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G5 iMac To Come With Marble Blaster Gold

Posted by timothy on from the addictive-little-games-rule-the-world dept.

Ophelea writes "Anyone who knows Jay Moore of Tribes fame may know about his great company Garage Games. Today it was announced that Marble Blaster Gold, one of their best games was bundled on the iMac G5. Woot! Go Go Garage Games!"

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  1. Re:All I can say is....'WOW!' by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Insightful

    Don't forget to pay for your AppleCare extort^H^H^H^H^H^Hwarranty. It's a cost that most PC users don't have to worry about because when something dies you can swap in another piece yourself for cheap.

  2. Re:Funky color? by sg3000 · · Score: 3, Insightful

    > I first read the title as "G5 iMac to come in marble blaster
    > gold" and thought Apple was going back to making funky-
    > colored computers.

    No kidding. Dammit, Apple! Do you know how many types of iPods you'll have to develop and sell to live down the 'Flower Power' iMac? Don't do this to yourself again.

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  3. Games on Mac by CaptainPinko · · Score: 3, Insightful
    I think what kills Macs for gamers is not the amount of games for Mac, but probably individual specific games themselves. For example Doom 3 for Mac may be great and all but all I really want is Mechwarrior 4, Civilisation 3, Morrowind, and Empire Earth. I mean there are tons of other games out there but I'm tied to those. I'm betting that for most people like list would include Counter-Strike/Day of Defeat/Half-Life, and Half Life 2. I mean how many people just play CS? Actually, come to think of it it might be in Apple's best interest to get Valve to port their engine to Mac since CS is a scary *HUGE* deal for a lot of people (yes I realise that it is unfeasible since Source is Direct X base IIRC). So the argument is not really about whether Mac has games, but whether Mac has the games people want.I'd be interested to be a list of the games people want by percentage and compare that to your availibility list.

    Also another thing is that Mac ports come out later. People can't wait for games to come out and they don't want to wait longer. For example Doom 3 was huge and all the rage, but now most people I know have beat it (myself included) and are kinda bored of it. By the time it comes out for Mac it will be passe.

    None the less, unless new versions of the games I mentioned come out soon and force me to upgrade my next computer will be a Mac.

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  4. Re:i belive the title of the game is actully ... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The fact that this was reported in the Apple section of Slashdot, but not in the Games section, tells you pretty much everything you need to know about how significant this game really is, and also tells you everything you need to know about the sad state of Apple gaming. At the very least, it tells you what the Slashdot editors think about this story.

    A game which Slashdot game enthusiasts are not likely to care about is bundled on the new iMac, but Apple enthusiasts are likely to want to read about this sensational announcement.

    Meh.

  5. Re:Proof the mods are insane. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I have gotten only one email for my political and antiabortion stance. I have gotten dozens of posts from /. apple fantics.

    Wow! People don't want to argue about abortion in a technology forum? But they do want to respond when you throw out FUD and lame jokes that haven't been true since the mid-90s?

    If you're such a Mac hater, why are you reading the Apple side-page stories anyway? Except to troll and bait, of course.