Compatible Games for my Powerbook G4

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Compatible Games for my Powerbook G4

I FINALLY got my first real Mac the other day from ebay. It's the 15" 1.25GHz 2GB RAM, 80Gb HD. I've upgraded all the software, and I'm loving it! Now that I've got got at the essentials on it (iLife, iWork etc...) I was wondering if anyone could list any great recent MAC games that would run smoothly on my system? Or is it not possible?

1st Gen iPod Touch 8GB
2nd Gen iPod touch 16GB
iPhone 2G 8GB
iPhone 3G 8GB
PowerBook G4

Powerbook G4, Mac OS X (10.5.8)

Posted on Feb 1, 2011 11:15 AM

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Answer 1

eww

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Feb 1, 2011 2:14 PM in response to mako94

No great recent Mac games will run well on your seven-year-old Powerbook. All advanced games issued in the last four years have required Intel processors and more powerful GPUs than your Powerbook offers. You'll want to stick to games that were current when your machine was made (September 2003-April 2004).

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arnie

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Feb 1, 2011 2:21 PM in response to mako94

http://store.apple.com/us, scroll down to Software - Mac games, see the requirements for the games.

"action" games require much more power from the computer, some "card games" may run o.k. on older machines

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BGreg

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Feb 3, 2011 3:49 PM in response to mako94

I have a 1.67Ghz system, so there's a little more horsepower than yours. If you like Return to Castle Wolfenstein, that works fine on my system.

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Answer 4

Aug 19, 2015 1:40 PM in response to mako94

I'm running a Powerbook G4 15" with a 1.67GHz CPU, so mine too has more umph but I find that the original Halo works perfectly on PPC macs (25-60fps depending on intensity of level)

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