How can I play Victor Vector and Yondo: The Vampires Coffin?

[Einhander]

Hi! How can I play this game? It came out around 94. I bought a cd attachment for my MacBook Air and it did not work. My friend suggested Wii emulator but I have no idea if that would work. I would really love to play my old computer games but have no idea how. If you know how, I would appreciate any tips.

 

[That Techy Guy]

Hmm, let's see. What kind of MacBook Air do you have? A modern one or an older one? macOS doesn't support 32 bit apps anymore, which is why I'm guessing it won't run out of the box. We might need an emulator of some sort, or virtual machine running an old version of macOS.

Check out Basilisk 2, a classic Mac simulator: https://basilisk.cebix.net/

If you were to download that, then the Macintosh System 7 or 8 binary files, you should be able to run your game that way. You may want to check Macintosh Garden to download the game to your computer via an .iso file instead of running it off the disk. Not sure if it would work that way.

 

[Einhander]

Hmm, let's see. What kind of MacBook Air do you have? A modern one or an older one? macOS doesn't support 32 bit apps anymore, which is why I'm guessing it won't run out of the box. We might need an emulator of some sort, or virtual machine running an old version of macOS.

Check out Basilisk 2, a classic Mac simulator: https://basilisk.cebix.net/

If you were to download that, then the Macintosh System 7 or 8 binary files, you should be able to run your game that way. You may want to check Macintosh Garden to download the game to your computer via an .iso file instead of running it off the disk. Not sure if it would work that way.

I really appreciate your response. I've been wanting to play this game so bad! I'm not very computer literate. My macbook air is a Retina, 13 inch 2020. Mac OS Sonoma 14.6.1

I heard of the Basilisk 2. So you are saying download that and then I have to download Mac system 7 or 8 binary files? Do you have info on how to download the 7 or 8 binary files? I understand I'll have to emulate instead of the disk.

 

[That Techy Guy]

Check this out: https://archive.org/details/system-753

Seems to be what you need. Basilisk 2 -> System 7, then download your game and it should be able to run!

 

[That Techy Guy]

Hey @Einhander did you ever get it running?

 

[Einhander]

Hey @Einhander did you ever get it running?

Thanks for asking. I’m working on it. I hope I can get it running. Is there a specific set of video instructions?

 

[That Techy Guy]

Check this out:

Should give you a good starting point!

 

[CheeseGrater]

Check this out:

Should give you a good starting point!

I second UTM. It's a great little emulation app that should let @Einhander do what you need to do.