Starship Titanic on OS X (or even Vista)?

Mr Blue Sky · Mr Blue Sky #1 (**permalink**)

06-29-2007, 08:14 AM

Last year, for my birthday, my Parents bought me Starship Titanic, a game that I had enjoyed immensly at my grandparents' house. I ran it on Windows XP on my laptop with no problems (except I had to get a video codec patch). Now I am running Vista on my Intel iMac and I was wondering... Is there a way I can run Starship Titanic on Vista (I got to autorun and when I press "Install" it has a taskbar icon for the setup but it doesn't actually appear... If you need screenshots just ask), or can I run the Macintosh version on OS X? Please help, because I am really confuzzled on this one.

RiDE · RiDE #2 (**permalink**)

06-29-2007, 09:55 AM

The info on the web seems to suggest that it is an older game, and that the ability to run it on XP required the Codec Patch you mentioned... It looks to me that the game isn't ready for Vista.

The Mac version is a PowerPC version according to this (CLICK!)... but because the game is not at all requirement heavy, I would guess it would run fine under Rosetta on your Intel Mac.

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #3 (**permalink**)

06-29-2007, 11:16 AM

I played it last on 10.3.9 and it ran. Rosetta is your only chance since you are on an Intel-based Mac, like RIDE said.

Mr Blue Sky · Mr Blue Sky #4 (**permalink**)

06-29-2007, 11:46 AM

sweet, thanks
I'll research Rosetta (Something tells me I'm sounding stupid for not knowing what it is...) and check it out.

MacHeadCase · MacHeadCase #5 (**permalink**)

06-29-2007, 02:52 PM

Rosetta. And for a bit more info, here is Wikipedia's entry for Rosetta.

It's already on your Mac.

Mr Blue Sky #1 (permalink)
Member Since: May 24, 2007 Location: Behind you Posts: 38 Mac Specs: intel iMac 20" monitor, OS X 10.4	06-29-2007, 08:14 AM Last year, for my birthday, my Parents bought me Starship Titanic, a game that I had enjoyed immensly at my grandparents' house. I ran it on Windows XP on my laptop with no problems (except I had to get a video codec patch). Now I am running Vista on my Intel iMac and I was wondering... Is there a way I can run Starship Titanic on Vista (I got to autorun and when I press "Install" it has a taskbar icon for the setup but it doesn't actually appear... If you need screenshots just ask), or can I run the Macintosh version on OS X? Please help, because I am really confuzzled on this one. "I don't have ADD, it's just that OOH LOOK, A BUNNY!!!!!!!" Teh L33t 15 4 teh g33k5 4nd 3v3ry1 3153 15 5cr3w3d
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Mr Blue Sky #4 (permalink)
Member Since: May 24, 2007 Location: Behind you Posts: 38 Mac Specs: intel iMac 20" monitor, OS X 10.4	06-29-2007, 11:46 AM sweet, thanks I'll research Rosetta (Something tells me I'm sounding stupid for not knowing what it is...) and check it out. "I don't have ADD, it's just that OOH LOOK, A BUNNY!!!!!!!" Teh L33t 15 4 teh g33k5 4nd 3v3ry1 3153 15 5cr3w3d
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RiDE #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Sep 13, 2006 Location: Deep in the heart of Texas! Posts: 3,558 Mac Specs: Mac's	06-29-2007, 09:55 AM The info on the web seems to suggest that it is an older game, and that the ability to run it on XP required the Codec Patch you mentioned... It looks to me that the game isn't ready for Vista. The Mac version is a PowerPC version according to this (CLICK!)... but because the game is not at all requirement heavy, I would guess it would run fine under Rosetta on your Intel Mac.
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MacHeadCase #5 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	06-29-2007, 02:52 PM Rosetta. And for a bit more info, here is Wikipedia's entry for Rosetta. It's already on your Mac.
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