tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post2852760268384802312..comments2024-02-27T11:08:45.499-08:00Comments on PowerPC Liberation: PowerPC gaming on Mac OSzenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-47648636457374376072016-08-04T11:28:37.562-07:002016-08-04T11:28:37.562-07:00I love the mission statement of this group. I stil...I love the mission statement of this group. I still have several Powermac G4s, Quicksilver and Digital Audio, and a G5 and I have almost all of those games. I used to know the guy who sold stuff on eBay, the MacGenius's guy who died of cancer. Anyway, I got to test most of the Graphics cards mentioned here in various PPC Macs if anyone needs any advice. I have a current Mac Pro, but Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-17062772901292516632015-07-16T01:28:13.746-07:002015-07-16T01:28:13.746-07:00Whatever you have provided for us in these posts r...Whatever you have provided for us in these posts really appreciative.<a href="http://www.lovetester.cc/" rel="nofollow">John</a>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00270043440341932893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-70449601672655312372015-05-11T07:42:20.877-07:002015-05-11T07:42:20.877-07:00some nice rpg's for ppc?some nice rpg's for ppc?<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06757582076852944678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-4490512017608867762014-11-05T01:47:05.261-08:002014-11-05T01:47:05.261-08:00I'd like to add more titles to this. I actuall...I'd like to add more titles to this. I actually own / played the following PPC games:<br /><br />Clive Barker's Undying for Mac (woks on OS 9.2 all the way up to 10.6 and don't recall it ever crashing), I've played it several times over the years. A bit slow the first half of game and gets crazy later on. It's very good, up there with Deus Ex, System Shock and Thief (the last Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-50182806327653416412014-08-11T13:16:13.269-07:002014-08-11T13:16:13.269-07:00Fallout and Fallout 2 would be great additions to ...Fallout and Fallout 2 would be great additions to group 1 as they only need a G3 w/ 233 MHz, 128 MB RAM and Mac OS X 10.1.4+<br /><br />As the original Fallout was released for System 7.1.2 in 1997 Fallout and Fallout 2 have been ported to OS X in the early 2000s as well. For me these two games alone are a reason for keeping my old PPC Mac alive. Needless to say how great they are... :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-33464248846943152542014-07-05T05:31:13.567-07:002014-07-05T05:31:13.567-07:00The original Unreal and Unreal Tournament are also...The original Unreal and Unreal Tournament are also nice. While neither came out officially for OS X, Westlake did do a beta port of UT which works "okay" on OS X, but has no music. It's not hard to find. UT2003 (or 4? I forget)'s installer won't work with 10.4, so I just play the original.Thanks for sharing this valuable post.<br />Gaminghttp://www.alltimeplay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-28468652486143313782013-11-30T15:35:33.897-08:002013-11-30T15:35:33.897-08:00Here it is. http://www.wolfquest.org/Here it is. http://www.wolfquest.org/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-28929043518944447022013-08-16T23:10:00.619-07:002013-08-16T23:10:00.619-07:00Very good read, I have multiple PowerPC systems, a...Very good read, I have multiple PowerPC systems, and one of the best games I would like you to add to the list would be Star Trek Elite Force 2, it will run on OS 9.2, and any OSX 10.1 and newer, and plays wonderfully on my G4 tower, and amazing on my G5 tower.<br /><br />For anyone into Sci Fi its a great pick.<br /><br />Even a lowly eMac ( with a 32mb chip ) can run the game fairly well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-60225988819336701332013-08-02T17:35:53.586-07:002013-08-02T17:35:53.586-07:00I enjoy playing BZflag.org now on version 2.4.2 b...I enjoy playing BZflag.org now on version 2.4.2 but PPC is 2.4.0, and Armagetron, black shades( low spec os9/osx) and a couple of others, I will compile a list!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-83811120128889430802013-04-19T20:37:47.611-07:002013-04-19T20:37:47.611-07:00Don't forget the classic Elite Force 1 ! Runs ...Don't forget the classic Elite Force 1 ! Runs great on just about any ppc G3 or faster along with holomatch! PS I still run an iSight G5 imac Dual Core G5 and MDD G4 as my daily machines along with my 1.33Ghz ibook and I must say I these were some of the best and final machines Apple ever built! I have an intel imac I dont even useAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-58746777563355296622012-12-25T09:50:28.605-08:002012-12-25T09:50:28.605-08:00Great post, probably the best review for Mac PPC g...Great post, probably the best review for Mac PPC games I've read.<br /><br />Thanks a lot!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-92103988643130140402012-12-22T11:48:13.280-08:002012-12-22T11:48:13.280-08:00There is also the very good Fable the lost chapter...There is also the very good Fable the lost chapters !!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-72314573379014334372012-12-22T11:41:39.073-08:002012-12-22T11:41:39.073-08:00There is unreal 1 ( work on mac os 9.2 or for osx ...There is unreal 1 ( work on mac os 9.2 or for osx under classic )<br />Unreal gold for osx<br />Unreal tournament work on osx<br />unreal tournament 2004 for osx too<br /><br />i play also with " prey " that is a good game<br /><br />My computer , a Powermac G5 2 Ghz bi processor with mac osx + ati radeon 9600 pro 128Mo and 2 Go of ramAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-28080215204935252082012-12-20T22:27:27.106-08:002012-12-20T22:27:27.106-08:00I got diablo 2,and world of warcraft 3 Reign of Ch...I got diablo 2,and world of warcraft 3 Reign of Chaos,running great on an ibook g3 900mhz 640mb Radeon 7500 32mb,Osx 10.4.11,running great even at high settings,also my kids love The Shrek game.<br /><br />If you have a G4 you can try the monkeyball clone free open source neverball and neverputt games.(hear there is an g3 older version but haven't found that).<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-12312279499139455732012-12-12T15:13:59.357-08:002012-12-12T15:13:59.357-08:00I had (or have somewhere) a copy of Starcraft. Ran...I had (or have somewhere) a copy of Starcraft. Ran it on a PowerBook G3 Lombard 333mhz 8mb vid card no problem! I think it ran in OS9 and OSX with a patch.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-8051238476908910982012-11-26T19:03:57.123-08:002012-11-26T19:03:57.123-08:00Don't forget about World of Warcraft. The liv...Don't forget about World of Warcraft. The live game may not support PPC anymore but some private versions do. My own personal build has no issues at all running on three G5 towers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-45342532287922130922012-11-22T10:29:52.949-08:002012-11-22T10:29:52.949-08:00I looked around but was only able to find very lim...I looked around but was only able to find very limited info on it. Do you have any good reviews bookmarked?zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-32595881460399096922012-11-19T07:53:25.275-08:002012-11-19T07:53:25.275-08:00The 7500AGP probably needs the Shogo Radeon update...The 7500AGP probably needs the Shogo Radeon update. I don't know where you can find it now though. I might still have it around here somewhere.<br /><br />The R9000 Pro is a nice card in my mirrored drive door G4, but you have to use the custom 9.2.2 it came with, of course. But I agree, I like the Rage 128 cards better too for overall compatibility.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-5240421441580155612012-11-18T22:47:18.277-08:002012-11-18T22:47:18.277-08:00When I say Classic in this article I mean classic ...When I say Classic in this article I mean classic OS as in 9 and older. I don't mean the classic option in OS X up to 10.4.<br /><br />I actually ended up finding a backup I made of my Shogo disk years ago. Took an old HD and installed 9 on it and was sure to update all the ATI drivers to the last 9 version. It's on my B&W G3 with a G4 500 MHz and a Radeon 7000 PCI. <br /><br />zenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01006273801333641372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-821116158592659662012-11-18T22:08:14.466-08:002012-11-18T22:08:14.466-08:00Alas, there is no Shogo for OS X, and Shogo won...Alas, there is no Shogo for OS X, and Shogo won't run under Classic. It also has some glitchiness with ATI Radeon cards with the light maps that I don't see on my Rage 128, even with the Radeon update that was released. Still, great game.<br /><br />ioquake3 runs very well on OS X. I use it with Q3A and Team Arena.<br /><br />LithTech games in general perform nicely too. NOLF and NOLF2 Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-49150124019780035752012-11-18T04:25:19.352-08:002012-11-18T04:25:19.352-08:00Hi, first I'd just like to say: AWESOME post! ...Hi, first I'd just like to say: AWESOME post! :) I'd also like to recommend Wolf Quest 2. It runt very smootly on my G4, and it's a very fun game. It requiers 1.33 ghZ, if i remember it right.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-10539341799020087532012-11-18T03:59:50.099-08:002012-11-18T03:59:50.099-08:00Simcity 3000 + 4 are good games too! I prefer 4 th...Simcity 3000 + 4 are good games too! I prefer 4 though myself.PowerPC Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09578311002129757395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-72459998876253809812012-11-17T11:28:10.355-08:002012-11-17T11:28:10.355-08:00Great, great article. I'm looking forward to ...Great, great article. I'm looking forward to start playing some games now. :)MacPowerPChttp://macpowerpc.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-40079985622954407692012-11-17T03:00:57.370-08:002012-11-17T03:00:57.370-08:00One of the best things that id Software have done ...One of the best things that id Software have done was to open source all of their engines / games. You'll find that even Quake 1 is still being actively developed to this day (thanks to the numerous engine enhancement projects such as DarkPlaces) - most of this stuff is still being built for PPC too which is great!<br /><br />If you have time, I recommend that you check out the 'Epsilon Mike Wildhttp://creativebinary.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327445147317079821.post-29049811363524718432012-11-16T12:40:19.170-08:002012-11-16T12:40:19.170-08:00I really wanted to share the "3dfx experience...I really wanted to share the "3dfx experience" with you because I guess it is a matter that you would like.<br />As I said before, one day I will build an OS9 machine and put there my 2XVoodoo 2 12Mb in SLI.<br />If for some reason you want to try the beauty of Glide games (buying a 3dfx card), grab all necessary drivers here http://falconfly.de/3dfx.htm<br /><br />Thnaks for the input skinniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07578969743249878502noreply@blogger.com