Hi everyone, I'm hoping someone here may be able to help me with my quest. :)
The first computer game I ever played as a child was Kings Quest on a friends IBM PCjr. I was amazed, it was like playing out a fantasy novel! I'm also a long time Mac fan, the 68k Macs being my favourites, and in recent years I thought it may be fun to try and find a 68k Mac to play Kings Quest on. I always assumed the 1987 Kings Quest Macintosh version was in B&W only. But then a few months ago I came across this YouTube video <https://youtu.be/aUIwaKBFiEs> showing the intro of the Mac version in colour! I've never seen this version before, and from my online searches, I suspect it didn't sell well on the Mac. Colour Mac's in 1987 were very expensive and I can't imagine many people used them for gaming. I searched eBay and found an original Mac version of the game, but when I tried it on my LC III and Macintosh Color Display, I was disappointed that while the game tried to run, the opening scene didn't render correctly. It looks like it tries to create a colour display of the castle but it oddly displays it in small boxes at the top of the screen. I have an LC II and a Quadra 605 and tried it on both of them as well, but they all had the same issue. I then thought perhaps my Mac OS version was too recent, so I downgraded from 7.5.5 to 7.1 but still no luck. My thoughts now are that it may either require System 6 or a different screen resolution that the Macintosh Color Display doesn't support. 512x384 vs 640x480? What's frustrating is, I cannot find any hardware requirements for this game that list or reference the colour mode at all. But now that I know it exists, I need to see it through! lol Would anyone have ideas on what to try next? -- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Vintage Macs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
