The third, and the most easiest, option is to just download and install the Mac OS X version of ScummVM. This would only work with the MS-DOS versions though, and only for the first three HE Junior Adventures and the Fun Packs (IDK if a DOS version of "Putt Putt and Fatty Bear's Activity Pack" was ever made.) If you have the DOS versions of the HE Classics and want to run those, there's a version of DOSBox available, and there's a similar and more easier program called Boxer designed for playing old MS-DOS games. The second is, if you want to just use the Mac versions, you could get an OS 9 emulator like SheepShaver. There are also virtualization options if you don't want to dual-boot (like Parallels Desktop and VirtualBox), but I'm not going into details.
IDK how well many HE games run on Windows 7 or 8, but I've even run the 1995 reissues of the HE Classics without many problems on XP!) You could use the Boot Camp dual-boot partition setup, so your Intel Mac will have OS X on one partition, and Windows on the other! (Be careful though, some of the more recent Intel Macs cannot use Windows XP with Boot Camp. The first is if you still need to use Windows for some other applications as well.
But wait, there are still quite a few options! Workaround: Some mouse functionality may not be available on mobile.I thought I'd share this information here for anyone using a Macintosh computer made since 2006, as they use Intel's processors instead of the old PowerPC processors (I mostly use my MacBook computer from early 2009.) Currently, none of the HE games are compatible with Intel Mac processors or the Mac OS X operating system.
Mini-game mentions mouse controls, but are unavailableĭescription: The mini game help document mentions mouse controls, but these are not available on mobile. Workaround: Waiting a few seconds will restore user input. Game may appear unresponsive during some animations and/or organ playbackįreddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shellĭescription: The organ playback and some “background animations” triggered by the player may cause the game to feel unresponsive to the player. reopening the application after it was closed), the background in some scenes may be missing initially. Missing background when reloading (continuing from a saved game)įreddi Fish 5: The Creature of the Coral Caveĭescription: When continuing a game (i.e. Workaround: The lost progress is never more than a few seconds, since the previous autosave. The game auto saves at regular intervals based on time so some progress may be lost if you quit.
When going back to the launcher using the “QUIT” or “STOP SIGN” icon, the game may have lost the last few seconds of progressĭescription: The STOP SIGN button is really “quit”. Workaround: Glitches go away as soon as the user changes room. reopening the application after it was closed), the dashboard and/or background in some scenes may be missing initially. Missing dashboard when reloading (continuing from a saved game)ĭescription: When continuing a game (i.e. This should resolve any graphical issues. Workaround: Since the game is completed, users should go to the OPTIONS menu and select RESET STORY to start over. Graphical corruption after completing the gameįreddi Fish 3: The Case of the Stolen Conch Shell and other Humongous Games.ĭescription: Some games, when hitting “STOP” (or the equivalent) and immediately coming back to the game (by hitting the PLAY button in the launcher), will cause graphics to be corrupted.