View Full Version : Good games for my iMac G5?
PowerGamerX
Aug 12, 2009, 11:18 PM
I just would like some suggestions on some games that would run good on my iMac G5. I would prefer to max resolution even if I can't have any of the settings turned up and still get 25+ frames per second. I have the 2.1ghz with 2gb of ram.
Thanks
Zortrium
Aug 13, 2009, 11:16 AM
Should we assume by your 25+ fps requirement that you're looking for first person shooters only?
edddeduck
Aug 13, 2009, 01:03 PM
Off the top of my head the following Feral games will run on your Mac without trouble. Almost all of them have free demos here :- Feral Downloads Site (http://downloads.feralinteractive.com)
XIII - 3D Cell shaded shooter
Colin McRae Rally Mac - Rally Racing Game
Sid Meiers Pirates! - Adventure game
Commandos Battle Pack - War Team Strategy
Fable TLC - RPG
LEGO Star Wars II - Kids RPG
Imperial Glory - Strategy
Worms 3D - Worms with guns....
The Movies Superstar - Make Your own films and run a studio (a bit like Theme Park).
Disclaimer : I worked on all these games but as nobody had answered with any suggestions I thought I would point you in the right direction for some demos. :)
You can also search Mac Game Files (http://www.macgamefiles.com) for games (PPC titles) as you have a G5 you should be OK for anything that is PPC compatible.
Cheers,
Edwin
PowerGamerX
Aug 13, 2009, 08:40 PM
Should we assume by your 25+ fps requirement that you're looking for first person shooters only?
FPS: Frames per second
lol.
Also I just checked system profiler, I actually have the 2.1ghz model. (Which would explain the iSight)
Zortrium
Aug 15, 2009, 09:59 PM
FPS: Frames per second
lol.
Also I just checked system profiler, I actually have the 2.1ghz model. (Which would explain the iSight)
Right, I got that. What I was getting at is that maintaining a specific framerate is usually only a major concern in an FPS. For example, I played Civilization 4 a lot on an iMac G5 similar to yours and was happy with the experience, but in large games the framerate tended to chug sometimes. Since it's not a first-person shooter, though, it wasn't a big deal.
PowerGamerX
Aug 15, 2009, 10:56 PM
Right, I got that. What I was getting at is that maintaining a specific framerate is usually only a major concern in an FPS. For example, I played Civilization 4 a lot on an iMac G5 similar to yours and was happy with the experience, but in large games the framerate tended to chug sometimes. Since it's not a first-person shooter, though, it wasn't a big deal.
I get a headache if its under 25 or over 45 usually :P. Depends on the game true, I could probably live with 15 on Civilization 4, but i'm a huge RTS, Racing, and Western-RPG fan.
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