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What are some good games for a "Macbook"
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The Halo Demo is very fun: http://www.macgamefiles.com/detail.php?item=18748
Basically any game has a demo, so w/e type of game you like.
Age of Empires III
Call Of Duty
Command and Conquer 3
FarCry (cider port)
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
Quake IV
Tiger Woods 08
Madden 08
Basically any game has a demo, so w/e type of game you like.
Age of Empires III
Call Of Duty
Command and Conquer 3
FarCry (cider port)
Enemy Territory Quake Wars
Quake IV
Tiger Woods 08
Madden 08
I wonder if all these games run properly on X3100 of the macbook
I would expect all of them to work fine except FarCry
Just look around. Macs aren't gaming machines, and when you look for free ones it's worse. There are some good quality games for Mac.
I've got a ton of Ambrosia games, as well as Frenzic, Starcraft and Spore.
Uhhh... the only free games I have installed are N, Phun, and Quinn...
WEBSITES TO BROWSE:
http://www.insidemacgames.com/
http://www.macgamefiles.com/
http://macupdate.com/
http://www.versiontracker.com/
http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/
Age of Empires III demo runs great on my 2.4Ghz Macbook (2 GB of RAM). I have had no problems with it.
Quake Live looks interesting. Currently in beta phase (no Mac beta version) and will be 100% free when officially released. Is based on the ID Tech 3 engine (Quake III) so it shouldn't be too taxing on a Macbook.
I play Age of Empires (full game) on my Macbook 2.2Ghz with 4Gb RAM. Runs fine, but I do turn down some of the shading options etc to speed up scrolling around the maps.
The Macbook isn't really made for hard core gaming due to the graphics card installed, hence the limited choice (especially if you are after free games).
The Macbook isn't really made for hard core gaming due to the graphics card installed, hence the limited choice (especially if you are after free games).
As somebody who used to make freeware games and is a member of 2 large communities where people churn out good quality free games on a regular basis - hi.
There are tons of free games. Just not so many for OSX.
Taking a random guess here but are you also the kind of person who thinks that anybody with BitTorrent automatically makes them a pirate?
Not so much. BitTorrent was created to legally share large files over the net. It was not intended to be a method of piracy.
I wasn't criticizing piracy - that would be a mite hypocritical
. As someone who has been gaming on macs since Prince of Persia, the original simcity etc to me "game" means something substantial. No offense towards free ware etc, but I was thinking more of a retail type, large game.
Age of Empires 3 Demo
Hi the Age of Empires III Demo runs perfectly on Macbook ( 2Ghz Santa Rosa - 1GB Memory )
After 3 Hours gets bit Laggy but not noticeable at all, would buy it if it was cheaper than it is at £40
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Hi the Age of Empires III Demo runs perfectly on Macbook ( 2Ghz Santa Rosa - 1GB Memory )
After 3 Hours gets bit Laggy but not noticeable at all, would buy it if it was cheaper than it is at £40
T
I got my copy for £20 (inc postage) on eBay. Full retail box with instructions and disc.