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Your Source for Performance News and Reviews! Games and Related Reviews/Feature Articles Updated: 6/14/2004 Welcome to the xlr8yourmac.com's Games Articles page. In this section, you'll find how-to's, reviews, and related articles on Mac games. The concentration is going to be on 3D accelerated games.
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Latest Articles Mac Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Review of Mac Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield Mac Halo Review of Mac Halo (singleplayer and multiplayer) Mac Star Trek Elite Force II Review of Star Trek Elite Force II for Macs Aliens vs Predator 2 Review of AvP 2 for Macs Beta Mac Warbirds III Feedback Reader feedback on the Beta versions of Mac Warbirds III Macsoft Driver Review Review of the full version of Macsoft's Driver game including screenshots. Related links include driver tips/cheats and demo download. PB G3/500 Review Check out the game performance of the new PowerBook Firewire G3/500 with ATI Rage128 Mobility graphics chip. See the Apps/Games page of the review for test results. Impressive for a notebook. Mac Nintendo 64 Emulators William Perez reviews two Mac N64 emulators True Reality and 1964. Included are notes on ATI and 3dfx card compatibility and Sprocket support, as well as N64 game compatibility. Check it out. Mac RainBow Six Column Check out the new Mac R6 tips and strategy guides for this great game. The link is to the first issue, but the bottom of each issue has links to later issues as well. Check it out. iMac DV SE
Game PerformanceGame framerate tests with the new 400MHz G3 based iMac DV SE with Rage128 VR chip. Comparisons to previous iMacs and also a Rage128 PCI card in a 400MHz Bamp;W G3/400. (Use the top and bottom page links to see the entire 7 page review) Mac 3D Card Roundup Compare the Voodoo3 3000, 2000, 3000 AGP, VT MP960, Rage128 and Proformance III in many mac 3D games. Includes Price/Performance index, OpenGL notes and much more. Proformance 3 Review of Formac's Proformance 3 video card including exclusive first beta OpenGL driver results (use the game performance page link of the review - links top and bottom to the 7 pages of the review). Interview with Duane Johnson
{Descent 3 Programmer)At Macworld Mike interviews the programmer of Mac Descent 3 and 3dfx mods for previous Descent games. Includes screenshots from Mac Descent 3. Review of Carmageddon2 Reader review of this controversial game Mac Voodoo3 Review Mike reviews the 3dfx Voodoo3 2000 on the Mac. Includes comparions to Rage128, Game Rocket and Voodoo2 performance in 3D Mac games. Review of EA's new mac game Skydive! Randall reviews EA's latest Mac game Review of the Cyborb 3D USB Joystick Randall reviews the incredibly adjustable USB joystick from Saitek Voodoo2 Card Tweaks! Up to 35% speed boost in Quake without overclocking!-Mike. Quake2 First Impressions Ruffin's review of Quake2 for the Mac Falcon4: 3dfx vs Rage128 Image Quality Best examples of how the image quality differs I've seen (if I do say so myself;-)-Mike. Q3Test Performance
3dfx Banshee vs Rage128Tests show OpenGL even in 32-Bit mode is much faster on the Rage128 than the 3Dfx banshee (MP850/Game Rocket)-Mike. Shade Tree Gamer Part 2 Part 2 covers PCI cards and other installation 'secrets'. Shade Tree Gamer Part 1 The first in a series of upgrades to a pre-G3 Mac. Part 1 focuses on using your PCI slots. MicroConversion's End -- Editorial MicroConversions, the only company legitimately writing Voodoo2 card drivers, throws in the towel. Ruffin thinks he saw it coming.
Previous Game Reviews Preview: Sky Fighters 2000 Randall reports on the demo version of Bullseye's new flight sim. Includes screenshots and controller/video card notes. Myth II : SoulBlighter Review Reader Don C. Tyler contributed this detailed review of this Mac favorite. Future Cop A very detailed report of EA's first foray into the Mac world in quite some time. Tomb Raider 2 The poster child of the Mac's resurgence in the gaming world. But is the game any good? Virtual Game Station I can't think of any reason to recommend the VGS to Mac owners as a whole. Find out why!
QUAKE 3 Info Quake 3 Test Tips &Screenshots Screenshots, tips for 3dfx card owners, Mesaquake links and more.
QUAKE I tutorial and articles Quake LAN Tutorial! Learn how to setup your own Quake multiplayer network at home. QuakeWorld Tutorial! Learn how to setup Quakeworld on your Mac. Quake Skins Tutorial! Learn how use custom skins and maps in Quake. QuakeWorld Fix for iMacs w/Voodoo2 Eric Rybski shows how to fix the problem of Voodoo2 upgraded iMacs running Quakeworld. RAVE Quake configuration Tips Having trouble getting Quake to work with a RAVE-compatable card? Check this out. Mac Quake II server browser The first Quake II "pinger" for the Mac, written in Java. Currently in beta; run by and give it a run! (off-site)
Other Articles Mac Voodoo2 SLI Editoral by Mike some time back on why the Voodoo3 may make SLI a moot point. Includes tons of links to SLI tests on PCs and Vooodoo3 info. Note that as mentioned in the June 99 news - a 3Dfx engineer posted in our Forum that they will be releasing Mac drivers for Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 cards! Rage128 Game performance Tests of old vs new (faster) Rage128 cards, vs. Voodoo2 cards and more using popular games like Quake and Unreal. Rage128 FAQ Common questions on the new ATI Cards, DVD options, benefits of the 32MB Version and more. Tomb Raider 2 Gold Quick how-to with images that, with a little work, allows you to play the new TR2g level on your Mac (off-site link). Screenshots in Unreal If a picture is worth one thousand words, the page has about 14,100 final words on the Mac's most impressive first person shooter. Myth II, Quake & Unreal performance on B&W G3! All the gaming numbers for old G3's, new Blue and White G3s and even a Pentium II 400. Playstation Emulator Editorial Connectix's Playstation emulator could add literally hundreds of titles to the Mac gamer's arsenal, maybe of which have not even been released, yet at the same time compete with new game production. Best of both worlds, or most-hyped set-back to date? FAQ on 3Dfx The 3Dfx topic area there has answers to the most commonly asked questions on 3dfx cards and problems. Check the 3DFx Message Board as well. Q&A with Villagetronic Mike's Questions about the VT MP850 ('Next Gen' 3dfx banshee cards) in an interview with Villagetronic. Includes issues raised no where else (565 pixel format issue in thousands colors, etc.) Stealth Voodoo2 Cooler Tennmax's easy to install cooler for Voodoo2 cards like the Game Wizard. Also works on hard drives Game Wizard Voodoo2 Mike's original review of the Game Wizard. Framerates compared (Voodoo2 vs Voodoo1) on many speeds of Macs from a 604e 120Mhz on up. Great screenshots as well. Patch for Carmageddon 1 with 6 or 8MB Voodoo1 cards Reader sends a patch that allows the game to run on Voodoo1 cards that have more than 4MB Of RAM. The MacMagic has a fix for this in its control panel but this helps owners of Pure3D and other cards. Obsidian X24 (PC) Review Mike's original review unique single PCI card that has two 12MB Voodoo2 cards on it. Too bad it suffered from heat and display quality issues. Check out the 1024x768 screenshots page...
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