Some Games Crashing on Centris 610

#1 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 - 06:24 Some Games Crashing on Centris 610 — #1

Having unboxed my old Centris 610, and attempting to play some games on it, I get crashes when trying to play old Black and White games like "Dark Castle" or "Ancient Art of War", even though my Centris 610 has a videocard that supports black-and-white display mode. If I uninstalled System 7 and went back to System 6 on the Centris, then would the old games work? Is there any way to set up a "dual boot" system so that I could choose which System to boot into, to have the option of easily accessing software for both?

Thanks!

#2 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 - 06:32 Some Games Crashing on Centris 610 — #2

System 6 isn't compatible with any Centrises. The Centris 610 requires System 7.1 (with System Enabler 040 v1.0) or later.

#3 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 - 08:56 Some Games Crashing on Centris 610 — #3

Ok, thank you! Is that why the games are crashing? Because I can't use System 6, and that's what they require?

#4 Sat, 11 Aug 2007 - 17:17 Some Games Crashing on Centris 610 — #4

Most games that "require" System 6 will run fine under System 7. What version are you running currently? If you're not, I'd suggest popping 7.0.1 on there to see if that helps at all. That's a good little OS with alot of its older compatibility still intact.

#5 Sun, 12 Aug 2007 - 23:37 Some Games Crashing on Centris 610 — #5

Will 7.0.1 run on a Centris? I thought that the 610 needed 7.1 with its enabler as a bare minimum.

#6 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 - 00:00 Some Games Crashing on Centris 610 — #6

Try going into the "Memory" control panel and switching the address mode to 24-bit. You will need to re-start for the change to take place.

Most B&W games are designed to run on 24 bit machines and can sometimes crash when run under 32-bit addressing.