returningmacuser
Well-known member
The editor, NOT the player!
I've been wanting to try this ever since I first discovered it on the Macintosh Garden. Sure I tried the other versions, but they felt more like a chore than fun to use, due in no small part to the slowness of the cursor (I tried Catakig's mouse as joystick mode, but it didn't really do anything to help matters.). Recently, however, I had a chance encounter with a 400k floppy disk at my local Salvation Army. I went home with the disk, and immediately put PCS and the player on it. I put the disk in my LC, expecting to get sweet pinball editing goodness, but was instead greeted with a crash dialog.
Now, however, I have finally found the final missing piece of the puzzle, a Mac Classic. I put the 400k disk in my Classic, and ran it from there.
I must say, this is probably the best version of Pinball Construction Set. The interface is easy and fun to use, with some truly excellent features (Macpaint pictures as backdrops for the win), and is just a great tool. It really is a crying shame that it's so hard to get working these days. I would highly recommend this excellent piece of software, on the rare chance that you have the tools to run it.
On an ending note, I have a suggestion to the programmers and contributors of Mini Vmac. Floppy drive emulation. Now.
I've been wanting to try this ever since I first discovered it on the Macintosh Garden. Sure I tried the other versions, but they felt more like a chore than fun to use, due in no small part to the slowness of the cursor (I tried Catakig's mouse as joystick mode, but it didn't really do anything to help matters.). Recently, however, I had a chance encounter with a 400k floppy disk at my local Salvation Army. I went home with the disk, and immediately put PCS and the player on it. I put the disk in my LC, expecting to get sweet pinball editing goodness, but was instead greeted with a crash dialog.
Now, however, I have finally found the final missing piece of the puzzle, a Mac Classic. I put the 400k disk in my Classic, and ran it from there.
I must say, this is probably the best version of Pinball Construction Set. The interface is easy and fun to use, with some truly excellent features (Macpaint pictures as backdrops for the win), and is just a great tool. It really is a crying shame that it's so hard to get working these days. I would highly recommend this excellent piece of software, on the rare chance that you have the tools to run it.
On an ending note, I have a suggestion to the programmers and contributors of Mini Vmac. Floppy drive emulation. Now.