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Posted January 19, 2011
To the Mac OS X people here and Apple fanboys :
Raptor Call of the Shadows has just popped on the Mac App Store.

2.99$ here is the USA. Bought it, same as the 2010 edition available on GoG.
Great game and great port.

Check it here :
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/raptor-call-of-the-shadows/id406972401?mt=12&ls=1
Post edited January 19, 2011 by JonGrimes
Posted January 19, 2011
I have heard some people are working on iPhone DOSBox port, but you need to set your your device free first (jailbreak).

Well, for Android devices there is a project called aDOSBox - port of DOSBox to Android. Can anybody confirm aDOSBox runs GOG.com Raptor release on Android devices?

Sorry for offtopic
Posted January 19, 2011
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OldEnt: I have heard some people are working on iPhone DOSBox port, but you need to set your your device free first (jailbreak).
No jailbreak required.

http://itunes.apple.com/ca/app/idos/id377135644?mt=8


As for the Mac App Store, I'm not really a fan. I'd rather buy Raptor from GOG.


EDIT: My fingers are crossed that GOG will one day offer Mac ports too.
Post edited January 19, 2011 by Darling_Jimmy
Posted January 19, 2011
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Darling_Jimmy: EDIT: My fingers are crossed that GOG will one day offer Mac ports too.
Don't think it will happen in the near future though - not just the technical issues, but I imagine they would have to re-get all the licenses to sell for the Mac. That said I also hope for this.

I've been somewhat successful at getting a lot of the non-DosBox/scummvm (which always seem to work equally well) working in WINE using wineskin. The only major issue that I've run into is that WINE-OSX doesn't support USB joysticks (though they say they do and WINE-Linux does) and USB HID devices in general are a bit finicky.
Post edited January 19, 2011 by crazy_dave
Posted January 19, 2011
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crazy_dave: Don't think it will happen in the near future though - not just the technical issues, but I imagine they would have to re-get all the licenses to sell for the Mac. That said I also hope for this.

I've been somewhat successful at getting a lot of the non-DosBox/scummvm (which always seem to work equally well) working in WINE using wineskin. The only major issue that I've run into is that WINE-OSX doesn't support USB joysticks (though they say they do and WINE-Linux does) and USB HID devices in general are a bit finicky.
DOSBox, ScummVM, CrossOver Games and VirtualBox all do the trick so I'm not in any hurry. It's not inconvenient enough to make me consider purchasing DRM'd products.
Posted January 19, 2011
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Darling_Jimmy: DOSBox, ScummVM, CrossOver Games and VirtualBox all do the trick so I'm not in any hurry. It's not inconvenient enough to make me consider purchasing DRM'd products.
Totally agreed. Plus I put in a Windows partition, just in case I can't get a game working. ;) Though I would prefer to get all of them working on the Mac side and so far so good (except the joystick). What kind of games does Virtualbox work with? How does it work?
Posted January 19, 2011
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crazy_dave: What kind of games does Virtualbox work with? How does it work?
VirtualBox is a virtual machine much like VMWare Fusion or Parallels, except free. After installing a Windows version in it, pretty much anything should be working though I'm unsure of how good its 3D acceleration support is.
Posted January 19, 2011
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Miaghstir: VirtualBox is a virtual machine much like VMWare Fusion or Parallels, except free. After installing a Windows version in it, pretty much anything should be working though I'm unsure of how good its 3D acceleration support is.
Got it. Thanks.
Post edited January 19, 2011 by crazy_dave
Posted January 19, 2011
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crazy_dave: What kind of games does Virtualbox work with? How does it work?
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Miaghstir: VirtualBox is a virtual machine much like VMWare Fusion or Parallels, except free. After installing a Windows version in it, pretty much anything should be working though I'm unsure of how good its 3D acceleration support is.
Correct. And it is surprisingly capable. But it is my last resort option just because it's more taxing on the hardware.
Posted January 19, 2011
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crazy_dave: I've been somewhat successful at getting a lot of the non-DosBox/scummvm (which always seem to work equally well) working in WINE using wineskin. The only major issue that I've run into is that WINE-OSX doesn't support USB joysticks (though they say they do and WINE-Linux does) and USB HID devices in general are a bit finicky.
Have you tried CrossOver Games? I haven't had any experience with joysticks, but I have successfully used gamepads with it.

As a Mac user, I still would get it here, if only because of the extras, and hey, it's GOG - if there's any gaming company which deserves my support, it's GOG.

Still, I'm a little amused that it needs an Intel Mac and 10.6.6 to run, when theoretically speaking it should be able to work on a PPC Mac.
Posted January 19, 2011
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crazy_dave: I've been somewhat successful at getting a lot of the non-DosBox/scummvm (which always seem to work equally well) working in WINE using wineskin. The only major issue that I've run into is that WINE-OSX doesn't support USB joysticks (though they say they do and WINE-Linux does) and USB HID devices in general are a bit finicky.
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rampancy: Have you tried CrossOver Games? I haven't had any experience with joysticks, but I have successfully used gamepads with it.

As a Mac user, I still would get it here, if only because of the extras, and hey, it's GOG - if there's any gaming company which deserves my support, it's GOG.
Agreed about GOG. I haven't bought anything from the Mac App Store yet either, but I think I still might choose GOG if there was a choice. Apple gets enough money from me (and quite a lot of it for a long time I might add). :)

Unfortunately some gamepads and other HIDs do seem to work, but joysticks by and large don't. This is true regardless of engine. I've put in some of the CrossOver game engines into Wineskin (plus the CrossOVerGame engine didn't work well with a coupl of my games).

There is a bugzilla bug report for joystick support (and general USB HID support) in OSX here. If you have USB HID devices that worked, leaving comments as to what worked with what games and what engines could prove really useful!

As a side not: thanks for the helpful tutorials you, NoanRand, and PalltheTall put up. I hadn't ever ported before and they were a great to help me get started. Finding out about Boxer through your GOGmix was great too. Wineskin is great (just put out a new release too).

In fact, soon I may have some games for you and NoanRand to add to your OSX compatibility GOGmixes. ;) Especially if joystick support gets added! I have Red Baron 3D and IL-2 working in all but the joystick. Red Baron 1 of course works, including the joystick, flawlessly in DosBox.

BTW ... do you have a 16:10 or 16:9 screen? Do you run the old 4:3 games stretched or with the original aspect ratio and black bars? Some games have ini files to manually set the screen for widescreen often without stretching, but not all the older titles seem to have that capability.
Post edited January 19, 2011 by crazy_dave
Posted January 19, 2011
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rampancy: Still, I'm a little amused that it needs an Intel Mac and 10.6.6 to run, when theoretically speaking it should be able to work on a PPC Mac.
I'm pretty sure that's the requirement for Mac App Store, it doesn't run below 10.6.6, so that's the lowest requirement they show for applications as well.
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