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Leroy33
Dec 22, 2008, 04:53 AM
New to the forums but I'd appreciate some help.
I am currently a PC user but I just ordered a macbook today*the 2.4ghz version)
Anyways, I wouldn't call myself a hard core gamer but I occasionally like to play COD4, Age of empires 3, age of mythology and spore.
Ive noticed that apple.com offers demos of these games I think.
I was wondering if I can buy the full version of the game from the demo, like sometimes game demos go for a 60 minute trial and you can either buy the game and keep playing or just uninstall it, is it the same with mac games?



imassents
Dec 22, 2008, 05:00 AM
It's up to each game developer whether or not they want to program it that way. I doubt the games you've listed will support it.

Huntn
Dec 23, 2008, 03:41 PM
Many casual games are like that. You download the entire game and it has either a timer or a progress cutoff that stops you. As Leroy said, and I agree, the games you mentioned most likely are stand alone demos. Full versions will have to purchased separately.

Leroy33
Dec 24, 2008, 09:17 PM
dang,
oh well, thanks for the info guys
its kinda hard to buy those games i mentioned earlier cuz i live in tokyo, and i want the english versions

Patmian212
Dec 24, 2008, 09:45 PM
dang,
oh well, thanks for the info guys
its kinda hard to buy those games i mentioned earlier cuz i live in tokyo, and i want the english versions

Maybe you can order them online, or maybe your local store offer english version, or the game its self offers for you to select a language upon installation.

Leroy33
Dec 25, 2008, 08:23 PM
i checked out two apple stores in tokyo yesterday, the ginza one and the shibuya one. the only games or should i say game that i found, that was an english version was Civilization 4. It was priced at about 7,000 yen or 70 dollars......
i think i might just go to akihabara and hope for some better deals there.
thnks for all the help guys!

SnowLeopard2008
Dec 25, 2008, 09:02 PM
Maybe buy it off eBay or Amazon and have them ship it to you?

Leroy33
Dec 26, 2008, 06:18 AM
ebay is a good idea but shipping fees and custom fees are just crazy,
amazon might be good. i think i can only order from the japanese amazon site since im living in Japan at the moment. I'll check it out, thanks for you suggestion.,

leumluath
Dec 26, 2008, 11:29 AM
Unless there are some special Japanese restrictions, it shouldn't be a problem. I've ordered from the UK Amazon store and had things shipped to the US. Just set yourself up with an account on the foreign site.


ebay is a good idea but shipping fees and custom fees are just crazy,
amazon might be good. i think i can only order from the japanese amazon site since im living in Japan at the moment. I'll check it out, thanks for you suggestion.,