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A partial list of games that work and don't work




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