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Posted February 19, 2016
Trying to buy a few games for my MAC laptop but when I go to check out it says the game is not compatible. What can I do here? I have downloaded Microsoft apps like word and excel onto the computer before.
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Posted February 19, 2016
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aprochno: Trying to buy a few games for my MAC laptop but when I go to check out it says the game is not compatible. What can I do here? I have downloaded Microsoft apps like word and excel onto the computer before.
You have 2 choices:

Don't buy the games if they do not already have a Mac version available.

Learn which ones work in the Mac version of Wine :)

May I ask which games you are looking to buy that are not compatible?
Post edited February 19, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted February 19, 2016
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aprochno: Trying to buy a few games for my MAC laptop but when I go to check out it says the game is not compatible. What can I do here? I have downloaded Microsoft apps like word and excel onto the computer before.
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JudasIscariot: You have 2 choices:

Not buy the games if they do not already have a Mac version available.

Learn which ones work in the Mac version of Wine :)

May I ask which games you are looking to buy that are not compatible?
I am new to the site so I am still figuring out how it works. I am looking to get the first and second Heroes of Might & Magic
Posted February 19, 2016
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JudasIscariot: You have 2 choices:

Not buy the games if they do not already have a Mac version available.

Learn which ones work in the Mac version of Wine :)

May I ask which games you are looking to buy that are not compatible?
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aprochno: I am new to the site so I am still figuring out how it works. I am looking to get the first and second Heroes of Might & Magic
Hmm lemme look that up in WIne HQ :)

edit: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2402

If you know your way around the Mac version of Wine then you should be able to get the game to run fine but caveat emptor and such :)
Post edited February 19, 2016 by JudasIscariot
Posted February 19, 2016
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aprochno: Trying to buy a few games for my MAC laptop but when I go to check out it says the game is not compatible. What can I do here? I have downloaded Microsoft apps like word and excel onto the computer before.
dual boot windows XP problem solved
Posted February 19, 2016
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aprochno: I am new to the site so I am still figuring out how it works. I am looking to get the first and second Heroes of Might & Magic
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JudasIscariot: Hmm lemme look that up in WIne HQ :)

edit: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManager.php?sClass=application&iId=2402

If you know your way around the Mac version of Wine then you should be able to get the game to run fine but caveat emptor and such :)
Thank you
Posted February 19, 2016
You shouldn't look for games, if you want to work on a MAC.

/s
Posted February 19, 2016
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phaolo: You shouldn't look for games, if you want to work on a MAC.

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Why not?
Posted February 19, 2016
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phaolo: You shouldn't look for games, if you want to work on a MAC.

/s
Actually, Macs have it easy :P

I mean look at this: http://paulthetall.com/heroes-might-magic-ii-mac/

I can only dream of having something like this on my Linux install :)
Posted February 19, 2016
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phaolo: You shouldn't look for games, if you want to work on a MAC.

/s
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aprochno: Why not?
I think phaolo was jokingly implying that if you play games, you will not have much time left for work.
Posted February 19, 2016
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phaolo: You shouldn't look for games, if you want to work on a MAC.

/s
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JudasIscariot: Actually, Macs have it easy :P

I mean look at this: http://paulthetall.com/heroes-might-magic-ii-mac/

I can only dream of having something like this on my Linux install :)
Unfortunately, that specific solution didn't work too well for me. The curious case here is that this merely installs the Win version of DOSBox to run under Wine. Not surprisingly, performance results are iffy.

I've tried to plug the game directly into Boxer. It runs but the way GOG handles its virtual CD files, which are obviously not direct copies of the original source material, can cause problems. In HoMM 2's case it is simply unable to detect a CD in game, no matter all the tweaks I've tried.

Now if GOG were to actually supply us with a fine-tuned version for Mac (and Linux) that'd be swell.
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aprochno: Trying to buy a few games for my MAC laptop but when I go to check out it says the game is not compatible. What can I do here? I have downloaded Microsoft apps like word and excel onto the computer before.
As Judas has already pointed out, paulthetall.com is an excellent source for some non-native Mac games via the use of Wine. Thanks to its depository I got games running such as Star Wars: Galactic Battlegrounds, Rayman 2, Dungeon Keeper 2, Jagged Alliance 2, Worms 2 - hmm, that's a lot of 2s ;) - Spelunky, KotOR, Jedi Knight, Jedi Knight 2 Outcast, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Banished...

Keep in mind though that what I've pointed out previously, I would avoid any games in their database that clearly are from the DOS era as PTT has this odd fixation on doing Win DOSBox in Wine.

Some DOS games I've tried work very well just by plugging/importing them into like Master of Magic, Settlers 2, and Star Wars Dark Forces. For that you'd need to be able to extract the necessary game files though. I have a generic blank [url=http://wineskin.urgesoftware.com/tiki-index.php]Wineskin wrapper just for that purpose.
Post edited February 19, 2016 by mistermumbles
Posted February 19, 2016
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phaolo: You shouldn't look for games, if you want to work on a MAC. /s
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JudasIscariot: Actually, Macs have it easy :P
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mrkgnao: I think phaolo was jokingly implying that if you play games, you will not have much time left for work.
Yep, it was a little joke about the thread title :P
Posted February 19, 2016
HoMM2 comes with a DOSBox version, and HoMM1 is only DOSBox. Shouldn't that make it pretty easy to run them on MAC? There is an OSX version of DOSBox if I'm not mistaken.
Posted February 19, 2016
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ZFR: HoMM2 comes with a DOSBox version, and HoMM1 is only DOSBox. Shouldn't that make it pretty easy to run them on MAC? There is an OSX version of DOSBox if I'm not mistaken.
It also has the Windows version as a bonus item :)
Posted February 20, 2016
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mistermumbles: I've tried to plug the game directly into Boxer. It runs but the way GOG handles its virtual CD files, which are obviously not direct copies of the original source material, can cause problems. In HoMM 2's case it is simply unable to detect a CD in game, no matter all the tweaks I've tried.
How is GOG mounting the CDs? Boxer's bin/cue support is limited, if it's set to use bin/cue, and you are required to be specific with the file structure & naming. I've successfully gotten the German version of RoA: Star Trail to swap CDs in the full version of Boxer.
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