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First post, by eri

Posted on 2010-09-01, 08:43

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I'm trying to run the King's Quest games from Gog. They worked great the very first time I ran them after installing, but right after shutting the game off and restarting, it won't work. DosBox is crashing before I even get to an opening screen. I tried installing the latest edition and opening that separately, but I get the error 'SDL: can't set palatte' and then it crashes.

I'm running this on Windows XP in Mac OSX Parallels (Intel machine). Like I said, it ran great the first time, just can't get it to start again. Any advice? Thanks.

Reply 1 of 9, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-09-01, 08:45

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use the mac version of DOSBox ?

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Reply 2 of 9, by eri

Posted on 2010-09-01, 08:59

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OK, it's working fine on the Mac. Possibly dumb question - how do I get the games from Parallels to the Mac so I can play them there instead? I can't seem to find a .exe file for the games, just an icon that plays them.

Reply 3 of 9, by eri

Posted on 2010-09-01, 09:10

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Wait, that's not my dumb question. I got the .exe file copied over, but when I try to run it under DosBox I get 'illegal command'. I know I mounted it to the correct directory. Can I not run a .exe file in DosBox running it from a Mac environment? Do I have to alter the file somehow?

Reply 4 of 9, by eri

Posted on 2010-09-01, 09:15

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Now I'm VERY confused. It's claiming that the program must be run under Win32. But if that's the case, why when I try to run it under Windows does it open DosBox, which then crashes? If it's not a dos program, why is it trying to run in dos? If it is a dos program, why can't I run it from dos?

Reply 5 of 9, by Qbix

Posted on 2010-09-01, 09:33

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you install the game in parrallels
copy the folder where it is installed to your mac
run dosbox for mac with those files

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Reply 6 of 9, by eri

Posted on 2010-09-01, 09:40

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OK, if anyone cares (or if it might help anyone) I think I've solved it - I can run it without DosBox crashing in Parallels if I set the resolution to 64bpp. 8 crashes, 32 will do sound only, no images.

Reply 7 of 9, by eL_PuSHeR

Posted on 2010-09-01, 12:42

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Reply 8 of 9, by IIGS_User

Posted on 2010-09-01, 14:26

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You may read the threads Play your Goold Old Games on a Mac and/or Q: GOG games on Mac? browsing the GOG forums,
or try to run older KQ games (1 - 3, AGI version of 4) in ScummVM (which would not need any installation).

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Reply 9 of 9, by MusicallyInspired

Posted on 2010-09-01, 14:39

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SCI is now being actively beta tested for ScummVM. It already supports a large number of fully completable games.

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