[Horsepoo!!!]

It's that time of the year again...

...yup, it's time to think how cool it would be if the following games were ported to OS X:

Prince of Persia 1 and 2
Duke 3D (should be coming in the next 3 years)
Unreal Tournament (should also be coming in the next 3 years)
Deus Ex (could be coming soon...or not)
Carmageddon 2
Monkey Island 4

...keep the list going, guys.

[Kevlar]

Total Annihilation

[RedStar]

command and conquer: red alert

[davecom]

Caesar 3 since I own it. Maybe Diablo 1.

[Lateralus]

WarCraft II.

[sideus]

Pathways into Darkness.

[Forte]

Any or all of Capcom's Mega Man installments that were released for Windows a few years back (MegaMan Legends 1 and 2, Mega Man X3, X4, X5, and X6). ^^;;;

[Adam Betts]

Originally posted by PowerMacMan:
WarCraft II.

[Turnpike]

Diablo 1 for sure.

I know I've got a lot of games sitting around here (mostly demos/shareware...) that in a few years I'll wish to play just for nostalgia's sake and because I know they are good at relieving boredom (although maybe not much more).... shadow wraith comes to mind. Something called "AmoebArena" too, I think.

I remember there was a DuckHunt-like game on my mom's LC... couldn't use it on her 575, because it ran too fast...

LodeRunner was cool, too... and PowerPete... man I wish I could play those two every once in a while (they're sitting around here somewhere on a Zip disk... but my zip drives have long since perished (click of death victims))

[cszar2001]

Another vote for Command and Conquer Red Alert - and my personal favorite: Panzer General!

[legacyb4]

As silly as it may sound...

Hellcats Over The Pacific

Cheers.

[Turias]

Crystal Quest

[TheDeathman]

FA-18 Hornet and Hellcat <-- Flight sims
Curse of Monkey island <--- Second one
Doom 3 <---

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by TheDeathman:
Doom 3 <---

Well Doom 3 is about 15 days old now...I guess it counts as an old game.

[Maneki Neko]

Did Alpha Centauri ever get an OS X port? If not, that's my vote.

[Markovich]

Originally posted by legacyb4:
As silly as it may sound...

Hellcats Over The Pacific

Cheers.

Hell yes!!!

Hellcats and Leyte Gulf were great flight sims. Didnt need a thick manual or a pilots license to fly.

Duke Nukem is also on my list. Again, good fun without a steep learning curve.

Mark

[gururafiki]

Falcon 4.0, and Ares. Ares I can play in classic, but Falcon 4.0 needs the computer to boot in OS9.

[eyevaan]

Full Throttle <----- I know it needs a new story BUT I would love to see an update.

Dark Colony yeah StarCraft was more involved but for raw blood quality - DC was it.

Postal 1.0 [has any seen my ear?] hahaha
I never liked the "GTA-styled" rewrite of this one.

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by eyevaan:
Full Throttle <----- I know it needs a new story BUT I would love to see an update.

Dark Colony yeah StarCraft was more involved but for raw blood quality - DC was it.

Postal 1.0 [has any seen my ear?] hahaha
I never liked the "GTA-styled" rewrite of this one.

Postal was great.

Postal "GTA-styled" rewrite is coming to Mac, btw...even if you didn't like it.

Full Throttle and Curse of Monkey Island don't really need ports anymore now that ScummVM is here and working really well. http://www.scummvm.org

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by gururafiki:
Falcon 4.0, and Ares. Ares I can play in classic, but Falcon 4.0 needs the computer to boot in OS9.

I bought Falcon 4.0 years ago...and never played it. Required a joystick...and I knew it at the time. I was trying to gather enough money for a good joystick and a good videocard...but by that time, Mac OS X came around. That'll teach me to buy games before I have the specs to run it.

[faragbre967]

Episode 1 Racer was fun. WarCraft II definitely gets another vote though.

[rareflares]

Deus Ex

[Truepop]

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Deus Ex (could be coming soon...or not)

my vote goes to Deus Ex. why do you say coming soon or not? is someone porting it?

[Truepop]

nevermind that question. I found a link if anyone else wants to read it

http://www.insidemacgames.com/news/s...ArticleID=9006

[proton]

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Unreal Tournament (should also be coming in the next 3 years)

You can grab the existing Unreal Tournament OS X version here:

http://www.mirrors.ausmac.net/AusMac...realtournament

ut436update.sit This is the Unreal Tournament 436 update
utxp3.sit This is the Unreal Tournament for OS X preview 3

It works relatively well for me at least.

- proton

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by proton:
You can grab the existing Unreal Tournament OS X version here:

http://www.mirrors.ausmac.net/AusMac...realtournament

ut436update.sit This is the Unreal Tournament 436 update
utxp3.sit This is the Unreal Tournament for OS X preview 3

It works relatively well for me at least.

- proton

There are just too many problems with this one. I'm not sure what you mean by 'relatively well' but it's not working relatively well here...

[zeebe]

Originally posted by faragbre967:
Episode 1 Racer was fun. WarCraft II definitely gets another vote though.

I too would love to see Racer, that was a fun game, especially on a network!

[DrBoar]

Unreal (the original game and the Return to Naipali expansion)
Sin Gold
FAKK2

[MrCaN]

I want the original Oregon Trail

[Sarc]

in order

Deus Ex
Colonization
Railroad Tycoon II


runner up
Driver

[Sarc]

Originally posted by DrBoar:
Unreal (the original game and the Return to Naipali expansion)
Sin Gold
FAKK2

Sin Gold and FAKK2 work in OS X, check versiontracker.com and omnigroup.com

[CambAngst]

Postal was completely demented! Man, I loved that game.

"Help me! I can't breathe!"

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Postal was great.

Postal "GTA-styled" rewrite is coming to Mac, btw...even if you didn't like it.

Full Throttle and Curse of Monkey Island don't really need ports anymore now that ScummVM is here and working really well. http://www.scummvm.org

[GoGoReggieXPowars]

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
There are just too many problems with this one. I'm not sure what you mean by 'relatively well' but it's not working relatively well here...

I've never had a problem with it, even playing both Marathon conversions (though the sound on one of them is messed up a bit, probably due to bat sample rate conversions) is fine.

The full-on talkie version of "Sam n Max hit the road."

[Horsepoo!!!]

People keep bringing up Lucas Arts games but ScummVM exists. e-bay will get you the PC or Mac versions you want and ScummVM will do the rest.

[gururafiki]

Originally posted by MrCaN:
I want the original Oregon Trail

With the green screen also!

[Graymalkin]

There was an old PC game I loved called Stars! which was a really basic take-over-the-universe game. It had few graphics to speak of and looked like an odd desktop application. I liked it because I could easily play the game while doing other things. I long for a Mac equivilent of it.

I'd also love an updated version of Bolo for OSX using some sweet Rendezvous action and some Quartz 2D graphics. Like Stars!, Bolo could be played while you were doing something else which makes it an excellent time waster. I've seen XBolo but I think the company developing it went out of business because their website is long gone. Some Bolo action using modern Mac capabilities would be pretty sweet.

[SteevAK]

As mentioned before:

Deus Ex and the original Unreal.

Also, the original Master of Orion (though it runs just fine in Classic mode).

[fromthecloud]

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (Best Flight Sim Ever)

[webb3201]

Originally posted by Graymalkin:
There was an old PC game I loved called Stars! which was a really basic take-over-the-universe game. It had few graphics to speak of and looked like an odd desktop application. I liked it because I could easily play the game while doing other things. I long for a Mac equivilent of it.

That was a great game. Although I recommend playing MOOI to satisfy this requirement. I play it in classic mode and it runs pretty well in a window environment. I still think it was the best of the MOO series, certainly better than MOO3, a game I waited years for a gave up on in days.

[rmongold]

I'm still waiting for Return to Dark Castle to be finished - that was a great game. That and Airborne (an old Mac game from Silicon Valley Software I think).

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by rmongold:
I'm still waiting for Return to Dark Castle to be finished - that was a great game. That and Airborne (an old Mac game from Silicon Valley Software I think).

A lot of people say Duke Nukem Forever has taken the prize for 'game that took the longest time developing'...but they're wrong...it's Return to Dark Castle.

I think it's going to turn 7 years soon if it hasn't already.

[rmongold]

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
A lot of people say Duke Nukem Forever has taken the prize for 'game that took the longest time developing'...but they're wrong...it's Return to Dark Castle.

I think it's going to turn 7 years soon if it hasn't already.

They've never given any indication of when it might be done either

I remember playing Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle on the old Mac 512K... Them were the days.

[t0ast]

Driver 2, StarCraft and Diablo 1.. that's all for now.

[Sarc]

Originally posted by t0ast:
Driver 2, StarCraft and Diablo 1.. that's all for now.

you can play starcraft perfectly well on OS X ... there's even a carbn installer.

I would like AirBorne a lot ... made by Sillicon Beach Software, one of the two guys that made it is now Manager for Flash products in macromedia.

[Dex13]

Mech Warrior 2

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by rmongold:
They've never given any indication of when it might be done either

I remember playing Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle on the old Mac 512K... Them were the days.

Them still are the days.





I admit that it doesn't feel the same though...nothing felt better than playing DC and BDC on the ol' 512K. They don't make games like they used to.

[rmongold]

Originally posted by Horsepoo!!!:
Them still are the days.





I admit that it doesn't feel the same though...nothing felt better than playing DC and BDC on the ol' 512K. They don't make games like they used to.

Very fun. Dad's old 512k is packed up in the basement in its original box and very rarely sees the light of day. I'm sure he still has all the disks for the various games somewhere, but... ah well.

Oh, Apache Strike was also a very fun game. I remember playing that for hours!

[Horsepoo!!!]

Originally posted by rmongold:

Oh, Apache Strike was also a very fun game. I remember playing that for hours!

Apache Strike...hehe...Silicon Beach Software made the coolest games ever. I'm sad they closed their door. I'm sad that Jonathan Gay went to work for Macromedia. And I'm sad Bill Appleton stopped making games. Mark Pierce had a real artistic talent...sad he's not doing any more Mac game art either.

[gbafan]

Strike Fleet

http://www.thelegacy.de/Museum/5453/

I loved this game; still haven't found a Naval sim this good to this day.

[Arolte]

Unreal (not UT) - Still one of the best single player games I've played, despite the somewhat cheesy ending.

Abuse - The current open source OS X version is a port of the PC version, which doesn't include the graphics smoothing option and a number of other features found in Bungie's Mac version.

Rogue Spear - IMO still the best of the Rainbow Six series of games, despite the somewhat dated engine.