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Games for the Mac

  • 16-05-2007 7:53am
    #1
    faceman
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    Can anyone recommend the best place to buy games for the mac? none of the main game stores in dublin seem to stock anything.


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  • #2
    Oriel
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    The internet - Amazon or eBay.


  • #3
    Cabaal
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    Don't buy in a bricks and mortor store, buy on the internet its farrr cheaper and better choice


  • #4
    jpfahy
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    On that note, what games play well on the Intel Mac Mini


  • #5
    K.O.Kiki
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    Mainstream games.
    I.e., not games that want you to have a bleeding-edge games rig.

    The graphics chip is an Intel GMA950.


  • #6
    Cabaal
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    K.O.Kiki wrote:
    Mainstream games.
    I.e., not games that want you to have a bleeding-edge games rig.

    The graphics chip is an Intel GMA950.

    Tell me, its something I'm having a hardtime finding out, you think macbook would play Counter strike source or defcon if it was running Windows.

    Just curious about how good the Intel GMA950 is.


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  • #7
    Tar.Aldarion
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_GMA#GMA_950

    GMA's are low-end integrated cards I believe.


  • #8
    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,595 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    Tell me, its something I'm having a hardtime finding out, you think macbook would play Counter strike source or defcon if it was running Windows.

    It'll run Half-Life 2 anyway. Under Windows it's allotted more RAM, so you'll probably get better performance.


  • #9
    Cabaal
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    NekkidBibleMan wrote:
    It'll run Half-Life 2 anyway. Under Windows it's allotted more RAM, so you'll probably get better performance.

    Anyway decent with Half-Life 2?
    I've seen performance charts for Quake 4 and Doom 3 and it doesn't appear to fair very well unfortunately :(

    I don't think I can justify the bones of 400e for a low end macbook pro just for better graphics and a backlite keyboard


  • #10
    Dont be at yourself
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,595 ✭✭✭✭Dont be at yourself


    I only played the opening of HL2 with it, but it ran fine. Graphics were good, and a smooth framerate.


  • #11
    hupyago
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 153 ✭✭hupyago


    heres a source of a good few open source/free mac games to download don't ask me what they're like
    http://www.opensourcemac.org/page2.php


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  • #12
    K.O.Kiki
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,899 ✭✭✭✭K.O.Kiki


    hupyago wrote:
    heres a source of a good few open source/free mac games to download don't ask me what they're like
    http://www.opensourcemac.org/page2.php
    Marathon is probably awesome. I say probably since I don't bother with FPS games much these days.
    Armagetron Advanced I played once -- fun, tho I didn't actually know the controls :p
    Battle for Wesnoth is a very good turn-based strategy game.
    It also suffers like most turn-based strategy games -- namely, predictable AI & difficulty spikes (where one mistake means you have to restart the map).
    SNES9X is awesome. But probably illegal :p
    Frozen Bubble is your standard Puzzle Bobble/Bust-a-Move clone. Nothing special.

    If you want some retro shoot-em-ups, do a search on the Apple Site -> Downloads for these games:
    • Gunroar
    • Parsec47
    • Psy-no
    • rRootage
    • Torus Trooper
    • Tumiki Fighters
    Might not be to your tastes, but they're small ;) Try them out.


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