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[richmlow]

Hi all,


In an attempt to inject some energy (and the recall of fond memories) into this forum, here is the 'age-old' question: What are your favorite games which still run under Mac OS X 10.6.2!?

Here is my list in no particular order:

Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri
Fallout
Jade Empire: Special Edition
Jedi Academy
Halo
Command and Conquer: Generals
Samurai
MAME

As I look at my list, I can't help but think that the "Golden Age" of Mac gaming has passed us by! Today's games seem pale in comparison to some of the gems of yesteryear.



richmlow

[bookman]

richmlow, on February 12th 2010, 03:50 PM, said:

As I look at my list, I can't help but think that the "Golden Age" of Mac gaming has passed us by! Today's games seem pale in comparison to some of the gems of yesteryear.
richmlow

Yes I agree. The thrill is gone in the world of computer gaming in general, and Mac in particular.

I still like me some Starcraft and Warcraft 3 along with that CC Generals.

[yo-mike]

richmlow, on February 12th 2010, 04:50 PM, said:

As I look at my list, I can't help but think that the "Golden Age" of Mac gaming has passed us by! Today's games seem pale in comparison to some of the gems of yesteryear.



richmlow

Mac OS 8.0 - 9.2.2: "Golden Age of Mac Gaming" Just to be sure?
Um, weren't most of the "Golden Age" Mac games video game console ports anyways?
At least I'd dare say a good majority of the pie of "Golden Age" Mac games were console ports? Maybe 60% or so? And that's not to suggest Mac gamers should have gone the console route instead, just sayin'.
Not that they weren't nice and RAVE was promising was it not?

-Mike

[Eric5h5]

yo-mike, on February 13th 2010, 10:40 PM, said:

Mac OS 8.0 - 9.2.2: "Golden Age of Mac Gaming" Just to be sure?

Most of his list are OS X-only games.  No OS 8.0 - 9.2.2 games will run on 10.6.2.

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Um, weren't most of the "Golden Age" Mac games video game console ports anyways?

Hardly.

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At least I'd dare say a good majority of the pie of "Golden Age" Mac games were console ports? Maybe 60% or so?

Maybe 10-20%, if that.

--Eric

[yo-mike]

Eric5h5, on February 13th 2010, 11:52 PM, said:

Most of his list are OS X-only games.  No OS 8.0 - 9.2.2 games will run on 10.6.2.
--Eric

I know that. I was replying about the "Golden Age" of Mac Gaming. Which is from Mac OS 8.0-9.2.2 and early OS X.

-Mike

[Frost]

I haven't a clue; my favorite computer won't even run on 10.6.2.

[richmlow]

Wow....this place is really like a ghost town!

Where are all of the Mac gamers!?!



richmlow

[yo-mike]

richmlow, on February 14th 2010, 05:50 PM, said:

Wow....this place is really like a ghost town!

Where are all of the Mac gamers!?!



richmlow

In a mausoleum in tBC's basement. Ever seen 'Phantasm' the movie? Kinda similar. tBC is like the tall man. "BOY!"

-Mike

[the Battle Cat]

richmlow, on February 14th 2010, 02:50 PM, said:

Wow....this place is really like a ghost town!

Where are all of the Mac gamers!?!
richmlow

My G5 won't run OS X 10.6.2 or I'd be joining in on the conversation with something more than I can't join in on the conversation.

[Tesseract]

richmlow, on February 15th 2010, 09:50 AM, said:

Where are all of the Mac gamers!?!

Off playing Tales of Monkey Island.

[Cobra]

Haven't played much games on my Mac lately, just a little StarCraft... and.. well that has been about it. Have mainly been playing my DS & NeoGeo Pocket lately.

[iRolley]

Still waiting for the original Unreal to be ported to OS X... at least I have a Quake 2 version working on Intel and 10.6.2.  

Meanwhile Quake 4 has been amazing, Prey  fun enough, Colin Mc Rae a dream come true and Tomb Raider Anniversary from Feral has been surprisingly pleasant.

[edddeduck]

Eric5h5, on 13 February 2010 - 10:52 PM, said:

Most of his list are OS X-only games.  No OS 8.0 - 9.2.2 games will run on 10.6.2.

I can name a few that we (Feral) ported that originally ran on OS 9 (or below) that still work on 10.6.2  (because we patched them at some point or we dual binary released the game):

Black & White 1
F1 2000
Ghost Master
Rayman 3
Sheep
Sim Theme Park
Total Immersion Racing
Tropico
Warrior Kings
Worms Blast

(Also Max Payne and Zoombinis but we did not develop them)

In fact the list of games that don't still work is much smaller Although your point is well made, without patching or a dual binary an OS 9 based game will not run on 10.6 (or any Intel Mac).

Edwin

[Silver Samurai]

Tropico
Neverwinter Nights
Tetris Elements
World of Goo

[Sneaky Snake]

Age of Empires II
Age of Mythology
Halo UB

None of the above games are super old, since I haven't been in the mac gaming scene for that long (AoE2 was the first game I ever bought, ever.)

[Whaleman]

Knights of the old Republic works fine on my MBP. All newer Blizzard games (SC1, D2, WC3 and WoW) too.

[Cobra]

Well these are the games in my Games folder that still run in 10.6.

Age of Mythology
Activision Anthology
Big Bang Board Games (came with my iMac)
Command and Conquer - Red Alert 3
Diablo II
Doom 3 (one day I will finish this bloody game)
Fable - The Lost Chapters
Ghost Master
Guitar Hero World Tour
Hordes of Orcs
Inherit the Earth
Jazz Jackrabbit 2
Jets'n'Guns Gold
Jisei
Kill Monty
Plants vs. Zombies
Puzzle Quest
Quake 3
Rayman Raving Rabbids
Sid Meier's Pirates!
Soulless
Space Colony
StarCraft
Tribal Trouble
Unreal Tournament 2004
Warcraft III / The Frozen Throne
WipeOut 2097

[Robo-X]

Deus Ex is missing from the lIst. Not to mention Dark Forces, X-Wing vs. Tie Fighter and Shadow Warrior.

//Rob

[Eric5h5]

Probably because they don't run on OS X 10.6?  (Or OS X at all....)

--Eric

[mattw]

Eric5h5, on 25 December 2010 - 07:39 PM, said:

Probably because they don't run on OS X 10.6?  (Or OS X at all....)

--Eric

Thank goodness for WINE and DOS Box

It's taken a while but I've got most of my golden oldies back again thanks to those two technologies and old used PC versions via eBay etc.