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    Games that run on Mac os?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by akim, Mar 6, 2007.

  1. akim

    akim Notebook Enthusiast

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    I know that World of warcraft does, Any other popular games work with mac OS? I know about the whole directx10 vs OpenGL thing.
     
    akim, Mar 6, 2007
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  2. Airman

    Airman Band of Gypsys NBR Reviewer

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    There are a lot of online games that can be played on a Mac :)
     
    Airman, Mar 6, 2007
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    cycloneguy2618 Notebook Deity

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    Civ 4, Diablo I/II, lots of games. Just no DirectX games.
     
    hollownail, Mar 6, 2007
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    I play civ.4 and it runs great
     
    mtor, Mar 7, 2007
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    Gmeanie Notebook Guru

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    Thought I seen Call Of Duty II for it forsale.
     
    Gmeanie, Mar 7, 2007
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    Most newer games are based on the DirectX 9.X API, so they tend not to run on OSX. Some new games such as Doom 3 and Quake 4 have OpenGL compatibility, so they'll run natively on OSX.
     
    Bona Fide, Mar 7, 2007
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