Running SquirtTheCat on Mac OS X (SOLVED w/ WINESKIN)
Posted: Fri Nov 01, 2013 9:07 am
So, I'm pretty sure this forum is kind of dead, but I'm just wondering if there is possibly any help to had here!
First off, I have wanted to play Phantasmagoria & Phantasmagoria 2 for the past decade of my life, but have been too much of a pansy to do it on my own, to be honest. *cracks up* ANYWAY. Flash forward to my third year of college, first day of school, and one of my two best friends comes up to me and says, "Hey, Skye... you know about a game called Phantasmagoria?"
So turns out her long-time teacher is Paul Mitri, aka Trevor Barnes-- and spurred her on to look up the game. Which only made playing the game this Halloween for the very first time sweeter.
So we're halfway-into Disc 3, and I'd just like to thank the SquirtTheCat team IMMENSELY for making this playthrough completely possible to begin with. You've made three people incredibly happy on a Halloween night-- we played it for 6 straight hours and were deeply entertained-- the gameplay is seamless without hardly any loading time, the ISO switching was painless-- and NO stinkin' scanlines on all the video. Like, geez, how you gonna enjoy that cinematic goodness without the glorious colors intact? Now THAT was how I wanted to experience the game for the first time.
The only problem we experienced at all was that the cursor failed to work--
It wasn't a black box, like what most people seem to report!
It was just stuck on the hourglass loading cursor. THE WHOLE WAY.
So just to repeat what the title says -- I'm using a Mac OS X, playing it using XP on VirtualBox. I've installed the newest version of VirtualBox Guest Additions-- which is what I've heard is their version of graphics/video card add-ons. And I'm playing it on 32-bit. Full-screen and not-fullscreen & 800x600 don't seem to make a difference for resolution.
Anyway, if anyone can get back to me, I'd highly appreciate it. My guess is we'll find another chance to do a big game-run again in November. If anyone could get back to me by then, I'd highly appreciate it! Have a fantastic day and beyond, and get back to work, Ratboy.
Sincerely,
Skye
First off, I have wanted to play Phantasmagoria & Phantasmagoria 2 for the past decade of my life, but have been too much of a pansy to do it on my own, to be honest. *cracks up* ANYWAY. Flash forward to my third year of college, first day of school, and one of my two best friends comes up to me and says, "Hey, Skye... you know about a game called Phantasmagoria?"
So turns out her long-time teacher is Paul Mitri, aka Trevor Barnes-- and spurred her on to look up the game. Which only made playing the game this Halloween for the very first time sweeter.
So we're halfway-into Disc 3, and I'd just like to thank the SquirtTheCat team IMMENSELY for making this playthrough completely possible to begin with. You've made three people incredibly happy on a Halloween night-- we played it for 6 straight hours and were deeply entertained-- the gameplay is seamless without hardly any loading time, the ISO switching was painless-- and NO stinkin' scanlines on all the video. Like, geez, how you gonna enjoy that cinematic goodness without the glorious colors intact? Now THAT was how I wanted to experience the game for the first time.
The only problem we experienced at all was that the cursor failed to work--
It wasn't a black box, like what most people seem to report!
It was just stuck on the hourglass loading cursor. THE WHOLE WAY.
So just to repeat what the title says -- I'm using a Mac OS X, playing it using XP on VirtualBox. I've installed the newest version of VirtualBox Guest Additions-- which is what I've heard is their version of graphics/video card add-ons. And I'm playing it on 32-bit. Full-screen and not-fullscreen & 800x600 don't seem to make a difference for resolution.
Anyway, if anyone can get back to me, I'd highly appreciate it. My guess is we'll find another chance to do a big game-run again in November. If anyone could get back to me by then, I'd highly appreciate it! Have a fantastic day and beyond, and get back to work, Ratboy.
Sincerely,
Skye