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Who here knows how to boot an Apple ][ game in GSPLUS? (hexbear.net)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by ashinadash@hexbear.net to c/technology@hexbear.net

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GSPLUS seems pretty cool at first, and I can download a .hdv image of a hard drive and run lots of GS stuff, but I cannot run Wizardry: Proving Ground of the Mad Overlord. If you use the F4 menu to put it (BOOT.DSK, 143kb) in the appropriate slot (S6D1) the "check startup device" screen appears. (coincidentally the Wizardry manual does not contain any instructions that I see, there's no LOAD "*",8,1 or anything like that) I can also boot into PRODOS8 and try PREFIX,S6,D1 or whatever to no avail. No earlier version of PRODOS boots in this emulator either.

I know this is something I'm doing wrong because the same image boots just fine in AppleWin which I built in arch. I don't understand why this doesn't work; most internet resources confidently state that you can jam an Apple ][ game into a 5.25" drive on a IIGS and boot it happily. Not so with GSPLUS. Is it not at all capable of running Apple ][ games? Any help is appreciated.

EDIT: As a comedy bonus, if I take the same BOOT.DSK and fire it into the version of GSPLUS in Batocera, it boots the game fine there. Incredible stuff. As a bonus it won't get past the title screen, but that is probably a Batocera thing.

EDIT 2: No progress on standalone GSPLUS but both Mame (in r*troarch and standalone) as well as the libretro GSPLUS core will boot Wizardry if the disk is read-only, both in the computer's file system and in the emulator. Amazing.

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[–] Snort_Owl@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I have apple emulators for everything from system 7.0 to Mac OS X and however those were set up is lost to time and memory. I think it was probably the worst experience of setting up any emulation/virtualisation software ever in my entire life and cost me several hours with basically no real information anywhere at all? Mac OS 9 was my favourite as it was just some arcane combinations of settings and a sus boot disk of some random YouTube video.

I have no help to give just wanted to share in apple pain

[–] ashinadash@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Thank u for ur solidarity u_u OS9 sounds even less fun. Fwiw setting up GS/OS with a .hdv was pretty painless at least...

A lot of the emulators assume you already know how to operate the fuckass Motorola 6800 microcomputer, which imo is very silly.

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