| Its Christmas, that means its time for a Macintosh to make me angry again |
I picked up the kids a set of Disney edutainment games for Christmas. We're talking 6 CDs of learning fun. The box said it works on Macintoshes (classic mode, whatever that means), and Andrew was so excited by the idea that he basically shredded the box getting in.
Of course, because its a Macintosh, we stick the game into the machine, and it doesn't work. Apparently "classic mode", which I have never heard of, means "we're too lame to have written this game in the last five years, and it only works on OS 9". This is despite the box saying the game works with OS X. Apparently PowerPC macs can reboot into OS 9, but Intel Macs can't?
So, questions. Is there a PowerPC emulator for Intel Macs? Is it expensive? I also happen to have a PowerPC mac lying around, how do I reboot it into classic mode? It doesn't seem to be an option in the reboot dialog...
I am so disappointed in Disney at the moment...
Update 1: Disney tech support is closed of course, because its Christmas. Andrew is quite sad about it all. I'm being unfair on Apple in the text above, this is entirely Disney's fault for selling games which are so hideously out of date. To give you an idea of how out of date these games are, Intel Macs have been sold since January 2006 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Intel_transition), and OS 9 was discontinued in 2002 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac_OS_9). These games are really out of date.
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