The greatest Mac game of all time

[iCantwait]

for me it would have to be Hellcats!!:D

such a sad day when my school went from macs (with hellcats, lemmings, some typing tutor with monsters) to windown 98. sigh

[hankolerd]

The marathon series was good back in the day. To bad Microsoft had to go and buy out Bungie when they were working on Halo. A-10 Attack series was fun to play. Also put a lot of hours in Civilization 2 as a kid. Unreal Tournament 2004 is also one of the greatest, and also all of Blizzard's games(except World of Warcraft) are great games. :apple:

[marclapierre13]

Starcraft. Nuff said

14 years later, and still running strong.

2nd place goes to Halo.

Maybe 5 years down the road CoD 4 will become epic....god I hope not though, I am hoping Mac gaming will pick up over the next few years, and we wont have to play 5 year old games to get our kix lol.

[Chaszmyr]

Blizzard has been nearly the Alpha and Omega of Mac gaming, as far as I'm concerned.

I can't think of a non-Blizzard Mac game that I personally thought measured up since Myth 2 in 1998.

[nissan.gtp]

Dark Castle :D

[gonyr]

Hellcats was great, and so was Descent, but I think I have to go way back to Lode Runner for my alltime favorite.

[rdowns]

Shufflepuck Cafe. :D

[Dagless]

Never really used my Macs for games but when my iPod battery died whilst on the train I whipped out my PB and played Cave Story. And carried on playing when I got home :)

[~Shard~]

Mac, or Apple? If Mac, then Starcraft and Starflight. If Apple, then Wasteland and Autoduel. :cool:

[mynameisshawn]

Oregon Trail

[rikers_mailbox]

Fool's Errand, ftw

Those that don't know are seriously missing out.

[eXan]

Starcraft.

[Winni]

Midnight Mansion. I really love it.

But I have an Xbox 360 for my more advanced gaming needs. ;-)

[Schtumple]

You can get games for the Mac?!?! :p

[zmttoxics]

Quake 1-3 (I think 4 had a mac version too, but 4 isn't that great).
Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 + Academy.

[guitarmaster18]

Hm... I dunno but I thought Call of Duty 4 was pretty good

[aidanpendragon]

Shufflepuck Cafe. :D

Can they port this to the iPhone/Touch or what?

[n8mac]

Age of Empires II

But I only play strategy games on my comp.

[davidwarren]

what about that paper airplane game? anyone remember that?

[Andyt.]

The paper airplane game kicked ass.

[duyvan82]

chess :)

[Durendul]

ya i know it said top but i thought i would throw out my top 18

18. Aperion

17. Star wars empire at war

16. rainbow six raven shield

15. Hitman contracts

14. Fable TLC

13. Need for speed series

12. Civilization series

11. Unreal tournament 2004

10. Diablo 2/1

9. Quake 4 (prey/doom prey much the same game but all good)

8. Battle Field 2142/1942)

7. Call of Duty 2 (have not played 4 yet)

6. Homeworld 2

5. Age of Empires series (1,2,3 and mythology where all great i still have a soft spot for the first tho)

4. Myth 2

3. Marathon trilogy

2. Halo combat evolved

1. Starcraft (and have to throw in a good word for warcraft 2/3)

allso WoW wold be tied for first but after further thought i came to the conclusion that its a lifestyle not a game

[DoFoT9]

SPECTRE

&

GLIDER

&

MYST

easy winners!

[Admonitor]

No-one's mentioned Warcraft III! That's an excellent game.

Also, Diablo III and Starcraft II will be awesome without a doubt.

[txa1265]

we wont have to play 5 year old games to get our kix lol.

2nd place goes to Halo.

Anyone else see the severe irony?

[DoFoT9]

Anyone else see the severe irony?

how could we miss it!

[sammich]

Ah, the memories...

Descent 1/2/3 - in D3, typing the cheat for the nuke missile sets shoots one of them iirc
Glider Pro - this game rocks, nuff said :D
Factory
Sim City 2000

(runs off to play Glider...)

And this one goes back just a little bit... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastan_Saga)

[DoFoT9]

Ah, the memories...

Descent 1/2/3 - in D3, typing the cheat for the nuke missile sets shoots one of them iirc
Glider Pro - this game rocks, nuff said :D
Factory
Sim City 2000

(runs off to play Glider...)

And this one goes back just a little bit... (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rastan_Saga)

OMG i forgot about SC2000!!!! wow. my n my gf got into a SM2000 phase about 4 months ago, played it day in day out. how good is it!

[sammich]

OMG i forgot about SC2000!!!! wow. my n my gf got into a SM2000 phase about 4 months ago, played it day in day out. how good is it!

Can you get SC2000 to play on intel? I tried a few months back and didn't get anywhere. Everything except OS9.2 is freely available right?

[DoFoT9]

Can you get SC2000 to play on intel? I tried a few months back and didn't get anywhere. Everything except OS9.2 is freely available right?

nnoo unfortunately not...

i searched and searched but found nothing. we play either via SheepSaver (os9 emulator) or via parallels (windows)

[sammich]

nnoo unfortunately not...

i searched and searched but found nothing. we play either via SheepSaver (os9 emulator) or via parallels (windows)

Guess, it's parallels then. Who would've thought that 7 years in the future, it would take 600 megs of ram to play SC2000 :D

[benbondu]

A few more I haven't seen posted yet (in order of greatness)

Riven.

Amber: Journeys Beyond

Bad Mojo

Journeyman Project 2

[Zephirus]

ya i know it said top but i thought i would throw out my top 18

[...]
4. Myth 2

3. Marathon trilogy

2. Halo combat evolved

1. Starcraft (and have to throw in a good word for warcraft 2/3)

allso WoW wold be tied for first but after further thought i came to the conclusion that its a lifestyle not a game

I see you've put Myth II in there, that would be my top game ever. You know the community is still alive after 10 years?

www.projectmagma.net for latest patches
www.mariusnet.com for the playing server


My top 5 games

5. Diablo
4. Warcraft II, III
3. Marathon I, II
2. Deus Ex
1. Myth II

[PSA14]

Call Of Duty 4 :D

[barr08]

Myst
Spectre
POWER PETE!

And of course props to Blizzard
Diablo I/II
WC II
SC/BW

[heyisa]

Mac only - Ambrosia software's Maelstrom - the best version of asteroids ever.

Mac compatible - Starcraft.

[benbondu]

Mac only - Ambrosia software's Maelstrom - the best version of asteroids ever.


Seconded

Escape Velocity was also a great game.

[Huntn]

The Mac game with the largest impact on me was Marathon followed closely by World of Warcraft. Oh and I forgot to mention Myth.

[Antares]

Marathon trilogy
Fallout 2
Myth 2
Starcraft
Escape Velocity series
King's Quest 3 & V
Heroes of Might & Magic III

I can't decide....

[akm3]

Karateka

[Sayer]

There was an entry to the Mac Game programming contest uDevGame several years ago. It was called Tank World (2003) I think. There was one map where you could drive to either end, go into this ramp that went 180 degrees and came out on the ceiling/floor above where you just were. You could aim straight up and shoot at the other players.

Yeah it was multiplayer online enabled. I bought a RADEON 9000 to put in my G4/450 (under the desk here next to my work G5 now) to play the game better.

Another awesome game: Hollow Ground.

Also a good crop of game from Ambrosia:

Ferazel's Wand (platformer).

Deimos Rising. I got a USB gamepad clone of the PS controller to play this.

Harry the Handsome Executive.

Other games:

Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far (spent way too many hours/days playing this including an mod to make it an African campaign instead of Op. Market Garden).

And the best MMO tank game ever: Bolo

[DoFoT9]

Guess, it's parallels then. Who would've thought that 7 years in the future, it would take 600 megs of ram to play SC2000 :D

BAHAHAHA

nah i make winblows sweat on 480mb of RAM :cool:

[sammich]

BAHAHAHA

nah i make winblows sweat on 480mb of RAM :cool:

I'm going to correct myself there. SC2k was released in 1993, so that was 15 years ago...wow.

Plus I have a couple of games to add to my list:

SPACEWARD HO!
Deus Ex (how could I forget this gem?!)
Maelstrom (loved the evil laugh when you lost)

[gregorsamsa]

IMO, without a doubt, any one of the "Age of Empires" titles! Currently playing "The War Chiefs" & loving it. Also looking forward to "Asian Dynasties", now ordered & on its way.

[Victor ch]

Lode Runner. Best. Game. Ever. I still play it when I use my cousin's old iMac G3 at the beach house. Such a good game. Here's a link (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/index.html?curid=1440039).
http://www.ibiblio.org/GameBytes/issue21/greviews/lode2.gif

[Beric]

Age of Empires series,
Sim City 2000
Oregon Trail
Escape Velocity series.
EDIT: And how could I forget Spaceward Ho!

[pknz]

Shufflepuck Cafe
Marathon 2, and Infinity
F/A-18 Hornet
Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far
Starcraft
Football Manager

[Beric]

Shufflepuck Cafe
Marathon 2, and Infinity
F/A-18 Hornet
Close Combat: A Bridge Too Far
Starcraft
Football Manager

Ah, F/A-18 Hornet. I remember when my Dad and I got that networked between two computers. A great game for sure. Then my Mom banned it because it was causing my siblings to be "too violent" in their play.

[franxa]

1. Fallout

2. Diablo

3. Heroes of Might & Magic (old school)

[~Shard~]

Lode Runner. Best. Game. Ever. I still play it when I use my cousin's old iMac G3 at the beach house. Such a good game.

Yep, I played this for countless hours on our Apple //e almost 20-25 years ago - great puzzle game, loved it. :cool:

[Huntn]

Forgot to mention the Warcraft 2 and the Myth series in my original post! :D

[Wheelchair]

Diablo 2/1... man did I waist a bunch of time with those two:D

[~Shard~]

Diablo 2/1... man did I waist a bunch of time with those two:D

I think you mean "waste" :p ;) Regardless, are you planning on spending as much time playing Diablo 3 when it is eventually released? :D

[macfan881]

Age of Empires series,
Sim City 2000
Oregon Trail
Escape Velocity series.
EDIT: And how could I forget Spaceward Ho!

haha yes i rember that game was great i had a bazilon plug ins i think it took up 90 percent of my perfomras Hard Drive i had to get one of those ez quest drives to back up stuff

and i also have to say fa 18 hornet was great especailly when i found the Nuke patch

[DoFoT9]

haha yes i rember that game was great i had a bazilon plug ins i think it took up 90 percent of my perfomras Hard Drive i had to get one of those ez quest drives to back up stuff

and i also have to say fa 18 hornet was great especailly when i found the Nuke patch

i agree!!!! what is the nuke patch?? *gets old computer ready for classic gaming*

[Scooby_Doo]

I would also add The Last Express (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Express) to the list of greats.

[Patmian212]

You guys pretty much covered em all but I would like to add American Mcgee's Alice

[Echinda]

Lemonade Stand for Apple ][

[mknawabi]

Boot Camp is an awesome game O:-)

[kabunaru]

Either Age of Empires II or Age of Mythology

[MacsRgr8]

Carmageddon 2.

Best LAN multiplayer game EVAH!! Haven't had so much laughs playing a game! :D
... mind you, also haven't had so much irritations, frustrations, heart failures, violent conduct,... either... ;)

[DoFoT9]

Carmageddon 2.

Best LAN multiplayer game EVAH!! Haven't had so much laughs playing a game! :D
... mind you, also haven't had so much irritations, frustrations, heart failures, violent conduct,... either... ;)

*googles*

i might get this and play it ;p

[DoFoT9]

OMG!!!!

killer bunny!!

[NoNameBrand]

Hellcats (Missions at Leyte Gulf)!

[grimmace]

I didn't notice anyone mentioning X-Wing or Tie Fighter.. Those were great games via flight stick. I had both PC and Mac versions.. Who makes a good flight stick now?

G

[Martster]

my two cents worth;

the Marathon series
and Myth 1 and 2

[GetYerShells]

In No specific order...

Wolfenstein 3d (3 1/2" floppy)
Marathon 1/2/Infinity
Star Wars Dark Forces
Escape Velocity series
Duke Nukem 3d
Carmageddon
Any Blizzard Game
Unreal
Unreal Tournament 99 (The only UT that matters)
Quake 1 (the only Quake that matters)
Fallout
Star Wars Rebal Assault
Total Annihilation and it's expansion pack


I also played a game by Electronic Arts where you were an LA PD cop and you rode around in this Mech Warrior type vehicle. The game was from the 3rd person perspective and I can't remember what it was called. It was really fun though. Lots of time wasted playing this game

[airmac]

Unreal

...

[Fezwick]

Minotaur (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minotaur_The_Labyrinths_of_Crete). Such a great old school game.

[austincolby]

I've got to go with Star Control 2. Amazing game.

[FriarTuck]

Deus Ex
Call of Duty 2
Age of Empires 2
Power Pete
System Shock
Unreal Tournament 2004
Duke Nukem 3D

[GetYerShells]

I totally forgot about Power Pete...what an amazingly fun game!

[MacTraveller]

Any old school Bungie game (like Marathon). That was in the days when Bungie was still cool, and only making games for Macs.

[FreedomFighter]

For me it would have to be the MYST series ( I, II, III, IV, V ) - great games good re-playability (if you have bad memory)

[JackSYi]

World of Warcraft FTW!

[Theophany]

Three words, one name:

:eek::eek::eek:JAZZ JAZCKRABBIT 2:eek::eek::eek:

[Rodus]

Deus Ex, it still rocks even now.

[elZotto]

Choplifter on the :apple: IIe
I had 128k of RAM!

[Tallest Skil]

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy on the Apple II.

Done and done.

[elZotto]

Wizardry
Olympic Decathlon
Any Hi Res adventure (Time Zone: 10 discs!)
Scott Adam's Pirate Adventure
Roadwar 2000

[DoFoT9]

Choplifter on the :apple: IIe
I had 128k of RAM!

oh yes! that game is awsome!

[rulerofthemoon]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto. The first game built for OS X. Awesome.

[Hawkofglory]

I'm newer to mac gaming but I play

Max Payne
Marathon

That's all lol

[Fank]

Marathon trilogy

which later led to UT (yes, the best of the series for gameplay, and I still play)

ROBOSPORT

Prince of Persia

Monster Fair Pinball (best Mac pinball game ever, maybe best computer pinball game ever)

Flatout2


Of those, Marathon was the game that took me in, felt like I was that character, and tons of hours playing on lan, so that's my No. 1

Flatout2 I discovered just a few weeks ago - something about flying down side streets at insane speeds, doing a powerslide through the plate glass on the corner of a building and into an opponent to knock them into a wall, then hitting the nitro down the straightaway makes me giddy. heh Like an updated Carmageddon, with better everything.

Doesn't seem to be many if any other macheads playing it though. Runs great on 2 ghz intel imac with ATI 2400

[mustangsally82]

Oregon Trail
The Secret Island of Dr. Quandary!
Power Pete was good, too. I can still hear the pinging of my guns. "Come here, you rodent!" and "Free Dude!" Plus the terrible sound of Pete dying. :p

[allbrokeup]

Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time ! ! ! ! ! ! !

[mags631]

While the current games are much better, I have very fond memories of the following:

3. Marathon
2. Minotaur
1. Bolo

And, although I spent much more time coding it rather than playing it, Jamoria has a special place for me.

[odaiwai]

Wizardry
Olympic Decathlon
Any Hi Res adventure (Time Zone: 10 discs!)
Scott Adam's Pirate Adventure
Roadwar 2000

Oh yeah - Wizardry was the greatest. MATU!

Between that and Choplifter, and the Defender clone, you've got your classic gaming all defined in the early 1980's.

[angemon89]

Oregon TrailThis is probably one of the only games I have ever played on a Mac. :p

4th grade, OS 8, Power Mac G3 All-in-one.

Ah, memories...

[pooky]

This is probably one of the only games I have ever played on a Mac. :p

4th grade, OS 8, Power Mac G3 All-in-one.

Ah, memories...

Wow... 4th grade and OS 8? Way to make me feel old.

I remember being in grade school and playing Oregon Trail (and Lemonade Stand) on the school's shiny new Apple ][e computers. Remember that feeling of panic when it asked for disc 2, and realizing that the teacher only gave you one disc.

[mustangsally82]

Wow... 4th grade and OS 8? Way to make me feel old.

I remember being in grade school and playing Oregon Trail (and Lemonade Stand) on the school's shiny new Apple ][e computers. Remember that feeling of panic when it asked for disc 2, and realizing that the teacher only gave you one disc.

Made me feel old too! My school only had one set of most of the disks, and we'd have to go to other classrooms to get the Accelerated Reader disks depending on which one we needed. I didn't use OS 8 until I was out of high school. We didn't even have color monitors in elementary school! :o Just green text (or orange text) and a grey-black screen.

All the "games" seemed to be more educational than game-ish, like MicroType and Amazon Trail. We also played a lot of Jeopardy! in elementary school.

[cecildk9999]

Escape Velocity was one (albeit a small one :p) of the reasons that got me to buy my first powerbook back in 2002 (I was feeling nostalgic, and the game was already 5 years old by then!). There was also a fun game I played growing up, I think it was called Afterlife or something (a SimCity-esque game of Heaven and Hell), and Syndicate was pretty fun too. If only I could play some of these classic games today on my MBP :(.

[Beric]

Escape Velocity was one (albeit a small one :p) of the reasons that got me to buy my first powerbook back in 2002 (I was feeling nostalgic, and the game was already 5 years old by then!). There was also a fun game I played growing up, I think it was called Afterlife or something (a SimCity-esque game of Heaven and Hell), and Syndicate was pretty fun too. If only I could play some of these classic games today on my MBP :(.

But you can! I've loaded up the original EV on Sheepshaver (http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/sheepshaver_manual/)! All the good old classic games work on 10.5.

[poozer115]

Bubble Trouble...hands down :D

[DoFoT9]

But you can! I've loaded up the original EV on Sheepshaver (http://www.xs4all.nl/~ronaldpr/sheepshaverforum/sheepshaver_manual/)! All the good old classic games work on 10.5.

and now all we need is the actual games :p lol

burning rubber and bunny killer 3 were good

most of the old classics are here:::
http://mac.the-underdogs.info

[Trip.Tucker]

Boot Camp is an awesome game O:-)

Boot Camp Lemmings or Bush Boot Camp?

[Trip.Tucker]

For me it would have to be the MYST series ( I, II, III, IV, V ) - great games good re-playability (if you have bad memory)

Myst is my all time favorite. :D

[rickvanr]

Sim City 2000
Sim Tower

I've seen some of the older classic games ported for OS X on the torrent sites. Top 100 on Piratebay.

It's like a DOS emulator or something, but it runs on my G5. I'm assuming it'll work on intel boxes too. It's not great enough for me to ditch my G3 with 9.2 on it, but if all you have is a newer machine I'd say it's worth a go.

[angemon89]

Anyone here remember a typing game for Mac OS 8(or 9?)? I remember there being a ghost character in like a haunted house that would teach you how to type. I've been trying to figure out what it's called but can't find anything. I used to "play" it in elementary school. :p

[sinser]

All Blizzard stuff.

[Supaklaw]

Spectre
Maelstrom
Marathon
Marathon Infinity Multiplayer
UT99 Multi
Myth 1
Myth 2 Recon WW2 maps
Diablo2

[groovdudeyo]

Star Wars Jedi Knight 2 + Academy.

they make this for mac? thats the greatest game ever!

[stainlessliquid]

easy, Deus Ex

[iMouse]

My Top 15 (because I couldn't think of 20 good ones)

15. SimCity 2000
14. A-10 Attack!
13. Myst (never played Myst 2)
12. Leisure Suit Larry
11. F/A-18 Hornet
10. Tetris Max
9. Dirt Bike (Dirt Bike 3D sucked)
8. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
7. Phantasmagoria
6. Wolfenstein 3D
5. Warcraft / Warcraft 2 / World of Warcraft
4. Diablo / Diablo 2
3. Full Throttle
2. Star Wars Dark Forces
1. The Marathon Trilogy

[DoFoT9]

My Top 15 (because I couldn't think of 20 good ones)

15. SimCity 2000
14. A-10 Attack!
13. Myst (never played Myst 2)
12. Leisure Suit Larry
11. F/A-18 Hornet
10. Tetris Max
9. Dirt Bike (Dirt Bike 3D sucked)
8. Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
7. Phantasmagoria
6. Wolfenstein 3D
5. Warcraft / Warcraft 2 / World of Warcraft
4. Diablo / Diablo 2
3. Full Throttle
2. Star Wars Dark Forces
1. The Marathon Trilogy

excellent line up!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (bolded ones are better)

[HiRez]

Clan Lord (http://www.deltatao.com/clanlord/index.html).

Honorable mention to Myst, Dark Castle, Journeyman 2, Medal of Honor: Allied Assault, Wolfenstein 3D, World of Xeen, and pretty much every Blizzard game.

[Tomasz]

I really enjoyed the Escape Velocity series. That was a lot of fun, and originally only on the mac.

If we are talking about games on multiple platforms, I like the civilization series. But I'm probably forgetting other games since I don't play them often anymore.

[CharlesX]

I really enjoyed the Escape Velocity series. That was a lot of fun, and originally only on the mac.

Definitely. That'd be my number one.

Then the Journeyman Project series, notably Pegasus Prime, which NEVER EVER CAME OUT FOR WINDOWS. It's funny to watch Windows users when they find out they can't play it.

There's also Crystal Crazy. Whoa man.

What else? So many games were better on the Mac than their PC versions. Descent, You Don't Know Jack, and definitely Dark Forces. Interlaced mode FTW! And I never say "FTW."

[Fank]

oops, I forgot shuffle puck

and Microsoft flight simulator on a 512k Mac - World War I flying ace

EDIT: Oh dang, what's the name of the game with Dirk the Daring!?! I had that too, enjoyed playing it. - EDIT: Dragon's Lair

[tufdaawg]

c'mon people best game ever: nascar racing 2003. still have it and play it all the time.

[vga4life]

Gotta go with Dark Castle if we're talkin' Mac-exclusives.

Honorable mention: Apache Strike.

(Marathon never did it for me.)

[MacsRgr8]

c'mon people best game ever: nascar racing 2003. still have it and play it all the time.

Muat admit, superb game.

Don't play is so often nowadays, but I have played it so much.
I had the Logitech MOMO FF wheel attached to the Mac, and the Force Feedback and general feel of the driving in Nascar 2003 was excellent!

It looks very nice, and for the day, it looked brilliant.
Too bad a new more 3d-stunning-looking Nascar isn't coming.... IIRC Nascar 2009 is only for Xbox 360 an PS3. :(

[BertyBoy]

So many great memories.

Dark Castle and Apache Strike, Strategic Conquest and Prince of Persia. RoboSport and Spectre. Another World and Patton Strikes Back. All the V for Victory games from Atomic. SimCity Classic and 2000. Diablo and Diablo II, Myth II and the WWII expansion. Original Civilization and Civ II (but not Civ CTP), original AoE and AoE II, maybe even Rise of Nations. All the Myst episodes and Dungeon Siege. And Majesty TFK.

But number 1 for me was / is Caesar III (everything Civ and AoE and SimCity wanted to be).

But then I never played StarCraft, it came out while I was too busy Myth and Myth II'ing, before jumping to Diablo II.

[LukeG]

I'm a fan of RPGs, and my favourite would have to be Realmz. In terms of graphics and style though, TaskMaker/Tomb of the TaskMaker were the most impressive.

My favourite FPS for single play is split between Deus Ex and Marathon Infinity, and for network play is Unreal Tournament (the original, which let you have up to 4 teams, not just red vs blue!)

The best LAN party game was Bolo, which was way before it's time in terms of networking options and compatibility (from a Mac Plus up!)

Other highly esteemed games include Dark Castle, Spaceward Ho!, Scarab of RA, Gunshy, System's Twilight and Lord of Destruction.

[macffooky]

1. No One Lives Forever 2
2. Wolfenstein
3. Undying
4. No One Lives Forever
5. Age of Empires (whichever the one with Genghis Khan etc. is)

[Benguitar]

Runescape!

:p

I would have to say, Tomb Raider Anniversary was a really good game and ran very well on Mac. But I think World of Warcraft is probably the best.

[Dont Hurt Me]

c'mon people best game ever: nascar racing 2003. still have it and play it all the time.
its a good one but can you play it in a intel? We need to have that as a criteria here. Greatest Mac game that you CAN STILL PLAY on a new MAC. I can think of a few but none will play on the intel's. UT99 for one.

[tufdaawg]

there should be a separate category for intel/power pc, but also types of games: sports, action, shooter, driving, etc. for me, the best sports game: tiger woods golf.

[hacksaw-C87]

Does anyone know where you can download the game that came with the 1st Gen ipod colour? The one where you shot down men from helicopters, i think it was called Parachute or Paratroopers?

[Dont Hurt Me]

Not many mentions of the 7th Guest. That was fun as was Myst.

[n8mac]

5. Age of Empires (whichever the one with Genghis Khan etc. is)
That is the second one which BTW can still be played on Intel with the latest patch 1.0.6 (http://www.destineerstudios.com/support/aoe2.html)

I play this game on my four Mac LAN. Friends love it!

[kris81]

For me the best game on mac is the sims :D

[rj-300zx]

Marathon 2 has eatin up more years of my childhood than anything else if memory serves correctly.

[dmr727]

Marathon. Definitely.

For the really old school - the Dark Castle games.

[brisbaneguy29]

My Top 5

Ghost Recon
Call of Duty 2
Command and Conquer
Caramgeddon
UT2004


Ghost Recon IMO the best game ever made. Just keeps expanding!

[PracticalMac]

Anything from Bungie and Blizzard rank up there, most of the LucasArts and most defiantly Sid Meyer's Civilization (my #1).

But after 6 years :eek: of playing this one, it is in my top 5:
http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?p=7040864

[lewdvig]

dark forces
wing commander heart of the tiger

[pixproff]

Anybody ever play Moonbase? That was fun.

[andylo]

dota....

[elistan]

Crystal Quest (one of the first color Mac games ever, IIRC)
Bolo
Minotaur

[Mr. Giver '94]

Glider Pro anyone>>>>hands down best game for Mac ever!!! ;):)

I also like BF2142 even though it sometimes runs slowly. Star Wars Battlefront was also good.

[DoFoT9]

Glider Pro anyone>>>>hands down best game for Mac ever!!! ;):)

I also like BF2142 even though it sometimes runs slowly. Star Wars Battlefront was also good.

YES!

did you know there is an OSX version aswell now :)

[begoo]

Yea glider pro my fav..

[Mr. Giver '94]

YES!

did you know there is an OSX version aswell now :)

Cool!!! I didn't but now I'll be enjoying it!!! :D

[Agurri]

BeamsWars on OS 9.................... Man I spent hours on that game.

[itommyboy]

Wow did I not see Montezuma's Revenge anywhere? Apple IIe games FTW! :p

[SjaakTrekhaak]

Hmmm...

1. Warcraft III
2. WoW
3. Oni
4. Squirrel Kombat (played that alot together with my bro, fun times.)
5. Halo

:D

[viperguy]

Warcraft III :D
(i don`t know why but I find Wow extremely boring... at least the trial I played didn`t make me wanna buy it at all)

[Markovich]

Easy!

1. Duke Nukem 3D
2. Hellcats Over the Pacific ( and the Leyte Gulf add-on)
3. Star Wars-Dark Forces
4. Maelstrom
5. Spectre ( cant get that sound out of my head!!!)


Newer classic for me: Call of Duty and United Offensive. Still, Duke Nukem rocks with great feel, ability to interact with almost anything ( trash cans, HVAC vents,etc) and great humor.

[kindablue09]

I can't believe nobody mentioned Harry the Handsome Executive. Any game that involves an overpowered staple gun wielded by an executive in a swivel chair has gotta top the list.

and of course
Marathon
Escape Velocity
Crystal Quest
Power Pete

[Gmaster]

Gotta go with Dark Castle if we're talkin' Mac-exclusives.



I had friends who bought Macs after playing Dark Castle on my 512k.
Before that, I had a friend who bought one after playing Sim City (the original, B&W).

I also loved Hellcats and FA-18 from GraphSim.

[jbl108]

So many great memories.
But number 1 for me was / is Caesar III (everything Civ and AoE and SimCity wanted to be).


Hail Caesar! Second wasn't even close for me, unfortunately. I would rate the best games on addictive potential, and C III really was in a league of its own, in my opinion. How many wasted nights did I spend trying to build a better Rome and stave of the barbarians???

Quake Arena, Unreal Tournament and Star Wars Pod racer were all very cool, too, but let me not forget the one that got me started: Chuck Yeager's Air Combat! Screw the graphics, it was always "a great day for flying", as Chuck used to announce before each sortie!

Even when my new Mac Pro arrives, I will never give away my trusty G4 so I can always boot into OS 9 and get a visit from these old friends!

[josephina]

Definitely Harry the Handsome Executive! Anyone who's ever worked in corporate will find it funny.

Also Midnight Mansion.

[aznguyen316]

I guess for Mac Native games, Blizzard games, specifically for me, Starcraft although I played SC all in my PC days.. soo awesome.

[Mr. lax]

easy, Deus Ex

Ya, no kidding. It was brilliant

[jasongleonard]

Giants: Citizen Kabuto. The first game built for OS X. Awesome.

Second. The most amazing game no one ever played (diablo 2 was released at the same time).

[soLoredd]

Gabriel Knight I really enjoyed. Have some good memories of staying at my best friend's house on weekends and playing those games non-stop.

Now, it's Age of Empires III and Civilization IV. But, BootCamp has enabled me to bring some of my favorite Windows games to the Mac - so the list is long.

[sammich]

Hmmm...

1. Warcraft III
2. WoW
3. Oni
4. Squirrel Kombat (played that alot together with my bro, fun times.)
5. Halo

:D

Oni, that brings back memories. Loved that game to bits, just like Deus Ex. Now I need to dig up my old Oni disc.

[Crimsonscyes]

Are most of you guys from 1995 or something? I mean, Crystal Quest!?...Marathon!?...come on, where are the Doom 3's or Sim 2's? The people who are listing games like that should really take a look at the games that were released in the last decade...

Anyway my top games are:

(not in order)

1. Max Payne
2. Fallout Series
3. Halo
4. Myst Series
5. World of Goo
6. World of Warcraft
7. Starcraft / Brood War
8. Diablo II: Lord of Destruction
9. Warcraft III / The Frozen Throne
10. Cave Story
11. Penumbra: Black Plague

[iCantwait]

this thread is epic... i created a monster.

might be getting COD4... yay or nay?


might like this 20 legendary mac games (http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=281&Page=1)

[eXan]

this thread is epic... i created a monster.

might be getting COD4... yay or nay?


might like this 20 legendary mac games (http://www.insidemacgames.com/features/view.php?ID=281&Page=1)

Cod4.. Its pretty good, yet when I played it it seemed to have been missing something COD2 had, I don't know what :o

Anyway, this game is pretty short, so in order to get more playtime (single player) you need to increase the difficulty level.

[DoFoT9]

Cod4.. Its pretty good, yet when I played it it seemed to have been missing something COD2 had, I don't know what :o

Anyway, this game is pretty short, so in order to get more playtime (single player) you need to increase the difficulty level.

any experience with CoD5?? my brother wants to buy that :rolleyes: would have to get the PC version and upgrade our GPU tho, the iMac wont be able to play it very goodly noooo

[eXan]

any experience with CoD5?? my brother wants to buy that :rolleyes: would have to get the PC version and upgrade our GPU tho, the iMac wont be able to play it very goodly noooo

Don't have much first-hand experience with 5, but we completed a couple of missions at my friend's house the other day and it seemed exactly like COD2 wrapped in COD4 graphics.

[killerrobot]

Another for Oregon Trail. You just can´t beat the suspense of seeing who will die of cholera.

[DoFoT9]

Don't have much first-hand experience with 5, but we completed a couple of missions at my friend's house the other day and it seemed exactly like COD2 wrapped in COD4 graphics.

wow really?? awsome!! because CoD2 was wow.. the other ones looked a bit try hard. will def look into getting it now :)

[ghall]

Escape Velocity series
Oregon Trail
SimCity
Wingnuts 2
Warcraft 3
Command and Conquer: Red Alert 3
The Sims series
The Movies
Halo

Thats all I can think of right now.

[iCantwait]

the new 15MBP would run PC games fine under bootcamp right?
Im thinking COD5?

[Topper]

.
1. X-Plane
2. X-Plane
3. X-Plane

and sometimes I enjoy playing X-Plane
.

[DoFoT9]

the new 15MBP would run PC games fine under bootcamp right?
Im thinking COD5?

yup that will be fine, 512MB VRAM card is probably recommended but..

[thepawn]

Dark Castle

http://1889.ca/pics/darkcastle.jpg

[Jonnym]

Americas army 2.5 was the best game to ever have hit the mac platform, It was only because that game was available on macs that i made the switch from windows.

[akdj]

"1. X-Plane
2. X-Plane
3. X-Plane

and sometimes I enjoy playing X-Plane"

I would like to "5th" X-Plane....Love that Game! Just thinking about playing Microsoft's Flight Sim on my Apple IIe with the Green Screen in the eighties:)
Also, on the 5 1/4" discs....
The original Castle Wolfenstein
Ultima I, II, III, IV, I can't remember if they released V on the IIe or if it was the IIc....Loved the Ultima series though
Hellcats was awesome too!

J

[mrmayor92]

really guys no mention of the sims 3? ive been playing alot of half life 2 and thats games sick as hell.... and world of goo : )

[Dagless]

really guys no mention of the sims 3?

Lol no.

[colocolo]

That's Return to Dark Castle, and yes it was amazing.


Dark Castle

http://1889.ca/pics/darkcastle.jpg

[akm3]

If it hasn't been said, the right answer is either WoW or The Sims, since they are the 'biggest'.

[GeekOFComedy]

Deff Tomb Raider Series on Mac. Remember When Tomb Raider was first ported to mac in that keynote and had Lara splattered all over the Apple homepage. Come on underworld and asypr

[iAlexG]

I love Quake Wars and Sauerbraten. I'm thinking about getting Doom 3?

[thepawn]

That's Return to Dark Castle, and yes it was amazing.

No, I'm talking about the original Dark Castle (though that screenshot is from Beyond Dark Castle). Return or Dark Castle was color and came out later. :)

Here's an original shot:
http://www.darkcastle.co.uk/images/dc/gallery/Trouble3.jpg

You can even play it as an easter egg on your iPhone:
http://whatiswrongwiththeworldtoday.com/mac/hidden-iphone-game-dark-castle

[Fiveos22]

Late to the game but I'd have to say

Escape Velocity series (as far as mac-only is concerned)

[Huntn]

Shooter: Marathon
RTS: Warcraft2 or Myth Series.