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What Games Should I Get for My New G5?

Posted by Cliff on from the time-to-play dept.

Lane.exe wonders: "So I just got a new Apple Mac G5 (Dual 1.8s, 1GB RAM, Radeon 9600, etc) and I was thinking about getting back into some gaming. I was looking over the game selection for Mac, and it's not looking as bright as I'd hoped. But I think this is due more to my ignorance of good games than anything else. What I'm looking for is a few good multiplayer shoot-em-ups (like Quake, UT or Half-Life) and a nicely engrossing RPG. The last few games I've played were Icewind Dale, Pool Of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor, and MechWarrior 4. Has anyone got any suggestions along these lines?"

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  1. Mac Gaming by genetic_freak · · Score: 5, Funny

    I saw an ad for this last year. Seems that best games for the mac are:

    4.apple puzzle game
    3.breakout
    2.super breakout
    1.Photoshop

    Happy gaming

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    1. Re:Mac Gaming by Tumbleweed · · Score: 3, Funny

      Photoshop is probably the hardest game _EVAR_! The one game that's fastest on a Mac (usually). :)

      My favourite part of the game is seeing how many layers I can add before the dreaded "Execution Error".

      BTW - Does anyone have any cheat codes for this thing?

    2. Re:Mac Gaming by Hes+Nikke · · Score: 3, Funny
      BTW - Does anyone have any cheat codes for this thing?

      if you hold the command key and type
      QUICKLY DUMP THE CURRENCY
      , i'll let you open up images that look like US Currency.

      thankyouverrymuch :)
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  2. Re:Anything Quake3-driven should be fine. by gl4ss · · Score: 3, Funny

    dude you need to move out of iraq/afganistan/wherever_you_see_moh_kind_of_actio n_by_looking_out_of_window

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  3. I'm confused by NanoGator · · Score: 4, Funny

    "What Games Should I Get for My New G5?"

    Plural?!

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  4. This topic is just asking for it... by reiggin · · Score: 3, Funny
    Cliff, I really think this question comes from the "time-to-flame" dept.

    Seriously, is there any other question (aside from "Games for BSD?") that could possibly draw more apple-flaming?!? I think not.

    1. Re:This topic is just asking for it... by kommakazi · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's only flameworthy because most of the flamers:
      A) Have been living in a cave the past 5 years and
      B)Are extremely gullible.
      The fact is there is a very healthy amount of games available for the Mac and these people are just too closed-minded to accept it. Sure there aren't as many games, but one thing you will notice is that the games that do get ported are usually the most popular and/or best games available. These are the kind of people who accept quantity over quality. In fact, I'd go so far as to say that applies to all Windows/PC users: they all prefer quantity over quality.