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hulk · 03-26-2004, 09:16 PM

IT CAME!

Some smooth talking from Aspyr Media has freed the source code from the evil clutches of Digital Illusions.

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Battlefield 1942 Announced For Mac (Updated)

Developer Digitial Illusions today announced that a Macintosh version of Battlefield 1942 will be ported, published, and distributed by Aspyr Media. Aspyr will be publishing Battlefield 1942 and the Road to Rome expansion pack together as a bundle. An official announcement from Aspyr is due later today.

Here's more from the Digital Illusions press release:

Aspyr has a profitable history of publishing great games on Macintosh, and we hope the success of Battlefield allows us to bring even more games to the platform, said Patrick Söderlund, CEO of Digital Illusions.

Battlefield 1942 and Road to Rome for Macintosh will be sold together at full price for approximately 50 USD. The launched is planned to the second quarter of 2004.
IMG has posted a special first look preview of the game that includes some in-game movies from Battlefield 1942, The Road To Rome expansion pack, and the wildly popular BF 1942 mod, Desert Combat. Be sure to check it out by following the link below.

Update: As expected, Aspyr has officially announced the Mac version. Here are the preliminary system requirements:

• Mac OS X 10.2.8 or later
• PowerPC G3/G4/G5, 700 MHz or faster
• 256MB of RAM
• 1.6 GB free disk space
• 3D Graphics Acceleration required (ATI Radeon 7500/nVidia GeForce 2 or better, 32MB of VRAM)
• DVD drive required to install and play

Multiplayer Requirements:
• Internet and LAN (TCP/IP) play supported
• Internet play requires a 56Kbps or faster connection
Aspyr has also sent along a few screenshots from the Mac version of the game. To check them out, please follow the links below.

And finally, the IMG Store has begun taking pre-orders for Battlefield 1942: Deluxe Edition. It is available for $48.99. If you are a MacGames DVD Subscriber or IMG Pro subscriber, you can pre-order it at a discount for $44.99.

About time, eh? Vietnam might be out now, but this opens the way for it to get over to Mac, which is awesome.

nanofever · 03-26-2004, 09:28 PM

Quoting a faux apple switch commerical "Playing games on the Apple is great because you know which ones are good because you played them four years ago on your friend's PC."

hulk · 03-27-2004, 01:42 AM

Four years? 2002 isn't that far back =) Simple maths, really. Even though it is kinda old, it's the second-most online game played, IIRC. Add that to the fact that we do extremely well for a 5% user base. So please, no mac-bashing. I didn't start this thread for that.

Nancy · 03-27-2004, 08:18 AM

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Originally posted by nanofever
Quoting a faux apple switch commerical "Playing games on the Apple is great because you know which ones are good because you played them four years ago on your friend's PC."

mac is always so passé

03-26-2004, 09:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
nanofever Huzzah for Welcome Week, Much beer shall I imbibe. Location: UCSB	Quoting a faux apple switch commerical "Playing games on the Apple is great because you know which ones are good because you played them four years ago on your friend's PC." __________________ I'm leaving for the University of California: Santa Barbara in 5 hours, give me your best college advice - things I need, good ideas, bad ideas, nooky, ect. Originally Posted by Norseman on another forum: "Yeah, the problem with the world is the stupid people are all cocksure of themselves and the intellectuals are full of doubt."

03-27-2004, 01:42 AM	#3 (permalink)
hulk C'mon, just blow it. Location: Perth, Australia	Four years? 2002 isn't that far back =) Simple maths, really. Even though it is kinda old, it's the second-most online game played, IIRC. Add that to the fact that we do extremely well for a 5% user base. So please, no mac-bashing. I didn't start this thread for that. __________________ "'There's a tendency among the press to attribute the creation of a game to a single person,' says Warren Spector, creator of Thief and Deus Ex." -- From an IGN game review.