Quake, Halo, Counter-Strike for Mac

dr_holisticdr_holistic
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in Mac Software edited January 2014
I've used these programs back in College, but they were on my old windows cr@p machine.



Now that I'm ALL APPLE... Do these programs run well on the G5, and do you have good access to network gaming (multiplayer).



Or are they all old programs not yet optimized for the G5 platform?



Thanks for the Words of Wisdom!

Comments

  • Reply 1 of 16
    willywalloowillywalloo Posts: 408member
    everything that runs in OS X (pretty much the wide range of those apps) you got it on the G5.



    multiplayer is possible as long as everyone has the same build of the game. for instance v. 436 unreal tournament needs to be played with v.436 of unreal tournament just like with any other combination of pc's and mac's and other platforms (linux).



    -walloo.
  • Reply 2 of 16
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Counter-strike for mac? Has that happened yet? I think I would have heard it if it has.\
  • Reply 3 of 16
    zapchudzapchud Posts: 844member
    No Counter-Strike for the mac, and it probably never will be. Maybe you could attempt to run it in VPC 7, when that's out
  • Reply 4 of 16
    cosmocosmo Posts: 662member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Zapchud

    No Counter-Strike for the mac, and it probably never will be. Maybe you could attempt to run it in VPC 7, when that's out



    They could rename it Conter Strike Slide Show Edition



    or CSSSE for short
  • Reply 5 of 16
    alpha macalpha mac Posts: 463member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Cosmo

    They could rename it Conter Strike Slide Show Edition



    or CSSSE for short



  • Reply 6 of 16
    scottscott Posts: 7,431member
    Is there an OS X update for UT?
  • Reply 7 of 16
    4fx4fx Posts: 258member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Scott

    Is there an OS X update for UT?



    An unofficial one I believe. Search http://www.insidemacgames.com/
  • Reply 8 of 16
    trowatrowa Posts: 176member
    Quake3 and Halo run on Mac OS X. Counter Strike was ported to Mac but never shipped. Some baloney excuse about networking problems.



    If you want to play games on a network, you should have no problems. A good place to play other Mac users is gameranger



    it lets you chat with other mac gamers and start games (depends on whether the game is supported). It also lists servers as well.
  • Reply 9 of 16
    toweltowel Posts: 1,479member
    There's a native OSX port of Quake1 on macupdate.com, if you're really into classics. Unlike some other games, Quake1 is cross-platform multiplayer, so you can tap right into the old-school communities.
  • Reply 10 of 16
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    I just beat Halo for Mac, great game, buy it! Quake I have no affection for, and it crashes frequently on my G5. Unreal Tourney 2003 kicks all ass compared to Q3, and as somebody mentioned, there's an UT 1 OS X port out there.



    PS, UT2004 will really be worth it, so don't bother getting 2003.
  • Reply 11 of 16
    lucaluca Posts: 3,833member
    Halo, Counterstrike, and UT 2003 all can run on a piece of $200 hardware - it's called an XBox. Works with multiplayer too. I'd suggest using one of those for gaming instead of using your Mac. However, UT 2003, Quake 3, and Halo are all available for Mac as well, if you wish. UT 2003 should run REALLY well... it ran really well on a 1 GHz eMac, and your G5 is much more powerful than that.
  • Reply 12 of 16
    _ alliance __ alliance _ Posts: 2,070member
    how does UT play on a 1Ghz 12 Albook?



    and halo?
  • Reply 13 of 16
    ebbyebby Posts: 3,110member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Placebo

    PS, UT2004 will really be worth it, so don't bother getting 2003.



    Next month! I played it at Macworld at the ATI booth and the guy said it would be out in February.
  • Reply 14 of 16
    lanky_nathanlanky_nathan Posts: 56member
    I'm just re-discovering the goodness of the Action-Quake mod for Quake 2. And there's an OS X-native Q2 client (check versiontracker.com). So much fun, especially online with a few friends against bots.



    Who'd have thought that one day a LAPTOP would be able to run Quake2, in a window, on top of Unix, with incredible performance? :-) I guess I'm living in the past ...



    back to work,

    nathan a.
  • Reply 15 of 16
    dr_holisticdr_holistic Posts: 114member
    Just pre-order UnReal Tounrament 2004 for my G5...

    -Amazon had a great deal plus I found a $10 off coupon.



    Can't wait for it to show up!!!
  • Reply 16 of 16
    placeboplacebo Posts: 5,767member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by Dr_Holistic

    Just pre-order UnReal Tounrament 2004 for my G5...

    -Amazon had a great deal plus I found a $10 off coupon.



    Can't wait for it to show up!!!



    My birthday is in February, so I'm not gonna drop any cash!
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