heh... regarding my "Half Life/Counterstrike" pick. I'm actually in agreement to the guy who said "Counterstrike?! WTF?"... my main reason for choosing wasn't personal preference so much as marketability.
That damn game is STILL really really popular. I was at a gaming LAN recently (yes I brought my pc...shhh). And despite all the newer games like BF1942, UT2K3, etc guess what was being played more than anything. You guessed it. Counterstrike. Go figure.
Hands up anyone in the crowd who keeps a PC up and running 'just for games'.
(raises hand)
I would raise my hand, but after repeated crashes and system re-builds I just said "To Hell with it." Now I'm all Mac... and one game... well, at least my GPA has gone up.
Since 1992 we have had tons of first person shooters:
Wolfenstein, Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, Duke Nukem, Shadow worrior, DOOM, DOOM II, Unreal, Oni, Quake 1, Quake 2, Quake III, Unreal Tournement, Rune, FAKK 2, Sin gold, Return to Caste Wolfenstein, Soldier of fortune and many more
For Good ww II flight sims on the Macintosh since 1992 (excluding the Leyte Gulf expansion pack for Hellcats and pure online games)
1) Total Annihilation 2 (when it comes out on PC in two years).
The original is on the mac and far outshines the C&C series, and you can forget about StarCraft.
2) GTA:VC Heck it generates a lot of sales for the PS2, it would have to have clearer graphics and none of the bluring to hide the fact that the crappy PS2 hardware can't handle it
3) The new RTCW when it is out.
4) Halo, although Metroid Prime is a far better game.
5) Battle Field 1942, especially when the 970 is out, should run it easily.
6) Burnout 2 with internet play.
7) F Zero GC with internet play.
IF these were ported, damn this would make macs the gaming platform to own.
Halo. I know it's not out for PC but it eventually will be (and it'll be available for Mac too). In fact I'm considering selling my PC (AMD 1700+, Radeon 9100, 512 MB RAM) and using the money to buy an XBox, Halo, a small TV, and an extra controller. I dunno if I want to though... the XBox will be old news fairly soon, considering it's been out for a year and a half already.
(for Bungie/Halo fans, you might have heard that the number seven appears numerous times throughout references to their games)
For the Mac, though, I think GTA 3 would run quite well on my 800 MHz iBook. Not really great but playable.
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is this so you can really test if OSX doesn't crash?
That damn game is STILL really really popular. I was at a gaming LAN recently (yes I brought my pc...shhh). And despite all the newer games like BF1942, UT2K3, etc guess what was being played more than anything. You guessed it. Counterstrike. Go figure.
I play 1 with loop to Loop through VPC, but it slow under X (on a Beige G3).
Next year (I hope) when I get a new PowerMac, I will be buying RollerCoaster Tycoon II to run in VPC.
Under Mac OS 9 with VP3 is runn decently
It needs 32 MB and i only have 8. >.<
Originally posted by Not Unlike Myself
Hands up anyone in the crowd who keeps a PC up and running 'just for games'.
(raises hand)
I would raise my hand, but after repeated crashes and system re-builds I just said "To Hell with it." Now I'm all Mac... and one game... well, at least my GPA has gone up.
2) Combat Flight Simulator 2
3) Combat Flight Simulator 1
4) any other WWII Flight Simulator
Since 1992 we have had tons of first person shooters:
Wolfenstein, Marathon, Marathon 2, Marathon Infinity, Duke Nukem, Shadow worrior, DOOM, DOOM II, Unreal, Oni, Quake 1, Quake 2, Quake III, Unreal Tournement, Rune, FAKK 2, Sin gold, Return to Caste Wolfenstein, Soldier of fortune and many more
For Good ww II flight sims on the Macintosh since 1992 (excluding the Leyte Gulf expansion pack for Hellcats and pure online games)
The list is:
and that is about it
1) Total Annihilation 2 (when it comes out on PC in two years).
The original is on the mac and far outshines the C&C series, and you can forget about StarCraft.
2) GTA:VC Heck it generates a lot of sales for the PS2, it would have to have clearer graphics and none of the bluring to hide the fact that the crappy PS2 hardware can't handle it
3) The new RTCW when it is out.
4) Halo, although Metroid Prime is a far better game.
5) Battle Field 1942, especially when the 970 is out, should run it easily.
6) Burnout 2 with internet play.
7) F Zero GC with internet play.
IF these were ported, damn this would make macs the gaming platform to own.
Halo. I know it's not out for PC but it eventually will be (and it'll be available for Mac too). In fact I'm considering selling my PC (AMD 1700+, Radeon 9100, 512 MB RAM) and using the money to buy an XBox, Halo, a small TV, and an extra controller. I dunno if I want to though... the XBox will be old news fairly soon, considering it's been out for a year and a half already.
(for Bungie/Halo fans, you might have heard that the number seven appears numerous times throughout references to their games)
For the Mac, though, I think GTA 3 would run quite well on my 800 MHz iBook. Not really great but playable.