Great Mac Games

osvoldk · Nov 20, 2005

Many times, Mac users catch the blunt of jokes because to be honest the gaming industry is still behind for us mac users. However, us mac users know exactly why we love our macs. Recently, I have been going to LAN parties, and I was utterly surprised to find that Wolfenstein Enemy Territory has a mac client. I immediately went and got it. This thread will be for the games unheard in Mac Games, and the recommendations for the specifications.

osvoldk · Nov 20, 2005

For a LEGAL copy of Enemy territory, go to www.splashdamage.com then go to downloads and select Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory. There will be a mac client download. My recommendations is a minimum of teh Following
1.33 Ghz Power PC G4
500 MB ram
1 GB of harddrive space
ATI Mobility Radeon 9550

rs2sensen · Nov 20, 2005

I play the Medal of Honor Demos quite a bit. Breakthrough is my favorite.

James · Nov 20, 2005

BattleFlield 1942 is great on the Mac. I also like First to Fight too. If your into fps both these games have good mac versions.

osvoldk · Nov 20, 2005

well for BF 1942, it would be possible to run it on a G4 processor, as long as you change the settings to improve the FPS. I had to change the resolution for Enemy Territory. Having Windows friends, they tell me that BF 1942 is less graphic intense than ET.

austing · Nov 21, 2005

i couldn't ruin bf1942 on my G4 1.33 500mb powerbook. :-/

osvoldk · Nov 21, 2005

what? How is it possible to not run bf 1942 on a 1.33 GHz? I can effectively run it on my 1.33 GHz. what OS system are you running? and exactly do you mean that you cannot run it?

Aptmunich · Nov 21, 2005

I could run it on my 1Ghz G4 iBook - albeit sluggishly.
I prefer Call of Duty - runs a lot smoother...

osvoldk · Nov 21, 2005

call fo duty runs on a 1 GHz?

Aptmunich · Nov 21, 2005

Yep - 800x600 resolution though - but it still looks great and runs really nicely!
768MB RAM though...

fearlessfreap24 · Nov 21, 2005

i like civilization 3. it is just like playing the windows version. a great game.

inflexion · Nov 21, 2005

i still love playing Raven Shield on my 1Ghz PB really love that game and the Athena Sword expansion is even better!

rs2sensen · Nov 21, 2005

osvoldk said:
what? How is it possible to not run bf 1942 on a 1.33 GHz? I can effectively run it on my 1.33 GHz. what OS system are you running? and exactly do you mean that you cannot run it?

My 1.67 Ghz Powerbook with 1GB ram and Tiger also runs 1942 about half the fps as an equivalent PC that I own.

Graphite · Nov 22, 2005

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osvoldk · Nov 22, 2005

well macs weren't meant for gaming, but I am certain that one day Apple will turn the industry afoot

maz94protege · Nov 23, 2005

ive seen that the G5 macs are hardcore gameing machines, yea Apple never designed them originally to be like this, but they are more powerful then any PC ive ever seen.

jram · Nov 23, 2005

I have an older PB 1.5, running Panther.. My daughter has
a new PB 1.67 running Tiger.. My PB plays the games better, I think Tiger is the problem.. We have our PB side by side, her fans come on all the time, mine have come on 3 or 4 times in 2 years.. I don't think Tiger is ready for the PB, I had the Apple store install Tiger when it first came out on my PB, my fans would come on every few min. After 3 days of this, I went back and had Panther put back on..Did anyone else has the fan problem??

rs2sensen · Nov 23, 2005

jram said:
I have an older PB 1.5, running Panther.. My daughter has
a new PB 1.67 running Tiger.. My PB plays the games better, I think Tiger is the problem.. We have our PB side by side, her fans come on all the time, mine have come on 3 or 4 times in 2 years.. I don't think Tiger is ready for the PB, I had the Apple store install Tiger when it first came out on my PB, my fans would come on every few min. After 3 days of this, I went back and had Panther put back on..Did anyone else has the fan problem??

No fan problem on mine, and I found that the Powerbook's performance increased by at least 1/3 when I installed Tiger. In fact, every mac I've ever installed Tiger on has sped up considerably. Including some old Powermac G3s and a 400Mhz Powermac.

jram · Nov 23, 2005

I never had a speed problem with Panther, everything opens fast.. I had my PB next to my daughters, trust me her fans were going on and I didn't see any speed difference.. Plus she lost battery life, she said she gets maybe 3 hours if she dims everything, I get well over 3 without conserving.. To each there own I guess..

johninc · Nov 23, 2005

rs2sensen said:
I play the Medal of Honor Demos quite a bit. Breakthrough is my favorite.

I used to play those but I enjoyed Call of Duty especially the expansion more.