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MSX Snatcher help...

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 3:41 am
by Junker_05
I got my hands on an English copy of Snatcher for MSX... The installation disk works fine, but when I press the install button it states "If you want to install, boot from DOS2 and use INSTALL.BAT. These, to me, sound like Windows files... and I use Mac OS X. Can anybody help me here?


This might help, I use an MSX emulator called Zodiac... I'd use fMSX, but when I try to run ANY kind of game, the screen goes black for a second, then it reboots MSX... So if anybody could help me there too, that'd be much appreciated.

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:37 am
by Arjak
You should probably just run the game off the disks. It's much easier. Although you may want to find something to do while you wait through loading times; like rotating your tires or taking a vacation to Mars. :grin:

Posted: Sun Aug 28, 2005 2:11 pm
by 8bitsonic
Well, if you're running the game in Mac OS X, the only usable MSX emulator for that platform is fMSX, which won't run it. Even though you use Zodiac, which I've never used, I recommend playing it in Windows on NLMSX, and when you do, you can overclock the Z80 to as fast as your computer can handle. I did it, it works. It makes the game lots more bearable.

Hi Arjak. *hides head in shame*

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 2:11 am
by Junker_05
I haven't got a PC or Windows or whatever... So, what your telling me is that its impossible to run Snatcher on Mac OS X?

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:12 am
by 8bitsonic
Under fMSX, yes. I've never tried Zodiac, but if it even runs off of the disk images, I'll be happy. But only if it lets you overclock the Z80 to speed up the loading. Then, I'll be in heaven.

Posted: Mon Aug 29, 2005 3:59 am
by Junker_05
Yeah, Zodiac runs Snatcher well - I have no idea how though. The only flaw is that it's got an extremely small screen and you can't enlarge it. Though the window size may vary as I use an iMac G5 - 20 inch screen, so stuff might seem a tad smaller.

But truthfully, it's probably just piss-small either way. But it DOES run Snatcher! Speaking of which, wouldn't it be nice if they released Gens for Mac OS X?