With some of the older games, it's tough to tell what systems will work. A lot of programmers back then wrote directly to areas of the hardware that was subsequently changed later on by Apple. For example, I have a King's Quest II game that will not run on anything newer than a Mac II. Not my IIci or IIcx, not my LC - just the Mac II, and the 68000 based Compact Macs. Chipwits 1.0 won't run on anything but my 128K or 512K - not even my 512Ke! So it may not *just* be a System 6 issue.
I guess what I'm saying is that a IIci running System 6 *may* be incompatible with some of these games. Then again, it could be just fine. You're just going to have to try it and see. With prices of these kinds of Macs being so ungodly low, you may want to pick up an SE to assure compatibility with some real old games, and then also get a IIci, IIfx, etc...for some more System 6 horsepower. System 6 on a IIfx is unbelievable! =) Have fun! -dustin On Monday, March 24, 2003, at 04:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hey all, > > My dad has some old games that he wistfully speaks of at times. He > used to play them on his old SE. I think his favorites were Playmaker > Football and V for Victory. I was thinking of getting him another > better, faster, color Mac so he could play them again. I believe most > of his stuff required System 6, so that is the main requirement for > the new proposed machine. I have looked at the Apple site for > machines compatible with system 6, and I guess the IIsi, IIci is > catching my attention. I love my old IIsi, I use it every day! > Anyway, > > 1) Are the specs accurate on the Apple site as to which machines can > run System 6? It seems like very few of them can. > > 2) Since it is possible to easily get many different types of > machines from eBay or the Swaplist, what are the suggestions you folks > have for a good gaming machine? > > Thanks in advance! -- Vintage Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Vintage Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/vintage.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
