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Windows Games on Macs Without Windows

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the holy-land dept.

Dotnaught writes "TransGaming Inc. is making its 'Cider' portability engine for Apple's Intel-based Macs available to Windows game developers. The software promises to let Windows games run on Intel Macs without Windows or Apple's Boot Camp. 'Cider works by directly loading a Windows program into memory on an Intel-Mac and linking it to an optimized version of the Win32 APIs,' the company claims. Cider is a software for game developers, not end-users. Cider-enhanced games are scheduled to appear as soon as October. If Cider works well, will there be any more Mac-specific game development? And if not, will it matter?"

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  1. Re:Cool! by djdavetrouble · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, I was wondering how it works too, so I actually read TFA to discover, "Games are simply wrapped up in the Cider engine and they work on the Mac."
    And thats how it works !
    Oh, that and the dynamic API linking thingy...

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  2. How about some equality... by hollowedOut · · Score: 5, Funny

    I mean, this is great and all, but when are we going to get the ability to play Mac games on Windows?

    1. Re:How about some equality... by hollowedOut · · Score: 2, Funny

      Funny, Roosterteeth made a parody of the Switch ads, and that guy ALSO made the mistake of thinking Photoshop was a game.

  3. Re:Cider that's distilled from WINE by WilliamSChips · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you mean: "It's not truthy until Steve Colbert says it's truthy."

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  4. Finally! by joe_bruin · · Score: 5, Funny

    A Mac without Win32 is like a chocolate cake without ketchup and mustard. Thanks, TransGaming, for remembering to bring the condiments.

  5. Re:NOT COOL by Bing+Tsher+E · · Score: 2, Funny

    Or, as I am now doing, I'd rather run windows, and put linux in a vm so I can run linux software.

    All the user-friendliness of Linux, combined with all the stability of Windows, eh?

  6. Perfect emulation by Subacultcha · · Score: 5, Funny
    Transgaming brags about all these great results on their website but the sheer number of workarounds and hacks to get a game to play are unbearable. And what's worse is that the games, once installed, randomly crash, screw up graphics, display incorrect fonts, lose mouse control, can't position correctly on the screen, takes an inordinate amount of Microsoft software to even function... BLAH.
    Sounds like they've got the Windows emulation working perfectly.