"che****rekat" <che****rekatttt@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>I see a few names I recognize, though it has been ages since I visited
>any of the usenet groups.
Hi there ... well, don't worry, we're basically all still
friendly and reasonable.
>With all the power of my new computer, it won't get here soon enough,
>I gotta have at least one totally new strategy game. It's gotta be
>something that has single player mode. I never played online and I
>definitely won't start the embarrassment now. But, I can get the hubby
>to play a bit if there is a PC version or human player.
I haven't played any online head-to-head games myself, mostly
I suppose out of my natural shyness overwhelming my common sense. Also,
you know, when you do have insane 768-hour-long strategy games to play
it's hard to synchronize playing time with *anyone*. I tend to run in
streaks where I'll play a lot of something for a week or so and then go
missing for the rest of the month.
> Since so many
>Mac usenet groups are now gone, does anyone know of any pinball games
>for Mac? I had a ball a couple of summers ago playing pinball on the
>PC, but the last "New" pinball game I bought for Mac was pathetic and
>I got less than an hour of play it peeved me that I'd wasted my money.
Fair question; I don't know. I haven't cared for computer
pinball games that I've seen before so haven't followed the state of
the art. (I love the real pinball, but that's a harder love to
satisfy these days.)
Poking around Mac OS X Downloads suggests the existence of at
least two recently updated pinball games -- Jinni Zeala Pinball and
Monster fair. I know absolutely nothing about how good they are, though,
and that overlooks what commercial games there might be.
>Lastly, I'd really like a great driving game to enjoy the 23" CD. Any
>recommendations? How about game controllers for driving games and
>general gaming for Mac? I don't really intend to turn my Mac into a
>gaming machine (I plan to get more into digital photography) but I'd
>like to spend a little money on games that aren't made for a 2 inch
>screen.
Probably the starting point is what games do you like, or have
you liked playing? I'm a sucker for a grand-strategy economic-biased
simulator, which means I mostly need a thousand keys and about ten
screens to follow all the data flowing through, but that's just me.
>I really just have no idea where to go to discuss Mac games besides
>usenet and it looks like a ghost town around here.
We're not that noisy, but it is a good bunch when a question
of interest gets put out.
> Aspyr and Ambrosia
>are the only places I can think of that are still making more than a
>half-hearted attempt to make Mac games, but then I haven't been
>looking at all until now. Even A# hasn't updated their website, though
>King of Dragon Pass was very enjoyable for me. I haven't even tried
>any of my old games since upgrading to Tiger last fall. Who else is
>making must-have strategy games for Mac so I can have some choices?
Virtual Programming has won my heart time and again with its
Europa Universalis/Hearts of Iron/Victoria line of games, grand
strategy items with a kerspillion things to watch and modify and lead
to imminent disaster. They've got a web site at
http://www.vpltd.com/
including a mysterious ability to buy games wholly online that I
somehow keep shying away from even though it's very clear I should get
some of these.
Similar but less impossible to play are the Legion/Chariots of
War/Spartan line, which are simpler battle contests.
I'm sure other people have their favorites, but that's where
I've been spending my (increasingly hard to find) time of late.
--
Joseph Nebus
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