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For my computer gaming needs, I *primarily* use...
1/1: For my computer gaming needs, I *primarily* use...
Other polls | 2,833 votes | 23 comments
Gaming
I don't own many Mac games yet so the next best thing for me would be Microsoft's XBox ... perhaps the only Microsoft Hardware I own. It's either that, or I play on my brother's home-built PC.
Gaming
I too have an Xbox. The ONLY hard/software by Microsoft that I use.
Gaming
Well, my "gaming" consists of Klondike with an occasional foray into Risk. (Yes, that one is quite ancient, but runs just fine in Classic!)
Gaming
Risk? In *gasp* Classic? That is old...
Check out iConquer, from KavaSoft... http://kavasoft.com/iConquer/index.html It's Risk, but in a beautiful Aqua interface, with downloadable maps, and network play! It's got a free trial, but I spent the 12.99$US to get the full version...
re: Risk
For Risk in OSX you've got to try iConquer - Awesome rendition of Risk with online play as well
Go, Gamecube!
Gamecube all the way for me (gotta love the controller), though I also have a PS2, and if I really wanted to play a FPS game or some classic arcade emulation (or classic Tristan pinball!), I also have my Mac with a beefy graphics card.
Go, Gamecube!
>I can't believe any self-respecting Mac user would actually use an XBox.
Xbox? Why not...
I can't believe any self-respecting Mac user (or anybody who cares in any way about the future of gaming) would actually use an XBox.
I bought the Xbox cuz I figured if a gaming console was going to make it - MS would lose millions to keep it in the lineup. Looks like that is the case. I'm happy with it - although I am no hard-core gamer, I do like hauling it around to play games. Besides, I was looking for a cd and dvd player for my stereo system. I figured a gaming console would be OK too. It is the only MS thing I own. You are right though, about Bungie (and other softeware developers) - I wish MS would leave them alone!
Go, Gamecube!
I can't believe any self-respecting Mac user (or anybody who cares in any way about the future of gaming) would actually use an XBox
Why? Who cares who makes it, it's a superior machine. Isn't that what being a Mac user has always been about: using a superior machine? No one *has* to buy an XBox. I'm a die-hard Mac user, but I own a Windows machine too. Sacrelige or pragmatism? Macs just don't have the large amount of games Windows or consoles have. That's a fact. I'm all for tons of games on the Mac platform, but most people do not use Macs for gaming because they are much more useful for other purposes. I think we can all agree on that =) Besides, as a previous poster mentioned, you can mod the heck out of the XBox. I've used mine to run the XBox Media Center, and couldn't be happier!
Mac Gaming
I like the fact that all Macs come with a graphics processor with dedicated vram. I play multiplayer Halo with PC friends and their PC's with Intel "Extreme" Graphics shows the characters outfits in the color grey. Sometimes they shoot their team mates because they can't tell what color the person's uniform is. I play Halo, Unreal Tournament, UT2K3, UT2K4, Jedi Academy, Quake III Arena, Medal Of Honor, Etc.. All on my Mac.
Dreamcast Lives!
I don't think it's fair to lump this in the "1990s consoles" category, since it hit its brief stride, if you can call it that, after the decade. Some beautiful creative games unlike anything else anywhere. Samba de Amigo anyone?
Unreal Tournament 2004!
I've just tried out the demo version of UT2004, and it works great on my 1.8GHz G5. The demo is a free-but-huge download. This has sample maps for 6 or 7 different game modes, all are lots of fun.
Dreamcast does live!!
At least here it does. I have always been of the opinion that desktop computers are not toys, but my kids wanted something better then the old pong console I let them use. :) Our first console was a Sega Genesis. We bought a Dreamcast when they first came out and we just bought a PS2 before last christmas. We have 50 Games for the Dreamcast and 20 for the PS2. My kids actually still prefer the Dreamcast over the PS2, but that might just be because we have more games for it. In any case, they both get used everyday and I don't have to worry about our computers being messed up with games. BTW: More often than not the kids have to battle dad for a console. I'm a Crazy Taxi and GTA fanatic. At 43 I'm still a kid at heart ---
Dreamcast does live!!
The DC is the best console ever. Tops even the mighty SNES. I have a lot of consoles, and have played even more, but I can't get tired of Jet Grind and all the other great SEGA titles. Sure, most of them are on other consoles now, but they are scattered around between them, with many of the biggest titles getting XBox exclusives.
I'm still stuck on my ][+
Archon, Ultima II, Drol, and Montezuma pretty much make up my gaming. (And no, emulation just isn't quite the same.)
Anybody remember the Atari Jaguar?
Does anybody remember the first 64-bit game-console? It was built by Atari (last thing thy did before decaying) in 1995 and had a CD-ROM and Modem to play network games. I regulary play the original "DOOM" and "Alien vs Predator" on it. Even the old Arcade-like Games like "Raiden" are still fun.
Anybody remember the Atari Jaguar?
The Jaguar sucked. And it really wasn't 64bit. It was 2 32bit chips. They marketed it as such though. That's like saying a dual G4 is 64bit (don't say it could be 256bit cuz of Altivec).
Weeeeelllll....
To play, I mostly use my PS2. But I spend more time and play more games on my Mac. But I moonlight as a beta tester, so it doesn't quite count.
Dance Dance Revolution
The only game I play is Dance Dance Revolution... I get about an hour in each day in workout mode... it's great exercise! For that I have a Playstation, although just recently I got a PS->USB adapter, so I plug my iBook into my TV and run StepMania which works perfectly.
No DC! How dare you!
How could you have left out the Sega DreamCast!?! I'm appalled at your lack of respect for this venerable machine ;)
Glider Pro Lovers, Unite!
While I answered the poll with the "Games? What are games?" catagory, the shameful truth is this: I am a Glider Pro Lover. Glider Pro is, in my humble opinion, one of the Mac world's unsung killer-apps. I'd played it back when it was black and white on my next-door neighbor's computer, then in color at a computer camp somewhere, and finally, when I got my very own Mac for college, it was the first thing I downloaded. It's just such a great game. You play a little flying paper glider, that can only move forward or back, and has to be lifted by air vents, otherwise it will hit the ground, and die. Oh, and you can fire rubber bands, or use batteries to go fast, or helium to go up(if you can find some...) There are hundreds of levels available for download off the internet, and it comes with a gigantic level called Slumberland that even now, I havn't successfully beaten. A great wonder of a game. I just had to post this little Glider Pro rant. Hope you all enjoyed it. (I also posted this comment at my blog) Feel free to continue the conversation here or there...)
Mac gaming...
...for me consists of forays into "Snowball Run", "Burning Monkey Mahjong Solitaire" and other arcade / adventure games. I love the side scrollers - wish there were more choices for those of us that want to play such games on our Macs.
Krishna
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Dreamcast STILL ahead of its time
You have to admit, it hit a sweet spot that people have been trying to catch up to for 5 years now. |
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