chip wrote:
Hey Jodi,
your best bet to simply play the games is to get the DVD-Videos from Digital Leisure. They'll play in almost anything, including your old mac (provided it has a dvd drive).
The new HD releases are only for Windows, so they won't work for you now, but they will if you get that new Intel Mac and install Windows on it. (I think the latest macs actually ship with Windows installed)
Once you get that far and realize "hey, this doesn't play the same as I remember it from the arcades!" then come back here and we'll help you get daphne running with your digital leisure product(s).
Hi Chip!
Thanks for writing back!
First of all, my iMac has Superdrive (which is, of course, a DVD player AND DVD burner).
The DL, SA, and DLII games I DO have here at home right now all say "XBOX COMPATIBLE" and they all have the "DVD VIDEO GAME" logo. I bought those discs (a couple or three years ago) simply because I could just watch them (in "watch mode"). I knew I could play them on XBOX, and I have tried, but the game play is rather sluggish.
Do I need the "DVD-ROM" versions of DL, SA and DLII for Mac if I want to play them on my current iMac? If so, do you know if they will play "just like the arcade" on my iMac? Also, are the DVD-ROM (for Mac) versions similar to the 20th Anniversary set?? I do know that I can order directly from Digital Leisure. If I need the Mac DVD-ROM versions, will I be able to download a certain DAPHNE emulator into my iMac in order to play?
As for the Mac Pro, it's gonna be a while til I can get one...a year or two.
I want a Mac Pro powerful enough for medical imaging software.
Hope to hear back from you soon...thanks again!
Jodi
PS. My iMac has the nVIDIA GeForce 4 GPU, I run OSX Tiger, my internal memory is 1.024 GB DDR-SDRAM, and I still have about 55 GB free space in my hard drive.