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Vista, Mac OS X Clone?
Lead Head:
I just recently played the Doom 1 demo on my comp, mouse worked perfectly.
Orethrius:
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---Sorry, it has been a while seens I have played it. You should try it on a real Macintosh rather then basklisk. It will run much better. You need a classic os like mac os 9 or 8. You can get one of ebay for about 100 or less dollars.
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You think I'm running Linux because of a lack of willingness to run Classic. That's rich, even if it is partly correct. The whole reason why I started using Windows? Because I got sick of system-bombs. Given, they were in 8.1 on a ROAD APPLE, but it was enough to put me off of gaming on Mac. The whole reason why I got into Linux? One too many memory dumps for no reason better than being up for a day. The whole reason why I'm using Basilisk for this now? I miss the old 680x0 games. I know how much Classic systems cost, btw - I've been in this game since the LC, having had prior experiences back to the II Plus. Ultimately, the whole reason why I am where I am - in regards to Basilisk, at least - is that I'd rather have a playable framerate, error-free, than a stellar framerate with constant problems. Too bad OS X doesn't run those titles worth a damn. :(
mobrien_12:
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---I'm 15 and i found marathon much better then doom.
1. Mouse support when doom was release I do beleave x86's didn't have mice. even if they did you couldn't use the mouse.
2. More colors. Doom was a old 16bit game sad colors.
3. No macintosh. Macintosh is the better os and doom wasn't for it :(
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Oh for...
Look, x86 computers have had mice since the 1980's. Doom came out in the early 90's.
16-bits? WTF? DOOM was a 32 bit, protected mode game. If you were talking about 16-bit color, you are way off in the other direction.
Doom is available for the Macintosh.
You could use the mouse, but DOOM wasn't rigged to use the mouse in "freelook" mode, which is what all FPS since Quake use.
Aloone_Jonez:
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---I'm 15 and i found marathon much better then doom.
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I've never heard of marathon so I can't compare.
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---1. Mouse support when doom was release I do beleave x86's didn't have mice. even if they did you couldn't use the mouse.
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It helps if you load the DOS mouse driver.
--- Quote from: Xeniczone ---2. More colors. Doom was a old 16bit game sad colors.
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Don't know about marathon but Doom was a 32-bit protected mode game and it had 8-bit 320x200 VGA/MCGA graphics like most games at that time. Later on DOS games started using mode X, a technique that tweaked the maximum resolution of a VGA compatable card in 8-bit mode from 320x200 up to 360x480 and it made multiple pages possible (even Windows 9x used mode X 320x400 to display its startup screen), 400x600 was also possible but you needed a SVGA monitor so it wasn't so common, this was all quite impressive back in the day. Then came VESA support shortly before the demise of DOS to Windows however VESA is still used by Windows XP and Linux when a video driver is unavailable.
WMD:
Marathon better than Doom? Wow. I always considered the Marathon series piss-poor. The only reason I ever launch it is to show people "See, Bungie made Mac games before MS bought them!"
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