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December 12, 2007

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Fading Oxymoron: Tap into old games on your Mac

Posted Dec. 12, ’07, 1:28 PM PT by Dan Pourhadi
Category | Games

gametap1.jpgI see a lot of commercials for GameTap on TV, and often think to myself: “Hmm, I wonder what’s for dinner tonight.”

Not my fault I didn’t care about playing oldie games on my computer — GameTap’s “Lite” player for the Mac only supported a limited number of their games, anyway, and wasn’t worth the attention. And thoughts about dinner occupy 90% of my day, so ignoring the GameTap commercials didn’t take much effort.

Well, we can all take notice now: GameTap just released a new version of its software (the Gold version…ooooh, ahhh) that enables Intel-based Macs to play its larger collection of arcade and console-based video games — for a $9.95 monthly subscription fee. Hoora. (Note, though, at this point, GameTap for Mac is still unable to play Windows PC games.)

GameTap uses TransGaming’s Cider translation engine, which means it only works on Intel-based Macs. But unlike other Cider-based apps, which require a separate graphics card, GameTap will work on Mac minis and MacBooks, which use Intel’s integrated graphics chipset.

Why is this worth a mention? Because a lot of video games these days suck majorly, that’s why. And sometimes the best nostalgia comes in the form of playing old games that once almost cost you your career and marriage.

Ah, memories.

[via Macworld]


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