Do you buy and play the latest Mac game releases?

Bogdan · Post by **Bogdan** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:45 pm 0

I've been wondering, since there seems to be such a large contingent of Mac users on this forum, do you buy/play the latest Mac game offerings from the larger publishers like Macsoft, MacPlay, Freeverse, and Aspyr?

Myself, I average about 1 or 2 titles a month from the aforementioned publishers in addition to some of the shareware gems ever since buying my Mac. That said, please discuss.

ravuya · Post by **ravuya** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:46 pm 0

A couple titles once in awhile but they are impossible to find in stores.

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 5:53 pm 0

No. Myst is crap

If there were platform exclusives or a better incentive to upgrade than two year old PC ports for Â£40 then I probably would. The Mac gaming scene is a world of shit compared to consoles and PC's though, it takes real effort to get enthusiastic about it. There's some great shareware available though.

ciacio · Post by **ciacio** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 6:14 pm 0

For instance?

ciacio

ophion · Post by **ophion** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:32 pm 0

No, but everyone should pick up Battle Girl.

sealfin · Post by **sealfin** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:32 pm 0

Nope, because my Mac is an ancient piece of shit (well, the hardware is; OS is at 10.3) and literally can't run anything later than the original Red Faction (which was the most recently released game I've bought for it; the last game I bought for it was Marathon 2

)

Bubba · Post by **Bubba** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:34 pm 0

Rod_S wrote:No. Myst is crap

If there were platform exclusives or a better incentive to upgrade than two year old PC ports for Â£40 then I probably would. The Mac gaming scene is a world of shit compared to consoles and PC's though, it takes real effort to get enthusiastic about it. There's some great shareware available though.

Damn beaten to it - I was gonna say something about Myst being about the only mac game in existance

.

Cheers

Bubba

corrosive · Post by **corrosive** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:34 pm 0

Nope, been tempted a few times, but my G4/800 is too far behind now, and I've got enough console games to be going on with.

mattley · Post by **mattley** » Mon Nov 15, 2004 7:47 pm 0

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/

All you need. Well maybe not all but Escape Velocity is excellent fun IMO, and plays fine on a B/W G3

super charlie · Post by **super charlie** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:15 am 0

last game i bought was halo, which struggles on my imac 700mhz g4.
and yes, they are almost impossible to find in stores.
also battle girl i found a bit pants 5 years ago

cheers
charlie

Rod_S · Post by **Rod_S** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 1:17 am 0

super charlie wrote: also battle girl i found a bit pants 5 years ago

cheers
charlie

That was a top-down shooter in the same style as Mutant Storm, wasn't it?

ravuya · Post by **ravuya** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:07 am 0

Rod_S wrote:
super charlie wrote: also battle girl i found a bit pants 5 years ago

cheers
charlie
That was a top-down shooter in the same style as Mutant Storm, wasn't it?

With classy electronica.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 2:14 am 0

I just picked up that hot new Mac game, Warcraft II. Man is this cool.

romanista · Post by **romanista** » Tue Nov 16, 2004 9:17 am 0

mmm. do want to pick up RT3 at some point, but most of the time it is (a) emulation (b) some demo;s like UT 2004 on the mac..