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Friday, July 16
Age of Empires Demo is out!
Yesterday evening MacSoft released the demo of Age of Empires.
The 17mb
demo is avaliable for download here. Also released from MacSoft
is the 1.1 update for the _full_ version of AoE that addresses some
minor bugs in the original release. You can
download
the 700kb AoE 1.1 update here.
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Westlake Showcases it's produce at MacWorld At MacSoft's booth, you can see Total Annihilation and Unreal Tournament. At Aspyr Media's booth, look for Madden NFL 2000 and an as yet unannounced game. |
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Thursday, July 15
Problems with Caesar III
The Quality Assurance manager at
Sierra responsible for the Mac
version of Caesar III recently posted this explaination of some
problems with it to the comp.sys.mac.games.strategic newsgroup
We are actively investigating a potential problem with the C3Mac
large install. The most puzzling fact is that we are unable to
reproduce the problem with our gold masters and thus are in touch the
CD replication facility to see if some issue could have occurred
during the replication process itself. However, small and medium
installs work *perfectly*, as noted.
I apologize for any inconvenience - we hope to have this problem resolved very shortly.
Wednesday, July 14
Update on National Mac Gaming Championship
The schedule is PACKED, with 29 tournaments running on 32 450mhz
Macs throughout the 3 days of MacWorld! The complete schedule is
posted on the web
site now, and folks are registering at a tremendous clip - they
expect over 300 players to participate in the Championship this time
around.
A late entry in the area is Gravis - they will be exhibiting and they will also be donating 32 GAMPAD PRO USB Controllers to the Championship as an alternate input device for those games which can use them. Also, they will be spicing up the F/A-18 Korea tournament with Blackhawk Joysticks for serious flight control!
The Double Exposure Gaming Store will have all sorts of new goodies in it, including Quake II from Logicware, Brood War (the StarCraft expansion set) from Blizzard Entertainment, Railroad Tycoon II and much more!
Tuesday, July 13
New Macintosh Only Internet Gaming Service
Scott Kevill yesterday announced the launch of GameRanger, the
revolution in Macintosh online gaming, at
http://www.GameRanger.com. No
longer are Mac gamers relegated to second-rate status with PC-centric
online multiplayer services- now, they have one of their own. Using
GameRanger, Mac gamers now have their own way of finding other gamers
to compete against and trade info with.
GameRanger provides a completely customized Macintosh-friendly environment for players to meet worthy opponents, organize and play games, discuss strategies, and exchange tricks and ideas. Persistent player accounts, profiles, chat rooms, game rooms, audio voice chat, paging, server lists and powerful filtering are just a handful of the features GameRanger offers.
Right out of the gate, GameRanger offers support for 11 popular multiplayer Mac games: Civilization II Gold, Dark Vengeance, FutureCop: L.A.P.D., Jazz Jackrabbit 2, Quake 1, Quake 2, Quake 3, QuakeWorld, Railroad Tycoon 2, Unreal and Warcraft II.
That's not all! Support will also be forthcoming for many more top Macintosh games, including Age of Empires, Alien vs Predator, Civilization: Call to Power, Falcon 4, Madden NFL 2000, Rainbow 6, and Total Annihilation.
The best part about GameRanger is that the public beta software can be downloaded and used for FREE! Visit http://www.GameRanger.com for more details.
Look for me on there for a game, my nick: MGA (of course!)
Sale at Mac-O-Rama
Another week, another sale at
Mac-O-Rama:
Man, oh, man are the games coming fast and furious! There's no better
time to be a Mac gamer... and Mac-O-Rama is reveling in the
decadence. They have all the Mac games you need- new, old and used.
Check 'em out:
MAC-O-RAMA is a Gaming/ Software site located at http://www.mac-o-rama.com
New Shareware RPG: Chronicle of Ekan
Flair Interactive
announced that the demo of Chronicle of Ekan, a new shareware RPG for
the Mac, has been released. A console-style RPG, Chronicle of Ekan's
mission is to provide a high-quality game for the Macintosh. Through
Final Fantasy-esque gameplay, an elaborate storyline, and large,
colorful graphics, we've created an impressive game.
Chronicle of Ekan's storyline focuses on a conflict between two superpowers: the communist WeaponTech and the capitalist Mirage. Set over the background of the enigmatic "A.C.E." project, CoE mixes Science Fiction and Fantasy.
We focus on providing a professional presentation. The graphics are in full color, and they're beautifully drawn. The characters stand at a full 110 pixels tall, juxtaposed over equally detailed and colorful backgrounds. No dinky characters here, mate! In addition, Chronicle of Ekan provides an atmospheric soundtrack.
Download the demo from Flair Interactive's Web Site - http://members.aol.com/flairint/
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