IMG Archives
Archives  News  Apple Looks at Star Trek and Disney  


Tuesday, December 18, 2001
 

Click to enlarge
Apple Looks at Star Trek and Disney
6:00 AM | Eddie Park | Comment on this story

Apple recently updated its ongoing series of game-related articles with two new entries. The first, which is probably of more interest to younger gamers, focuses on several offerings by Disney Interactive. Chief among their titles are two based on the recently released film Monsters, Inc. Scream Team Training features various activities with the goal of climbing the corporate ladder and becoming the "Top Scarer," and Wreck Room Arcade offers several mini-games, including Eight Ball Chaos, Bowling for Screams, and Monster Tag. Both titles are Mac OS X-compatible.

Also ready for Mac OS X is Disney's Magic Artist Deluxe, which gives kids access to plenty of drawing tools:

In Magic Artist Deluxe, you can train creatures known as Doodlebots to draw patterns—such as coins, feathers, or flowers—and other designs on your digital canvas. Or use the tile tool to design tiled patterns that you can place on your Mac’s desktop or even on a Web page. And with the glitter pen, you can make text sparkle on your display.
Other titles featured in the article include Disney Girlfriends, Disney's Phonics Quest, and Playhouse Disney’s Rolie Polie Olie: The Search for Spot.

Apple's second offering should appeal to older gamers, as it focuses on Aspyr's entry in the Star Trek gaming franchise, Star Trek: Voyager—Elite Force and its recently released Expansion Pack. Touting Elite Force as a first-person shooter that offers plenty of play, both single and multiplayer, Apple also focuses on the fact that it runs under Mac OS X:

According to Aspyr president Michael Rogers, “performance is fantastic” when you play the game in Mac OS X. “I’ve played the game with Mail open, iTunes running and other programs sleeping without a hitch,” he says. “The power of Mac OS X makes it easy to jump into a game like Elite Force and play for a while, and then jump right back to work.”
Those of us that work under OS X can certainly attest to its ability to flop back and forth between full-screen games and more mundane activities.

The rest of the article contains screenshots as well as cheat codes for gamers having difficulty clearing the game. Those looking for more information on either Voyager or Disney Interactive's bevy of offerings should check out Apple's latest articles.

Apple: Disney's Games
Apple: Elite Force
Disney Interactive
Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force
STV: Elite Force Expansion
IMG Review: Star Trek: Voyager
IMG Review: Star Trek Voyager: Elite Force Expansion


Other Mac Games News for Tuesday, December 18, 2001

MacGames CD #4 Ships4:02 PM
MacPlay Squashing Baldur's Gate II Bugs11:52 AM
GameRanger Updated to Version 2.1.410:58 AM
Red Faction OS X Update, Review Posted10:29 AM
Compuexpert Launches GoGamer.com10:22 AM
Harry Potter, Muse Fly into Beta9:11 AM
• Apple Looks at Star Trek and Disney6:00 AM
GamePad Companion Updated to Version 1.26:00 AM
Myth II Rankings Dropped; Marius Adds Stats6:00 AM
Strike Force 1.70 Released6:00 AM
 
View all of the Mac games news for Tuesday, December 18, 2001 on one page

Mac Games News for Monday, December 17, 2001

IMG Interviews MacPlay's Mark Cottam1:33 PM
IFD Christmas Rampage11:59 AM
Coldstone Goes a Bit Past Final Candidate11:25 AM
Quake for OS X Updated to 1.0.411:14 AM
Sacrifice Multiplayer and Memory Details11:06 AM
Myth III in January10:55 AM
UT OS X Preview 1.1 Available10:44 AM
Return to Custer's Wolfenstein10:29 AM
Buy OS X, Get WingNuts Free9:42 AM
FileBall.net Add-on Archives Open9:42 AM
MacSoft on Civilization III Requirements9:42 AM
 
View all of the Mac games news for Monday, December 17, 2001 on one page


Recent Mac Games News

Friday, December 14, 2001
Thursday, December 13, 2001
Wednesday, December 12, 2001
Tuesday, December 11, 2001
Monday, December 10, 2001


Search for other Mac games news stories or browse our Mac Games News Archive.



Archives  News  Apple Looks at Star Trek and Disney