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    Possible to network game between Vista 64 and Leopard?

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by sprtnbsblplya, Mar 6, 2009.

  1. sprtnbsblplya

    sprtnbsblplya Notebook Deity

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    If I'm running a copy of say Warcraft III or Age of Empires on my Vista 64 desktop, and have a Powerbook G4 running Leopard 10.5.5 on the same network with another legit copy of the game on it, can the games "see" each other on the network and allow network play, even though its two different OS's?

    Or is it a strictly Windows to Windows or Apple to Apple setup in order to game in this way?
     
    sprtnbsblplya, Mar 6, 2009
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  2. daniellevesquedt

    daniellevesquedt Notebook Consultant

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    Yes, of course they can. Network protocols are standard no matter what OS you're using.

    My roommate runs Vista, our friend runs XP and I had a mac and we were all lanning us some Footmen Frenzy and Wc3 like it was going out of style.
     
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    Usually won't be a problem but I have run into problems playing starcraft LAN with Vista and OS X.
     
    tayb, Mar 6, 2009
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