Suggestions for G3 games for an 8 yr old

[Snowy_River]

Hello everyone,

My sister is interested in getting some games for her 8 year old son (he really wants a GameBoy, but she's decided against that). The biggest impediment is that she's currently running an old Rev B iMac (the original model, after it came out in multi-colors). So, I'm looking for suggestions about where she could buy and download games for her machine that her son would find interesting. Thanks!!

[cubist]

Nanosaur & Bugdom.
Burning Monkey Solitaire.
Make sure it's running Mac OS 8.6 or 9, then go shopping on ebay.
You might find Cro-Magnon Racer, too.
He might like Railroad Tycoon II or Civilization II, or even Alpha Centauri.

[Mechcozmo]

Tetris
Lunar Lander
Snake
~Game Boy Emulator~ :)

[aidanpendragon]

Go to www.insidemacgames.com, then look at their review archive for reviews from 1998-2001 or so. Most of those will be G3-capable, and it should be clear which are best for kids. Although, the suggestions here already are good (did they come packed-in with the stock OS?)

EDIT: http://www.insidemacgames.com/reviews/index.php?S=Date&Page=18

[Snowy_River]

She is actually running Mac OS X, though I'm not sure which .x she's running. I'll have to check and find out.

[edddeduck]

Hello everyone,

My sister is interested in getting some games for her 8 year old son (he really wants a GameBoy, but she's decided against that). The biggest impediment is that she's currently running an old Rev B iMac (the original model, after it came out in multi-colors). So, I'm looking for suggestions about where she could buy and download games for her machine that her son would find interesting. Thanks!!

I know we (Feral) have an bunch of our older games (most of them with demos) that will run on your rev B iMac.

Sheep
Theme Park World
Worms Blast

Should all run, we also have a few that are min spec of 333 which is above your spec but with luck might run (I recommend you try a demo if possible).

Apart from Feral stuff Pangea games made lots of lower spec titles and so do Freeverse. So check them out to.

Feral (http://feral.co.uk)
Freeverse (http://www.freeverse.com)

Cheers,

Edwin

[alec]

Tropico maybe? Risk and Risk II? I bet the original Sims would run OK as well.

[DarthTreydor]

i have fond memories of playing dinopark tycoon on the imacs in my elementary school computer lab.

[Thanatoast]

Would Herores of Might & Magic III play on that? If so, I'd recommend it. :)