The E-Maculation Wiki has basic instructions on setting up and running Executor: (Actually I took that shot in DOSBox using the DOS version of Executor, although it works much slower compared to the native Windows version.) Here's a screenshot from the game running at 640x480: That said, I checked out the Mac shareware version of Wolfenstein 3-D and it turns out to work quite well in Executor, with sounds, music and everything. Sometimes there are issues with sounds etc. The only downside is that not all Mac programmes run smoothly or are supported at all, and Mac software that requires a version of MacOS higher than 7.0 will not work. There are versions for DOS, Windows and Linux.Įxecutor is long discontinued and the owners released it as freeware by making public a registration code for the shareware version ( source code is also available). This is not an emulator but a compatibility layer like Wine, and it does not need any ROMs or the original MacOS. Of course these might be obtained from the Internet but I try to avoid this kind of practice.Īfter some rather fruitless search I found a solution to this problem in the form of a piece of software called Executor. However, almost every emulator I could find requires the original Mac ROM as well as MacOS and other software to run, and I own neither. (This seems like the right place to post.)Ī while ago I became interested in Mac emulation, considering that a number of games for that platform have unique high-resolution graphics (e.g.
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