A while ago I became interested in Mac emulation, considering that a number of games for that platform have unique high-resolution graphics (e.g.
Warcraft: Orcs & Humans). However, almost every emulator I could find requires the original Mac ROM as well as MacOS and other software to run, and I own neither. Of course these might be obtained from the Internet but I try to avoid this kind of practice.
After some rather fruitless search I found a solution to this problem in the form of a piece of software called
Executor. This is not an emulator but a
compatibility layer like Wine, and it does not need any ROMs or the original MacOS. There are versions for DOS, Windows and Linux.
Executor is long discontinued and the owners released it as freeware by making public a registration code for the shareware version (
source code is also available). The only downside is that not all Mac programmes run smoothly or are supported at all, and Mac software that requires a version of MacOS higher than 7.0 will not work. Sometimes there are issues with sounds etc.
That said, I checked out the Mac shareware version of
Wolfenstein 3-D and it turns out to work quite well in Executor, with sounds, music and everything. Here's a screenshot from the game running at 640x480:
(Actually I took that shot in DOSBox using the DOS version of Executor, although it works much slower compared to the native Windows version.)
The E-Maculation Wiki has basic instructions on setting up and running Executor:
http://emaculation.com/doku.php/executor_setup
The shareware version of Mac
Wolf3D can be downloaded
here. The file is called wolfenstein-threed-101.hqx. You might need to right-click on it and then select Save File As... to download it.
A while ago I became interested in Mac emulation, considering that a number of games for that platform have unique high-resolution graphics (e.g. [i]Warcraft: Orcs & Humans[/i]). However, almost every emulator I could find requires the original Mac ROM as well as MacOS and other software to run, and I own neither. Of course these might be obtained from the Internet but I try to avoid this kind of practice.
After some rather fruitless search I found a solution to this problem in the form of a piece of software called [url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Executor_%28software%29]Executor[/url]. This is not an emulator but a [url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compatibility_layer]compatibility layer[/url] like Wine, and it does not need any ROMs or the original MacOS. There are versions for DOS, Windows and Linux.
Executor is long discontinued and the owners released it as freeware by making public a registration code for the shareware version ([url=https://github.com/ctm/executor]source code[/url] is also available). The only downside is that not all Mac programmes run smoothly or are supported at all, and Mac software that requires a version of MacOS higher than 7.0 will not work. Sometimes there are issues with sounds etc.
That said, I checked out the Mac shareware version of [i]Wolfenstein 3-D[/i] and it turns out to work quite well in Executor, with sounds, music and everything. Here's a screenshot from the game running at 640x480:
[img]http://i.imgur.com/nj4DALg.png[/img]
(Actually I took that shot in DOSBox using the DOS version of Executor, although it works much slower compared to the native Windows version.)
The E-Maculation Wiki has basic instructions on setting up and running Executor:
[url]http://emaculation.com/doku.php/executor_setup[/url]
The shareware version of Mac [i]Wolf3D[/i] can be downloaded [url=http://ftp.nl.freebsd.org/ftp/ftp/infomac/game/_Commercial/_Wolfenstein_3D/]here[/url]. The file is called wolfenstein-threed-101.hqx. You might need to right-click on it and then select Save File As... to download it.