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Post #185,327
by SpiceWare
11/28/04 11:48:23 PM
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New freeware game suggestions?
I'm giving my sister and brother Macs for Xmas(old PowerMac G3 and G4 systems, upgraded to 1.1 GHz G3 and 1 GHz G4). I picked up a few games for my brother's boys(ages 5 & 10), but would like to put a few more games on them w/out impacting my budget any further than it already has been :-)
    So far I've installed
  • [link|http://www.gltron.org/|GLtron] - TRON based light cycle game(very well done, check it out if you haven't)
  • [link|http://www.macmame.org/|MacMAME] - Arcade emulator
Any other suggestions?

Thanx!
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #185,331
by pwhysall
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11/28/04 11:52:47 PM
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New Start here:
[link|http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/cat/games|http://www.versiontr.../macosx/cat/games]

Peter
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Post #185,402
by SpiceWare
11/29/04 1:29:55 PM
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New good call
I check there periodically but never noticed the categories before.

The first thing listed, while not a game, seems to be rather appropriate :-)

[link|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17530|Christmas Tree Creator '04]
Use Christmas Tree Creator '04 to create fun digital Christmas trees by adding drag-and-drop ornaments and lights ... viewing your trees as animated screen savers!
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #185,345
by tjsinclair
11/29/04 12:20:13 AM
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New A couple ones I like

[link|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/23459|SuperTux] - Mario Brothers clone with Tux as the hero

[link|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/18406|Frozen Bubble ] - Very addictive, puzzle/strategy game

[link|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/17608| BZFlag ] - It's capture-the-flag with tanks. No single-player mode, unfortunately. Multiplayer over the network/internet.

[link|http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=99318| Cube ] - Actually an open-source first-person shooter game engine, but you can still play around with it. Nifty graphics.

[link|http://source.bungie.org/| AlephOne ] - Bungie released the code for their innovative (for its time) FPS Marathon to the open source community. This is one of the most notable results. It's designed to be installed with a licensed copy of Marathon 2 or Marathon Infinity, but it works fine with the freely downloadable demos of these.

[link|http://legacy.newdoom.com/| Doom Legacy ] - Even more "old school" but in the tradition of AlephOne, here's what happens when the original Doom gets released to the open source community. I remember this as being one of the creepiest games I ever played at the time.
Tom Sinclair

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Post #185,404
by SpiceWare
11/29/04 1:41:21 PM
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New Looks interesting
I'll definitely put SuperTux and Frozen Bubble on there, will check with my brother on the FPS - nevermind - the boy's will have their own accounts, Shawn can grant them access if he wishes :-)
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #186,454
by tjsinclair
12/8/04 5:42:24 PM
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New Even more freeware games
Every year [link|http://www.idevgames.com|iDevGames] has a game programming contest. The winners as well as the other entries can be downloaded for free from [link|http://www.udevgames.com/downloads/?cid=3|uDevGames].

It's kind of a mixed bag, but I've found a couple that are pretty addictive so far:

- [link|http://www.udevgames.com/downloads/?dlid=23|Ark-Annoyed] - A clever re-imagining of my old Amiga favorite, Arkanoid.
- [link|http://www.udevgames.com/downloads/?dlid=16|Snowball] - A cute little 3D maze game.

Tom Sinclair

"This is a lovely party," said the Bursar to a chair, "I wish I was here."
-- The Bursar is a man under a *lot* of stress
(Terry Pratchett, Lords and Ladies)
Post #186,515
by SpiceWare
12/8/04 11:22:01 PM
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New Thanx
Used to play Arkanoid at the arcade. Played on the Amiga too, but was more into Psygnosis games by that time.

Snowball looks like it'll be fun for the boys.

.. downloading ...

Wow - both games support full screen at 1680x1050! Pretty fun too. 
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #188,542
by Meerkat
12/30/04 5:55:07 AM
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New A slightly belated recommendation
Jeff Minter*'s [link|http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/25447|GridRunner++]. All hail Yak. I played it on the Vic20 and the C64, and here it is once more, with feeling. And sheep.

Great fun, especially the turbonutterbastard mode, or whatever it's called...


* All hail...
Two out of three people wonder where the other one is.
Post #188,566
by Another Scott
12/30/04 12:23:54 PM
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New ICLRPD (new thread)
Created as new thread #188565 titled [link|/forums/render/content/show?contentid=188565|ICLRPD]
Post #188,828
by SpiceWare
1/2/05 12:40:14 PM
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New actually not
Wasn't able to make it down before Christmas. Just got back from Mexico and will be setting up their new computers next weekend.
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #189,354
by SpiceWare
1/7/05 7:56:59 PM
1/7/05 7:59:23 PM
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New Found some interesting games
[link|http://shinh.skr.jp/osxbin/|Torus Trooper] is mentioned in Feb 05 Macworld, other games are interesting as well. Page is in Japanese, but the games have an English interface & instructions.

[link|http://dcsquares.c99.org/|DCsquares] is fun too. Simple, but addictive.
Darrell Spice, Jr.                      [link|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass|Artistic Overpass]\n[link|http://www.spiceware.org/|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Expand Edited by SpiceWare Jan. 7, 2005, 07:59:13 PM EST
Expand Edited by SpiceWare Jan. 7, 2005, 07:59:23 PM EST
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     freeware game suggestions? - (SpiceWare) - (10) - Nov. 28, 2004, 11:48:23 PM EST
         Start here: - (pwhysall) - (1) - Nov. 28, 2004, 11:52:47 PM EST
             good call - (SpiceWare) - Nov. 29, 2004, 01:29:55 PM EST
         A couple ones I like - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Nov. 29, 2004, 12:20:13 AM EST
             Looks interesting - (SpiceWare) - Nov. 29, 2004, 01:41:21 PM EST
         Even more freeware games - (tjsinclair) - (1) - Dec. 8, 2004, 05:42:24 PM EST
             Thanx - (SpiceWare) - Dec. 8, 2004, 11:22:01 PM EST
         A slightly belated recommendation - (Meerkat) - (2) - Dec. 30, 2004, 05:55:07 AM EST
             ICLRPD (new thread) - (Another Scott) - Dec. 30, 2004, 12:23:54 PM EST
             actually not - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 2, 2005, 12:40:14 PM EST
         Found some interesting games - (SpiceWare) - Jan. 7, 2005, 07:59:23 PM EST

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