Sim Tower — #7 | MacTrove

Post #7 by MattB

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	PowerPC
Post Date	Sun, 17 Jan 2010 - 16:27
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/sim-tower.19596/

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More information would be helpful (system software, RAM, etc.). However:
The game is likely running in emulation on your PowerBook rather than natively. Running native 68k software on a 68040 would very probably be faster than running it on a (cacheless?) and early G3. A faster G3, or a G4 or G5 might do better, for instance, as might a 604e, which was said to be good at emulating 68k code.

Maybe try it with Speed Doubler installed, which dramatically improves emulation, and which was seemingly less dependent on processor caches than the code Apple provided, and make sure you allocate the game enough memory by changing the settings in the "Get info" panes?

It's got 160MB of RAM and is running 9.1. I have allocated 50MB of RAM to the program (it recommends 5), so I don't see any reason why it would run slower than an 040 of any kind on a 250MHz G3. I'll try a clean install, but there's not really anything to install since it's just the application off the CD (which IIRC is a slightly newer version than the floppy version, so it should be the PPC native version). I know the sequel, Yoot Tower, is PPC only which I assume is why it runs at the proper speed.