MBP 1,1-10,2 Help installing 1993 game on 2006 Macbook Pro

[ViddyWell]

Macbook Pro (model A1150, Intel Core Duo, 2006) w/ freshly-installed and updated OSX 10.6.8 (highest OS that can be installed).

From my ancient 1993 Mac Performa 550 (w. System 7.5, I think) I have an old floppy disk game which I loved playing, U-Boat by Deadly Games.

I can't get this game installed on my laptop.

Using my Windows 10 box, I downloaded floppy images with a .dsk extension from Mac game archives.

These were saved on a FAT 32 flash drive, along with some suggested compression tools, Stuffit Expander 14.0.1 and ShrinkWrap-3.sea.mrb, and transferred to the Mac.

I tried opening these with Stuffit Expander, but nothing happens.

I tried opening a .exe file, but just get a text window with mostly special characters and space.

Then I tried opening a .iso file. After double-clicking it, a new window opens with an icon reading "Double-click on me." After doing so, a message window apears: "You can't open the application Double-click on me, because the Classic environment is no longer supported."

I tried ShrinkWrap, but can't get the file opened.

And in System preferences, there's no option to enable the Classic environment, which I read was available after OS 9.

So, is there any app I can use on this laptop to allow me to play this game?

 

[Bigwaff]

That game was written for Motorola chips. It’s super old and won’t run an Intel Mac at all. The Classic environment only works on G3/G4/G5 Macs with Mac OS X. Your only option is Sheepshaver or Basilik VM with install of OS9.

 

[eyoungren]

That game was written for Motorola chips. It’s super old and won’t run an Intel Mac at all. The Classic environment only works on G3/G4/G5 Macs with Mac OS X. Your only option is Sheepshaver or Basilik VM with install of OS9.

Would that even work under OS9? I mean, a game that old goes all the way back to 68K code right?

 

[joevt]

You can try UTM:
https://mac.getutm.app
https://github.com/adespoton/utmconfigs

Or MAME:
https://www.mamedev.org

Check out the emulation wiki:
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Main_Page
https://emulation.gametechwiki.com/index.php/Macintosh_line

There's also Infinite Mac which uses some of those emulators in a web page. You can load your software into one of those.
https://infinitemac.org

I don't know how well they all work. Refresh rate, responsiveness, audio quality, etc.

 

[Chuckeee]

That game was written for Motorola chips. It’s super old and won’t run an Intel Mac at all. The Classic environment only works on G3/G4/G5 Macs with Mac OS X. Your only option is Sheepshaver or Basilik VM with install of OS9.

I have OS 9 running on Sheepshaver VM and use it to play 68K games but it’s a bit of a pain to get configured just right.

I’ve only gotten Basilik VM only running up to OS8. But if your 68K game will run under OS8, You can use Macintosh.js which is a turn key implementation of Basilik, but it has to be run directly from the application folder.

GitHub - felixrieseberg/macintosh.js: 🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry.

🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry. - felixrieseberg/macintosh.js

github.com

 

[Bigwaff]

You can use Macintosh.js which is a turn key implementation of Basilik, but it has to be run directly from the application folder.

GitHub - felixrieseberg/macintosh.js: 🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry.

🖥 A virtual Apple Macintosh with System 8, running in Electron. I'm sorry. - felixrieseberg/macintosh.js

github.com

Love the apology ;-)

 

[Wowfunhappy]

Wouldn't you want to use MiniVMac (as opposed to Basalisk etc) for a 68k game? AIUI it's a more accurate emulator.

 

[ViddyWell]

Thanks for all the super-quick and informative suggestions. I'm relatively new to Macs past the '90s, so it'll take me some time to sort through all the ideas. I'm glad everyone is so helpful and knowledgeable on the subject.