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Only on a gaming thread could you ever go from DOOM to Bub & Bob 2...
...And then probably back to DOOM.
...And then probably back to DOOM.
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Nope @z970mp I'm moving onto this:
A fantastic remake of Nebulus - an 80s puzzle-action platformer masterpiece that was widely ported and better known outside of the UK under alternate titles including Tower Toppler. Frustratingly and fiendishly difficult but simultaneously compellingly challenging.
I've played this on my G3/500 and to increase the performance, I changed the resolution to 640x480 in System Preferences and then ran the game in full screen mode. It suffers from occasional slow down when the tower's 3D effect is being rotated and the submersible bonus levels crawl along but this shouldn't be a problem on faster machines - particularly G4s and G5s.
You can download the PPC version from here if you'd like to check it out.
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With my best John Cleese impersonation, and now for something completely different:
Via Zoom on my G3/500.
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Via Zoom on my G3/500.
This, I really like. Fast, fun and frenetic. It runs like a champ on my G3.
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I must do a mega UP on this. I think this Pacman variant is better than the original one. I absolutely adore Pac the Man X for Mac, at the point that I have searched all over the web to find a way to run it on Windows, without success. I do not own a Mac by now so I really miss this game.
Have you tried the Pac PC games by Jrok? If not, have a look here. They'll need something like DOSBOX. The only downside is that rather than use a full screen playing field, the game scrolls vertically - which means you can't always see the position of the ghosts or remaining dots to be eaten.
PAC the Man is a fav of mine and makes it on most of my machines. Gets pretty hard in the later levels.
On my G3: I had initially tried to use the Level 9 Interpreter but it wouldn't load the actual games from the original releases, even though the documentation states that it can accomplish this and I couldn't find the supposed data files that it mentions online.
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Played on my G3/500. A nice tribute to the likes of Montezuma's Revenge from the platforming/puzzle genre.
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I couldn't get the HD version to work: it probably requires a more powerful GPU. According to a post on MacGarden, the programmer is not providing the registration codes for the full version when a purchase is made and from what I've seen during a visit to the forum, they do not appear to be active. A shame because this demo is really fun.
I couldn't get the HD version to work: it probably requires a more powerful GPU. According to a post on MacGarden, the programmer is not providing the registration codes for the full version when a purchase is made and from what I've seen during a visit to the forum, they do not appear to be active. A shame because this demo is really fun.
Only on a gaming thread could you ever go from DOOM to Bub & Bob 2...
...And then probably back to DOOM.
Does this count?
BOOM is a Bomberman / DOOM crossover.
BOOM runs on System 7.0 or later and works well on my PowerBook 1400/166. Also, as seen here in the screenshots, it plays perfectly fine in Sheepshaver Mac OS 9.1.
I remember Nebulus on the Atari ST. I think I was probably playing this in the early 90s
Does this count?
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BOOM is a Bomberman / DOOM crossover.
BOOM runs on System 7.0 or later and works well on my PowerBook 1400/166. Also, as seen here in the screenshots, it plays perfectly fine in Sheepshaver Mac OS 9.1.
I shall check that out when I restore the OS 9 partition on my Sawtooth and/or iBook. Classic is no substitute when it involves gaming.
I remember Nebulus on the Atari ST. I think I was probably playing this in the early 90s
Likewise for me on the C64 in the late 80s and during the early 2000s, on MS-DOS with the EGA version. I think that I mentioned in another thread that I have quite a few ST's: including the original 1985 model that came with a separate FDD unit. I miss the diversity of computing platforms that we had in the 80s and 90s. Everything nowadays has been consolidated into a handful of hardware choices.
A second - and much more recent Mac remake of Head over Heels that might interest @Alex_K
Played on my G3/500, which I've used for much of this thread as a lowest common denominator tester in order to gauge the performance results on modest hardware and in turn an indication of mileage. Anything that works well on this, should be superb on more powerful PPC Macs.
This is the 31st anniversary release and it can be found here.
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Played on my G3/500, which I've used for much of this thread as a lowest common denominator tester in order to gauge the performance results on modest hardware and in turn an indication of mileage. Anything that works well on this, should be superb on more powerful PPC Macs.
This is the 31st anniversary release and it can be found here.
Thanks a lot! This is THE ORIGINAL Pac-Man ported to pc. I just tried it, maybe the framerate is a bit unstable, but it is definitely fun
I'm trying to play Amnesia The Dark Descent on my PowerMac 7,2 dual core @2.0Ghz with Radeon 9800 Pro 256MB.
I'm experiencing random freezes which require hard reboot - the same I did with my original 9600 128MB.
I'm thinking maybe to install older version of 10.5.
I'm experiencing random freezes which require hard reboot - the same I did with my original 9600 128MB.
I'm thinking maybe to install older version of 10.5.
Did you have any luck with that?
Via MacMame on my Sawtooth:
Found myself well and truly out of practice with this - even with the difficulty set to normal. I'd love to compile an up to date Mac PPC command line release of MAME that is compatible with Tiger that could be shared for all to enjoy. This isn't my field but I'm willing to give it a try. Would anyone be prepared to give me guidance if I decided to take a stab at it?
Again via MacMAME on the Sawtooth:
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A childhood fave, this game is absolutely cracking, a real joy to play. The premise is simple but it's so well executed and the programmers really paid attention to details such as gravity, speed and other physics related dynamics. This was towards the tail end of the golden age of arcade gaming when the onus was on your ability as a player to rack up an impressive high score and a lengthy play time.
A childhood fave, this game is absolutely cracking, a real joy to play. The premise is simple but it's so well executed and the programmers really paid attention to details such as gravity, speed and other physics related dynamics. This was towards the tail end of the golden age of arcade gaming when the onus was on your ability as a player to rack up an impressive high score and a lengthy play time.
@TheShortTimer I love Bub & Bob and Pac the Man. I prefer the originals to the OS X versions, but both are good! Have you tried MacDo?
I haven't but now the OS 9 partition has been restored on my Sawtooth, I'll check it out - and a few other titles too. Thanks!
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A childhood fave, this game is absolutely cracking, a real joy to play. The premise is simple but it's so well executed and the programmers really paid attention to details such as gravity, speed and other physics related dynamics. This was towards the tail end of the golden age of arcade gaming when the onus was on your ability as a player to rack up an impressive high score and a lengthy play time.
Loved this title as well. It was a rare one too to find in the wild. The only place I knew of in the mid to late 80’s where one could play it was at the local roller skating rink - the rollerdrome. That one and the original paperboy with the bike handle controls.
I knew of two machines during the late 80s in my region of London that were within a mile of each other.
One even had the flight yoke controller - similar to what's shown here what's shown here:
So I have plans to set up my Mac Mini as an OS X games machine. Can you link me to/tell me what you would recommend? I already am planning to put Doom 3, Halo, and UT2004 on it.
@RogerWilco6502 It depends on what kinds of games and gaming you're into.
Others will hopefully weigh in with their own advice. Personally I'd recommend having a look at the titles have been shared and discussed in this thread and seeing if any of them are to your liking.
Others will hopefully weigh in with their own advice. Personally I'd recommend having a look at the titles have been shared and discussed in this thread and seeing if any of them are to your liking.
Ok, thank you! I’ll do just that@RogerWilco6502 It depends on what kinds of games and gaming you're into.
Others will hopefully weigh in with their own advice. Personally I'd recommend having a look at the titles have been shared and discussed in this thread and seeing if any of them are to your liking.