i know this SHOULD be in Mac discussion...

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:26 pm

but i already posted it there and got no response so i figured why not just post the thing here. original post:

subject: "quake 2...."

body: "for mac? ive never had this game and i just went onto the id software site with the intention of downloading a demo of quake 2 to find that there wasnt one for mac....was the game ever released for mac??"

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Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:31 pm

quake2 for mac was ported by logicware about 2 months after the q3 test 1.05 was released

good luck finding it since logicware went tits up after the q2 port

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:33 pm

yeah i cant find it anywhere. sucks ass. i may just buy it second hand off one of my mates for my newly accquired n64. doubt itd be as good as on Mac but fuck it what can one do

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:34 pm

you dont want it for n64 mate. its terrible :icon14:

it can be found for mac, for sure. not at any outlet though

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:37 pm

MKJ wrote:

oooooohhhh that wink implies that u know something i dont??!?! elaborate?? ebay?

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:38 pm

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/asin/ ... /ref=nosim

it says not available obviously but the point is, there is hope

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:41 pm

thanks....

em, do u think life would be just that sweet that there is a version for OS X or am i just gona have to download a port (plenty of which i could find, incidentally)

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:42 pm

i just read on google that theres a special binary for intel macs, so im guessing yes

edit: http://www.fruitz-of-dojo.de/download/Quake2v1.1.dmg.gz

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:44 pm

yep thats the one i found earlier. cheers.

by the way.....is quake 2 actually a good game?? lol

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:45 pm

i think it is. its a bit repetitive at times but thats where co-op and deathmatch come in

i like its SP more than quake1's, gameplay wise. story is lame, but its id, what can you do

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:48 pm

mm yeah ive heard the MP is very fun alright. im just worried that in this day and age the MP might just seem like a kind precurser to Q3A, a semi-evolved Q3A if you will, that is similar but not quite as good?

Post by **eepberries** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:54 pm

If you have a windows copy of quake 2, you might be able to install one of the mac updates then put the pak files from the windows game into the baseq2 directory. I don't know if that'll actually work with quake2 though

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 4:58 pm

eepberries wrote:If you have a windows copy of quake 2, you might be able to install one of the mac updates then put the pak files from the windows game into the baseq2 directory. I don't know if that'll actually work with quake2 though

good idea, but i actually tried it already. ur not able to install windows software onto a mac tho, as soon as u open the installer app. nothing happens and u cant get access to the pak files. :icon13:

Post by **MKJ** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:25 pm

the pak files are in a folder on the cd. all the installer does is copy them

in other words, you dont have to install, you can just extract the paks

Post by **CitizenKane** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:30 pm

oh. ok shit well i had borrowed a mates copy of q2 but i gave it back to him today, guess i'll just borrow it off him again and give it another go!

Post by **bag0shite** » Tue Oct 24, 2006 5:33 pm

MKJ wrote:i just read on google that theres a special binary for intel macs, so im guessing yes

edit: http://www.fruitz-of-dojo.de/download/Quake2v1.1.dmg.gz

Beat me to it. Works a treat too, as well as the Q1 one they have for download too. I'd love to see id better Q1 (SP) but that was their peak IMO.