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04-30-07 / 11:57 PM : SCUMM creator interview (cjed)
IGN provides an interview of Ron Gilbert, creator of SCUMM (Script Creation Utility for Maniac Mansion), the virtual machine used by LucasArts for Maniac Mansion and their following adventure games. It has been programmed in assembly on C64, and an expert in compilers helped to do the job. There has been ScumVM on OSX for some years and on most game platforms.
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04-30-07 / 11:47 PM : Call Of Duty 4 trailer (cjed)
A first trailer of Call Of Duty 4 (announced for consoles and PC in 2008, and probably mac juste thereafter, or through virtualization) is available at xboxyde, in HD version (60 Mo) or streaming. This time it is a Modern Warfare, therfore it plays nowdays.
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04-28-07 / 01:10 AM : IMG : Star Wars: Empire at War review (cjed)
IMG provides the first review of Star Wars: Empire at War on mac. The game is well done but it doesn't lead to particular interest. The reviewer likes better Master of Orion II for its technologic construction management, and Starcraft for tactical concerns. The sound part is however great as it is used to be in Starwars games.
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04-24-07 / 12:10 AM : Wacky Mini Golf : demo available (cjed)
Wacky Mini Golf is finally available at Macgamefiles (1.0.1). It is a demo version (37 Mo) that, once registered, allows to access to all levels (72). Up to 4 players are allowed.
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04-21-07 / 01:01 AM : Defcon demo (cjed)
Ambrosia Software teamed up again with Introversion (makers of the famous Darwinia) about a new game, Defcon. That strategy game alla Wargames features outstanding animation and very original ambient. We can watch a video here and download a demo.
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04-21-07 / 12:54 AM : Plasma Pong (cjed)
Plasma Pong is a modern recreation of famous Pong game, that allows to inject plasma fluid in the playing area, or suction it, in order to move the ball. The game is free and can be downloaded here.
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04-18-07 / 11:05 PM : DanLabGames Wacky Mini Golf : 3D Island (cjed)
Following the great Islands Mini Golf, DanLabGames announced Wacky Mini Golf, even better, with graphics that reminds Monkey Island...
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04-18-07 / 10:46 PM : GooBall 1.0.2 : Ageia PhysX (cjed)
A new version of GooBall (1.0.2) is available at Macgamefiles. It now uses the Ageia PhysX engine for real-time physics simulation.

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04-17-07 / 12:25 AM : MAME OSX 0.114 (cjed)
A new version of MAME OSX, based upon the 0.114 core, is available at macgamefiles. This software is a new one (recent) and is a different project than the famous MacMAME. It uses Core Video and Core Image.
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04-13-07 / 01:01 AM : Macologist : Call Of Duty 2 review (cjed)
Macologist provides a review of Call Of Duty 2. They finally liked it a lot, but there are performance concerns, even with recommended configuration.
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04-11-07 / 12:21 AM : Free games & Quake 3 engine (cjed)
Slashdot speaks about free games that use the free Quake III engine (or enhanced versions) : Urban Terror, World of Padman, Tremulous, etc.
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04-11-07 / 12:11 AM : Beyond the Red Line (cjed)
Beyond the Red Line, a totally free stand-alone conversion of the PC game Freespace 2 (Volition & Interplay) alla Battlestar Galactica, is now available for Mac. It can be downloaded at macgamefiles (352 Mo). Screenshots can be found here.
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04-04-07 / 11:44 PM : World of Warcraft update : multithreaded OpenGL (cjed)
An update numbered 2.0.12 to World of Warcraft is available at Macgamefiles (672 Mo !). It notably activates multithreaded OpenGL allowed by MacOSX 10.4.9.
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04-04-07 / 10:34 PM : Unreal Tournament 3 preview (cjed)
Computer & Videogames published a preview of Unreal Tournament 3. We learn among other things that a game's weapon uses the same number of polygons as a whole UT 2004 map !
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04-04-07 / 12:06 AM : Age of Empire III demo (cjed)
A demo of Age of Empire III is available at Macgamefiles. That is here (419 Mo) and it should work on a G4 fitted with a Radeon 900 Pro (includes hardware Transform & Lightning).
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04-04-07 / 12:00 AM : World of Padman (cjed)
World of Padman is an FPS based upon the Quake 3 engine, in a funny world (a bit like Bugdom or Toy Story, with tiny characters). Great screenshots can be found here.
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04-03-07 / 12:04 AM : Pirates of the Caribbean Online : interview (cjed)
RPG Vault provides an interview from Mike Goslin about the game Pirates of the Caribbean Online.
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