Game is B&W but should be color.

[fjelle]

Hello fellow mac fans!

I am currently playing with my old Macintosh Performa 6400. It has 136 MB RAM and a 120 GB Hard Drive. It is running Mac Os 8.6. There is currently no graphics card besides the on-board graphic.

I have the game PGA Tour Golf 1 and 2 which I really would like to be able to play.  However, everytime I run either one it opens in Black and White. I have tried every possible color-setting, but it's no good. Other games are fine and able to play in color.

Anyone have a suggestion to solve the problem? Of course this happens to the game I want to play the most. *Sigh*

[ovalking]

I only have the demo version of PGA TOUR Golf II. I note it only seems to support B&W or 256 colours, but the game works in the expected manner with either option for me.
Does your Mac have a 256 col option?
I also note the video on a 6400 is slightly unusual in that uses a fixed 1M of RAM. This may or may not be a factor. Reducing a high video resolution may help if it is a memory issue.

[fjelle]

Thank you for your reply.

I have tried all the color settings down to 4 colors and every resolution down to 640x860.

I used to play this game on the same computer, however, the difference now is, that it runs OS 8.6 instead of OS 7.5.5. It's very strange. 

What OS have you tried the demo on?

[ovalking]

I agree the game is not too good in black and white. I tried it on an 8500 with 8.1, and a B&W G3 with 8.6.
Unfortunately I don't have anything similar to a 6400.

The obvious thing is to revert back to 7.5.5 but that may not be practical if you don't have another HD. Maybe you have a 7.5 CD you can boot off - the system requirements suggest it might work even with a slimmed down system.