Is there any way to play older Mac games on a newer mac without downloading anything? And if not...

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Is there any way to play older Mac games on a newer mac without downloading anything? And if not...

What do I need to download, where can I download it and will it damage my computer in anyway? I'm trying to play mac compatible games from 1998 and 1996. I don't have any of the disks that came with my mac (if there were any) so if I could do it without those that'd be great. But I could get them if I needed them. I'm not new to mac but I am totally new to this problem, so excuse my lack of knowledge on teh subject. Thanks!

Mac OS X (10.6.8)

Posted on Apr 23, 2013 3:43 PM

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MlchaelLAX

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Apr 26, 2013 3:46 AM in response to FloatAwhile

The Classic game Risk II running in Sheepshaver on my Lion Mac Mini:

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Here is a post I recently assembled for another similar question:

With the newer Intel Macs, you have to run a Classic emulator such as SheepShaver, which requires you to extract the Mac ROMs from your older Classic Mac and then install Mac OS 9.

A related program is Chubby Bunny, which comes bundled with all of that included (google the term "Classic-On-Intel v 4.0.1 chubby bunny").

More information on SheepShaver:

http://www.emaculation.com/doku.php/sheepshaver_mac_os_x_setup

and

http://www.everymac.com/mac-answers/mac-os-9-classic-support-faq/run-macos-9-on- intel-macs.html

and more information about Chubby Bunny:

http://www.macwindows.com/OS9_on_Intel_Mac.html#092408b

and

http://hackthemac.blogspot.co.uk/2008/08/chubby-bunny-old-virtual-machine.html

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Apr 23, 2013 3:47 PM in response to FloatAwhile

you cant download anything to play those ancient games. You need to get an older mac that can dual boot classic os and 10.4

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Apr 23, 2013 3:56 PM in response to shldr2thewheel

I read on other forums that I could get something I think was called sheepshaver or something like that...

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Apr 23, 2013 4:01 PM in response to FloatAwhile

you can try: http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/

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