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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:19PM Fox318 said

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Mac and Gaming together again...

Feels like 15 years ago.

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:20PM (Unverified) said

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good times

do they have oregon trail or carmen sandiego on gametap?
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:23PM Fox318 said

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I actually heard rumors of Oregon trail on XBLA.

Even if its false it would be pretty cool.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:36PM (Unverified) said

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Oregon Trail is indeed available on GameTap. They have some of the sequels as well.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 4:19PM (Unverified) said

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finally!!! i was about to cancel my subscription too.

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:34PM (Unverified) said

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Full mac compatabily is a little off, it only runs on Intel based machines according to the site.

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:36PM chrisgrant said

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Well, that doesn't mean it's not fully compatible with Mac OS -- just that it needs newer Intel hardware to run. Frustrating for PowerPC owners? Sure. But that Intel hardware is also the only reason any of these projects are ever seeing the light of day on the Mac.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:51PM (Unverified) said

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Yeah, I understand that. Its annoying that my PPC machine is useless when it comes to things like this, but It's pretty much the reason I have a PC too.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 5:41PM (Unverified) said

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As a PowerPC Mac user, I'm going on record as "frustrated."
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 6:57PM chrisgrant said

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Get a job, Siegel! :P
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 11:37PM ThornedVenom said

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Sorry for breaking it to you, but the future of Mac is Intel.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:37PM (Unverified) said

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It's GameTap, there's TWO Carmen Sandiego's and THREE Oregon Trails. I personally prefer the 5th edition, it has a lovely rosette.

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 3:51PM PoisonedAl said

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Great! Mac users can play Myst... again.

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 4:14PM impositron said

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Correct the article. Gametap considers it "Full Mac" compatibility but it will not work on Power PC macs. That is not "Full Mac."

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 4:52PM beez1717 said

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yay......... not that I care anyway: ever heard of betas?

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 5:11PM kojo87 said

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maybe Mac gaming will become more than just being able to play that you already played on PC 3 years ago.

not that i really care...

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 5:13PM (Unverified) said

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Just because it doesn't run on all Macs doesn't mean it's not "full Mac" compatible.

Does Crysis run on every PC?

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 5:26PM Dale P said

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Is Crysis described as having "full PC" compatibility? Anywhere?
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 6:51PM ThornedVenom said

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Woot for bringing games to the Mac! If you like games, you deserve access to them. =)


But one man can dream about Linux. >_>

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 8:03PM WedgeTalon said

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As someone who once worked for GT's tech support, I've heard that it (at least used to) run well in wine.

Keep in mind only worked back when gt first launched, so no promises.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 9:44PM (Unverified) said

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@WedgeTalon: Wine's AppDB currently lists GameTap as not operational, so it probably no longer works. That said, it's a damn shame because we Linux folks are starved for commercial games and as much as we hate paying for things, I think there could be a good chunk of business to corner there.
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Posted: Dec 5th 2007 10:54PM abhinav said

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I have never used gametap before, maybe it's time to start.

Posted: Dec 5th 2007 10:54PM abhinav said

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I have never used gametap before, maybe it's time to start.

Posted: Dec 7th 2007 10:49AM (Unverified) said

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hmmm... baby steps...
at east now i can log in as a guest... but my TapID still doesn't work from Japan.. and you need a TapID to play M rated games...

So i still can't finish Hitman, which i started just before they decided to block access from outside the US.

Its like people keep dangling candy infront of me, but its always out of reach...

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