Adam ConoverHello Mastodon, I seek your retrogame expertise. I wish to play Barbie: As Sleeping Beauty on a modern Mac. How might I go about doing so? https://archive.org/details/barbie-as-sleeping-beauty_15
I have tried both the above ISO, and the those found on Myabandonware, with the DOSBox fork "Boxer" without any success. https://www.myabandonware.com/game/barbie-as-sleeping-beauty-l5b (MyAbandonware ISOs are said to be corrupted - the one from archive.org loads on my Mac, but Boxer says that it does not contain a DOS executable.) Any ideas? I am trying to get this working for a less tech-savvy friend, so I need the solution to not be TOO complex for an average Mac user to follow.
Okay, I'm halfway to success. Using this ISO on Infinite Mac's System 9.0 installation boots to the title screen, but once there it's frozen - the title doesn't actually animate, nor can I move the mouse. Seems like Infinite Mac perhaps can't actually handle this executable? So close!! https://archive.org/details/BarbieSleepingBeauty
James Young@adamconover I poked around at it, and I think there's a bug on Infinite Mac. I filed an issue - https://github.com/mihaip/infinite-mac/issues/362 - with my notes.
I think the #retrocomputing hashtag is relevant for troubleshooting; the retrogaming hashtag less so.
Wishlist / bug report: Barbie as Sleeping Beauty won't play · Issue #362 · mihaip/infinite-mac
First: apologies if this isn't the right place or right format for this request. What I've tried: MacIntosh Garden There's a zip, containing bin and cue files. It looks like StuffIt doesn't like th...
Mega “Byte” Matt 
@adamconover the windows version *should* be able to run through Wine/Crossover, it has a pretty high rating: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=7343
If the ISO is busted it may be worth it to look into the video game history foundation; they have great folks storing backups of older games. @frankcifaldi, though they’re probably in bsky
@adamconover also worthy of a mention is Whisky, a free alternative to Crossover that is easy enough to use: https://getwhisky.app
@megamatt Tried this - couldn't figure out how to install from this archive.org ISO (which other users seem to have had luck on in modern Windows) https://archive.org/details/BarbieSleepingBeauty
@adamconover Sorry for the delayed response (timezones!). This is definitely a weird case, and I see why it's unable to open now—it's a Windows *and* an (old) Mac disc. Some discs had both. You can extract the windows files with the Unarchiver (there's some interesting audio files), but I couldn't get those to work with Wine, sadly. I think your best bet would be to use VirtualBox to run Windows 98, and set that up for the person you wanted to, sorry.
nebunez @adamconover @megamatt I don’t feel super qualified here, as I’m not a Mac user, but I did run this in WINE on Linux yesterday and it pretty much just worked.
So, if WINE is available for Mac, you should be able to:
- run
wine SETUP.exeto install the game - run
winefile - navigate to where the game can be launched (
C:\users\Public\Desktop\Barbie As Sleeping Beauty.Ink) - launch it.
@adamconover it also looks like the game is for Windows 9x, so it makes sense that it wouldn’t contain a DOS executable or run in a dos box.
Andrew 🌻 Brandt 🐇@megamatt @adamconover if that's the case, it might be able to run in a Windows XP VM in "Compatibility Mode"
@threatresearch @adamconover I mean you could, but Crossover/Wine/Whisky is much easier than that, especially when it’s for someone else. And the game has a very compatible rating, so it should just work with it. VMs are a pain for folks not familiar with the tech.
@megamatt @adamconover
Correct. There are multiple paths to being able to accomplish this. VMs are convenient for some and not for others.
I would find it more challenging to do it your way because I don't use the operating system where those tools are natively available, am unfamiliar with those tools, and would need to bring myself up to speed on all of that before I could even begin.
And I happen to have a VM right here.
Robert George 𓇳𓃀𓁹𓏏𓇥𓆓𓀀@adamconover while macOS can’t mount the iso, it loads fine in a windows xp virtual machine… autoplays the installer immediately. So the easiest would be a probably to set up a windows xp vm…
I was also able to extract the contents of the iso using 7zip. (7z x BarbieSleepingBeauty.iso). But I was unable to get it to run via wine… so I’m not sure getting it to run more like a regular app is much of an option.
Chris Belanger@adamconover This feels like a @foone kind of question to me
Alice Averlong🏳️⚧️@Feasoron @adamconover I've no experience with modern macs, so I'm not the one to ask. Sorry.