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<blockquote data-quote="Lifeisabeach" data-source="post: 688677" data-attributes="member: 38864"><p>Blizzard has released installers that provide native support in OS X for Warcraft 3, Starcraft, and Diablo 2. For older versions, you have 2 options. </p><p> </p><p>Firstly, you can get a Classic Mac OS emulator, like <a href="http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/" target="_blank">SheepShaver</a>. This option requires an emulator that simulates the Classic Mac hardware and a copy of the Classic Mac OS. This all takes a bit of processor overhead, but might not be so bad for games as old as those.</p><p> </p><p>The 2nd option is to run the Windows versions of those games using Crossover. Crossover is an app that lets you run Windows apps/games under OS X (and Linux) without actually installing Windows. Key advantge is low processor overhead since you aren't emulating any hardware or running a secondary OS. Support is hit or miss though. Some things work better than others. Crossover Pro 7 was recently released and many more apps work with fewer bugs than ever before. In the case of <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=2521" target="_blank">Warcraft 2</a>, from reading the forums it seems it works flawlessly in single-player mode. Battlenet doesn't work. <a href="http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=81;tips=1" target="_blank">Diablo 1</a> has had issues, but there is a patch and tips that will get it working. No feedback on how it works under Crossover 7 yet... chances are good that it's less troublesome.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lifeisabeach, post: 688677, member: 38864"] Blizzard has released installers that provide native support in OS X for Warcraft 3, Starcraft, and Diablo 2. For older versions, you have 2 options. Firstly, you can get a Classic Mac OS emulator, like [URL="http://sheepshaver.cebix.net/"]SheepShaver[/URL]. This option requires an emulator that simulates the Classic Mac hardware and a copy of the Classic Mac OS. This all takes a bit of processor overhead, but might not be so bad for games as old as those. The 2nd option is to run the Windows versions of those games using Crossover. Crossover is an app that lets you run Windows apps/games under OS X (and Linux) without actually installing Windows. Key advantge is low processor overhead since you aren't emulating any hardware or running a secondary OS. Support is hit or miss though. Some things work better than others. Crossover Pro 7 was recently released and many more apps work with fewer bugs than ever before. In the case of [URL="http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=2521"]Warcraft 2[/URL], from reading the forums it seems it works flawlessly in single-player mode. Battlenet doesn't work. [URL="http://www.codeweavers.com/compatibility/browse/name/?app_id=81;tips=1"]Diablo 1[/URL] has had issues, but there is a patch and tips that will get it working. No feedback on how it works under Crossover 7 yet... chances are good that it's less troublesome. [/QUOTE]
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