Best Games for a PowerMac G4/400

applenut · June 16, 2003 4:47PM

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

ghost_user_name · June 16, 2003 7:03PM

Escape Velocity Nova should play great on that Mac. Ambrosia is also working on porting the original Escape Velocity and EV: Override to be freely-downloadable plugins for Nova.

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.

luca · June 16, 2003 9:49PM

Another one to try is Max Payne - third person shooting, pretty fun. This is the game that uses "bullet time" to slow down time and make it easier to hit guys. Sometimes it can get boring, but it's usually pretty fun.

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.

bodhi · June 17, 2003 1:50AM

Myth II DEFINITELY!

drboar · June 17, 2003 8:55AM

Sin Gold runs really well and is fun

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

alcimedes · June 17, 2003 9:35AM

man, i was playing fallout 2 and i got to a point where i was stuck. no matter what i did they guy who was supposed to come with me wouldn't. i finally got annoyed with it and gave up.

stupid game.

applenut · June 17, 2003 10:39AM

hm.... some interesting suggestions... i'll probably pick up 1 or 2 the next time i got to the Apple Store

majormatt · June 17, 2003 4:55PM

Return to Castle Wolfenstein, in my opinion it has the finest team based multiplayer ever conceived and it runs great under OSX! (Remember I had the exact same setup, g4/400-radeon)

I think amazon.com is selling it for less than $20 now

th0r · June 26, 2003 6:18AM

I recently picked up:

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

applenut · June 26, 2003 6:33AM

ah, some really good suggestions there of games i had once wanted but have since forgotten about.

Thanks so much!

Damn, wish I had caught that $5 deal though.

kecksy · June 26, 2003 1:30PM

Diablo 2

bunge · June 26, 2003 7:19PM

DOOM Legacy.

Total Annihilation.

placebo · June 27, 2003 8:58AM

Quake III and Real Myst should work. But Unreal 2003 is GOD.

dviant · June 27, 2003 9:13AM

Some games that ran well enough on my Ti550 and were worth playing...

OS X

------

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

-------

Fallout 1 (haven't tried to OS X version)

Baldurs Gate 1

Majesty

Pod Racer

Rune

Diablo

ps5533 · March 21, 2004 5:16PM

was there ever a hitman 1 or 2 made for mac...its great on PC

staphbaby · March 21, 2004 5:23PM

Sid Meier's Alien Crossfire? (with even a kinda unstable Carbon port!)

Also Deus Ex should run reasonably well on that machine. Mmm, Deus Ex.

dmband0026 · March 22, 2004 1:41AM

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.

luca · March 22, 2004 2:06AM

Quote:

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").

staphbaby · March 22, 2004 4:17AM

Quote:

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.

Best Games for a PowerMac G4/400

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