Best machine for legacy gaming?

[Adeamus]

Heya guys

So I was recently cleaning out the back of a closet and found all my old System 8/9 games from the late 90's. This got me thinking about picking up an older machine to boot up once or twice in a while to play these old games.

I've been looking at a powerbook G4 14" just so I can keep it on a book shelf and pull down when I need it with a minmal amount of set up.

The games I'm looking at running are the Marathon games, SimCity 2000, SimTower, Total Annihilation, Diablo 1.

So, thoughts?

 

[ppcfanforever1]

Heya guys

So I was recently cleaning out the back of a closet and found all my old System 8/9 games from the late 90's. This got me thinking about picking up an older machine to boot up once or twice in a while to play these old games.

I've been looking at a powerbook G4 14" just so I can keep it on a book shelf and pull down when I need it with a minmal amount of set up.

The games I'm looking at running are the Marathon games, SimCity 2000, SimTower, Total Annihilation, Diablo 1.

So, thoughts?

If it has at least a 64mb graphics card you could get it pretty cheap and it is very portable but Im not sure if it would meet the requirements for those game.

 

[MisterKeeks]

Yes, a Titanium Powerbook G4 would boot OS9. The 1GHz models have 64MB of RAM.

 

[Frost7]

Yes, a Titanium Powerbook G4 would boot OS9. The 1GHz models have 64MB of RAM.

^ What he said.

If you want a small, portable, OS9 beast that can also run Tiger perfectly for everyday uses, get a 1 GHz TiBook in good condition, stick a gig of RAM in it, and maybe get one of OWC's Mercury Legacy SSDs too if you really want to make it fly.

S'what I did and I love that little machine.