X-Files Game Using SheepShaver

[guzhogi]

Recently discovered SheepShaver, and am trying to play the X-Files game made in 1998 (Yeah, I'm old). However, whenever I start the game, I just an error "This application can't be used…" or something. Can anyone help?

I'm running the latest version of SheepShaver, with Mac OS 8.1 & an Old World ROM.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Reading this: X-Files game at Macintosh Garden it should work.
Got QuickTime 4 installed?

 

[guzhogi]

Reading this: X-Files game at Macintosh Garden it should work.
Got QuickTime 4 installed?

I'll have to check when I get home from work. I played this game 20(?!?) years ago or so, but I think I remember having some issues getting it started back then, too. Can't remember what I did to fix it, or if I even remember it correctly. Growing old sucks.

 

[MacsRgr8]

BTW... I am oldish too ?... and I have been strolling down memory lane as-well.
I have been playing around with Sheepshaver, Basiliskll 2, mini vMac, and QEMU to get all sorts of old Macintosh operating systems working.

Got running:
mini vMac: System 1, 6
Basiliskll 2: System 7.5.3
Sheepshaver: Mac OS 8, 8.5, 9.0.4
QEMU: OSXServer 1.2, Mac OS X DP 2 & 3, Mac OS X 10.0, 10.1 & 10.2

So cool!

But, I also ran into Porting Kit.
This makes running Windows apps and games on your modern Mac very easy! Buy a classic DRM-free PC game over at Gog, and install it using Porting Kit and classic gaming titles work on your Mac, like:
• Wolfenstein 3D
• Unreal
• Medal of Honor Warchest

Super, super fun!

 

[guzhogi]

A while ago, I found "Dust: A Tale of the Wired West" using DOSBox. A bit glitchy, but still kind of fun. Just sad that I can play the whole game in what seems like only an hour. That's why I prefer open-ended games like SimCity, Civilization, and just got back into playing Spore (though not nearly as old as the others). Enough gameplay variations to last me a long time.

 

[guzhogi]

Reading this: X-Files game at Macintosh Garden it should work.
Got QuickTime 4 installed?

Hmm… I installed Quicktime 4, and it didn't want to work. I continued to get the "This application can't be used…" error. Might play around with it this weekend. Any other ideas? I think I remember a possible extension conflict when playing 20 years ago, but can't remember for sure.

 

[MacsRgr8]

Maybe reading the comments in at the Macintosh Garden (see the link in my prevous post) could help..?

 

[guzhogi]

Just an update… never got it to work on Mac. Kept getting the same error. Copied everything to my Bootcamp partition on my laptop, same everything except for the Windows version of the Sheepshaver app. Worked perfectly