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Jan 13, 2006, 06:25 PM
 
what are you top free games on mac? atm ive only got halo 1 but i need to no which games are worth getting. thanks
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Jan 13, 2006, 11:37 PM
 
WoW
Doom III
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Jan 13, 2006, 11:38 PM
 
My top 3 are Warcraft 3, The Sims 2, and Doom 3, but they cost money. I highly reccomend Warcraft 3, you can get the main game and the expansion for only $30. Huge bargain. You can also play online for free on battle.net too.
     
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Jan 14, 2006, 02:20 AM
 
1. World of Warcraft
2. Diablo II
3. Quake I
     
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Jan 14, 2006, 06:52 AM
 
Here's one... An oldy but a goody. RESCUE by Tom Spreen in 1994. One of the best Star Trek games ever made. I still have it and play it. You play a sim flying the Enterprise around planets, rescuing people, and attacking ships. Even a Borg Cube ship. Simple but great fun. It's too bad that Activision with all their resources and money forgot about the simple things.
     
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Jan 15, 2006, 12:46 AM
 
1. Jedi Knight II: Jedi Outcast - I keep coming back over and over, both to the single player game and the multiplayer, mostly for Dueling.

2. Jedi Academy - The last of the Dark Forces and Jedi Knight games, apparently.

3. Halo - Obviously I'm a FPS junkie

These three games played surprisingly well on my 17 " PowerBook G4 1.5 GHz, with much eye candy turned on as well.
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Jan 15, 2006, 09:26 AM
 
My favorites in order:

1. Deus Ex (can't imagine anything ever surpassing this game)
2. Knights of the Old Republic (just finished playing it, awesome game)
3. Call of Duty (expansion pack was great too)
     
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Jan 15, 2006, 09:43 AM
 
Top free huh?
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Jan 15, 2006, 02:37 PM
 
Ev Nova
Siege of Darkwood
Warcraft II
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Jan 15, 2006, 02:49 PM
 
Top three?

- Myth II
- Unreal Tournament, the *first* one (well, I don't know if anyone's playing this anymore, hehe)
- Escape Velocity... I thought Override was the best... but Nova has a lot going for it.

DOOM III is awesome as well.
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Jan 15, 2006, 03:40 PM
 
three sorry, did it in a rush
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Jan 15, 2006, 03:51 PM
 
World of Warcraft, Jedi Academy, Armagetron.
     
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Jan 15, 2006, 04:16 PM
 
In no particular order: Deus Ex, Knights of the old Republic, Alpha Centauri - but I can agree that most games posted here are great.

It might be easier to give advice if you told us what genre you favor.
     
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Jan 15, 2006, 05:22 PM
 
I;m gonna change mine, screw warcraft II, Myth II is the shiznit.
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Jan 15, 2006, 08:32 PM
 
Total Annihilation
Age Of Mythology
Warcraft III


Oops,
Thought you meant top three games - oh well

As for free, well let's see if me and the gang here can remember any that were worth playing
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
OK we'll look in the folder and see if that jogs the memory ...

Combat Mission
Deep Trouble
Nanosaur
     
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Jan 15, 2006, 09:21 PM
 
neverwinter nights
snood
sigma chess
     
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Jan 15, 2006, 10:14 PM
 
1) Civ III
2) Civ III
3) Civ III

     
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Jan 17, 2006, 12:28 PM
 
Rise of Nations, Civ III, UT.
     
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Jan 17, 2006, 12:34 PM
 
Duke Nukem 3D,
Shadow Warrior,
Spacestation Pheta.
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Jan 17, 2006, 02:59 PM
 
1- Halo
2- COD
3- oldie but goodie: Quake 1
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Jan 17, 2006, 03:10 PM
 
1. World of Warcraft
2. Unreal Tournament
3. Battlefield 1942
     
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Jan 17, 2006, 04:12 PM
 
I was total acid phreak on Dark Forces in the day but if we are doing the "now" list

WC3 [amazing and really hard at times]
RailRoad Tycoon 2 [still the bomb]
CIV3 is a tremendous lot of fun

EV Nova will suck me in any day...
     
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Jan 18, 2006, 12:27 AM
 
1. Deus Ex.

2, 3, same as above. Nothing else comes close.
     
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Jan 18, 2006, 01:45 AM
 
Neverwinter Knights
Knight of the Old Republic
Call of Duty
     
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Jan 18, 2006, 06:39 AM
 
In no real order, WC3, WoW and ET.

Deus Ex would be top if I had it for my Mac, I had it on my PC before I switched!
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Jan 18, 2006, 02:52 PM
 
Besides others that have been mentioned already...I really enjoyed Homeworld 2. I played the original on my PC and loved it. Homeworld 2 is even better. Easier but better.
     
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Jan 19, 2006, 06:10 PM
 
Oni
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Jan 19, 2006, 10:26 PM
 
1. World of Warcraft
2. Neverwinter Nights
3. none - only played 2 major games on the Mac (would you believe it?)

WoW eats up all my gaming time anyways - no time for other games for now. hehe
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Jan 19, 2006, 10:40 PM
 
1) Myth I
2) Myth II
3) Deus Ex

Runners up:

Unreal Tournament
Baldur's Gate II
     
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Jan 20, 2006, 12:09 AM
 
1. WoW
2. Starcraft Brood War
3. Iconquer
     
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Jan 20, 2006, 03:12 AM
 
Well, now I have Fallout2 and Neverwinter Nights - THEY'RE AWESOME!!!
[i'm fallout junkie]
Besides, I've played Deus Ex un PC - great stuff.
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Jan 22, 2006, 01:48 PM
 
1. Doom 3
2. Warcraft 3
3. Battlefield 1942

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Jan 22, 2006, 01:56 PM
 
1. WoW
2. Myth II
3. Halo
     
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Jan 22, 2006, 06:29 PM
 
1. Myth II
2. Myth I
3. SimCity 2000
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Jan 22, 2006, 06:51 PM
 
My list has been amended.
1) Civ III Conquests
2) See 1.
3) See 2.

     
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Jan 22, 2006, 06:52 PM
 
wow cheers everyone, i would of thought halo would of featured more in your top 3 beacuse its nuts but i suppose its the only mac game ive got
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Jan 23, 2006, 10:35 PM
 
Starcraft
Escape Velocity

I'd practically forgotten about it, but RESCUE! was an AWESOME game. I played that all the time. I wish someone would write something like it again. Paramount's eased up on it's trademark enforcement...

edit:

Wow, ask and ye shall receive. Someone wrote a Java version of Rescue...
http://rescue.sourceforge.net/
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Jan 24, 2006, 12:23 AM
 
Originally Posted by SirCastor
Starcraft
Escape Velocity

I'd practically forgotten about it, but RESCUE! was an AWESOME game. I played that all the time. I wish someone would write something like it again. Paramount's eased up on it's trademark enforcement...

edit:

Wow, ask and ye shall receive. Someone wrote a Java version of Rescue...
http://rescue.sourceforge.net/
Very nice

I love that game. I didn't know there was a new version out. Now, if only someone would make the suggested Battlestar Galactica mission.
     
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Jan 24, 2006, 04:11 PM
 
Age of Empires II
Age of Empires I
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Jan 24, 2006, 04:20 PM
 
Originally Posted by joe_farley
what are you top free games on mac? atm ive only got halo 1 but i need to no which games are worth getting. thanks
1. Doom 3
2. Ev nova
3. Battlefield 1942
and halo but youve already got that

youve got to try ev nova its great and unlike the other three games its original
     
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Jan 24, 2006, 04:38 PM
 
Well I would have to put: 1. WoW - as it's the only thing I've played much in the last few months .
2. Probably still EV: Override - easily my favourite of the series. I don't have much time for Nova and its boring universe and mission strings, and although EVC really is a classic, it's a bit more limiting.
3. Difficult. I'd probably put it down to Marathon Infinity - I was just trying out the latest AlephOne release last night, and I love the fact that it's reasonably easy to beat the 'final' level starting right from it, good old SPNKR .

Also of note: WarCraft III, and recently El Ballo.

On the Classic side of things: WarCraft II, Bonkheads Deluxe, SimCity 2000 and MacSyndicate - possibly one of the most fun of its time.
     
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Jan 24, 2006, 07:42 PM
 
Tron 2.0
Myst
Return to Castle Wolfenstein
     
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Jan 24, 2006, 07:50 PM
 
Call of Duty United Offensive
Enemy Territory
Commandos 3
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Jan 24, 2006, 10:42 PM
 
Master of Orion 2 (NOT 3!!!)
Dungeon Siege
any Myth
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Jan 25, 2006, 05:42 AM
 
Escape Velocity
Starcraft
SimCity & Civilization series all put together


with high props for the more recent, albiet short
Deus Ex
Call of Duty
Splinter Cell
     
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Jan 27, 2006, 10:29 PM
 
I would think the most popular game is trying to get Windows to run on an Intel iMac.
A challenging and frustrating quest to eventually loose in the end.
     
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Jan 28, 2006, 06:06 PM
 
My game will be building an Athlon box and trying to get OS X to run on that. And playing games.
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Jan 28, 2006, 07:42 PM
 
1. Doom 3
2. Diablo II / LoD
3. STVoyager EF

There's a free demo of Doom 3 avaiable at MacGamefiles.com. So you can try before you buy
     
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Feb 16, 2006, 11:30 PM
 
1. Halo Update to Pc
2. WOW
3. Woflenstein ET
     
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Feb 17, 2006, 05:56 AM
 
Myst
Tomb Raider
Quake 1, maybe also 3

You immediatly understand that I don't play a lot. It bores me. But these are the ones that are really great and interesting.
     
 
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