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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. Native ports are the way to go! by PeteyG · · Score: 4, Informative

    I have torn my hair out trying to get games to run in Wine or WineX, but with very little real success. It is just a nightmare!

    However, I've recently acquired the Linux version of Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri by Loki... and it is perfect. It installed like a dream, and there hasn't been a single problem. It could not have been easier. What Linux needs is more quality native ports like that, and if we can get BF1942, then Linux may start expanding as a native gaming platform.

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  3. Mac gamer! by MoOsEb0y · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sweet! Now we have something to play besides warcraft 3, breakout, super breakout, and photoshop!

    linky for the humor impaired

    1. Re:Mac gamer! by addaon · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yeah. I beat photoshop in version 5, and I just haven't had the heart to sit through the later sequels. They've hardly changed the plot at all!

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  4. 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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    1. Re:Linux is hard to sell games on. by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 4, Interesting

      No it won't, that's a pain in the ass! How do I get notified of incoming IMs while playing if I have to reboot my computer? How can I use a voice communication software package in the background if I have to reboot my computer? What if I have a SCSI card and it takes like 3 minutes to reboot the damn thing and I have to sit there and wait for it? How do I save my settings, like when I remap the keys? Does it automatically detect the HD, parse the filesystem, and save the settings there? If so, how would it cope with a filesystem it doesn't understand completely (i.e. NTFS.) What if I want to play online, but my network card (say an ethernet->usb adaptor) doesn't have any drivers in your boot CD? Can I add the drivers? Will it detect the drivers on my HD and auto-load them? And if so, how long would that take?

      The reason you could put the game on the boot disk in the past is because the OS did not do multitasking. (Also, computers were mostly instant-on, or close to instant-on.) Now that the OS does multitasking, and computers take a little while to boot, using a boot disk for a game is a dumb idea.

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  5. wineX aka cedega by zal · · Score: 4, Informative

    Transgamings wineX has pretty good support for battlefield1942, so i doubt there is gonna be a port.

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  6. Don't forget by GrendelT · · Score: 5, Funny

    Dear Mac gamers,
    Don't forget to Right-click when you want to zoom, call artillery, switch to the TNT plunger, etc.

    Sincerely,
    PC BF1942 players of the world.