Do any of these games work on Mac, or are they all pc-only?

@NoanRand
@rampancy
thanks guys! you are so cool!
yes I know the GMA 950 sucks. But I am always suprised what games it still can run.
Essentially I am waiting for a MacBook with Touchscreen to upgrade to. ;) so I hold out as long as I can, hopefully my old MacBook too.

I've had some luck using Wineskin. I say some luck, because sometimes it just seems to stop working. I'm trying out CXG right now. It seems like it's Steam support is a little stronger.

rampancy, if you don't mind I'm going to incorporate your games into my mix. I've seen other small Mac mixes, but my goal is one mix that lists all the games that have been tested by a Mac user. That way we could really show off how much support there is for Mac games on GOG - and maybe get some Mac-friendly installers.

:)

I just succeeded in getting Sanitarium to work - see above.

I added Sanitarium and a couple I found at WineHQ.

CXG is, IMHO, the best way to get Windows games working on OS X, short of using BootCamp or Parallels/VMWare (speaking of which, for anyone out there fed up with Parallels and their awful support/upgrade policies, VMWare is holding an incredible deal where you can upgrade to the latest version of Fusion from any version of either Fusion or Parallels). Again, people may balk at the price tag, but Codeweavers directly funds WINE development and community support, so in the end you're doing good not just for yourself, but other people wanting to use Windows games on alternative platforms too.
What's also key is that it's a lot easier to configure and work with Windows games in CXG as opposed to any implementation of Darwine.
Wait - so you don't think any other people besides you have been doing any work to test GOG compatibility on OS X? I can assure you that I and many others have bought games on GOG and poured a lot of time and effort into getting them to work. If you don't believe me, do a search on the InsideMacGames forums, or do a cursory search on the Codeweavers forums.
As for Mac installers: not bloody likely. The one thing I can see is *perhaps* GOG allowing for people to download alternate installers powered by Adobe AIR or Java that come bundled with Linux or Mac-native versions of DOSBox or SCUMMVM, for any games which use those environments. The main obstacle is that they just don't have the resources and/or time to provide game support for two additional platforms.
And, as for other CXG/WINE-friendly games, apart from them trying to roll their own homegrown compatibility wrapper using WINE (not going to happen due to support and development resource issues), they only other way they could provide Mac and Linux installers is if they used TransGaming's Cider, and I doubt they have the finances to pay for that kind of licensing.

EDIT: Oh, and one more thing. I don't think it's good idea to list games which haven't been actually tested on the Mac, or games which are known to not work well in WINE or CrossOver; I'm saying that because you've got Fallout listed, and it (as well as Fallout 2) are known to have some pretty major problems in both WINE and CXG. For those reasons, I haven't listed games like Fallout 2, Descent 3, or Shogo: MAD - they all work in CXG, but they're far from playable.

That's not what I meant at all. I'm sorry I if I wasn't clear. I'm just trying to compile the most complete list I can using the help of the community. There's no way (I've seen) for people to comment on the mixes so I was using this thread to have a conversation on what would be in a GOGMix of games that work on a Mac. When I said 'Mac User' I didn't mean 'me' I meant the people in this thread who have said "I got it from GOG and it works for me."

I hope that's clearer and less offensive.

I meant no offense at all.

Alright - I understand better what you were trying to say. I still stand though by my earlier point that it is be misleading to put up games that you or others haven't personally tested on a Mac. In other words, it's misleading to put up games there just because they're on the WINE AppDB. Yes, reports on the WINE HQ are an excellent indicator that a given game will or will not work on CXG, but just because people have said that a game will work on WINE does not mean that it will automatically work in CXG, since the CX codebase and even Darwine at times lags a bit behind that of the main WINE source. And further more, most of these games have been tested on WINE in Ubuntu, not Darwine or WINE in OS X.

Other games will also run on WINE but suffer from poor performance; I debated putting the Commandos Battle Pack on my list, since it seems to run slowly, but I've not played the original Mac port by Feral nor the Windows version, so I don't know what to expect. Fallout and Fallout 2 are nigh unplayable, as is Shogo (but only just).
If I'm being a little anal retentive here, it's because the *last* thing I'd ever want to see are Mac users angered about how they bought a game on GOG with the expectation that it will run perfectly, only to see it crash and burn because the information they had was either erroneous or applicable only to WINE on a different platform.
The GMA 950 on the MacBook is a surprising beast, isn't it? For instance, did you know that it'll run Torchlight just fine via Steam on CrossOver Games? (Just be sure to ratchet down the graphics settings.) The official Mac version only runs on discrete graphics.

I've removed Fallout from my mix. I agree with you on not misleading anyone. I removed a couple others, their reports cited specifically installing the GOG version, but they may not have been tested on a Mac.

Do you think it would be safe to add the games from the GOG/DOSBox list? I haven't so far added all of them because of the off chance that some of them may have issues running on a Mac. For instance, it's not on GOG yet, but I was able to get Privateer 2 running no problem in DOSBox on Windows but the same thing took me a day or so on the Mac side.

Yes I was playing it all time on CXG/Steam until the Mac Version came out.
As far as I remember the Mac Torchlight also ran on the GMA950.
But somehow I still ended playing TL via Bootcamp `cause I was playing Half Life 2 EP1 at that time (Xmas 2009), YES it also runs on the 950. EP2 does also but really slow. But was an earlier version that was compatible with DX8.1. Recent Version are only Compatible with DX9.0c

But unfortunately Steam Cloud seem not to be compatible with with the Mac version, so I cannot return.
The strange thing is It WAS compatible for the first few days.
I was also enjoying UT2004 esp. with Alien Swarm. I love that!

PS: GOOD to know SHOGO does not work!
I always considered buying it from GOG. I have the old Mac OS9 original but cannot run it anymore, for obvious reasons.
MAYBE it would also be good Idea to have a list that def. DON`T work on the Mac.
But concluding from a List of "What Works" that the rest is rather not working should be fine enough, I guess. :D


PPS: I did not realize you´re the same rampancy as on IMG.
I also hang out there are from time to time. Maybe you realized my Avatar ;D

If that doesn't work, you could aways try GemRB (though you'll probably have to compile it, I don't think it comes in precompiled form)

Unfortunately, GOG only sells DOS/Windows versions of games. No Mac versions, no Amiga versions, no Atari ST versions, and so on and so forth for any other computer you can think of. (And that's a shame when you find out that the DOS/Windows version isn't always the best...)

For the Mac specifically, you'll just have to go to the Macintosh Garden, though you'll need SheepShaver if using an Intel Mac. (PowerPC machines may be able to get away with Classic Mode, if not a direct boot into OS 9 if it's old enough. Even then, you may want an old Mac II/680x0-based machine or an early Power Mac running System 7 for the more finicky titles.)

If a game uses either SCUMMVM or DOSBox on GOG, it'll work in SCUMMVM or DOSBox on Linux or on OS X. That's pretty much guaranteed. Any problems in getting any of these games to run are purely due to configuration issues within DOSBox or SCUMMVM. For example, Cannon Fodder may throw up an error on launch, but that's because it doesn't seem to like DOSBox's SoundBlaster emulation (I switched to AdLib soundcard emulation instead.)

There also is already a comprehensive list of games on GOG that use DOSBox listed here: http://www.dosbox.com/wiki/GOG_games_that_use_DOSBox

I am absolutely determined to get Shogo to work, and I'm going to file a report with Codeweavers on this soon. Using Software Rendering and a lower resolution, the game is marginally stable, but it's extremely ugly. I'll see if I can try it out again CXG 9.1, as the last time I tested it, I was on 8.1.4. I was working with it at the same time I was trying to get Descent 3 to work, so I got really frustrated with it and decided to put it aside for the time being.

Awesome! It's always good to see a familiar face!

Yes, it can. Many of them do work using Wineskin. I got:

- Realmyst
- Imperial glory
- Commandos 2
- Commandos 3
- Praetorians
- Flatout
- Fallout
- Fallout brotherhood
- evil genius
- Battlechess
- In cold blood

working all fine on the Mac, and then i haven't talked about the ones i didn't test.
Come to my site www.paulthetall.com to see how you can port those games to the Mac.

If you have been somehow able to get this and Fallout 2 working while solving the galling mouse lag and slow game play issue it has in WINE/CX, you are a true miracle worker, sir.

(Now we have to work on getting Planescape: Torment to work...)