# Wanna Play an Apple II Game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 15, 2004, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644 "2004-01-15T20:20:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Askance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/askance/32/8281_2.png) [@Askance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Askance)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/21 "2004-01-16T03:40:44Z")
> [@AndrewT](#): > > Actually I can’t get any of them to work, one disk or another “fails to load” and I get the “Check startup device” message. Can’t see what I could be doing wrong here, anyone get it to work? When In Doubt, Follow The Instructions. Clearing the IE cache did it, they work fine now. ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/22 "2004-01-16T04:07:44Z")
> [@cheddarsnax](#): > > And how would I go about playing any of these games? I’m tryin’ to play Oregon Trail, but I just get a screen of alternating black and white spots. Silly fella/dame… _that_’s what graphics _looked_ like on the Apple ][. ---
**Author:** ![emekthian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ecae2f/32.png) [@emekthian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/emekthian)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/23 "2004-01-16T05:30:29Z")
> [@](#): > > ``` > Heck, in my day, we played Oregon Trail on an etch-a-sketch operated by a trained seagull. The only way we knew a bear was coming was by the menacing glint in that old gull's eye. The good one, I mean. > > ``` That’s nothing! In my day, we played Oregon trail by forming a party, gathering provisions, oxen and the like, and setting out from Independance, Missouri on a wagon trying to reach the Williamette valley! En route, we played it on our laptops. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/24 "2004-01-16T12:15:09Z")
> [@XJETGIRLX](#): > > I think I’ll stick with my _actual_ Apple II thankyouverymuch. I’ve still got Q\*Bert and Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Choplifter, David’s Midnight Magic, Sammy Lightfood, Arcade Boot Camp, and a crapload of other games. Think I’ll go drag it out of the closet tonight 😃 Choplifter! That’s the name I couldn’t remember. You’re a choppin’ genius! ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/25 "2004-01-16T13:47:36Z")
Heh. I think I’ll just stick with my usual emulator: Applewin…new version just came out, too, I believe. Of course, I still have my old IIc and most of these old games sitting in a box in my closet. Sometimes I get urges to bust out **Bard’s Tale I** , **Conan** or **Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego** … ---
**Author:** ![slortar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6bbea6/32.png) [@slortar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slortar)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/26 "2004-01-16T13:53:09Z")
> [@XJETGIRLX](#): > > David’s Midnight Magic Btw, has **anybody** made a better computerized pinball game than this? My second favorite, Epic Pinball, doesn’t even come close. My God. Arcade Bootcamp. Been years since I thought about that one. ---
**Author:** ![garius](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e19b73/32.png) [@garius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garius)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/27 "2004-01-16T14:18:10Z")
feh. i have an Apple II at home. I’ll just go fire _the original thing_ up. nya. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2004, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/28 "2004-01-16T14:24:03Z")
> [@garius](#): > > feh. i have an Apple II at home. I’ll just go fire _the original thing_ up. > > nya. 😛 Well, yeah, we have a few in the district still, sure, but we don’t have all of the games. It’s the games–it’s alllllll about the games. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![zlexiss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecae2f/32.png) [@zlexiss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zlexiss)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/29 "2004-01-17T07:30:26Z")
My favorites: Autoduel Bard’s Tale and Ultima RPG series Rescue Raiders If you don’t want to play in a broswer, there’s an emu called Applewin which works pretty well, should pop up on Google. -Jeff ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/30 "2004-01-17T14:36:21Z")
I never HAD an Apple, just used them at school. They were way too expensive. They still are, which is why I have this lovely new Dell. I kicked some major butt at Oregon Trail last night, though! Now I’m going to see how many ways I can kill my party. Bwahahahahaha! ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/31 "2004-01-17T14:50:18Z")
I only wish that you could buy bear bells and bear spray at the store. Oregon Trail would have been much more fun had you been able to shout, “Use the bear spray! Use the fuckin’ bear spray!” ---
**Author:** ![TeaElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8491ac/32.png) [@TeaElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TeaElle)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2004, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644/32 "2004-01-17T15:41:13Z")
I thought this thread might be about that lemonade stand game. I once played that game through 200 days of lemonade selling. I had to stop, but I had something like $730. I so ruled lemonade stand. - nostalgic tear and sniffle \* [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wanna-play-an-apple-ii-game/224644.md?page=1)