Oregon Trail does not work after update to Leopard...any thoughts?

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Oregon Trail does not work after update to Leopard...any thoughts?

After installing the software, whenever I attempt to open it, it opens the first "learning software" screen in fullscreen and seems to be flawless, but then it quits back to the desktop unexpectedly.

Any ideas on how to get this to work? (the oregon trail website is practically useless)

Thanks

macbook pro, Mac OS X (10.5.1)

Posted on Dec 29, 2007 8:44 PM

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ECSD3R32

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Dec 29, 2007 9:23 PM in response to ben oven1

This is the SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS from the website.

It appears that it is not Leopard compatible. It appears to be an older piece of software.

Macintosh® PC Requirements:
SmartDownload is available for Windows® platform only.
System 8.6 -9.2 and OS X
Macintosh® PowerPC® with 180 MHz (or faster) processor
32 MB RAM
100 MB free hard drive space
8x (or faster) CD-ROM drive
Monitor capable of displaying thousands of colors, 13" or larger
Mouse
Browser such as Netscape Navigator® 4.0 or Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
28.8 Kbps or faster modem
Color printer

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Dec 30, 2007 1:01 AM in response to ben oven1

If this is a brand new Macbook Pro, you won't be able to run this software, as you won't be able to run Tiger OS.

If your Mac came with Tiger and Oregon Trail was working on Tiger, then get yourself an external drive and install Tiger on it and whatever older games/other software that won't run on Leopard. With an external drive, when you boot the Mac, hold down the option key and it will give you the option of booting from the external Tiger drive. Then your games will work again.

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ben oven1 Author

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Dec 30, 2007 6:24 PM in response to ECSD3R32

Hmm, well it says OSX which I took to include Leopard (since isn't leopard just 10.5 instead of 10.4?)

I never initially tried it on Tiger, I was just going off the assumption that they supported OS X, and that it included previous versions and that maybe there was a small tweak to get it to work on Leopard

Thanks for the help!

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ECSD3R32

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Dec 30, 2007 7:03 PM in response to ben oven1

This was a major upgrade for OS X.

The "10" in 10.5 references the base underlying operating system. The "5" in 10.5 indicates that it has MAJOR changes in the software code. The "1" in 10.5.1 indicates a MINOR change.

It would be like in the WINDOWS world WINDOWS 3.1 was replaced by WINDOWS 98. Then 98 was replaced by various versions of WINDOWS 2000, then WINDOWS XP. Finally VISTA.

Each one these left some software behind that would not work with the newer version. My point is that "OS X" is the name of the operating system and the ".5" is the latest version. And even Apple has to leave some software behind when it upgrades or the operating system would become too cumbersome and probably unstable if it had to be compatible with software from the beginning of time.

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