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iMac G3 gets sad

Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-08-25 17:43:42 So I tried to just boot up Cro-Mag Rally on MacOS9.2, which is a 3D-intensive game. (this might help you... I had just installed a 3D paint program (FDesign Detailer)) After I started it, it went through as usual, except the boot of the program was interrupted by a "No 3D Hardware accelerators were found." error message. Then, the game tried to start, at about 1 frame per 5 seconds, and then I realized that something was very wrong. Very VERY wrong. I tried to force-quit the application, but the mouse-pointer didn't pop up. I got scared, and rebooted that clunker. 😉 Disk First Aid is trying to save the HDD, currently. It is "verifying/repairing Wardrobe" (my HDD's name... I name my hard drives after furniture) and I think all is well. It booted into 9.2 successfully, and the only thing I found that was bad is my splitting headache. :-/ Feel free to criticize me and tell me "Ohh Carboy7, you didn't do it right!!!! nag nag nag"

Posted by: BadGoldEagle on 2016-08-26 01:57:37 Carboy7, you didn't do it right!!!! You should had followed Druaga1's tutorial.  😛 In all seriousness though, just checked the minimal hardware requirements for this game and about any iMac should run it fine. Except the Rev A Bondi Blue ones... But that's not the iMac in question here, right?

Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-08-26 14:59:54 Dang it! Why didn't *insert here.* 😛 The iMac in question is a summer 2001 model, so I thought it would work.

Posted by: Carboy7 on 2016-09-04 09:18:09 AND... It happened again. Ugh. I'm going to try and boot 10.4.11 if that fixes it for whatever reason, and if worst comes to worst, reinstall 9.2. I knew that this thing was a bad egg! (hah get it? it's an egg. ba-dum pishhhhhhhh)

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