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Mac Games as an 'XBox Live Arcade' type iApp
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Join Date: Dec 2000
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Been thinking about how Apple could enter into games for the Mac and OS X. A successful games platform with games similar to the types of games written only for Mac (ie shareware) is XBox Live Arcade on the XBox 360 console. I think it would be possible for Apple to put together a Mac Games Arcade as an iApp. The same kind of thing as XBLA, with games as downloads for however much per game. There are enough Mac developing and PC porting game developers (Ambrosia, Aspyr, Blizzard etc) and other Mac developers to make it work, and with an Apple front end on it, could be really good. Maybe as a part of the Mac Media Centre that SJ is supposed to have mentioned recently.
Just a thought.
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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The problem is that you can't play games very well with a remote (or at least the remote Apple ships with Front Row); you need a keyboard and mouse or a gamepad of some sort.
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Genius. You know who.
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Yeah...but imagine if Apple designed a game pad...
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It better not have a scroll wheel.
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Join Date: Jun 2000
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Good idea.. sort of a full screen and ad free yahoo games. throw in some global and personal high score tables and charge 9.99 a game. i like it!
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