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[551262]

Look on the left side.

You'll have to get the SMAC CD to play it under OS 9. You can get SMAC at Macintosh Garden. You'll probably want to get Mac OS 9 whilst you're there -- I'd go for 9.0.4, I heard about some incompatibility with 9.1 or 9.2. Both of the latter two won't contribute anything significant for our purposes here over 9.0.4.

[vv221]

Thank you, I’ll report here as soon as I manage to get something working
Okay for focusing on a text translation first, voices when we get the texts working, and movies as the finishing touch when everything else is fully working?

[551262]

It's not really that hard to get going. I have yet to use SheepShaver on my X200 because the iMac G4 is on the same desk and it natively boots 9.2.2. No real problems with it on the Mac mini but Windows & Mac differ enough to make it interesting.

As for progression, some slight experience in programming has indicated that yes, work on the easiest stuff first. Text, voices are just MP3s, and then movies -- makes sense to me.

[Buster's Uncle]

Bumped for MallaxOZ.

[Vishniac]

Hello!

I wish to buy SMAC for someone with a Mac.
His computer is a Macbook Air with OSX El Capitan

Which version to buy?
Where to find it?
Will it be a digital download or a physical CD with paper manual and tech tree?
Does it need tweaking to be playable? I am aware of the thread http://alphacentauri2.info/index.php?topic=17032.0

Make a good deed for Christmas: help create a fellow SMACer! 

[Mart]

On gog site:
http://www.gog.com/game/sid_meiers_alpha_centauri

they say: "Works on: Windows (XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10) and Mac OS X (10.6.8 ) "
It is DRM free, by download. I never tried any Mac version, but this seems a good solution.

[Vishniac]

Seems simple, cheap and even with digital manuals.
Thanks, I'll forward him to it. 

[MercantileInterest]

Any idea how to take a screenshot using the GOG version?