Mac and PC games in the same box?
Friday, August 8th, 2008 - 8:13pm
Are there any games that shipped in the past 3-4 years that had both the PC and Mac versions in the same box? I seem to remember one of the games I bought having both, but for the life of me, I can't find it (and don't remember what it was).
Anything by Blizzard and some edu-tainment types of titles is all know that do the dual version on same disc thang.
World of Warcraft is definitely set up that way.....erm....only other one I can think of are most of the Myst games I think, but now that you mention it I'm sure there was another one more recently.
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Ah! Not really a game itself per-se, but Spore Creature Creator was Pc / Mac
I thought Blizzard games were that way, but every game I've come across (in my collection) was PC only. Diablo II, Warcraft 3, Starcraft... I'll go look again. I was just looking for something to take on a business trip to pass the time in the hotel.
Edit: Ah.. Starcraft and Warcraft 3 say it on the CD. I was only looking on the case. Now, though, I wonder if it will work on OS X?
I think Blizzard may have started with D2: LoD, at least as far as the dual-format disk being the default. They may have done the same for later reprints of older games though. I can certainly vouch for WoW and War3 running fine on Mac OS X, don't have Mac versions of their other games.
Haven't seen anybody else major doing this, unfortunately. I keep hoping though, since the a lot of the content should be basically the same (i.e. the art elements shouldn't really need tweaking, the core AI/engine logic should only need recompilation; the only part that has to change a bunch is the I/O elements, and a good abstraction layer can probably insulate that away from the rest of the software).
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For the older Blizzard games, you can register the serial key on the Blizzard Store, and you'll be provided with a downloadable version for MAC.
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Nonsense! My original copy of Warcraft proudly states it is an "MS-DOS & Macintosh CD-ROM."
Spore: Creature Creator was both mac and pc on the same disc. I have it installed on my gaming machine and mbp. Not sure if Spore will be that way or not.
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Some wargames come that way. There's a fantasy wargame, turn-based, that Shrapnel puts out, Dominions 3 that I think comes in both formats.
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The old You Don't Know Jack games were on hybrid CDs, as well. Warcraft III was a key reason I switched to Mac. I had so man issues getting the game to run on my PC, and once I finally got all of the drivers installed, the game ran like ass. I decided it was time to upgrade, but the entire process of getting Warcraft III to run was enough for me to consider just going with a Mac, since I could just use the same CD to play it there.
Now, I had to do some research, verifying that Civ III was available. I also finally decided that my gaming would just be much easier on consoles, and I could use my Mac when it was convenient. Best decision I ever made. My gaming became 10x more enjoyable once I decided to stop worrying and learned to love the consoles.
It would not, however, annoy me if we started to see a serious trend of hybrid games. EA has committed to supporting the Mac platform (but not with hybrid disks), so I could see more publishers warming to the idea if apple continues to grow market share. That development would do the most to help Macs find a much stronger place in households.
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