21 Apr
2004
21 Apr
'04
2:18 p.m.
This is something that greatly amuses me about OS X
Classic: it seems the
older the application, the more compatible with Classic it is. System 6
apps run happily on my 10.2.8 dual G4, and yet a 8.6+ game of Shogo which
needs Apple OpenGL freezes at the title screen and requires me to force-quit
Classic.
The only other classic app I regularly use is Adobe PageMill 3.0.
Thankfully it is able to handle the FTP portion without any difficulty.
Again I'm looking for replacement, but what's out there seems *way*
overpowered. Once I break down and buy the Adobe Create Suite Pro upgrade
from Photoshop, I'll most likely largely switch to
useing Adobe GoLive
instead of PageMill, and Adobe Illustrator instead of
ClarisDraw, but I
suspect I'll still use ClarisDraw for some things.
As for games I know I've run the original "Master of Orion" on 10.2 on my
G4/450, I'm not sure if I've tried it on 10.3 on my G5. One of these days I
should check to see how "Warlords II" works. Hopefully it works better than
the last time I tried it! The Mac versions of both games are *FAR* better
than the PC versions as they allow you to view a *lot* more territory at
once on the screen, not limiting you to 640x480 like you are on a PC.
They're also what I consider to be two of the greatest computer games ever.
Zane