Does It Play On a Mac? – Quake

This instance takes an attempt at a classic game that helped define the first-person shooter genre.

Does It Play On a Mac? – Command & Conquer and Red Alert

For the first time, I look at a game suggested by one of my viewers. Not only are both of these games classics that helped popularize the real-time strategy genre, but they are now also both free to download as legal DRM-free ISO images.

Does It Play On a Mac? – S.T.A.L.K.E.R.

Time for something more recent. I look at what it takes to get the Mac to run S.T.A.L.K.E.R., an open-world, first-person shooter from 2007.

Does It Play On a Mac? – Jedi Knight

This video finds out if the Mac can handle the first-person lightsaber action of Dark Forces II: Jedi Knight.

Does It Play On a Mac? – The Neverhood

In contrast to all the dark, bloody games I’ve covered previously, this installment attempts a bright, quirky, all-clay animated point-and-click adventure game from 1996. Can the Mac handle the over three tons of clay it took to create The Neverhood?

Does It Play On a Mac? – Nightmare Creatures

In this episode I look at the 3rd person action-horror game “Nightmare Creatures”, set in gothic London in the 1800′s. Can the MacBook Pro and Crossover Games handle the horror?

Does It Play On a Mac? – Blood

For this installment, I am attempting the 1997 horror-FPS from Monolith, “Blood”.

Does It Play On a Mac? – Carmageddon II

In what should be an ongoing series, I look at how various Windows games do or do not run on the Mac. I don’t plan to take too long for any one game, and I will not be using Bootcamp, Windows, or a separate partition if I can help it. The whole idea is to see if these games can be run with as little hassle as possible. For this one I’m using the 1998 racer Carmageddon II.

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