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Title: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Anodizer on June 04, 2009, 09:22:29 PM
The Mac I got (for free) is not of the Intel architecture.. 
It's a PowerMacG5 dual 2.0ghz processors with 3.5 gigs of RAM and an ATI 9800 Pro PCI/e...

Tried looking up some info on this but there seems to be a gap in between the old and new architecture..

Tried some older games but they didn't work on this OS(10.5.6)..
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Motherland on June 04, 2009, 09:28:10 PM
Brick?
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Ack-Ack on June 04, 2009, 09:32:34 PM
Quote from: Anodizer on June 04, 2009, 09:22:29 PM
The Mac I got (for free) is not of the Intel architecture.. 
It's a PowerMacG5 dual 2.0ghz processors with 3.5 gigs of RAM and an ATI 9800 Pro PCI/e...

Tried looking up some info on this but there seems to be a gap in between the old and new architecture..

Tried some older games but they didn't work on this OS(10.5.6)..

Everyone that I knew that had a Mac (pre-Intel) always had Virtual PC installed so they could play PC games.


ack-ack
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Enker on June 04, 2009, 09:46:38 PM
Quote from: Ack-Ack on June 04, 2009, 09:32:34 PM
Everyone that I knew that had a Mac (pre-Intel) always had Virtual PC installed so they could play PC games.


ack-ack
QFT

I have a copy of Virtual PC, but of Windows 98 and does not work one bit on my oldish Mac, so I doubt it will work on his G5. I keep it around for watching movies on my laptop though.

Looks like this, though mine is only calls itself the Mac OS, no numbers yet. (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/19/95633731_1c1f2ee882.jpg?v=0)
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Anodizer on June 04, 2009, 11:16:50 PM
Quote from: Ack-Ack on June 04, 2009, 09:32:34 PM
Everyone that I knew that had a Mac (pre-Intel) always had Virtual PC installed so they could play PC games.


ack-ack

Thank you sir...  I'll try it...

Any word on performance and what era games would it play?
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Enker on June 05, 2009, 12:49:41 AM
Depending on the version of the Virtual PC, they ran Windows 95 and 98 last time I looked through my dad's old computer boxes, but there may be some more versions of Virtual PC.

Is dual booting the computer not an option?
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Ack-Ack on June 05, 2009, 01:32:55 AM
Quote from: Anodizer on June 04, 2009, 11:16:50 PM
Thank you sir...  I'll try it...

Any word on performance and what era games would it play?

Virtual PC 7.0.3 (http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/system_disk_utilities/virtualpc.html)

From the screenshot, it looks like it's able to run XP.


ack-ack
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Nilsen on June 05, 2009, 02:51:01 AM
Quote from: Enker on June 05, 2009, 12:49:41 AM
Depending on the version of the Virtual PC, they ran Windows 95 and 98 last time I looked through my dad's old computer boxes, but there may be some more versions of Virtual PC.

Is dual booting the computer not an option?

not on the g5s
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Vulcan on June 05, 2009, 04:00:12 AM
Boat Anchor Simulator?
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Nilsen on June 05, 2009, 04:21:30 AM
Ghost recon is avialable in mac version. plenty of addons and stuff to dl for it too
Title: Re: Games for a Mac G5?
Post by: Dux on June 05, 2009, 08:11:00 AM
There are some good demos you can find out there for OSX... Unreal Tournament, MoH, Ghost Recon, X-Plane, Spyhunter. BtRL has a good OSX demo, too.

If you're into retro games, check out the Aleph One porting of the old Marathon game from Bungie. :aok