People tell me the lack of Mac games holds them back from the "Switch." I am sure Apple is aware of this.
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Pancake said:My theory is they are going to release a controller that you slip the iPod into. Here is my rushed mockup.
Oy. I would hope not.
I'm going to agree with what a person said earlier that the virtualization that's coming in leopard will enable games to be run directly from the mac os. Now that would rule! 😀
G.Kirby
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Lollypop said:
I don't like the idea of a game being only available on a particular platform. I dont think it has enough pulling power to get people to switch. What I want to be able to do because it has far more appeal, is to shoot the snot out of my PC mates in Battle Front 2 with out having to buy a PC or have Windows running on my Mac. 😀
I don't care....
I'm not a gamer at all. I haven't laid hands on a video game since the original nintendo when I was in high school. Too many damn buttons today. I do believe however, that one of my favorite games for the old Atari 2600, Breakout, was invented by Woz. Anyone confirm this?
I'm not a gamer at all. I haven't laid hands on a video game since the original nintendo when I was in high school. Too many damn buttons today. I do believe however, that one of my favorite games for the old Atari 2600, Breakout, was invented by Woz. Anyone confirm this?
bluebomberman
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iHateGates said:
Got this link from Wikipedia (entry: Breakout):
http://www.woz.org/letters/general/91.html
Stridder44
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Max on Macs
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Ok people. Here's Apple's new roadmap. New as of now, since I decided that it should be so.
Firstly the iPod shuffle doesn't really fit in with life, so that will disappear with no comments in the next few months.
Then the iPod will be replaced by a new thing. An amazing one. It will be the same size as the current one, but the screen will be sideways and this system will double up as a PSP-killer and also as a cell phone with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
Shortly after that, the iPod nano will be replaced with a new iPod nano. The new iPod nano will be able to play the games, videos, etc., of the iPod and will have the same PDA features. Bt the screen will be as it is at the moment, and it will have a normal phone keypad (but Apple-ised so it looks good) below, so will be less functional as a video player / games console / PDA but still has those functions same as any other cell phone does.
After that therae waill be a new Apple computer out. But it will be crippled. It will run a system which can only run Front Row, their new and incredible gaming engine, and Safari. Nothing more, nothing less. It will have an awesome remote control, and it will be about the size of a PStwo (the mini one) and will replace all your games consoles and media centres, DVRs and everything else. It'll be released at around the same trime as the PS3, and it'll be half the price.
Remember, you heard it here first.
Firstly the iPod shuffle doesn't really fit in with life, so that will disappear with no comments in the next few months.
Then the iPod will be replaced by a new thing. An amazing one. It will be the same size as the current one, but the screen will be sideways and this system will double up as a PSP-killer and also as a cell phone with an on-screen QWERTY keyboard.
Shortly after that, the iPod nano will be replaced with a new iPod nano. The new iPod nano will be able to play the games, videos, etc., of the iPod and will have the same PDA features. Bt the screen will be as it is at the moment, and it will have a normal phone keypad (but Apple-ised so it looks good) below, so will be less functional as a video player / games console / PDA but still has those functions same as any other cell phone does.
After that therae waill be a new Apple computer out. But it will be crippled. It will run a system which can only run Front Row, their new and incredible gaming engine, and Safari. Nothing more, nothing less. It will have an awesome remote control, and it will be about the size of a PStwo (the mini one) and will replace all your games consoles and media centres, DVRs and everything else. It'll be released at around the same trime as the PS3, and it'll be half the price.
Remember, you heard it here first.
RodThePlod
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Str8edgepunker said:
Teehee... you guys!!
🙂
My guess is enhanced games for the upcoming higher end iPod devices that Apple is developing.
The better and bigger screens together with the generally higher spec of these devices will mean that they can comfortably handle quite visually appealing and very addictive games - so why not do it?
I doubt that they'll be available on iTunes, though - these games will probably be bundled in with the product just as the current games are...
RodC
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My prediction :: This is not about games at all. It's for a new Apple PVR. Think iPod for video, but as a set top box. Something to take on MCE.
We all know FrontRow is just a small taste of what's to come. The best developers to take this to the next level UI-wise would be people with a gaming background, as that requires full screen 3D programming.
I'd bet a large wad of cash on this.
We all know FrontRow is just a small taste of what's to come. The best developers to take this to the next level UI-wise would be people with a gaming background, as that requires full screen 3D programming.
I'd bet a large wad of cash on this.
celebrian23
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I'm not really a huge gamer or anything, but I hope they don't try to make something liike the xbox, whatever. Not a good idea to go into a market that already has quite a few high quality competitors. Ipod games would kind of be stupid to me. I can't see them being more advanced than the calculator games I play on my graphing calculator (i.e. fun for about 3 minutes). I hope they do develop some games for macs though. That would actually excite me.
Eraserhead
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G.Kirby said:
The sad thing is is that if I had an Intel Mac I'd be likely to use Windows for gaming, I mean look at the Civ 4 requirements, from them it seems like it'd run as well on my iMac G5 as the windows version would on my Athlon 1200 from spring 2001, it had a Geforce 2MX graphics card, the min for the Mac is a 9600, same as in my iMac. I can also pick up a copy of XP home OEM for £55-£60 on ebay, since Civ 4 will cost £40 for the mac on launch (the legit PC version was only £15-£20 on launch from major retailers online) once you buy 3 games, it's cheaper to pick up Windows *just* for that (I will do this when I go Intel, which is disappointing as I've just sold off my copy of Windows. 🙁).
I'm sorry but I'm disappointed with that, Aspyr aren't going to get my custom unless they do a decent job of porting.
i think it would be a very good idea to sell games in the iTunes store alongside the music and videos.
Chaszmyr said:
Imagine it wasn't just for the iPod though, imagine there was a download service for gaming on your Mac, like Steam. Always liked Steam, kinda figured buying and downloading games online would be the next big thing in gaming. Look at SiN Episodes, and the new Half-Life exapansions.
If Apple announced an iGame (Just a name in palce of iTunes, which doesn't quite relate to gaming 😛) service selling Mac Games, but also cheap games for the iPod, I'd use it, that's for sure.
Pancake
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Scruff said:
I've brought some games from this site that I quite liked. http://www.vpltd.com/ The download versions are usually cheaper than the box versions. No iPod games yet though.
Mainyehc
macrumors 6502a
Highland said:
I think you may be on to something here... Notice how the iPod division isn't mentioned, but the iTunes division is, instead:
I didn't even knew that there was an iTunes division. Of course, probably there is, even though it isn't as "independent" as the iPod division... Now, FrontRow is just iTunes music/video, iPhoto, and the DVD player glued together; perhaps Apple wants to implement a *true* 3d interface, to kick MCE's a$$? FrontRow, as it is, has a "fake" 3d interface, in which four flat objects are arranged in a true three-dimensional circle, and then, you're dropped to a 2d list... And what about OS X? The only true 3d effects are the rotating cube and the flipping widgets, and even those are merely flat textures. 🙄 [edit: I forgot about the water-like rippling effect... but hey, that's just a neat gimmick anyway 😛 ]
Not that I think 3d interfaces are the way of the future (not that I think they aren't, either, but when they're badly implemented, like M$'s Flip 3d, they *really* suck), but FrontRow would be so much nicer if they took that concept further... Imagine an experience akin to browsing a physical library; honestly, the iTunes/FrontRow/iPod interface doesn't make me want to listen to a specific album as much as my physical library does. That's one small step that M$ has made in the right direction with WMP 11, with album art browsing, and I really expect Apple to one-up them, instead of just adapting that "preview list" on the video section to the music section.
If they're smart enough, they could create a VR-like library interface, with shelves and albums (the same concept could one day apply to *movies* purchased on the iTMS), or maybe a way of quickly scrolling through your album art like if you were using a rolodex. Sure, Spotlight (which was actually pioneered in iTunes) is a nice approach, lists are useful to edit data and tags, but the power of visual suggestion is too big to be ignored, and visual/muscle memory (i.e. how you have your stuff spatially organized, in alphabetical or custom order, either in real life or in software) isn't something to be overlooked either - just look at your Dock or your desktop 😉 . Since FrontRow is best viewed and used across a room, and you can't even edit data (at least not with a 5-button remote 😛 ) this 3d approach would work better than a 2d list, IMHO.
Game Dev to work on iTunes visualizations: A POSSIBILITY
A few new games for upcoming iPods: A POSSIBILITY
Paid game downloads for iPod: NO WAY (ok, very small possibility)
Apple trying to compete with Nintendo DS and PSP: NO WAY
My personal hope is that this indicates that Apple is trying to make it easy for Game Developers to release their games on MacOS from the beginning which is the future of Mac Gaming. There's no reason for porting now with the Intel chip. Bad for the porting houses, but good for gamers, game developers, Apple and everyone else.
Oh, PVR/DVR idea makes sense too. Apple needs something to play full size movies from the iTMS (iTunes Movie Store).
A few new games for upcoming iPods: A POSSIBILITY
Paid game downloads for iPod: NO WAY (ok, very small possibility)
Apple trying to compete with Nintendo DS and PSP: NO WAY
My personal hope is that this indicates that Apple is trying to make it easy for Game Developers to release their games on MacOS from the beginning which is the future of Mac Gaming. There's no reason for porting now with the Intel chip. Bad for the porting houses, but good for gamers, game developers, Apple and everyone else.
Oh, PVR/DVR idea makes sense too. Apple needs something to play full size movies from the iTMS (iTunes Movie Store).
AvSRoCkCO1067
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Um...guys.
The idea of a Mac Gaming Machine has been on the most reliable, cleanest, most consistently updated Apple rumor site for ages...
www.macosrumors.com
From Mac OS Rumors: Apple is waiting for the next round of higher performance ultra-low-wattage Core chips from Intel and is reportedly making changes to the "Thin"/"Gamer" enclosures to take into account the popularity of the glossy black style as well as size/cooling considerations of the multi-GPU PCI-Express SLI mobile graphics system the Gamer model will employ. To fit in with a fast Core 2 Duo processor, the Gamer model will need a lot of cooling hardware for the powerful dual GPU's. Much more on next-generation Apple portables on Wednesday when some interesting new reports come out from under embargo....
🙂rolleyes: 😉 )
The idea of a Mac Gaming Machine has been on the most reliable, cleanest, most consistently updated Apple rumor site for ages...
www.macosrumors.com
From Mac OS Rumors: Apple is waiting for the next round of higher performance ultra-low-wattage Core chips from Intel and is reportedly making changes to the "Thin"/"Gamer" enclosures to take into account the popularity of the glossy black style as well as size/cooling considerations of the multi-GPU PCI-Express SLI mobile graphics system the Gamer model will employ. To fit in with a fast Core 2 Duo processor, the Gamer model will need a lot of cooling hardware for the powerful dual GPU's. Much more on next-generation Apple portables on Wednesday when some interesting new reports come out from under embargo....
🙂rolleyes: 😉 )
AvSRoCkCO1067
macrumors 65816
Pancake said:Ha ha ha! I've found sound picture of a real device that I believe lends credence to my theory. Who's the crazy one now?
It's the Kyocera K500 Gamepad.
Why haven't we been including this in our polls of "who do you think will win the next-generation gaming machine!?!?!?!?!?!"
This one takes the cake - look at that graphics power!
😱
Macnoviz
macrumors 65816
Hey, how about this:
iLife '07: iTunes, iDVD, iMovie, Garageband, iWeb, iPhoto + iPlay/iGame/...
a seventh app, to do to games what the other apps did to photo's, music, movies, blogs, podcasts, ...
Instead of every game apart in a small box, an integration of games in the digital lifestyle, and relating to each other.
A download program for games, both popular and original
A virtual space to create an optimal space for game developers, and maybe play windows games, too (leopard)
Some more features that are surprising, innovative, and hence unpredictable.
Maybe I'm terribly wrong, but I think a guy like this is really suited for such software
iLife '07: iTunes, iDVD, iMovie, Garageband, iWeb, iPhoto + iPlay/iGame/...
a seventh app, to do to games what the other apps did to photo's, music, movies, blogs, podcasts, ...
Instead of every game apart in a small box, an integration of games in the digital lifestyle, and relating to each other.
A download program for games, both popular and original
A virtual space to create an optimal space for game developers, and maybe play windows games, too (leopard)
Some more features that are surprising, innovative, and hence unpredictable.
Maybe I'm terribly wrong, but I think a guy like this is really suited for such software
eric_n_dfw
macrumors 68000
A digital control for an analog movement? To each his own. Remember, Arkanoid and Breakout both used spinner/paddle controllers.NewSc2 said:
I'm just waiting for someone to develop Tempest for the iPod!! That'll get me to buy a color iPod! 😀 (or at least wish I had one)