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Apple Offers Huge Prizes For Video Game Ports

Posted by Zonk on from the more-than-just-minesweeper dept.

Oculus Habent writes "In an attempt to increase Apple's market share in the home sector, Steve Jobs announced today that he would personally fund prizes for ports of popular gaming titles to the Macintosh platform. Citing the common complaint of lack of game availability for Mac OS X, Jobs suggests that work in this area could seriously improve Macintosh acceptance. Said Jobs, "We've got incredible, stylish computers and an insanely great operating system. The Mac mini made has a huge impact, but it is only the tip of the iceberg." Prizes include Steve's yearly salary for the first ten ports, and twice that amount for "hot new titles" with a simultaneous release." Update: 04/02 18:02 GMT by Z : April 1st hoax story.

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  1. Ahh April 1st! by BlueFashoo · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Are there going to be any real posts today?

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    1. Re:Ahh April 1st! by hunterx11 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why should today be any different than the rest of the year?

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  2. prime stake by hunterx11 · · Score: 5, Funny

    This one is almost believable. If they want to make an April Fools joke, they should post a story: "Slashdot Institutes New System to Prevent Dupes."

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  3. I'm on it. right now.... by AtariAmarok · · Score: 4, Funny
    I've got a screwdriver and am removing the joystick and power adaptor ports from my old Sega Genesis right now. I wonder if old Gameboy link adaptors count as "game ports" for this contest?

    I have no idea what they will do with all these millions of ports everyone will mail them. I suppose we will get some sort of iMac in the future bristling with all kinds of game control ports.

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  4. Come on people by Ghetto_D · · Score: 5, Informative
    I'm willing to offer Jobs' salary to anyone that posts an actually funny April Fools joke.

    links to examples:
    http://www.google.com/googlegulp/
    http://homestarrunner.com/
    http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/icopulate.shtml