Battlefield 1942 Makes It To The Mac

Tzarius writes "GameSpy has a short article that says Aspyr Media has shipped Battlefield 1942 and the Road to Rome expansion for the Mac [There's more information on system requirements and screenshots on the official Aspyr page for the game.] Surely a little prodding would get them to do that little bit more for Linux?"

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[Otter]

Surely a little prodding would get them to do that little bit more for Linux?

No, a little money would get them to do things for Linux. No one doubts the ability of Linux users to prod.

Linux is hard to sell games on.

[Sheetrock]

Compared to the Macintosh, which is completely standardized in software and hardware, Linux is a mess. Loading the proper GL handler for X-Windows, ensuring the proper permissions are available to audio and video, and solving the myriad problems that occur with different setups in different distributions makes it extremely difficult to support games even if you get them to run.

It's clearly possible, as Loki Software demonstrated, but the price disparity between Linux and Windows makes it a hard sell.

Info On Battlefield 1942

[EngineeringMarvel]

I thought I would drop a line and let those curious about the game know something about it. I have played Battlefield 1942 since the demo and bought the game the day it came out, so almost two years now. I have put in tons of pubbing and match game time with the game and I recommend this to any multiplayer fps gamer.

If you do not plan to play this game online, do not waste your money. The game was built to play online and the single player is very boring. As for multiplayer, well, it gets an A+. Battlefield 1942 is the first game that really integrates infantry and machinery warfare (tanks and planes) rather nicely. EA/DICE has patched the game eight times and is now version 1.6 so almost all the bugs have been quirked out.

The game is almost two years old, but you will find lots of servers and lots of players still playing. It has a slight learning curve for tanks and a large learning curve for planes, but once you master any of the vehicles I believe you will find tons of fun with this game.

Another Halo?

[nacturation]

I sure hope this doesn't turn into a repeat of Halo on the Mac. From the reports, it was buggy, slow, and there was no demo available. Then Macsoft starts complaining about piracy. Gee, with no demo and reports of a crappy port, I wonder why people took to pirating it.

As for BF1942, the jury's still out. All I want to know is where I can download the demo and try it out myself.