How to find games for your Apple computer running Mac OS X

A number of resources for getting games on your Mac.

Difficulty: Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• A Mac running Mac OS X
• An internet connection

1. Online stores with Mac games
   
   *GoGamer
   http://www.gogamer.com/Mac-Games_stcVVcatId444742VVviewcat.htm
   
   *Apple Store
   http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/wa/RSLID
   ?nnmm=browse&mco=B60586C4&node=home/shop_mac/software/action_games

2. Mac gaming news
   
   http://www.apple.com/downloads/macosx/games/
   http://www.apple.com/games/
   http://www.insidemacgames.com/
   http://www.macgames.com/

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   Games typically available online only
   
   Eschalon Book 1 - role playing
   http://www.basiliskgames.com/
   
   The Sword of Fargoal - role playing
   http://fargoal.com/
   
   Geneforge, Avernum, Nethergate - role playing
   http://www.spiderwebsoftware.com/
   
   Enigma - puzzle
   http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/download.html
   
   Escape Velocity Nova - action
   http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/evn/
   
   SkethcFighter 4000 alpha - action
   http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/sketchfighter/
   
   Defcon - Strategy
   http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/defcon/
   
   Darwinia - Strategy
   http://www.ambrosiasw.com/games/darwinia/
   
   Combat Mission, Drop Team, TacOps - war simulations
   http://www.battlefront.com/index.htm
   
   Penumbra - Horror
   http://www.penumbra-overture.com/index.php
   
   Return to Dark Castle - action
   http://www.superhappyfunfun.com/games/gam_returntodc.html

4. Free rogue-like games - role playing
   
   About rogue-like games
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike
   
   Adom
   http://www.adom.de/
   
   Angband
   http://rephial.org/
   
   Dungeon Crawl
   http://www.magical-girl.com/crawl/
   
   Incursion
   http://www.incursion-roguelike.net/
   
   Moria
   http://beej.us/moria/
   
   NetHack
   http://www.nethack.org/
   
   Omega
   http://www.alcyone.com/max/projects/omega/#Binaries
   
   Rogue
   http://roguelikes.sauceforge.net/pub/rogue/index.html
   
   Troubles of Middle Earth
   http://www.t-o-m-e.net/main.php?tome_current=0

5. Old game remakes
   
   Ultima IV Recreated
   http://xu4.sourceforge.net/
   
   ULtima 7 - role playing game
   http://exult.sourceforge.net/

6. GameTap
   Subscription service that lets you download a Mac OS X application that lets you connect to GameTap and play a large selection of games from multiple platforms on a Mac. Although there is a monthly fee to use this service they do have a free section. This is for Intel Macs running 10.4 or later only.
   http://www.gametap.com/
   
   About GameTap
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GameTap

7. Browser-based games
   
   AddictingGames
   http://www.addictinggames.com/
   
   Pogo
   http://www.addictinggames.com/
   
   Apple 2
   This site allows you to play a large selection of Apple 2 games within your browser
   http://www.virtualnes.com/play/play.php?id=D011&s=9
   
   Arcade games
   http://www.easyretro.com/?m=top
   
   Miscellaneous games
   http://www.everyvideogame.com/
   http://tripletsandus.com/80s/80s_games/arcade.htm

8. Emulators
   
   Emulators allow your Mac to run games from other systems. You will need the ROM image(s) of the game you want to play.
   
   About emulators
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emulator
   
   About ROM images
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ROM_image
   
   Apple 2 Run old school Apple 2 games on Mac OS X
   http://apple2.intergalactic.de/pages/OSXII.html
   
   Atari 800
   http://www.atarimac.com/
   
   Commodore 64
   http://www.infinite-loop.at/Power64/index.html
   
   DosBox
   Run DOS-based games
   http://www.dosbox.com/news.php?show_news=1
   
   Game Boy Advance
   http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/11131
   
   MacMame
   Run many types of arcade games on your Mac
   http://www.macmame.org/downloads.html
   
   MAME OS X
   http://mameosx.sourceforge.net/
   
   Nintendo (NES)/Famicom
   http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http://macfc.at.infoseek.co.jp/
   
   Nintendo 64
   http://www.sixtyforce.com/
   
   Sega Mega Drive/Genesis
   http://www.bannister.org/software/gplus.htm
   
   Scumm Emulator
   http://www.scummvm.org/
   
   About Scumm
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SCUMM
   
   
   Super Nintendo (SNES)
   http://www.geocities.co.jp/SiliconValley-PaloAlto/2560/snes9x.html
   http://hectorchu.googlepages.com/ (for Intel-based Macs only)

9. Fink
   
   Fink lets you install command line utilities, including text-based
   games. The easiest way to get this setup is to install Fink
   http://www.finkproject.org/download/index.php?phpLang=en
   
   About Fink
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fink

10. Windows/Linux Games
    
    If you have an Intel-based Mac, you also have a few other options for
    running Windows-based games right on your Mac.
    
    Boot Camp
    Boot Camp is Apple software that allows you to 'dual boot' your Mac so that it switches between running Mac OS X and Windows. This is your
    best option for running newer games with 3D graphics since there is no
    emulation involved.
    
    You will need to upgrade to Leopard in order to use Boot Camp. For more information on setting up Boot Camp, go here
    http://www.ehow.com/how_2190966_use-mac-os-x-leopard.html
    
    Apple's Boot Camp
    http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/bootcamp.html
    
    
    Parallels and VMWare allow you to run many version of Windows and/or
    Linux within Mac OS X, which means you could potentially run hundreds of
    Windows/Linux games.
    
    Parallels 3 game compatibility
    Although there is support for many Windows games, you will need a faster
    hardware for newer, graphic intensive games. Check the Parallels forum
    for game compatibility.
    
    Parallels and VMWare are not free and they require a Windows license.
    
    Parallels
    http://www.parallels.com/en/products/desktop/
    
    VMWare
    http://www.vmware.com/products/fusion/
    
    WINE
    http://wiki.winehq.org/MacOSX