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What Games Should I Get for My New G5?
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?"
Halo was just released for the Mac, delivering on the promise made by Steve Jobs and Bungie all those years ago.
For those who missed the reference: Red vs. Blue's Apple Switch ad.
You could try NeverWinter Nights, Bioware even has instructions on their site for installing the expansions. Jedi Academy, which I am currently enjoying, just came out. Warcraft III and its expansion are also availible. The up and coming World of Warcraft will also be mac comapatible.
With your neck on my shoulders we could wreck civilization!
try dungeon siege...
America's Army is goodun... Its good quality, and you can't beat free.
I've also found that there are some really good emulators for the mac, SNES9X being a favorite. There are more.
If you're a MUDder, you can get to those with just about anything. I use Cantrip, but it doesn't seem there are as many great Mac MUD clients...
Best of luck: I'm interested to see what others have to say... Its been really slim pickins....
P.S. - I also heard there may be another option available soon.
This shouldn't be a big deal, since if you were big into gaming you wouldn't have bought a Mac. You should definitely be able to find enough games to keep yourself entertained, though.
Dark Horzons: Lore is an up-and-coming Action Mech game (not a simulation like Mechwarrior).
It currently runs in Win32 & Mac OS X and the Client will run [without crashing] on Linux as soon as the installer is ready, which should be Any Day Now(tm).
Here's a quote from the page:
Check it out.
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Agreed. Ambrosia Software's Escape Velocity: Nova, the third in a series, is one of the best games I've ever played. It's got about 6 great storylines; which one you follow depends on your actions in the game. The graphics aren't amazing, but more than adaquate. Gameplay is free for 30 days, at which point you need to pay $30 to register (there are a couple limitations in the unregistered version). Also, it's got a very good plugin system, so play time is almost unlimited, with a number of total conversions out, such as Polycon. Their previous two Escape Velocity games were also very good, but Nova is the best.
All of the Quake series is available...they are growing old but are still no less playable...but I still play Quake2 as it is my favorite game of all time...nothing beats a good round of ActionQuake! (shush you Urban Terror zombies!) There's Unreal Tournament 2003, Halo as mentioned already, Ghost Recon, emulators for about any console you can think of (hint: go to www.emulation.net), Jedi Knight II, Jedi Academy, Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness, Age of Empires II, Civilization III, all of the Sims series, Sim City 4, Rainbow Six 3, Aliens vs Predator 1 & 2, Baldur's Gate series, Medal of Honor Allied Assault and Spearhead, the Myth Series (another one of my personal favorites), Neverwinter Nights, Everquest, Oni, Return to Castle Wolfenstein, Starcraft (old but I doubt this game will ever die), Splinter Cell, Tony Hawk 2 3 & 4, X-Plane....And this was only a skimming of the more popular/newer games from the list on Apple's site... gee whiz guys there's really no games for Mac...Pull your heads out of your asses and take a look around.
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Here's my favorites:
Fallout 1
Fallout 2
Quake 3 Arena (for Xtreme Arena mod, among others)
Soldier of Fortune II
Baldurs Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
Baldurs Gate 2 - Throne Of Bhaal
Civlization III
Halo
No One Lives Forever 2
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
This Apple "switch" ad should help you figure it out:
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mac games:
- www.ambrosiasw.com
- www.freeverse.com
- www.victoly.com/~adam/
- www.insidemacgames.com
- www.macgamefiles.com
emulation:
- mac.emuscene.com
- www.emulation.net
- www.mameroms.com
- www.planetemu.net
Circumcision is child abuse.
Descent 3. Not quite sure if it qualifies as a FPS (it is first person and you do shoot stuff, so...), but it is a truly kick-ass game. Amazon's got it here.
You know you're a nerd when you can mathematically prove that you have no life.
...of course!
http://secondlife.com
Well, the Mac client is currently in beta, but
it's only $9.95 for a lifetime of access.
Religion is poison to rationality, and we lose sight of that at our own peril. -- Lurker2288
Marathon was awesome, however, it's a real old game by now.
If you want to check out the series, go to http://www.marathonrubicon.com . It's a fan-made marathon 4, and probably the best custom scenario/mod ever made for the engine.
By the way, assuming you don't have Marathon Infinity to play rubicon, a free, open source engine called "aleph one" is available at http//source.bungie.org. There should also been an option to download the standalone version at the rubicon site, but that build of aleph one is outdated, and dosn't run well on OS X.