Oregon Trail II--possible glitch with sleep mode?

[Scott Baret]

Yesterday I was playing Oregon Trail II without a problem. I kept the program up when I slept the machine. When I "woke up" the computer I started a new journey (to California). All was fine until I hit the 40 Mile Desert, when the sound got all haywire. I made it across the desert (without anyone dying!) and then visited the little town at the edge of it known as Ragtown, hoping to trade. I talked to a man in the village but when I tried to leave the program hung.

Is sleep mode the problem here? Could it have caused this to happen? (I'm playing on 9.2.2 Classic Mode on an iBook G4 with OS X 10.4.10 and have played it on this machine many times before without a problem).

Man do I miss the MECC forums on AOL...I was a regular there in early 1997 to swap Oregon Trail II tips.

EDIT: I should also note that I have the Oregon Trail II 25th Anniversary Limited Edition, not the regular run of the mill OT2 (which I think is still being sold on Amazon, in fact...I recommend it to anyone who wants a good strategy game with a great hunting sim as well as a lot of good historically accurate information).

ANOTHER EDIT: Here's the Amazon link...

http://www.amazon.com/Oregon-Trail-2-Jewel-Case/dp/B00005NCCK/ref=pd_bbs_3/103-0138785-3147016?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1185918382&sr=8-3

You might also want to check your local Office Max or other store that sells jewel cased stuff, they might have one. It's a shame you can't run it on an Intel Mac...they never Carbonized it.

 

[Scott Baret]

Just went on a journey to California and made it through that desert without the audio bug or a freeze a few minutes ago...so it's not the program (I restarted both the program and classic mode).

 

[MacTCP]

When I used Oregon Trail II, there was often lots of terrible audio feedback. It happened on both computers I used it on, Mac OS 8.6 on an iMac G3 and Classic Mode under Panther on an eMac. The copy is exactly the same as the copy on Amazon. I've always had audio problems, but never freezing.

 

[FerazelX]

What's the difference between the normal and anniversary version?

 

[Scott Baret]

The Anniversary edition...

-came in a wooden box as opposed to a cardboard one

-included some special "making of" movies

-was bundled with the Prima strategy guide (which is a great historical resource as well as a game guide)

-included old versions to show the history of the game--the original Mac version, the DOS version that's like the Apple II version, the DOS version that's almost identical to the Mac version, and the Windows version which originally shipped on CD-ROM.

I got mine in December 1996. I think there are some CDs that claim to be anniversery editions on Amazon but they probably wouldn't have the final item that came with mine inside...a certificate of authenticity.

 

[FerazelX]

Then where is this title screen from?

 

[Scott Baret]

Off the top of my head I'm going to say you have a version prior to 1.3. Check your about box or get info window to verify this. I know I have 1.3 and I believe the buttons are silver on the bottom of the screen instead of gold. I'll have to check sometime--I don't have the CD in my drive right now. Next I play I'll confirm this.

I'm not sure what the new copies are these days, but I'd imagine they are 1.3 or newer, possibly a modified version of 1.3 without the 25th Anniversary stuff. If anyone out there bought a copy of Oregon Trail II in a jewel case let me know.

 

[MacTCP]

I have version 1.32 in a jewel case. It's copyright 1999. The title screen is the same as the one FerazelX posted.

 

[FerazelX]

I have version 1.2