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    Fighting games for Mac?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by Lysander, Jan 31, 2008.

  1. Lysander

    Lysander AFK, raid time.

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    Anyone know of any (preferrably 2D) games like Melty Blood / Street Fighter that are Mac native? Need something to keep me occupied on the train to uni.
     
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    lawlzy, DOSBox + OMF
     
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    de.1337 Notebook Evangelist

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    other than that, let's say no... i'm not a mac user.
     
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    Raymond Luxury-Yacht Notebook Consultant

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    An arcade emulator would be the best option; though MacMAME doesn't seem to work properly. Arcade versions of games like SF are the best versions, needless to say.

    On the other hand, you'd probably need a gamepad or a cheap external keyboard on which to play.....I don't think my MacBook can endure an hour or so of obsessive SF playing.
     
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  5. Lysander

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    Damn, I was hoping for something that ran at higher than 640x480.
     
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    Wow...

    Major rep up for even knowing of MB...I didn't think anyone on this forum would have heard of it :p
    Oh wait nm..it's Lysander pft..of course you'd know of it :p
    Have you tried MB/Re-Act, Final Tuned, Cadenza A, B, etc.?
    There's also a new Actress version coming out too...

    No clue about Mac-native fighting games.

    If you're willing to do the Boot Camp thing...
    Have you ever tried Fatal/Fake?
    It's a 2d fighting game for Fate/Stay-Night. You'll need to set your language to Japanese to install/play it like you would any japanese game (e.g. melty blood), so I'm sure you know how to do that already.
    http://www.lights-maguro.com/product/fatalfake/index.html

    If you're willing to try nonfighting games:
    You could try "Natsuiro no Sunadokei" (hourglass of summer), which is sortta like a visual novel, except it's a DVD. Of course being a DVD is what makes it playable on a Mac natively as well :p
    (on the other hand, being a DVD, it's not quite as smooth as a real visual novel adaptation and it's rather large (8GB). Still not a horrible game.
     
    taelrak, Feb 1, 2008
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