Powerbook G4 + Gaming?

[Haemoglobin]

I was just wondering this morning about games, does anyone else use their Powerbook for a bit of light gaming? If so what do you play?

Guess I'm looking for recommendations, as I've only ever really played games on my PM8500.

 

[philgxxd]

I play Age of Empires III on my 1.67Ghz PB...

 

[pochopsp]

Rayman 3, Tomb Raider Angel of Darkness, Call of Duty 1-2, The Sims 2... And many others will run flawlessly on your powerbook. Maybe every game for Mac released between 2001 and 2005-6... You can find a lot of them for free on Macintoshgarden

 

[Eightbitgamer757]

I loved using emulators for my iBook G4 1ghz, not posting links sorry

 

[Haemoglobin]

Sims2! Oh wow that would be great, my favourite version

 

[Toyface19]

During my teens, I was a big fan of Neverwinter Nights, and I'm happy to report it works great on my PB 1.67, it's also available easily on the garden! I'll add SimCity 4 to this list if it hasn't been already been mentioned, as well as an all-time fav; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic!

 

[bobesch]

StarCraft, C&C1, Tropico, Civilization, Railroad Tycoon ...
Have a look at the games section of Macintoshgarden!

 

[Haemoglobin]

Bobesch - I've been having a look, but having input from other users is way better than a brief description on a page. Plus there have been some suggestions I probably wouldn't have even thought of. Knights of the old Republic is a favorite of mine, I think I reached half way through that game, possibly. It was a lot of fun and playing it again sounds great, hadn't thought for a second about playing it on my PB! I should point out, mines is the 1.5Ghz variety.

I bought this laptop for design work, but gradually it's becoming a daily driver, what I can't do on it can be accomplished with my phone

Thanks for the suggestions so far everyone!

 

[timidpimpin]

PPC Luddite has some great game posts on his blog.

http://ppcluddite.blogspot.com/2014/02/its-cold-dark-universe.html
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.com/2014/09/freecol-for-powerpc-macs.html
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.com/2011/09/free-racing-games-for-your-mac.html
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.com/2011/09/flight-simulators-in-os-x-classic.html
http://ppcluddite.blogspot.com/2014/01/first-person-shooter-party-fun-time.html

This one is a decent overall guide. It also breaks the games down into what games are best for which Macs.

http://powerpcliberation.blogspot.com/2012/11/powerpc-gaming-on-mac-os.html

 

[1042686]

StarCraft, C&C1, Tropico, Civilization, Railroad Tycoon ...
Have a look at the games section of Macintoshgarden!

Ah hah. I’m playing through the Zerg campaign right now actually. Well for like the zillionth time but I just love beating up on those Protoss weinies

 

[JullsJTRIRE]

Age of Empires 3 on this device? I have to see this, have liked the game since my childhood, adore strategies! Thanks for the hint!

 

[MultiFinder17]

I play a ton of the Sims 1 on my 12" 1.5GHz PowerBook

 

[Project Alice]

If you are on FaceBook, join the PPC Gaming Lounge!

I game all the time on my 15" 1.5Ghz PBG4 (As well as my 12" and various other PPC macs)
Age of Empires 3 runs pretty good. Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic is a personal favorite.

Sims 2 will work, but is a poorly coded game. It runs just as crappy on my PB as it does my Mac Pro.

 

[laylow]

Call of Duty. I still play it through every few years. It's a fun game.

 

[LordeOurMother]

Civ 3 will play, so will civ 4.

Fable.

Clyde Barker's Undying is a good game.

 

[JullsJTRIRE]

I play a ton of the Sims 1 on my 12" 1.5GHz PowerBook

Have a disk with Sims 3 lying somewhere home, played a lot when it was released )

 

[DouglasCarroll]

During my teens, I was a big fan of Neverwinter Nights, and I'm happy to report it works great on my PB 1.67, it's also available easily on the garden! I'll add SimCity 4 to this list if it hasn't been already been mentioned, as well as an all-time fav; Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic!

Revising this long dormant thread to ask you a question. Do you think the Powerbook G4 still can run Neverwinter Nights and connect to the perpetually online Arelith game world?

Arelith :: Home

nwnarelith.com

I read in their system requirements that they list a G4 Powerbook G4 as a minimum, but I was wondering if anyone ACTUALLY gets on with one of those still? I'm seriously considering setting this up on my G4 to see if I can actually get on their server and if it will work.

That would be seriously awesome!

 

[DouglasCarroll]

Revising this long dormant thread to ask you a question. Do you think the Powerbook G4 still can run Neverwinter Nights and connect to the perpetually online Arelith game world?

Arelith :: Home

nwnarelith.com

I read in their system requirements that they list a G4 Powerbook G4 as a minimum, but I was wondering if anyone ACTUALLY gets on with one of those still? I'm seriously considering setting this up on my G4 to see if I can actually get on their server and if it will work.

That would be seriously awesome!

So today I tried to connect to Arelith from a G4 Powerbook and although Neverwinter Nights on the PPC Mac saw the server, I was unable to connect...the server timed out.

Rats...I guess Arelith on the PPC Mac is a dead end.

 

[mac72]

I also love playing Splinter Cell on the G4 PB,Tomb Raider IV, V..,