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Classic mode on macs?

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proZach
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I downloaded some old computer game and want it to work. there was an error when I tried to boot it up, "classic environment is no longer supported". how can I do this?

I have last years macbook pro if that matters, not too sure of the OS, assumably a newer one, but not snow leopard.
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connoroh
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you should be able to use it with rosetta, i think.
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proZach
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is that a program I can download? i did a quick search, but didn't find a link or much on it aside from a translator of powerpc something whatever.
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skiierman
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its a mac, that's your problem.
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connoroh
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i feel like rosetta should work on it. You have to enable rosetta somewhere in your preferences of your comp.

I haven't done it in a while and forget how.
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Yung_Gnarley
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DURR I BUILD MY OWN COMPUTERZ AND BROWSE PC FORUMS
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proZach
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you're a ginger. not my problem.
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lahnabonny
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ahahahaha
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navierSTOKED
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do you have any more info on the game? could be a swing and a miss, but have you tried running it through X11?
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Hack.The.Pow.
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holy shit I agree with skiierman for once....what has this world come to.....
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Ericpbp
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poop
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Lemuel
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Alright all you PC fanboys can leave with your stupid and useless comments. There is nothing wrong with either a mac or a pc, its all about preference.
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Peter.
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bootcamp if it seriously doesn't work
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proZach
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the game is myst. I never played it while growing up and wanted to check it out. plus I have 10 hours of traveling tomorrow haha. no idea what x11 is, I'm pretty new to macs.
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bitchezluv=]
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seriously reconsider the amount of effort you are going to spend trying to play this game, it is quite terrible.
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navierSTOKED
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probably this ^ but X11 is built into your mac to handle certain programs that OSX can't, mainly unix based ones.  Just do a search for X11 in apps and it should come up.
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proZach
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okay I found the program, but do you know the command to play the myst application/installation? I don't know unix or even where to begin.
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navierSTOKED
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try entering the path to the game and/or right clicking on the game and try and open with X11.  Like I said, this is a long shot
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