OK – The game I’m looking to play is Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2003 release, runs on PowerPC G3, G4, or G5.) I’m a college student in the market for a new Macbook, and I am seriously considering the Pro over the Air just for the ability to play this old game. However, I’ve been told it’s impossible to play decade-old games on a brand new device. Is this true?
Yes, I know I’m a college student who plays Harry Potter videogames. They’re fun!
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How Can I Play Powerpc Games On A 2012 Macbook?
Posted on February 17, 2013.
Apple’s TERRIBLE about backwards compatibility. You can (and I do) run Windows programs from the 90s all the time, but Apple completely dropped PowerPC support.
OS X 10.4 is the last version with full PowerPC support. 10.5 dropped classic mode, so if this needed MacOS, it wouldn’t run on 10.5 or newer. I’d assume it ran on OS X, in which case 10.5 would still run it (using emulation). 10.6 dropped support for PowerPC programs entirely, and current Macs need 10.8 or higher.
So anyway, no…the last version of OS X this game would run under would be either 10.4 or 10.5, and we’re on 10.8 now.
Your solution costs $49. See the link below. In 2003, no one was developing Intel-ligent Mac software—except Apple. All 2003 Mac games are for PPC chip computers only.