Posted: 9/17/2004 11:28 AM
Post subject: Famtasia (or compatible) for Mac OS
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Dante
Joined: 9/17/2004
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Hello! Discovered this site some days ago, and it's just great! Of course, I can download the AVI-Files of the Speedruns via Bittorent, but I'd prefer to watch the Famtasia Movies. Is there a Famtasia Version (or a compatible emulator) for Mac OS (X)? It's not that important, that I would go and purchase Virtual PC, but it would be great ;-)
Posted: 9/17/2004 11:32 AM
Post subject: Re: Famtasia (or compatible) for Mac OS
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Bisqwit
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No compatible, no Famtasia. Your choices are unfortunately limited to a PCemulator.
Posted: 9/17/2004 11:40 AM
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Dante
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Wow, thanks for the fast reply! Well, is there perhaps an old Famtasia version, that can be run under DOS?
Posted: 9/17/2004 10:20 PM
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Midnight_Candidate
Joined: 9/11/2004
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I don't really know if there's a particular emulator I can name, but he could always run a *nix emulator - X is based on Unix, ya know. ;) Then again, if all else fails, I'm sure there's some source somewhere that we could get to the guy...
Posted: 9/17/2004 10:23 PM
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Bisqwit
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The problem is that the system he's running contains a totally different processor than the ones found in PCs. Even if he installed Linux to it, he couldn't use Wine with it because Wine requires the host computer has a x86-compatible processor. There is no Famtasia-version that doesn't require Windows.
Posted: 9/18/2004 1:38 AM
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Dante
Joined: 9/17/2004
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Linux programs should be no bigger problem sincer there are some emulators that can run these apps (haven't installed one, but there are) Is this right? With Wine i could get Famtasia running? As I saw, i could use Wine, if I got Xfree86 running on my Mac but until now, I have to admit, I have no clue about how to use Unix/Darwin. But with the help of some Mac Board this should not be that difficult. If I had experiences in programming (acually: none), I'd try to port Famtasia myself, if the programmers said it was OK, which of course would be the best solution, not only for me;-)
Posted: 9/18/2004 1:41 AM
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Bisqwit
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I'll say once more: Famtasia requires Windows and x86 processor. Wine emulates Windows. Wine does not emulate x86. Mac does not have x86 processor. Ergo, Famtasia does not work on Mac without a pc emulator. As for porting, not possible: the source code of Famtasia is lost.
Posted: 11/30/2004 6:01 AM
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Shingen
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For OS X, you could try purchasing a copy of Virtual PC (since it's made by Microsoft, get one that comes with a Windows XP Home license). Depending on your mac, it could work ok.
Posted: 11/30/2004 6:16 AM
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Bob_Whoops
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Unless I'm mistaken, isn't that really expensive? It would be almost cheaper to buy a new computer x_X. Though I'm lucky and got a copy for free from my dad's work. It works decently. It's of course slower than what it would be non-emulated, but it's not so bad. And getting the resolution to work properly is a pain. Though it's really annoying to emulate anything other than windows OSes on it (i.e. Linux). Haven't tried it on OS X though.