How can I run the original Diablo 1 on OS X Lion (10.7)?

Solution 1:

You can't run it through a normal method.

Here is what I found:

To recap:

  • Classic won't work since you're running an Intel. Diablo under Classic (on PPC) works poorly or not at all anyway, in my experience.

  • You can try SheepShaver. However: it can be confusing to set up (the linked directions @Xeem are pretty good); you need an OS 8 or 9 system folder/disc to run it (NOT downloadable from Apple); and it's pretty unstable for gaming in any case - this on my PPC, which runs it natively.

  • The Windows solution. Since the Battle Chest CDs are hybrids, you'll have a PC version to run. However, you'll have to buy a copy of Parallels/VMWare. Why not just do Boot Camp for free? Even then, you'd still need (have to buy?) a copy of Windows XP. A little pricey to run one old game.

Short answer: there's no one solution that's both easy and free, sadly.

I can understand why you'd want to play Diablo, though. #II has more choices, but seems to devolve into a constant flood of A. weak items for your class or B. great items for another class, requiring you to town-portal every 5 minutes to free up space. Diablo really had the formula down of streamlined dungeon crawling, nearly every item an improvement, and click-click-click gaming.

In this topic, they advise the person to try Diablo 2 instead, because it'll provide more choices to run.

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Those are other two links that say more or less the same.

  • Diablo 1 on OSX 10.5?
  • Any way to play old Diablo 1 on OSX?

Solution 2:

It's now possible to play Diablo through your web browser : https://d07riv.github.io/diabloweb/ .

Details about the project - https://github.com/d07RiV/diabloweb .

It allows you to provide path to original Diablo files on your disk so you can play game legally.