Classics For X News

Dapplegrey 2.1 - Now boot disk images from drive 'C:'

Finally I managed to migrate the Dapplegrey project file from an older version of REALbasic (v2007r5) to the current version 2008r5, which wasn't easy because importing the project to any version 2008 mixes the elements located in Tabulator Panels. So needed to re-place their correct locations, which is now finished. Compiling with a recent version of the compiler is always an advantage, so use this version of Dapplegrey now.
Now you could load Disk images to drive letter 'C:' , too. Enables you to add booter games images to the Dapplegrey games list.
Keyboard Layout expansions: Replaced the non-functional Codepage text field by a popup menu which lists valid codepages for the keyboard layout selected.
Disk Images no longer will be mounted if Drive Checkbox is unchecked.
Disk images still should match DOS naming conventions, the 8.3 thingy.

Preferences window fixes:

DOSBox Pathes, "'Base Drive C:' path" remembers the path setting correctly now. Something prevents it from moving the Preferences setting to the Application settings, so the information was lost in past.

Update to Compatibility List: Waterrace runs in SheepShaver, true

I did another look into Waterrace and I've detected, that the game does run in Sheepshaver. I think I didn't checked that before, because the game initially requires a 3D graphics accelerator which isn't included/supported by SheepShaver.
Until now, this entry listed Classic Environment only, to be compatible with.

(Screenshot taken from Classic Environment)

Dapplegrey 2.0.7

In the past Dapplegrey checks the applications folder and subfolders of the Applications folder for DOSBox.app. Now, if DOSBox can't be found there, the frontend checks also its own folder for DOSBox.app, before you will be asked for it.

I hope the function "Mount this folder as drive C: " has been fixed now. At least, if you re-allocate the game exe file, the subfolders list (where you choose the mount point of the emulated Drive C:) will be re-created now. Without that, this function wasn't complete yet.

Other changes are:

When using the non-official Universal Binary port of DOSBox 0.65, the menu command "Kill DOSBox" doesn't work at all, so this menu command will be deactivated now, if you're using this version of DOSBox. Unfortunately, if you've installed multiple DOSBox versions beside 0.65, there will be still started another instance of a newer version of DOSBox without calling the DOS app you wanted to run. If that happens to you, just switch to DOSBox 0.65 by using Cmd-TAB keyboard shortcut.
If the Keyboard shortcut window is open, when DOSBox starts, that window remains visible now.

Last Chance To See Reader, version 1.3

Viewing eBay, I got my hands on an original Mac version of 'Last Chance To See' by Douglas Adams. Like the MacOS X Reader plays the original Windows source right now, maybe the original Mac source can be viewed some day.

Bugfixes in this Reader version are:

Dawkins Kakapo sidebar length has been corrected.
Mauritius Kestrel datacard length has been corrected + plays right wave now.

Dapplegrey 2.0.6 Bugfix update

Bugs fixed:

Check CD/DVD drives msg displays in english now instead of in german as before
Some other text fixed, which has been displayed in german before.
Deleting an entry switches the games list to first entry, also the TabPanel content of the deleted entry will be removed now. Before, the TabPanel content still displayed the content of the deleted entry, which was wrong.

Celebrating five years of Classics For X website

Many years ago, in 1992, aged 22 at that time, I've buyed my first own computer, which was a Macintosh Classic. Many years later, I looked for a successor of HyperCard, which development has been stopped by Apple, Inc. , so I buyed REALbasic, at its time in version 3.5. I started to work with REALbasic and some months later I finished two adventure game remakes, namely "Transylvania 1" and "Mystery House", which has been published using this website in August 2003 the first time, five years ago.

Transylvania 1 Remake 3.0: Say 'hello' to Sabrina

Now introducing Transylvania 1 Remake version 3.0. This version pays attention to larger screen resolutions by displaying larger graphics. It also adds sound background and sound effects taken from some sources including the own voice of the programmer ("A rough voice shouts 'Get out'!") which makes it became a zipped download size of 46 MB.
Some other things changed, so if you get managed to awake Sabrina you have to tell her to follow you.
Otherwise she'll stay at her location if you move away.

Minimum system requirement is MacOS X 10.4 Tiger on PowerPC or Intel-Mac now.

MacFreeSCI v3

Currently, MacFreeSCI has been updated to v3. It is Universal Binary now and runs with Leopard only. Because it is a Sourceforge project file, older versions are still available for Panther or Tiger.

FreeSCI is a Linux project which runs SCI games created by Sierra, like:

Leisure Suit Larry 1
Leisure Suit Larry 2
Police Quest 2
King's Quest 4
Quest For Glory 1
Space Quest 3
Hoyle's Book of Games 1 + 2
Laura Bow 1: The Colonel's Bequest
Conquest Of Camelot
Codename: Iceman

Remember, original game files are required to play the games.
A complete list of supported games is available at http://http://freesci.linuxgames.com