good sources for Mac games

in article 1glrulu.ufrzp439af9wN%bbottorff@nomail.com, Boyd Bottorff at
bbottorff.TakeThisOut@nomail.com wrote on 10/16/04 8:02 PM:

 > Any particular type of game you like?

He did mention RTS in his post. "...Age of Empires (got it) Warcraft III
(got it), etc."

;-)

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Boyd Bottorff wrote:
 > Well, if you're running OS X, the second command under the apple menu
 > takes you to the apple download site, where most of the games out there
 > have demo/shareware versions posted.
 >


I do run OS X, Panther 10.3.<whatever the heck the latest update was>,
on a 700MHz G4 eMac w/ a 40GB HD, 1GB RAM, yada yada.

Guess I tend to over look the apple.com page, as I have a fairly slow
56k dial-up, so d/l'ing demo's never sounded like much fun ;) I'll give
it a look-see, though.

Thanks,

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in article cksq81$cnn$1@reader1.panix.com, nuk at nuk.RemoveThis@panix.com wrote on
10/16/04 8:51 PM:

 > ...as I have a fairly slow 56k dial-up, so d/l'ing demo's never sounded like
 > much fun...

I know all about that! When I was limited to a 56k connection, I'd set
everything up and get it going, then go to bed. In the morning, it would all
be done.

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Michael Emrys wrote:
 > in article cksq81$cnn$1@reader1.panix.com, nuk at nuk.TakeThisOut@panix.com wrote on
 > 10/16/04 8:51 PM:
 >
 >
  >>...as I have a fairly slow 56k dial-up, so d/l'ing demo's never sounded like
  >>much fun...
 >
 >
 > I know all about that! When I was limited to a 56k connection, I'd set
 > everything up and get it going, then go to bed. In the morning, it would all
 > be done.
 >
 > Michael
 >

Guess I could feed the URL into iGetter and let it do its thing...

Any other places besides the Apple site? It's all pretty much fluff and
feel-good reviews of everything i.e. *all* the games are great, nothing
sucks or has any bad parts... somehow I'm not buying that idea. Any
review sites (not necessarily Apple specific, though sometimes it gets
depressing when games come out and don't get ported to Mac...) that are
*relatively* unbiase and cover RTS games pretty well?

Thanks,

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Michael Emrys <emrys.DeleteThis@olypen.com> wrote:

 > He did mention RTS in his post. "...Age of Empires (got it) Warcraft III
 > (got it), etc."

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In article <cku96v$o45$1@reader1.panix.com>, nuk <nuk.TakeThisOut@panix.com> wrote:

 > Michael Emrys wrote:
 > Any other places besides the Apple site? It's all pretty much fluff and
 > feel-good reviews of everything i.e. *all* the games are great, nothing
 > sucks or has any bad parts... somehow I'm not buying that idea. Any
 > review sites (not necessarily Apple specific, though sometimes it gets
 > depressing when games come out and don't get ported to Mac...) that are
 > *relatively* unbiase and cover RTS games pretty well?

One of my favorite Mac gaming sites is InsideMacGames.com
<http://www.insidemacgames.com/>, and they also have a store where they
sell Mac games. Their prices aren't great, but they're not too bad, and
they usually have a good selection of games.

I also like MacGamer.com <http://www.macgamer.com/> for reviews and game
info, but they don't have a store.

For great prices on games, try GoGamer.com <http://www.gogamer.com/>.
They have a fairly decent (though not huge) Mac games selection with
great prices.

Amazon.com <http://www.amazon.com/> also has an Apple area with a good
selection of Mac software at good prices.


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in article DarylF2-19A884.14393417102004.TakeThisOut@corp.supernews.com, Daryl Forrest
at DarylF2.TakeThisOut@yahoo-dot-com.invalid wrote on 10/17/04 11:39 AM:

 > For great prices on games, try GoGamer.com <http://www.gogamer.com/>.
 > They have a fairly decent (though not huge) Mac games selection with
 > great prices.

You might also take a look at Chips & Bits
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.chipsbits.com/cgi-bin/order.cbi_home?client=78256&source=10678&pa" target="_blank">http://www.chipsbits.com/cgi-bin/order.cbi_home?client=78256&source=10678&pa</a>
ge=chips_main.html&newpage=catalogs/mac_games.html

They have a decent selection, I've found their service to be good, and their
prices are average.

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In article <cksi63$aas$1@reader1.panix.com>, nuk <nuk.DeleteThis@panix.com> wrote:

 > Anybody care to share some favored places for finding reviews and/or
 > purchasing of Mac compatible games?
 > Monte

Try:

versiontracker.com

tucows.com

download.com

If I'm looking to download, these are the places I go first.

See if MicroCenter has an online store (they are the best retail store
for Mac stuff where I live, perhaps they are also online?)

Any retailer may also have an online store that carries a wider variety
of Mac games than the physical store.

Good luck!

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