Best Games for a PowerMac G4/400
Alright, I'm bored and the interweb is an even more boring place.
What are the best games out there that will run well on my G4/400 with Radeon?
right now on my list are
1.) Madden 2000
2.) Unreal Tournament
3.) Railroad Tycoon II
4.) Star Wars Racer
5.) Quake 3
what else.... i need games
What are the best games out there that will run well on my G4/400 with Radeon?
right now on my list are
1.) Madden 2000
2.) Unreal Tournament
3.) Railroad Tycoon II
4.) Star Wars Racer
5.) Quake 3
what else.... i need games
Comments
For 3D driving, Spy Hunter plays well on my dual 500 w/ original Radeon. Though, I'm not sure how much it uses the CPU(s) versus the graphics card.
If you like puzzle games, Enigmo is 2D game with a 3D look that plays much like the old "The Incredible Machine" series of games. It has a very low 3D demand and should play well.
The 3rd-person fighter/action game Oni by Bungie (ported to X by The Omni Group) should play well. It's a little old, but it has pretty good replay value IMO.
Also I'd have to recommend Fallout 2 if you like RPGs. It's different from most RPGs in that it takes place in the future, rather than having dragons and wizards and stuff. You fight with guns and knives, and the combat is turn-based. It's real fun but it takes a long time.
Unreal 1
UT add the return to nai pali map and have fun in single player
Oni what it lacks in graphics it makes up for in gameplay
Rune very nice graphics some levels are horrible some brilliant
FAKK2 is OK as well
Among the newer games
Return to Castle Wolfenstein and Ghost Recon ought to work decently (it does on my G4/400 but what is "decent" framerate is a individual thing)
There is that F1 racing game (I have only tried the demo)
UT2003 only seem to be Qake 3 enhanced and thus inferior to UT
stupid game.
I think amazon.com is selling it for less than $20 now
Zork Grand Inquisitor
Fallout (v1)
Giants: Citizen Kabuto
For 5 bucks each from MacPlay (on sale).
$25.00 total (incl. S&H)
They've since gone back up to $19.99 each (Value Series)-- still pretty good "bang for the buck".
Tranquility <-- "Must Have"
I also like:
Black & White
Warcraft (II and III)
Undying
The Sims
Tropico <-- can be a system pig.
realMyst <-- nostalgic!
Alice
Classic/OS 9 Games:
Marathon (All versions)
Amber: Journeys Beyond
Bad Mojo <-- If you can find it, let me know!
Obsidian
Journeyman Project 3: Legacy of Time
Descent II
Thanks so much!
Damn, wish I had caught that $5 deal though.
Total Annihilation.
OS X
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Alice
FAKK2
Tony Hawk 2
Quake1 (fruitz of dojo build)
Quake2 (fruitz of dojo build)
Quake3 (though not fast enough for competive play imo)
Diablo 2
Starcraft (blizzard has an OS X update for it)
Oni (ran ok but was slow at times)
NWN test (pretty slow but it runs)
OS 9
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Fallout 1 (haven't tried to OS X version)
Baldurs Gate 1
Majesty
Pod Racer
Rune
Diablo
Also Deus Ex should run reasonably well on that machine. Mmm, Deus Ex.
First of all, you don't bump threads that are fast approaching a year old.
Second, I thought we had seen the return of Applenut (the one who started this thread)
Got me all excited there...now I won't be able to sleep.
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Why the crap did you guys have to bump this thread???
First of all, you don't bump threads that are fast approaching a year old.
Second, I thought we had seen the return of Applenut (the one who started this thread)
Got me all excited there...now I won't be able to sleep.
It was bumped because someone asked a VERY similar question recently, and Brad linked to this post for reference since he didn't want to have to repeat everything he said before. I guess people followed the link and decided to follow up on this. Maybe this would make a good sticky (after changing the title to something like "Best non-demanding Mac games").
Originally posted by DMBand0026
Why the crap did you guys have to bump this thread???
First of all, you don't bump threads that are fast approaching a year old.
Second, I thought we had seen the return of Applenut (the one who started this thread)
Got me all excited there...now I won't be able to sleep.
Relax. Some of just don't read the dates. I mean, why would you?
But yes, the thread was linked to in another thread for efficiency's sake.