Hey all

Can anyone help me make these work on a Mac? I assumed the download would work in DosBox or Boxer, but there is only one file:

setup_space_quest_1_2_3.exe

and it won't load. Is there a way to make these work? Can't seem to find documentation to help...

Thanks!

No, sorry, the installer is a Windows EXE and needs to be started on a Windows machine.

You can then copy the files over to your Mac and use ScummVM, for example, to play it.

It might be possible to run the installer with wine / Winebottler (windows emulator), but I haven't tried this approach.


http://winebottler.kronenberg.org

i installed it on a windows pc and then skydrived it to my mac. it works in dosbox. pretty sure you can just install it using wine and then move it to dosbox

I got it to work by extracting it with crossover game (but darwine should work) and then adding it to boxer (http://boxerapp.com/)

I do have a few issues though:
- I can't get space quest 4 to recognize the MT32 even though I've setup the rom
- Space quest 6 is quite slow

I'll try and see how it works with scummvm (for 4 and 5)

I used Wine to extract the files, then loaded them into ScummVM.

I've not tried to play these games with DosBox, but ScummVM works so well.

Were you ever able to make the exe work on a mac??

I was able to get the Space Quest games, downloaded from GOG, to play on my Mac. As suggested above, I installed the game from the .exe file using Winebottler, then explored the package contents of the 'app' it creates and copied the game directory somewhere easy to fine. I added the game to ScrummVM, pointing to that directory I copied, and it worked great.

It works fine.
ScummVM even fixes all sorts of glitches in Space Quest 4 (the game was known for issues) automatically.

Space Quest 6 support will be available soon-ish.

Space Quest 1-5 are fully supported by ScummVM btw. (Space Quest 1 both the original AGI version and the VGA SCI remake, not sure if GOG offers both)

If you're handy with the command line (Terminal), check out this post: https://www.gog.com/forum/general/extracting_gog_installer_exe_under_mac_os_x/post2 about using innoextract to extract the self-extracting files on a Mac.