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Doom 3 Announced for Mac

Posted by samzenpus on from the shooting-apples dept.

thelemmings writes "Aspyr today announced that it will (finally) publish Doom 3 for the Macintosh. The game is scheduled for release Q1 2005 and the system requirements indicate that a G5 processor will be required, which seems quite surprising as it will leave iBooks and Powerbooks owners on the side of the road. Too bad iD Software didn't release a free OSX client like they previously did for linux version of the game."

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  1. Reload? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does reloading involve dragging the clip into the trash can?

    1. Re:Reload? by djdanlib · · Score: 2, Funny

      Don't forget the keyboard shortcut: Apple-E

    2. Re:Reload? by brianosaurus · · Score: 3, Funny

      Read the article.

      In addition to the port, they're re-theming the Doom environment to be more mac friendly. All the computers and buildings are shiny white and acrylic. Where they still have to render metal, they use ipod-mini colors and give it the anodized look.

      The gameplay has been tweaked for one mouse button and has a convenient menu bar for those who don't feel comfortable with keyboard commands (File->Shoot, Edit->Change_Weapon, etc).

      I can't wait! ;)

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  2. Re:Whatcha need by fr0dicus · · Score: 5, Funny

    And a new mouse.

  3. Good to see... by jmcmunn · · Score: 4, Funny


    Good to see that now that the election is over people move back to talking about the important things in life...like Doom 3 on the Mac?

    Anyway, that's good for Mac users I guess. Now I guess my excuse of "I can't play any games that I want to on a Mac, so I use Windows instead" is not 100% correct. Except I have never been a huge Doom fan. Or a FPS fan in general. I did love FarCry though.

    When is GTA San Andreas coming out on the Mac? That's what I really need to get me to switch to mac.

  4. Good thing about Mac gaming: by palad1 · · Score: 4, Funny

    At least with the delay, we all know doom3 isn't worth it.

    That's the only time it ever felt good to be a Mac gamer!

    1. Re:Good thing about Mac gaming: by TheRaven64 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Doom 3 is a great technology demo for the new id FPS engine. It's just a surprise so many people mistake it for a game.

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    2. Re:Good thing about Mac gaming: by Drakonian · · Score: 4, Funny
      That's the only time it ever felt good to be a Mac gamer!

      Are you kidding me? Nothing compares to the thrill of a 10 person Photoshop deathmatch!

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  5. Re: Unlisted requirement: by Alwin+Henseler · · Score: 2, Funny
    Also needed: the guts to step into the Doom 3 environment.

    Resistance is futile - you will be eaten

  6. cultural differences by dynayellow · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too bad iD Software didn't release a free OSX client like they previously did for linux version of the game.

    Don't be too confused; it's just because Mac users are willing to, you know, pay for software.

  7. AWESOME! by Eric_Cartman_South_P · · Score: 4, Funny

    The number of good games on the Mac just doubled!

    *I own a Powerbook, I'm allowed to love and hate it*

  8. The mac is not a toy by fermion · · Score: 2, Funny
    This will certainly spell the end of the Mac as a commercial/production machine. Instead using it as a serious business tool, employees will now spend their days playing doom3. The Mac advantage, the ability to remove components such as WMP, IE and the like, and thus avoid unnecessary vulnerabilities and distraction for staff and production workers, will be annihilated with this one game.

    I long for the days when we Mac user had the freedom to simply create, compile, and compute without these applications of the commoner. To risk a pun, we are doomed.

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  9. Nothing new here by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doom has been anounced for Apple at least once a year since 1985.

  10. Re: Unlisted requirement: by Zorilla · · Score: 4, Funny

    You misspelled "tolerance for redundant gameplay".

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  11. Jason Fox will be happy by tunabomber · · Score: 4, Funny


    See this week's Foxtrot.

    Although, if that Stephen Hawking shoot-em-up he's working on ever gets released, maybe whether or not we have Doom3 on Mac will be a moot question.

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  12. Re:"id" by gid · · Score: 2, Funny

    here here... that drives me crazy. For what it's worth, I remember when doom2 first came out, people were calling it iD on usenet as well, so slashdot isn't doing anything new.

    There were the same evangilists like you and myself that were correcting them--it's just "id" darn it. I can handle it in posts, but in the article short itself?! I often do wonder who first started it, or if it just a common mistake of those outside of the know.

  13. Re:Whatcha need by SilentChris · · Score: 2, Funny

    And a flashlight.

  14. Re:Whatcha need by fafaforza · · Score: 2, Funny

    just when my friend that has it for Windows gets tired of playing it

    So... he must have bought it yesterday? What took him so long?