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Game for a Bored 8 year old kid on an old MacBook Pro

  • 13-03-2020 2:26am
    #1
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,057 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi gamers.

    We're on lockdown here with no school. I'm doing my best with an active 8 year old boy, but there's a good bit of down time (new born baby in the house too, and I'm working from home) so I need a bit of guidance.

    We don't have game consoles, but I have an 8 year old MacBook Pro, the rest of the Macs are for work.

    He's 8 and loves watching YouTube videos of BeamNG and wants to play it. Can I download the game for the old Mac? If so, can someone send me a proper link (for Mac) and advice if it's suitable? Haven't a clue here, so any help is appreciated.


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  • #2
    ShaneU
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,024 ✭✭✭✭ShaneU


    BeamNG doesn't work natively on Mac. You could probably download a bunch of dodgy programs to get it working but it would probably run terrible anyway.

    Here's a link for driving games on Mac https://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=1644&os=mac


  • #3
    John_Rambo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,057 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    ShaneU wrote: »
    BeamNG doesn't work natively on Mac. You could probably download a bunch of dodgy programs to get it working but it would probably run terrible anyway.

    Ah... that explains a lot!
    ShaneU wrote: »
    Here's a link for driving games on Mac https://store.steampowered.com/search/?tags=1644&os=mac

    Thanks so much Shane.


  • #4
    Homelander
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,635 ✭✭✭Homelander


    Just make sure to check system requirements. A Macbook Pro from 2012 would be very limited in what it can play, most of the games in that link wouldn't run very well even at lowest settings.


  • #5
    fouro
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭fouro


    Also worth checking out GeForce Now which is Nvidia cloud gaming offering. Its free for first couple of months so worth a look. Games need to be downloaded to the user machine before use. There is a post on this thread to learn more. Handy for anyone with low spec machines and good internet connections.


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