Re: Only 16 colors on a Power MAc?!

[cweiss@maxis.com (Chris Weiss)]

>> 
>> I purchased a copy of "Sim City Classic" the other day, but it won't
run
>> on any of my Power Macs because it says I need to set my Mac into 16
>> color mode. What is Maxis thinking?! None of my Power Macs have the
>> option for 16 colors...only 256 or thousands! Is there a patch to
allow
>> Sim City to run (like it's supposed to) on Power Macs? Please help!
>
>First, this newsgroup is for Apple II computers, not Macs. You'll get
more
>help posting to an appropriate comp.sys.mac.* newsgroup.

Sorry to further the off-topic posting, hopefully this will close the
subject.
>
>Second, Sim City Classic is kind of old. You know, like, it came out a
long
>time before PowerMacs. In fact, it came out so long ago that 16 colors
was
>often used in games because a) it was faster and b) a lot of Macs
didn't
>have 256 color cards. As far as I know there is no way to run this game
on
>your PowerMac.

There is a patch out to upgrade SimCity Classic to 256 colors. Check out
the Maxis web site at http://www.maxis.com for more info.