![]() The tinkering enthusiast communities that come up with emulators for Mac systems, in particular, are not always the clearest about self-documentation (the free-level versions of PC-emulating enterprise software like VirtualBox or VMWare are, unsurprisingly, more self-describing). I elided much of the technical process of setting up a legacy operating system environment in an emulator, since my focus for that post was on general strategy and assessment – but there are aspects of the technical setup process that aren’t super clear from the Emaculation guides that I first started with. Thanks in advance, and sorry for being Gen X and grumpy.Last fall I wrote about the collaborative technical/scholarly process of making some ’90s multimedia CD-ROMs available for a Cinema Studies course on Interactive Cinema. ![]() is there a site/blogger that compiles such things? Can folks recommend some to me?Īlternatively. And there must be some well-executed new OSX ports of old games. Sometimes I'll find a game that replicates the mechanics of a classic, but always, always it lacks the feel.)Īnyhow, there must be some indie makers who create simple and elegant Mac-native games with a zippy feel. But gosh, it's all so so so clunky: partitions within partitions, and most of it can't be fullscreened. (I know that there are web emulators out there, and I know there are hacky ways to run PC versions of those games. Now that I have a little free time, I just want to play some simple games of the sort that I recall: SimCity Classic, The Dungeon Revealed, Civ I/II, Lode Runner, The New Daleks, Shufflepuck, Radical Castle, Scarab of Ra, Shadowkeep, and stuff like that. I've been using Macs since before System 7, and I long ago witnessed the sad decline of native-Mac gaming. What does the update to macOS Catalina mean for games?Ī short selection of great, free-to-play games that are available on MacĪdditional resources: News, stores and platforms, deals, related subreddits, forumsĮverything you need to know about Apple Arcade Approved posters can arrange for more daily posts by contacting the moderators. It is also required to properly format posts. When self-promoting content, please provide as much meaningful information as possible, such as a detailed description, trailers, or screenshots. Read the FAQ, and refer users to it if applicable. ![]() The simplest is About This Mac, available by choosing About This Mac from the Apple menu in the upper-left corner of your screen. ![]() Your Mac provides several tools to help you identify it. If you are asking for advice on games or your system, post the specs of your Mac such as model name, CPU, and GPU. Before asking for help, or installing a game, please visit r/macgaming/wiki/catalina, and check both the compatibility test chart provided by our community and the list of unsupported 32-bit Mac games by Mac Gamer HQ. ![]() Please make use of the search and read the FAQ before asking questions, many have been answered already and it will save you time!Ĭan my Mac run it? The MacGameStore App, or Mac Gamer HQ's extensive list of performance results and benchmarks are good ways to check if your Mac will run a certain game.Ĭan macOS Catalina run it? Games that are 32-bit only will no longer run on macOS Catalina. The home for gaming on Mac machines! Here you will find resources, information, and a great community of gamers. ![]()
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