Help needed - I can't play Driver on Mac OS X!

Hi,

I really need help with this one!

I've got the old Mac game Driver. When I bought it the performance was
appalling on my old Rev B iMac so it's remained in a drawer...until
now!

I've now got a 1.25ghz G4 iMac and so I thought I'd get my £30.00
worth out of the game. However, when I try and load it Classic will
start up within Mac OS X.2 but when it's finished I get this nice
message;

'This application or control panel is not supported by Classic.'

....and then that's it, nothing. It doesn't start.

I know that if I actually started the computer up in Mac OS 9
(Classic) then the game would probably work. Unfortunately just about
all new Macs can't startup in anything less than Mac OS X so I need
another solution.

If anyone can help then I'll be eternally grateful! It's a bit late to
try and get a refund for the game now!

Cheers,

Shaun.

P.S. Before anyone tells me to upgrade/update, below are my system
specs;

iMac G4 1.25ghz
Mac OS X.2.8
1gb RAM
NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
Stupid stick-on monitor creature that my girlfriend got me for my
birthday - I had to put it on so as not to upset her feelings...looks
great on my stylish new computer!




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In article <f78fb067.0311112229.6954354a DeleteThis @posting.google.com>,
sgarrod DeleteThis @easynet.co.uk (Shaun Garrod) wrote:

 > Hi,
 >
 > I really need help with this one!
 >
 > I've got the old Mac game Driver. When I bought it the performance was
 > appalling on my old Rev B iMac so it's remained in a drawer...until
 > now!
 >
 > I've now got a 1.25ghz G4 iMac and so I thought I'd get my £30.00
 > worth out of the game. However, when I try and load it Classic will
 > start up within Mac OS X.2 but when it's finished I get this nice
 > message;
 >
 > 'This application or control panel is not supported by Classic.'
 >
 > ...and then that's it, nothing. It doesn't start.
 >
 > I know that if I actually started the computer up in Mac OS 9
 > (Classic) then the game would probably work. Unfortunately just about
 > all new Macs can't startup in anything less than Mac OS X so I need
 > another solution.
 >
 > If anyone can help then I'll be eternally grateful! It's a bit late to
 > try and get a refund for the game now!
 >
 > Cheers,
 >
 > Shaun.
 >
 > P.S. Before anyone tells me to upgrade/update, below are my system
 > specs;
 >
 > iMac G4 1.25ghz
 > Mac OS X.2.8
 > 1gb RAM
 > NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 Ultra with 64MB of DDR SDRAM
 > Stupid stick-on monitor creature that my girlfriend got me for my
 > birthday - I had to put it on so as not to upset her feelings...looks
 > great on my stylish new computer!
 >
 >

It's not your hardware, but software that is causing the problem. Driver
came out during (or right before) the OS X migration, when releasing OS
X games was kind of a bonus rather than the norm. I have a bunch of OS 9
games, and most either do not run or run with unacceptable problems in
classic mode (most notably stuttering sound). I have Driver; tonight
I'll try and install it and run it in Classic mode, to see if I get
something similar.

Most likely it's the Driver application that needs an upgrade, and
there's pratically no chance of that occurring now.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->