bad... I prefer "outside" settings than in-emu settings, it makes things easier.

> prefs and select "Direct X Full Screen" as your screen type, set your width and
> height then your number of colors (Black and White/1-bit is the second from the
> top in the drop down menu). That should do you.

I did that. But it doesn't want to know anything. Maybe it's related to the ROM Bios, I'm using an LC ROM, maybe I should try to use a MacPlus one...

> Basilisk II is the best 68k Mac emu out there and its free, its really you
> best option.

It's already much easier than Executor... that I tried long ago but found confusing and hard to use.





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> Do you have full sound?
> I have *some* sounds emulated, mostly system sounds. But no game that I have
> tried has sound (e.g. Stuntcopter). The documentation mentions that sound
> emulation is not fully implemented...

Well I get music and sound effects in all games I try. I haven;t tried all that many and they are mostly from the 94-96 era. Red Baron, Starbound, Prince of Persia 1 and 2, ect. They all have full music and sound effects.

> Maybe there's a new version, which one are you using? The one that I donwloaded
> from their site seems pretty old...

Version 0.8 Build 142. Its the newest I know of and was made in 2000.

> I did that. But it doesn't want to know anything. Maybe it's related to the ROM
> Bios, I'm using an LC ROM, maybe I should try to use a MacPlus one...

Thats probably the problem, I'm using a Performa BIOS and have the system model set as a "Mac LC/Preforma 575-578/25".

Lando242