# Help me find this game, and then help me find it on Mac OS X **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 11, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569 "2010-02-11T18:14:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/1 "2010-02-11T18:14:14Z")
I had this on an Acorn Archamedies 20 years ago. You flew a 3d shape - I THINK a pyramid. Essentially the controls were thruster, fire, and orientation of the space craft. There was a fully 3d landscape, which was infinite (in that you would return to where you were if flying in a straight line). I could have sworn it was called lander but can’t find it. And I want to run it on a modern mac. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/2 "2010-02-11T18:16:01Z")
Holy christ I’m an idiot, I asked this question on this very board six months ago as another google has just shown me! Let be this to be a lesson for less drugs when younger! But still would like advice on how to get it going! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/3 "2010-02-11T18:21:05Z")
(Original thread @ [Please help me get this unix game working on Mac OS X - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=517872) - and honestly I forgot making this!) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/4 "2010-02-11T18:27:38Z")
Moving to The Game Room from GQ. Colibri General Questions Moderator ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2010, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/5 "2010-02-11T18:30:29Z")
Thanks Colibri, I would add it doesn’t have to be precisely this game, just something very similar to it. I have these… urges… ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 10:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/6 "2010-02-12T10:52:58Z")
It looks like the guy doesn’t want to release his source code. You can always ask, though. At least try to get him to consider a MacOS port. But if that doesn’t work, you could try emulation. The original Lander is [here](http://acorn.revivalteam.de/?site=Downloads), and there’s an Acorn Archimedes emulator [here](http://homepage.mac.com/mdales/arcem/). But, it seems to be pretty much a development version, so that may not be sufficient. So let’s go to the DOS port, [Virus](http://www.myabandonware.com/game/virus-jx/). Just fire it up in (the Mac OS X version of) [Dosbox](http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1), and you’re golden. (Normally I wouldn’t link to an abandonware site here, but the site claims to be legal.) If you’re iffy on that (or don’t like the downgraded graphics) you could always try running one of the [Windows ports](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarch#External_links) in [DarWINE](http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing). ETA: Here’s a [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph2ppfZLO4) of VIRUS in action. ---
**Author:** ![Wincerind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@Wincerind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wincerind)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2010, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/7 "2010-02-12T17:30:17Z")
> [@Angry Lurker](#): > > I had this on an Acorn Archamedies 20 years ago. You flew a 3d shape - I THINK a pyramid. Essentially the controls were thruster, fire, and orientation of the space craft. There was a fully 3d landscape, which was infinite (in that you would return to where you were if flying in a straight line). > > I could have sworn it was called lander but can’t find it. And I want to run it on a modern mac. It was called VIRUS. Haven’t seen it for a long time though, so no idea whether it is available on the mac. EDIT: and next time I answer a question, I should scroll down to see if it was answered. Apologies ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Poster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@Happy\_Poster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Poster)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/8 "2010-02-13T19:40:57Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > It looks like the guy doesn’t want to release his source code. You can always ask, though. At least try to get him to consider a MacOS port. But if that doesn’t work, you could try emulation. > > The original Lander is [here](http://acorn.revivalteam.de/?site=Downloads), and there’s an Acorn Archimedes emulator [here](http://homepage.mac.com/mdales/arcem/). But, it seems to be pretty much a development version, so that may not be sufficient. > > So let’s go to the DOS port, [Virus](http://www.myabandonware.com/game/virus-jx/). Just fire it up in (the Mac OS X version of) [Dosbox](http://www.dosbox.com/download.php?main=1), and you’re golden. (Normally I wouldn’t link to an abandonware site here, but the site claims to be legal.) > > If you’re iffy on that (or don’t like the downgraded graphics) you could always try running one of the [Windows ports](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zarch#External_links) in [DarWINE](http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX/Installing). > > ETA: Here’s a [video](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cph2ppfZLO4) of VIRUS in action. Marvellous, the DOS plan worked, a thousand thank yous 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2010, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/9 "2010-02-13T20:01:14Z")
I wish I could find _Blood_ and _Redneck Rampage_ that will run on OS X. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [February 17, 2010, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-find-this-game-and-then-help-me-find-it-on-mac-os-x/528569/10 "2010-02-17T01:47:41Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > I wish I could find _Blood_ and _Redneck Rampage_ that will run on OS X. Both were originally DOS games, and are old enough to find on Abandonware sites. Both are on the DosBox Wiki: [Blood](http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/GAMES:Blood); [Rampage](http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/GAMES:Redneck_Rampage) Since the wiki mentions a way to buy Redneck Rampage for less than $10, I’d suggest going that route. And if it comes with a file called dosbox.conf, you can use that with the MAC version of dosbox. Just note that these are very late DOS games, so they probably have high system requirements in dosbox. ETA: And “Glad to help” to Angry Lurker. I’m a big retro game enthusiast.