Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines – 2008-08-02

Mac OS X Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz 24 inch icon

About a week ago, we released a short list of PC games that may run on iMac 2.8 GHz Core 2 Duo through Boot Camp. We have extended this list, now covering 21 PC games. The following is a list of games we have added to the list. It has turned out that one of the games in the list doesn’t run properly on our Intel Mac computer.

  • 1701 A.D.
  • 1701 A.D. The Sunken Dragon
  • Caesar IV
  • The Movies
  • The Movies: Stunts & Effects
  • Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
  • Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones
  • Prince of Persia: Warrior Within
  • Running old PC games may not be such a bad idea. Old games cheap. We don’t want to spend more than 20 bucks for each game.  Continue reading

    Running PC Games through Boot Camp on Intel Mac Machines – 2008-08-01

    Mac OS X Core 2 Duo 2.8 GHz 24 inch icon

    A long time ago, I bought a cheap computer just to run PC games. I used to go to Hastings and WalMart to look for cheap PC games. As I own an Intel Mac machine now, I don’t have to rely on the old game-only machine or PC emulators like Virtual PC or VMware Fusion. I can just switch to Windows XP that is installed on the Windows partition of this iMac 2.8 GHz and run PC games. But does it run all PC games out there?

    running PC games Intel Mac Boot Camp
    Screenshot 01: Source – MacHouse
    running PC games Intel Mac Boot Camp
    Screenshot 02: Source – MacHouse

    If you have watched the QuickTime game play videos that we have recently made available, you are probably aware that our iMac 2.8 GHz has been able to run several PC games including Call of Duty Modern Warfare, Sid Meier’s Pirates!, Age of Empires III: Asian Dynasties and Unreal Tournament 3. In fact, we have tested several more PC games on this machine. The following is a list of PC games which run on our iMac 2.8 GHz.  Continue reading