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I have an iBook clamshell with os X 10.3.9 running.  I want to play some older games, like Diablo 1, squirrel kombat, etc. 

What I can't find out anywhere is how to change the resolution for games.  I know for older games (at least on PC) that there was a file that stored your settings, like sound card, resolution, etc. 

I can't find anything like that here.  Diablo 1 says that it needs to have a minimum of 640 X 480.  I want to set it at 800 X 600. 

Update, it looks like Diablo is running in classic mode (I thought it would run in OS X)  anyway, the question is still the same! 

Info:
iBook, Mac OS X (10.3.x), 300 Mhz, 160MB RAM

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