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Battlefield 1942 Makes It To The Mac

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the mac-users-still-game-too dept.

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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  1. Well by Otter · · Score: 4, Insightful
    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.

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  2. Linux is hard to sell games on. by Sheetrock · · Score: 5, Insightful
    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.

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