Civ Addict
Aesthyra
21-03-2006, 07:52
I recently switched to Mac without considering what I was doing. I cannot find a download of Civ 2 for Mac on the net. I can find at leats ten sites with PC downloads, but alas no for Mac
Has anyone designed a good MMOP with a Civ engine? Are there any massive world-building style games out there? What is an addict to do?
PS, have any mad scientists figured out why Civ is so addictive?
Sorry =/, I know Linux had a civ-like game, and of course Windows.. but Mac... dont think so.
My Advice: Buy a Windows box someone doesn't need anymore, wipe it of everything but the essentials, through in a vid card and Civ II/III.
Cannot think of a name
21-03-2006, 08:13
You can get a thing that lets you run Windows on your Mac so you can play games. I don't know how functional it is, but it's not a reflex game you're playing so you should be cool.
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:15
I recently switched to Mac without considering what I was doing. I cannot find a download of Civ 2 for Mac on the net. I can find at leats ten sites with PC downloads, but alas no for Mac
Has anyone designed a good MMOP with a Civ engine? Are there any massive world-building style games out there? What is an addict to do?
PS, have any mad scientists figured out why Civ is so addictive?
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?productLearnMore=TF845Z%2FA
You can buy civ III for mac
BTW what game were you thinking of on linux amecian
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:15
You can get a thing that lets you run Windows on your Mac so you can play games. I don't know how functional it is, but it's not a reflex game you're playing so you should be cool.
Virtual PC
Hmmm never tried gaming with it we usualy swear at it when we have to support it for staff
Edit: note VirtualPC requires you have a legal coppy of the windows install
Though with osx you might be able to run qemu or somthing simmilar
You can get a thing that lets you run Windows on your Mac so you can play games. I don't know how functional it is, but it's not a reflex game you're playing so you should be cool.
I've seen something similar when working with my Linux box, I'll ring up my mate tommorow and ask for the program name.
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:18
I've seen something similar when working with my Linux box, I'll ring up my mate tommorow and ask for the program name.
If a virtual machine qemu more then likly
Vertual envyroment Wine
Gaming virtual envryomen probably cedaga
Cannot think of a name
21-03-2006, 08:18
Virtual PC
Hmmm never tried gaming with it we usualy swear at it when we have to support it for staff
I've never tried it, I just imagined 'frustrating' was a word I was going to use a lot, so I never used it. I've never had a big jones to play games on my computer, I'm a console guy for a lot of the same reasons I'm a Mac guy, I just want to put the game in, play for a bit, get a snack and go on with the rest of my day.
http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wo/StoreReentry.wo?productLearnMore=TF845Z%2FA
You can buy civ III for mac
BTW what game were you thinking of on linux amecian
I dunno, I've formatted the box and I dunno which version I had installed, I know it came default though. It played alot like Civ I.
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:20
I've never tried it, I just imagined 'frustrating' was a word I was going to use a lot, so I never used it. I've never had a big jones to play games on my computer, I'm a console guy for a lot of the same reasons I'm a Mac guy, I just want to put the game in, play for a bit, get a snack and go on with the rest of my day.
Where I like playing with things (hence me being bother a hardware builder/modder but also a hefty *nix guy)
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:20
I dunno, I've formatted the box and I dunno which version I had installed, I know it came default though. It played alot like Civ I.
What distro did it come default with?
Something like fedora I am guessing?
What distro did it come default with?
...Thats what I'm not sure of, I think it was RedHat 9... but theres atleast 3 distrobs. floating around my room ATM..
AllCoolNamesAreTaken
21-03-2006, 08:25
I recently switched to Mac without considering what I was doing.
Here is your problem. Mac's are cool, don't get me wrong. But you have-H.A.V.E., to have a PC for games. That's just the way it is.
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:29
...Thats what I'm not sure of, I think it was RedHat 9... but theres atleast 3 distrobs. floating around my room ATM..
Lol only 3 :)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/fedora2.jpg (fedora core4)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/ubuntu.jpg (ubuntu 5.10)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/newxfce.jpg (freebsd D)
http://geek.upwardthrust.us/pictures/desk.jpg (freeBSD 6)
Thoes are current installs that I have screenshots for lol
I also have a debian distro as well as a slackware laptop machine
UpwardThrust
21-03-2006, 08:31
Here is your problem. Mac's are cool, don't get me wrong. But you have-H.A.V.E., to have a PC for games. That's just the way it is.
Well my boss managed to get XP to boot on his brand new macbook pro yesterday
Though he needs to hack him some display adapter drivers right now to get it working and game ready
PS, have any mad scientists figured out why Civ is so addictive?
Civ is addictive until you discover Sims 2.