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Diablo II Gets Native Mac OS X Installer
Sutekh-Acolyte writes "Blizzard Entertainment just released a native Mac OS X v10.2+ Diablo II installer, so Mac users no longer have to use the Classic environment to install the game and its expansion set. At 25 megabytes, it's not a small download, because it includes patch files and installs as version 1.10b. PlanetDiablo has a set of screenshots of the installer in action. Download it from FilePlanet (login required) or directly from Blizzard."
If its just the installer, I'll still have to load up Classic to play it.
Diablo II has had an OS X native version for a few years now. IIRC, Blizzard ported both Starcraft and DII to OS X within about 3-4 months of the first release of 10.0. This is finally a native installer for the game...
If its just the installer, I'll still have to load up Classic to play it.
This post reeks of trollness...But here goes...Blizzard released OS X versions of both Starcraft and Diablo II within a few months of the release of 10.0 (yes, that's several years!). This is just the native installer that's been missing.
I assume you've already played Nethack, Moria, and Angband. Have you tried Zangband or T.o.M.E?
For those that don't know, these games are the same basic style of diablo, but are text-based (or graphical text-based if you consider ascii maps graphics). Short on graphics, long on depth of play. Most versions don't have an action-element however, and that's something you'll miss from Diablo. Though there are multi-player Angband variants that aren't as turn-based as the rest.
Has Blizzard ever mentioned these old games? It seems that the basic item system is very much like certain angband varients.
Yes. I use a PowerBook and play with my two PC friends over the Internet (using TCP/IP, not the Blizzard servers). We use LOD 1.10.
The number one reason ported games do not have compatible networking is the original maker used MS's proprietary networking code instead of open standards or their own code. MS has not ported these to the Mac. While a development team could probably reverse engineer it, you can bet MS would lay the smackdown on them.
R: That voice. Where have I heard that voice before? B: In about 365 other episodes. But I don't know who it is either.
Shortly before the 1.10 patch came out, GFrazier mentioned on the BNet forums that D2 was actually still a fairly strong seller for Blizzard, and that it still occasionally popped up on the monthly top 10 sales charts. Heck, the battle chest version still sells for $40-$50 CDN in most stores; it's nowhere near the bargain bin.
It may have waned a bit since then now that the patch has been out a while, but it's apparently still popular enough for them to think it's worth supporting.
there is an OSX native installer for starcraft. i was just installed it last week.