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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. Err... wrong person? by dalabrat · · Score: 5, Informative

    Umm.... that would be Jeff Tunnell of Dynamix / Tribes fame. Jay Moore never worked for Dynamix, nor had anything to do with Tribes. But he along with the other guys at GarageGames are all great people.

    1. Re:Err... wrong person? by GarageGamer · · Score: 5, Informative

      Well ok... I lived in Eugene, would work out of the Dynamix office (although I never had a desk), I actually was employed by Sierra Online in Bellevue (recently closed), but always as a 'hired gun' my work for other clients at my design firm kept me from signing any 'you own my every thought and idea' employment contract.

      --
      Independent game developers because we WANT TO BE... not because we're wannabes.
  2. i belive the title of the game is actully ... by rhino_badlands · · Score: 5, Informative

    i belive the title of the game is actully ... "Marble Blast GOLD", not marble blaster gold.

    but who cares still cool, and those iMacs look nice

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    - MOSKIE
  3. Funky color? by watanuki · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  4. Quite a few errata in this post... by alexandyr · · Score: 5, Informative

    The title of the game is Marble Blast Gold, not Marble Blaster. Jay Moore is a GarageGame employee and head of marketing, but the company is run by Jeff Tunnell, former head of Dynamix, as noted by alabrat above. The game WAS at one point released under the title Marble Blaster in its windows-only retail boxed version by eGames, whose marketing department thought the "er" made it more appealing or somesuch. More info on this story and Marble Blast for Xbox available here.

  5. Re:Plenty of games by merdark · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, that's four games more than I can play on Linux! Awesome!

  6. Re:Cool! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I threw together a quick list of Mac games. Not that you care, I know you just went for the quick and cheap "funny" karma points by repeating one of the oldest jokes on Slashdot. But there are games, enough to keep a causal gamer like me happy.

    Coming soon:

    Doom 3
    Homeworld 2
    Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic

    Notable titles released over the past year or so:

    Republic
    James Bond 007: NightFire
    Battlefield 1942: Deluxe Edition
    America's Army: Special Forces 2.1
    Black Hawk Down
    The Sims: Makin' Magic
    TRON 2.0
    XIII
    Medal of Honor: Breakthrough
    Call of Duty
    LOTR: The Return of the King
    Dark Horizons: Lore
    No Limits Roller Coaster Simulation
    Command & Conquer: Generals
    Unreal Tournament
    Nanosaur 2: Hatchling
    Northland Strategy & War
    Law & Order: Dead on the Money
    Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
    Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
    Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
    Shadowbane: The Rise of Chaos Adventure
    Halo: Combat Evolved
    Ghost Master
    Age of Mythology
    No One Lives Forever 2
    WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne
    Shadowbane
    Warrior Kings
    Neverwinter Nights