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Not playing games? You should be.
month’s issue, your first thought was,
“Games? Great!” then you can skip
this page and jump right into our
exploration of the rapidly expanding
universe of Mac gaming. if, however, you
thought, “Games? Bummer. There's
nothing in this issue for me,” read on.
Ifyou’re not playing games on your
Mac, you're not taking advantage of all your
Mac can do to improve your life. “Improve
my life?” you’re now thinking, “How can
blasting bad guys with fantasy weaponry
be considered life-improving?” Two
answers: First, when you think “game,”
don’t just think “bang!” There’s a lot more
to gaming than testosterone-fueled shoot-
"em-ups. Second, fun is good.
Let’s tackle that second point first:
Many of us were raised to believe that
mindless fun is, well, mindless. Have you
ever felt a twinge of embarrassment when a
friend or partner caught you playing a game
on your Mac? If so, you know what | mean,
There you are, using a high-powered
computer to do something other than
high-powered work. Can't be right.
But it is. There’s more to life than Excel,
Photoshop, Word, and Dreamweaver. There
are flights of fancy, adrenaline rushes,
mind-bending puzzle solving, and pure
escapism. There’s creating a fantasy
civilization and setting history in motion.
There’s getting a group of friends together
and laughing your butts off at You Don’t
Know Jack’s wiseacre emcee. Your Mac is
an inventive, insanely clever buddy who
wants to play with you; let it. Calvinism is
so passé—if it feels good, boot it.
And there are so many different ways to
play. As | mentioned above, today’s games.
include much more than mere bang-bang-
you’re-dead splatterfests. Plus, the pace of
Mac game development is more feverish
today than at any other time since the first
crude but charming HyperCard-based
games first appeared backin the 1980s.
Ifyou’re new to Mac gaming, you might
start with a straightforward title, such as
Ambrosia Software's perennial favorite,
Maelstrom. It takes, oh, about 30 seconds
to lea how to maneuver your cute lil’
rocket ship and defend it from aggressive
space junk, and it’s a great introduction to
how nonproductivity can make you smile,
| f, when you saw the cover of this
6 | MacAadict HAN (C2
While playing with his brand-new iPod, Rik
mysteriously morphed into his favorite retired
game character, Cosmic Osmo.
Ifeven arcade-style games such as
Maelstrom cause anxiety attacks, try
playing God—or at least a dictator or an
avaricious capitalist piggy. Create a family
of Sims, rule a Caribbean island in Tropico,
or command a corporate empire in Railroad
Tycoon II. Each allows you to play at your
own pace, but provides enough challenges
to keep your synapses firing.
If simulation games are still too much
ofa leap from your real-life board-game
experiences, how about a nice game of
chess? Chessmaster 6000 can either
boost your ego by playing dumb, or crush
it like an overripe fig when you dial it up to
levels that’d make Boris Spassky feel like
Boris Badenov.
Football fan? Madden NFL 2000. Golfer?
Links LS 2000. Pilot? The Fly series.
Gambler? Hoyle Casino. Puzzle master?
Myst. Skateboarder? Tony Hawk’s Pro
Skater 2. Dungeons and Dragons addict?
Baldur's Gate I—but ifyou’re a D and D
junkie, you already knew that.
Or maybe you simply want to jump
headfirst into virtual mayhem. If so,
you've got plenty of choices, like Unreal
Tournament, Quake Ill: Arena, or Rogue
‘Spear. Go ahead, blast away.
‘One final note: There’s been plenty of
dime-store sociology that berates violent
computer games. | won't try to refute those
critics, but | believe today’s game players
know the difference between onscreen
fantasy and flesh-and-blood reality—and if
they don’t, no amount of censorship can
teach them the difference. | can only speak
from personal experience: My teenage
daughter enjoys a hearty fragging session
as much as the next kid, butin real life her
shooting is limited to fall-away three-
pointers at the buzzer.—Rik Myslewski
. Niko Coucouvanis
Director of Mirth and Libation
created about your life, what
would it be like?
A. \td be alot like Beer
Hunter, where you violently
shake one can of a sixer,
then open each can in
qn untilyou get wet.
Q, Whatsuperpowers would your character have?
AA. imaginary friends to play with, unquenchable
thirst, impeccable judgment. Just the real-life stuff.
: Narasu
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Q. Ifa Mac game
were created about
| your life, what would
SS eee} itbe like?
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ss =} World Is Narasu
Rebbapragada?” would be a sim-adventure game,
where you manage my basic needs (money,
health, and a constant desire to eat) while | travel
the word to battle evildcers.
Q. What superpowers would your character have?
A. | would have psychic powers to anticipate
villains’ next moves and superb kickboxing skills
to whup their asses.
Wizard of Ariz
Q. ifaMac game
were created about
your life, what would
itbe like?
A. Itwould bea
fairly boring first-
person puzzle game, the only fun being
found in laughing af (rather than with) me as |
attempt to work too much, play terrible music,
and fail to impress the opposite sex. Think
young Homer Simpson.
Q. What superpowers would your
character have?
A. Inmy impotent arsenal would be items
such as “The Terrible Chord,” “The Woody
Allen Effect,” and “Eyes of Ludicrous and
Unsubstantiated Optimism.”
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worry about getting hurt.
@ Diablo it Demo
When you put yourself in the shoes of a barbarian in Diablo Il,
you car’t help but get sadistic satisfaction from bashing the
Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 2: it’s rare to be able to skate crap out of toxic zombies, needle-spitting rodents, and voodoo
without an audience! Only in a virtual world, my friend. | critters. This demo lets you experience the power, and you're
sure to get hooked.
@ Starcraft Demo
Arguably one of the most addictive games ever made, Starcraft
combines the strategy of resource management with
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This game is da bomb. Unreal Tournament is not just
your run-of-the-mill first-person shooter. It’s an undying
phenomenon in multiplayer gaming, with a fanatic following
| around the globe. In addition to the built-in deathmatch
and capture-the-flag modes, new maps and skins—created
by the game’s fans—expand the Unreal Tournament world into
a limitless universe.
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couple of minutes.—Justin Conn-Powers
A SITE WE LOVE TO HATE
Ihateapple.com banned me for hitting too
close to home. | puta link to the Windows RG
preview page (a movie spoof of Windows) on
Ihateapple.com’s main forum and suffered
two personal attacks for it. | was banned
after defending the Mac and myself. Thanks
for putting Ihateapple’s URL in the mag (“The
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p22). Mac addicts have since swamped the
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MAC HOME ON THE RANGE
In 1983, | bought a Lisa. | was so impressed
that | bought a 128K Macintosh in 1984. A
few years later, | bought a Mac SE. When
Steve Jobs left Appie, | stopped buying
Macintosh computers, although in 1993 my
employer reluctantly allowed me to
purchase a 650 Quadra. | came back to
Apple when it came out with the iMac. |
recently purchased a G4/733 for my office,
and a G4/533 and G4 Cube for my home.
The two Macs at home are actually in a
video studio in my airplane hanger on my
farm in Central Texas. There are many folks.
in the market like me—age 49, not too savvy
about computers, but devoted to their
Macs.—Sterling Brooks
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DUEL OVER DUAL
MacAddict apparently tested the Dual
G4/800 only on Mac OS 9.2.1 and not at all
on Mac OSX (Reviews, Nov/o1, p46). | can
tell you that dual processor is the way to go
with Mac OS X—granted, my Dual 800 is
maxed out with RAM. Far MacAddict to test
a cutting-edge machine using what is
essentially yesterday's OS does a disservice
to its readers.—Ralph Fontcuberta
This was a tough review to do, butwe stand
by our overall message. The Dual G4/800 is a
Solid machine that needs Carbonized apps
and awelt-tuned OS (like 10.1) before it will
show its true potential. We were careful to
include tests for Photoshop (still a Classic
app), specifically optimized to use the second
processor, and we didn’tsee that much
improvement. One culprit is that Photoshop
needs a boatload of RAM to work effectively,
and we only review stock off-the-shelf
systems. We look forward to running the same
Photoshop tests using the Carbonized app on
OS 10.1.—Ed.
SIZE MATTERS
| was sitting down to read your article
“MiniDV Goes Prime Time” (Get Info,
Nov/o3, p14) and to my surprise, in the “DV
Demystified” section, your writer made a
horrific mistake. There are in fact two types
of DVCam media: Mini and Full Sized, Full
Sized is what we in the industry actually call
DVCam. We hardly ever use Mini DVCam.
While Mini DVCam will work in your
standard miniDV camcorder, Full Sized
DVCam will not. Unless your readers are in
the market for a $30,000 camera, they
won't want DVCam. Other than that, | liked
the article—keep on cranking them out.
—W. Gaughen
POUSH SENSITIVITIES
| am outraged that you decided to include
an ethnic slur in the caption of your picture
in Editor's Note (Nov/o1, p8).1 do not
support Rik Myslewski’s use of the words
ILLUSTRATION BY DAVID ROSS
“400 percent Polack” to describe himself.
My grandparents came to this country for a
better life and for freedom, not to be
ridiculed or treated with insensitivity. | am
very proud of their accomplishments and
with the accomplishments of my family and
the Polish people in America. Your use of
the word Polack is not only insensitive, it is
downright un-American.—Ed Wojciechowski
Our editor in chief, Ryszard Eugenusz
Zukowska-Myslewski, tells us that when his
dad, Edzu Casimir, and mother, Julianna
Joanna, were growing up in a Pennsylvania
coal-mining town, they were always amused
when people tried to denigrate them by
calling them “Polacks” because “Polak” is
simply the Polish word for Pole. Dumb
Anglos.—Ed,
AN UNABASHED PC BASHER
On the November 200: Disc, the staff video
about ways to destroy a PC was, without a
doubt, the most boring yet. Where was the
creativity? What about explosives? Fire?
Dropping the PC in a swimming pool while it
booted up? What about deploying vehicles
(recreational or otherwise)? Even stealing an
idea from Northern Exposure and tossing
the machine with a catapult would have
been an improvement. Come on, guys—
when you get a good concept, develop it!
—Tim Donohoe
Ah, yes, more PC-euthanasia creativity
would’ve been nice, but there’s nothing
like straightforward clobberin’ to get the
adrenaline flowing.—Ed.
ONE VOTE FOR LAUGHTER
| just want to voice my opinion that I’d like
MacAddict to be more fun and less serious. |
laughed harder than | ever had at the PCI card
troubleshooting spoof two months ago (Shut
Down, Sep/01, p96). Allthe “serious folks”
out there can read dry old Macworld to get
their reprinted press releases and reviews.
MacAddict is all about laughing over our love
for Macs.—Chris Paveglio
WHERE PCS ARE RARE AND
MACS WELL DONE
In November 2001’s staff video on destroying
PCs, you really needed to pour lighter fluid on
the PCs and then have yourselves a BBQ!
—Ben Snyder
LIVE, NUDE MACS
I’m a 15-year-old Mac addict who collects
pamphlets of Mac products. | hang them on
the walls of my bedroom. Since my family
jokes that | should have nude women on my
walls (they even offered to get me a Playboy), |
thought you should start putting centerfold
pictures of Macs in every issue to satisfy the
Mac addicts around the world with larger-than-
life pictures of “nude” Macs to hang on our
walls.—Kevin Henry
We're sure our attorney would prohibit our
printing nude hardware of any kind.—Ed.
BAD TIMING
V'm hoping the November issue went to print
before the September 11 tragedy at the World
Trade Center. While reading “Alternate Covers,
Uncovered,” (Shut Down, p96) | saw a striking
similarity between your “Be Free!” cover anda
picture in last week's Newsweek of people
jumping from the towers. But | know you
wouldn’t take a joke too far.—Tom Bober
We regret publication of the image in light of
recent events. As is the case with most print
magazines, we printissues well in advance of
the dates you receive them. We didn’t know
the image would have such significance at the
time we printed it—Ed.
SWINE SEPARATED AT BIRTH
In your review of the PowerShot S110
(Reviews, Sep/o1, p57), is that a picture of the
“killer pig” in Cincinnati?—MarkMan
No. It’s part of a pig exhibition in the state of
Washington.—Ed.
Pork, the other killer whale.
HONOR THY NEIGHBOR'S MAIL
Your fine magazine has always made it to my
mailbox—until this month. Much to my
surprise, | received a call from another
MacAddict subscriber in my town. He said my
issue stuck to his issue and would he like me
to have him deliver it to my house. What
camaraderie! What a guy! What a magazine!
This just shows how close the MacAddict
community is and how we take care of each
other. Special thanks to that masked man
from Manheim, Pennsylvania, who was so
thoughtful, and special thanks to MacAddict
for keeping a close-knit Mac community stuck
(literally) together! If you ever see a car with a
Pennsylvania license plate that reads “Buy a
Mac,” honk. That's me!—Dave Solon
MULTIANGLE DREAMS
| want to give a huge thanks to Jason Whong for
his informative article, “How to Edit a Multiple-
Angle Scene in iMovie” (Nov/o1, p70). Though |
do not own any ofthe equipment required for
making my own movies at this time, | plan to
create a blockbuster with my friends as soon as
we get Same money to purchase the hardware,
| have been busy thinking about how to set up
multiple-angle scenes, and this article was a
welcome surprise.—Nevada Dave
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Pod People
The who, what, and where of the Mac world.
The iPod Is Apple’s First Genuine Gadget Since the Newton
he iPod is supermodel chic. This
| beautiful FireWire-ready portable
music player holds 5GB of tunes
and fits in your pocket. Its simple user
interface lets you access any song in
seconds, and it doubles as a portable
FireWire drive.
That said, the iPod is expensive. At
$399, it costs $100 more than Creative's
6GB Nomad Jukebox and $150 more than
Archos Technology’s 6GB Jukebox 6000
MP3 Player and Hard Drive—both of which
are USB devices.
Nevertheless, the wow factor of Apple’s
first consumer gadget since the Newton will
make those who don’t own an iPod Grinch-
green with envy.
The iPod is stylish. Its cool white front
matches the iBook’s (see “Understanding
the iPod,” below, for specs). The stainless-
steel back, engraved with the word “iPod,”
looks like it comes straight from Tiffany’s.
The FireWire port, headphone jack, and
hold button fit compactly on top.
The iPod stores 5GB of music—about
1,000 MP3s encoded at 160 Kbps. The
FireWire connection lets you download all
these tunes from your Mac in a matter of
minutes. The iPod also doubles as a
portable FireWire drive that can store both
data files and music.
We've often complained that carrying
around 1,000 MP3s is cool in theory, but
locating the music through the device
display is difficult in practice. Apple has
Understanding the iPod | Proouct specs You Can Make Sense OF
cleverly addressed the navigation
bugaboo with a crisp 2-inch backlit
LCD and a unique scroll wheel,
which lets you sort music by playlist,
artist, and song.
Apple engineered this ease of
use by gamering control over the
hardware and software. iPod
works with—-and only
with—iTunes 2 (see
“Take 2,” below.).
iPod grabs the tunes «
and Playlist structure from ~~
add music or change around your
playlists, the next time you sync the iPod to
your Mac, the device will update its files as
well. One annoyance: iTunes can only sync
with one iTunes 2 library. If you want to
download someone else’s music, you'll
have to erase what's already on your iPod,
(That’s Apple’s way of keeping you honest.)
Consumer electronics are notorious
for buming through batteries. In response,
Apple encloses a rechargeable lithium-
polymer battery, which, when fully
charged, gives you about 10 hours of
continuous music. You can recharge the
iPod through the FireWire connection to
your Mac or with the included stylish
power adapter.
Apple enters the competitive world of
consumer electronics with a powerful
contender. Unlike the Newton, the iPod is
not a new concept. It’s simply a more
Monday Morning
Party Mix
Road Trip
Top 5 Break-Up Songs —
Workout Tunes
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mn This hot little
iTunes 2 on your desktop. Ifyou ~“-“_ ppg jukebox will turn you
into a pod person.
advanced iteration of a gadget the public
already craves. Instead of being ahead ofits.
time, these days Apple’s ahead of the curve,
And that’s the perfect place to be.—NR
t's free. It's new. It’s iTunes 2, and
it's better than the original iTunes.
MP3 CD Buming Burn your MP3
Playlists right onto CD.
Crossfading Avoid awkward pauses
between tracks.
Equalizer iTunes comes with a
ten-band EQ with 22 presets.
Faster Burning Apple says iTunes 2
cuts burning time in half.
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Mac Gaming
Trivia
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So you think you're the Alex Trebek of the Mac.
gaming world? We bet you didn’t know these juicy
tidbits. We asked some Mac gaming veterans to
reveal a few little-known facts about your favorite
Mac games. Here's what they told us.
A Bug’s Life
his promise to e:
At Macworld Expo New York 2000, former
Ambrosia representative Jason Whong futfilled
One insect for every bug in
the software his company shipped that year.
‘ * Now, that’s
dedication
if to your job.
The Spectacular Mac Gaming Contest
Become Your Favorite Game Character and Win up to 30 Mac Games
| nthe spirit of our Mac Gaming Spectacular, MacAddict has teamed up with the industry’s
elite to bring you more than 50 games and peripherals—all yours for the winning.
How to Win
All you have to do is dress up as your favorite
Mac gaming character and take a picture of
yourself. The more creative you are, the better.
We certainly won’t penalize you for digital
enhancement, but the judges frown upon
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Send us your picture by snail mail or email
along with the information requested on the
entry form below. Our esteemed panel of
judges will pick the winner and a few runners-
up to win fabulous Mac gaming prizes.
Deadline for Entry: We must receive all entries
by February 1, 2002. We will announce the
winners in the May 2002 issue of MacAddict.
Only one entry per contestant.
THE PRIZES
GOLD: 30 amazing Mac games
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Plus, all winners will receive a Saitek Cyborg 3D
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The Mayor of Orion li
Peter Tamte, founder of MacSoft and Destineer, told us that when MacSoft published
Master of Orion Il, it a
identally misprinted tech support’s phone number on the box.
As it turns out, the number printed was for the mayor of Plymouth, one of the largest
communities in the Twin Cities area, where MacSoft had its headquarters at the time
Did Someone Say Profit?
Apple announced in October 2001 a net
profit of $66 million, or $.19 per diluted
share, for Q4 2001. While this falls short
when compared to the hefty $170 million net
profit from Q4 2000, Apple shares went up
$1.01 to $18 (@ 6 percent increase) the day
after the announcement.
The iBook iRocks
In another October announcement, Apple
stated that iBook sales tripled in Q4 2001
over the same period in the year 2000. The
company sold 251,000 iBooks during this
quarter, compared to 89,000 iBooks in Q4
2000 and 190,000 units in Q3 2001.
New Books
Other Apple news included the introduction
of 550MHz and 667MHz G4 PowerBooks with
26MB of VRAM, built-in Gigabit Ethernet, and
ATA/66 hard drives from 20GB to an optional
48GB. They feature a new ATI Mobility
Radeon graphics processor with 4X AGP and
16MB of VRAM. The 550MHz model costs.
$2,199, while the 667MHz model costs
$2,999. Apple also announced a new
600MHz iBook at $1,699—that’s $100 less
than the previous top-of-the-line model.
A Congressional
Seal of Approval?
Online news source Wired News reported in
October 2001 that Representative Vernon
Ehlers of Michigan suggested that using a
Mac can bolster computer security in these
troubled times. “| own a Macintosh,” said
Ehlers. “And I’ve never had a problem with
viruses. Maybe there’s a lesson to be
learned.” Perhaps the new U.S. Office of
Homeland Security should look into this.
United States Gets on the
Broadband Wagon
By the year 2006, more than 4o percent of
U.S. online households will connect to the
Internet via some sort of broadband link,
according to Jupiter Media Metrix, a
technology research firm.
Explaining why Antarans aren't
colonizing Centauri is probably
beyond the scope of standard
x1 mayoral duties.
JAN/02 | Macaca: 13
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Sexy Stuff We Can‘t Wait to Get Our Mitts On
Treo
Handspring | www.handspring.com | $399
hile driving down the highway, you whip out your cell phone to make a call but
realize you need your handheld organizer to find the number. Before you know
it, you’ve got ten fingers on your gadgets and no hands on the wheel. To avoid disaster,
try the Handspring Treo. This all-in-one PDA, cell phone, text-messaging, and wireless-
browsing device runs the Palm OS, contains 16MB of memory, and has a
flip lid that doubles as your earpiece. A keyboard is included with the
Treo 180; you must use Palm’s Graffiti for data input with the Treo
180g. A color version of the Treo is due cut in midyear.—CL
For now, you must use VoiceStream or
Cingular wireless service providers.
AT&T should support the Treo soon.
' XHub 7 Plus
Adaptec | www.adaptec.com | $139
he XHub 7 Plus is a really beautiful, semiexpensive, fully functional USB hub. Once the
Mac drivers are available, however, this futuristic device will become your ticket to USB 2.0
with speeds that rival FireWire’s. XHub 7 Plus comes with seven ports, cool snap-on cable
management, and a photo frame (aw, how cute). Of course, you'll need to install a USB 2.0 PCI
card to use the hub, but the future is here, and it’s worthy enough for drool.—NR
If seven USB ports just aren’t enough, the XHub 7
can stack on top of other XHubs.
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF HANDSPRING
PHOTOGRAPH COURTESY OF ADAPTEC
Shareware Pick of the Month
feelen
Ss elling celebrity toothbrushes over eBay isn’t weird anymore, and
thanks to AID (Auction Information Database) 4.1 by Epigroove, it
isn’t hard either.
AID helps you manage the data from your eBay auctions, including
the auction description, end date and time, current or final top bidder's
user name and email address, and final sale price of your item. You can
send autogenerated emails to the top bidder once you close an auction,
and you can upload new auctions without logging on to eBay’s Web site.
The newest version of AID includes a major speed increase, better
support for eBay Motor and Stores, and an improved way to get the
eT
names of top bidders. The free demo only lets you download your most
recently conducted auctions. The full version works on Mac OS 8.6 and
later, but it is not yet Carbonized for Mac OS With AID, it's all right there.
Forget clicking through multiple screens to find a bidder's emall address.
Tips and Tricks for
Photoshop 6
From the Authors of The
Photoshop 6 Wow! Book
dobe Photoshop 6 is the most robust image- 2% W {te
editing program out there, but gaining the
skills to unleash all that power can frustrate even
the most tech-savvy designers. Here are a few tips
from The Photoshop 6 Wow! Book ($49.99, Peachpit
Press)—some are easy timesavers, others are more
advanced techniques, but we’ve designed them all
to help you get the most out of Photoshop.
—Linnea Dayton and Jack Davis
TP When editing colors on selected areas of
objects, use shortcuts to fill color faster.
© To fill a selection with a chosen foreground color, press Option-Delete.
To fill a selection with the background color, press Control-Command-Delete.
© To open the Fill dialog Box, press Shift-Delete.
To fill a transparent layer with transparency or to fill a background layer with
background color, press Delete.
TP Use Adjustment layers for risk-free image editing.
Adjustment layers let you correct the tone and color of an image without risking
the integrity of your original image. Create Adjustment layers by pressing the black-and-white
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your newfound expertise in image editing.
Find sample
Layer Styles
from The
Photoshop 6
‘Wow! Book on
The Disc.
Create New Fill/Adjustment Layer button. To change the settings of an Adjustment layer,
double-click the layer’s thumbnail in the Layers palette to bring up a formatting dialog box.
TP Import decorative type using Shape Layers.
You can use Adobe Illustrator’s extensive options for setting and tweaking type,
and then import your type into Photoshop 6 as a Shape layer. First, in Illustrator, set and
customize your type, convert the type to outlines, then copy it to your Mac’s clipboard. Next,
in Photoshop, choose Paste from the Edit menu and click Shape Layer from the ensuing
Paste As dialog box to import the outlined type from Illustrator. As a Shape Layer, your type
will retain the vector-based curves you created in Illustrator.
Use Scale Effects to
TIP finesse Layer Styles.
Layer Styles provide an ideal way to apply
color, pattern, and dimensional effects
with quality, speed, and flexibility. The
easiest way to apply a preset style to a
layer is to select the layer in the Layers
palette, then click one of the style
thumbnails in the Styles palette to apply
that style to the layer. Most likely the
style’s default formatting will not suit the
element you're designing, so you should
scale the style to fit the layer. To scale a
Layer Style, choose Scale Effects from the
Layer Style submenu of the Layer Menu.
Click the arrow in the Scale Effects dialog
box and watch your image change as you
adjust the scale slider.
With options for colors, tones, gradients, and textures,
Layer Styles offers almost infinite variety.
The Duke Nukem Easter Egg
According to Corey Tamas of MacGamer.com, this is one of the coolest Easter eggs out there.
In the first level of MacSoft's Duke Nukem, go into the movie theater, up the stairs, and into the
projector room. Push a button to open the curtains and type dn1984. You'll see Apple's “1984”
commercial on the movie screen.
new STUFF
Mitlex 3
Steinberg, www.steinberg.net, about $110
Steinberg has released the Midex 3, a USB MIDI
interface with a MIDI in and three MIDI outs. The
device is available now.
USB 2.0 10N
logear, www.iogear.com, $119
logear announced a new USB 2.0 2.5-inch
portable hard drive enclosure, which is backward
compatible with USB 1.1. You'll need Mac OS X to
use the ION, which should be in stores by the
time you read this.
WehsiteCompressor 3
Blue Line Studios, www.blueline-studios.com, $20
Blue Line Studios has released the latest version
of WebsiteCompressor, which streamlines HTML
code created by WYSIWYG HTML authoring tools.
New features include drag-and-drop support,
as well as better handling of JavaScript and
Cascading Style Sheets. WebsiteCompressor 3
is available now.
Xcaret Pro for Wall Street
PowerBook G3
MCE Technologies, www.mcetech.com, $449
Xcaret announced a DVD/CD-RW drive for the 1998
PowerBook G3 Wall Street series. This drive writes
to CD-RW at 4X, reads DVDs at 6X, and reads
CD-ROMs at 24X. The Xcaret Pro for Wall Street
should be available by the time you read this.
MYOB AccountEdge 2.0
MYOB, www.myob.com, $249 ($119 upgrade)
One of the only enterprise-software companies
developing for Mac, MYOB announced version two
of its accounting software. AccountEdge 2.0 includes
anew bank register, import support for online
banking data, new forms, and new report formats. It
should be available by the time you read this.
Swift 3D 2.0
Electric Rain, www.swift3d.com, $159
Finally released as a stand-alone application (it
was previously a Flash plug-in), Swift 3D lets
designers model, animate, and render 3D scenes
to Flash (SWP), PostScript (EPS), and vector
graphic (SVG) formats. With new modeling and
rendering features, Swift 3D 2.0 is available now.
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Steve Berkley
CEO of Bias (800-775-2427, www.bias-inc.com)
Mac OS X products: Deck 3.1 and Peak 3.0
Availability: The public beta is available, and the
final release should be avaitable by the time you
read this.
hen Bias announced OS Xversions of
Peak, a two-track digital-audio editing
and processing program, and Deck, a
multitrack recording and editing app, it became
one of the first audio-software developers to
release products for the new OS.—NR
MA; What were some of the problems when you
were first developing for Mac OS X?
SB: The main development platform,
You've Got Options!
Developers Discuss
Their Mac OS X Apps
Metrowerks CodeWarrior, was still in beta.
When debugging, it took 5 seconds to go
from one line of code to another. We were
fortunate enough to get a prerelease of Puma
[the code name for Mac OS 10.1]. It's a good
thing we got [Puma] because it created some
problems—mostly graphical user interface
drawing problems.
MA: What can Mac OS X bring to an audio app
that Mac OS 9 can’t?
‘SB; You used to have to integrate other
companies’ standards [such as Mark of the
Unicorn’s MAS, Digidesign’s DAE, and
Steinberg’s ASIO] into your product. All that
goes away with Mac OS X’s Core Audio [an
0S-level feature that eliminates the need for
Mac OS X Email Applications
Bias CEO Steve Berkley is optimistic that audio
‘software and hardware companies will jump on
the Mac OS X bandwagon.
third-party MIDI and audio protocols]. We
also get multichannel audio for recording
and playback at higher sample rates and
bit depths, as well as incredible latency-
timing performance.
MA: How long will we have to wait for our
existing audio hardware to run on Mac OS X?
SB: Not long. Companies like Magic
and Roland are working on Mac OSX
drivers for their USB MIDI interfaces.
yo" in Mac OS X and you want to check email, but which email
application is right for you? While Apple’s Mail program: is
bundled free with the 9S, third-party email programs like Eudora offer
better filtering and customization forthe same price—free. To help you
Out, we dissected six OS X email apps into their major components.
Pick the features that are right for you.—Rob McNair-Huff
Email App | Mail Eudora 5.1 Powermail 3.0 Netscape X 6.1 Mulberry 2.1 ‘SweetMail 2.09 | Entourage X for Mac
Sponsored (beta)
Company Apple, Qualcomm, CTM Development, | Netscape, Cyrusoft, Ichise, Microsoft. www
and Cost www.apple.com, www.eudora.com, | www.ctmdev.com, | wwWw.netscape.com, | www.tyrusoft.com | www2ttcn.ne.jp | .microsoft.com/mac,
free free (Sponsored | $49 free /mulberry, $36 /~sweet/mail, bundled with $499
mode displays ads) $28 Office v. X for Mac.
Interface Three panels Three panels Three panels Customizable one- or | A one- or two- Three panels
(mailbox, message | Old school, with (mailbox, message | (mailbox, message | two-panel interface | panel interface, | (mailbox, message
list, and message | multiple one- or list, and message _ list, and message with separate with a separate | list, and message
text) in one window | two-panel windows | text) in one window | text) in one window | mailbox window mailbox list text) in one window
Multiple Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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Filtering One search criteria | Two search criteria | Unlimited search | Unlimited criteria Unlimited search Up to two criteria | Seven search criteria
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Function with built-in indexing using category-based
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email messages AppleScriptable and chat client OS X users grouped by topic | with Microsoft Office
Merry Christmas
Here's another classic Easter egg from the days of old. If you play
Delta Tao's 1994 game Dark Castle on Christmas day, you'll see a
green Christmas tree on your way into the castle. The decor makes
the holidays more festive, doesn't it?
Trivia
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Do you have what it takes?
For the first time ever, the hit television show Survivor™ has come to your
Mac! Play as any of the actual Pulau Tiga or Australian Outback contest-
ants or create your own character. Throughout your adventures you'll form
powerful alliances, compete in grueling challenges, immerse yourself in the
drama of Tribal Council and much more.
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Learn what's on the inside
without voiding your warranty.
Those Luscious LCDs
by Narasu Rebbapragada
iquid crystal displays (LCDs) are sexier, thinner, and more energy efficient than cathode-ray tube (CRT) monitors. We talked to Herb
Berkwits, senior manager at ViewSonic, to learn how they work and why most (but not all) of you will want one foryour desktop Mac.
1 Backlighting
The backlight consumes 95 percent of the
energy required to power the LCD. This gives
the display its thin form factor and makes it
energy efficient.
3 Glass Plates
‘Two glass plates sandwich the liquid crystal
material, The glass plate near the backlight
{s divided into a fixed number of pixels,
giving an LCD monitor only a single native
resolution, as opposed to a CRT monitor,
which offers many resolutions, Each pixel is
divided into three (red, green, and blue)
subpixels. So a 1,024-by-768-pixel monitor
has 786,482 pixels and therefore 2.36
million subpixels.
5 Spacer
The spacer physically creates a uniform
distance between the two glass plates.
6 Liquid Crystals
Atthe heart of LCD technology is the liquid
crystal material. The molecules within this
‘material can bend light waves. These
Molecules rest in a twisted state, which
bends light waves 90 degrees (see
“Alignment Layers,” right). An electric
Current from the thin film transistors (TFTs)
hits these molecules, untwists them, and
lets the light waves pass through unbent.
This bending and unbending of light waves
determines how many of them pass
through the lines in the front polarizing filter
(at bottom) to brighten the pixels of the
image onscreen. When all the light waves
are bent in the same direction as the lines of
the polarizing filter, they all pass through
and the pixels are brightest. When no light
waves are bentin the same direction as the
lines of the front polarizing filter, they can’t
pass through and the pixels are darkest.
There are 256 intermediate stages between
full voltage on and voltage off, resulting in
various intensities of light. These variations
give you grayscale and mitions of shades
of colors.
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FRONT
ILLUSTRATION BY 0. DALE GLASGOW
2 Polarizing Filter
‘Two polarizing filters, which filter the incoming
and outgoing light waves, are attached to the
outside of each glass plate (see “Glass Plates,”
left). They contain a series of superthin parallel
lines that work similarly to Venetian blinds.
This back-side filter lets through only those light
waves oriented in the same direction as its lines.
The front filter only lets out light waves oriented
in the same direction as its lines. Light waves
that make it through both filters compose the
image on the LCD screen. The polarizing fiters
can be arranged so that the lines on each
filter are oriented parallel or perpendicular to
each other.
4 Thin Film Transistor (TFT)
and Electrodes
A grid (rows and columns) of tiny transistors
affixed to the back-side glass plate physically
divides the glass panel into pixels. Each
transistor controls one subpixel. A processor on
the monitor talks to each transistor, which turns
an electric field on and off to determine how
brightly to illuminate a subpixel. The precise
shape and position of each subpixel creates a
sharper picture than a CRT can provide.
7 Alignment Layers
‘Submicroscopic grooves in the Alignment layers
anchor the molecules at the ends of the liquid
crystal material, causing the molecules to rest in
a twisted state. Two sets of grooves (one on
each plate) are positioned at 90 degrees to each
other, This means the ends of the molecular
chain are also positioned at 90 degrees to each
other, which creates a twist in the chain.
8 Color Filter
The light waves that make it out of the liquid
crystal are still white. Next, they go through red,
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READY, SET,
Mac*gaming-is:more
alive and exciting than
ever before. So-get out
there, and/start playing!
are a waste of time and make your brain go to pot. Well, we’re here to tell you
they're wrong. Games are a great way to spend your time—after all, many
games relieve stress, teach kids (and adults) to work through problems, and provide
a good way for families to socialize. More than anything, they’re just damn fun.
If you've never played a game before in your life, then you're missing out on a lot
of the fun and excitement you can have on your Mac. Luckily, you're never too old
to start playing games. And even more fortunately, there’s never been a better time
to play games.
After all, Mac OS X is here: all the better to run games that won't crash on you
Mac hardware is faster and more powerful than ever before: all the better to run
more-complex, prettier games that have rigorous system requirements. And, as
you'll see in our “Top Games” section (p24), Mac games have never been as good
as they are now. Not only do the games of today look and play better, they also
appeal to a greater number of people—there are just as many awesome titles for the
hard-core gamer as there are for the newcomer.
One last word: The MacAddict staff comprises many different personalities. We
range in age from the mid-twenties to the early fifties. Some of us can proudly
proclaim that we stayed up until 4 a.m. playing StarCraft, while others of us stil!
think Tetris is the best game ever made. Yet each of us had a blast putting together
this feature as we played new games and rediscovered old favorites. That just goes
to show that even though different people have dissimilar tastes, nobody is above
having a little fun.
20 | MacAdgict jane
f ames. Some of the suits on Capitol Hill would have you believe that games
laside
Why Play Games? p22
Why is ita great time to be a Mac
gamer? Find out here.
‘ Top Games p24
We award gold, silver, and bronze
medals to 33 Mac games in 11
different categories,
Give New Life to Old
Games p30
If you've grown bored of Unreal
Tournament or Myth ll, find out how to
spice up your old games.
Take Control of Your
Games p34
In the market for a controller? Here’s
how to find the best gamepad, joystick,
steering wheel, or mouse for your needs.
The Graphic Details on
Graphics Cards p38
If you find the world of graphics cards
confusing, get the lowdown on Mac.
video cards and clear your brain.
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Find Apeiron
4.0.3, Burning
Monkey Puzzle
Lab 1.6.1,
‘Maelstrom
4.43, and
demos of
Diablo tt, Deus,
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hall we play a game?” The smooth-
talking artificial intelligence (Al) of a
Defense Department mainframe posed this
challenge to Matthew Broderick, a teenage
hacker who wanted to play a computer game
called Global Thermonuclear War.
That was 1983, and the movie was
WarGames. Back then, gamers were pimply-
faced kids who played games like Asteroids
and Lode Runner on an Atari 2600 or Apple
Ile (Macs didn’t exist yet). Using keypads or
joysticks, they zigzagged tiny bitmapped
heroes around flat-colored graphics to a
cacophony of blips and bleeps.
Fast-forward to the year 2002. A
supercomputer can fit into an 8-inch cube.
Your grandmother can play Who Wants to Be
a Millionaire on a hot-pink iMac, And you?
You can use a 3D gaming glove to frag a
beautifully detailed demon at 60 frames per
second. If you’re not already a gamer, you’re
missing a lot.
There has never been a better time to be a
Mac gamer. Games are better than ever.
Graphics are better than ever. And the Mac is
better than ever. But Mac gaming wasn’t
always healthy. In the mid-1990s, the
industry was approaching dead-fish status;
there were few Mac games and even fewer
Mac developers. According to Corey Tamas,
editor in chief of Macgamer.com, the return of
Steve Jobs in conjunction with the 1998
launch of the first iMac revived both Apple
and Mac gaming. Industry leaders point to a
few other factors.
Better Games
“Games in general are maturing a lot,” says
Peter Tamte, who founded MacSoft in 1993
and Destineer last year. (See “Who’s Who,”
left, for more info on Mac game companies.)
Game developers these days are better at
making more complex and intelligent games.
For example, Tamte explains, if you can win
battles using a particular weapon all the time,
the game is not balanced or challenging.
There is also a greater range of high-
quality games on the Mac right now—and not
all of them are shooters. Games like Aspyr’s
The Sims (a simulation game in which you
control people) and MacSoft’s Tropico (a
simulation game in which you rule over an
istand) are exciting because they transcend
traditional action-adventure genres and draw
in new gamers. These games don’t require
superfast fingers and top-notch hand-eye
coordination for success—people can easily
get into them and still have fun because they
involve smart decision-making skills.
According to NPD Intellect market
research, The Sims series of games, including
the original game and the House Party and
Livin’ Large expansion packs, were the three
top-selling Mac games in August 2001. Tropico
was number four.
Better Graphics Cards
Anew generation of 3D graphics cards like
ATl’s Radeon series and nVidia’s GeForce
series render beautiful graphics at incredibly
fast speeds (see “The Graphic Details on
Graphics Cards,” p38). And graphics cards are
now advanced enough to handle the burden
of processing graphics, which frees up room
on your Mac’s CPU to process the game’s Al.
In other words, developers no longer need to
sacrifice graphics for gameplay.
Mac 08 X
Atagline on Apple’s Web site says, “Mac OS X
version 10.1: The OS for Games. Period.” With
Mac OS 10.1’s automatic memory allocation
(aka fewer crashes), integrated OpenGL (aka
faster and more-stunning 3D graphics), and
overall stability (aka happier users), games
should have fewer problems running and be
more fun to play. In fact, MacPlay is so
committed to Mac OS X that it produced
Giants: Citizen Kabuto, an action and real-
time strategy game, for Mac OS X only—
just to take advantage of the new system’s
enhanced graphics and performance.
Apple is counting on Mac OS X to draw
in game developers. “Mac OS X has allowed
us fo create a renewed interest in the
gaming community,” says Bard Williams,
Apple’s senior manager of worldwide
markets. Not only does OpenGL appeal to
developers, but Mac OS X is an open-
architecture platform. “It means that, in
some cases, actually writing games for the
Mac and porting games from other
platforms is less of an issue,” Williams says.
Great Shareware
“It’s a labor of love,” says Colin Lynch
Smith, vice president of Freeverse
Software, about shareware games.
Sharewate’s indie feel has traditionally
appealed to diehard Mac fans, and the low
try-before-you-buy price appeals to just
about everyone. Industry insiders have
varying perspectives on where shareware
is headed, though. Smith says the high
cost of creating graphically rich games
is prohibitive for some shareware
developers. On the other hand, according
to Williams, Mac OS X’s powerful developer
tools and Unix underpinnings are enticing
new shareware authors to enter the
scene—especially Unix programmers. He
adds that Apple has already noticed an
explosion in shareware for Mac OS X since
the OS's release.
It’s clear that Mac gaming is here to
stay—and to flourish. So perhaps this
decade’s Matthew Broderick, battling this
decade's At villain, will do so on a Titanium
PowerBook G4.
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24 MacAdcict JAN/02
SHOOTERS
First-person games that require you to run around like a madperson
shooting everything in sight. No plot necessary.
Unreal Tournament has
everything we want in a game:
powerful, versatile weapons;
maps that are epic and worldly
yet easy to master; and a
community of fanatics creating
new maps and mods. True to the
genre, ifyou can aim and shoot,
you're in, but when you get good
and take your game online,
there's no end of better Unreal
Tournament players to keep the
game challenging and fresh.
Bottom line: This game came out
in early 2000, and almost two years later, it’s still costing us sleep.
Who needs a plot when you've got the best
eye candy? Certainly not us. Quake Ill’s
animated blood and gore, rich atmosphere, “
vivid effects, and awesome deathmatch
action raised the bar for Mac shooters when
it came out approximately two years ago.
Quake III would certainly be at the top of the
shooter heap if not for Unreal Tournament,
which offers more levels and more-complex
gameplay.
Rogue Spear is a game of contradictions, as |
thoughtful as it is violent and as tactical as it is
chaotic. Lead a squad of elite counterterrorists
against—you guessed it—terrorists. Multiple
missions mean a detailed and compelling game
for single players, but the squad-based combat
becomes even more addictive as an online
multiplayer game. Although the graphics in
Rogue Spear aren’t as technically sophisticated
as those in Quake III or Unreal Tournament, the
storyline and missions more than make up for it.
ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
Games in which players assume the role of an individual or group and
interact with other characters on their journey. Think D&D.
In the tiberpopular
Diablo series, you play a
hero on a quest to
defeat the Prime Evils.
Traditional RPGs require
careful strategy and
Tesource management,
which can intimidate
some players. Diablo II right. zy kids, s "
eases first-timers into
gameplay, allowing them to learn quickly about balancing gold,
weapons, armor, magic, and abilities. The more powerful you become,
the more time you’ll spend glued to the computer.
Role-playing games often feel
stilted and forced, with the
game’s interface and time
demands getting in the way of
good fun. Not so with Fallout,
second only to Diablo in its
ability to keep the action going
and allowa sense of freedom — Th
with its nonlinear gameplay. In a postapocalyptic future, your mission
is to save the other residents of your fallout shelter. Fallout presents
an inspired look and feel with a biting, satirical sense of humor—it’s
great to play for that alone. 8
Baldur's Gate Il is a massive,
nonlinear affair that manages to
capture much of the feel of dice-
and-paper RPG play. The game
may be difficult for newbies
because it incorporates a large
chunk of the rule set of Advanced
Dungeons and Dragons, one of the most popular RPGs. If you haven’t
played D&D before, you may feel lost. But experienced gamers wiil
appreciate the game’s attention to detail.
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SPORTS
Games that simulate an actual sport (as if you couldn’t figure that out).
OK, so you’re not a
real gamer, you’ve
never ridden a
skateboard, and
you’re about as
Xtreme as Al Gore.
Even then, you are not
excused from playing
Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2. This game is so exceptionally fun that it
should appeal to anyone who has a pulse, even if you aren’ta
skateboarder or a hard-core gamer. The goal is to perform adrenaline-
pumping tricks and accomplish a set of goals in eight skateboarding
venues. It’s the thrill of skateboarding with none of the bruises. What
could be better? Barri
The Madden NFL football series
is one of the most popular, best:
selling, best-designed video-
game (legacies in history,
regardless of platform. When
Aspyr first brought Madden 2000
to the Mac, the game far
outstripped any other sports title |
available on our platform at that time. Unfortunately, the 2000 version
is starting to show its age, making it vulnerable to getting bumped from
the gold medal spot in sports.
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It may not get your pulse rate up,
but one thing we can say about
Links is that it comes closer than
any other Mac sports game to
being exactly like the sport it’s
based on. In fact, in many ways
Links is every bit as fun as actually
playing golf (how much that says Nees gles.
about Links and how much that says about oli is an issue we'll leave
alone). Rich scenery and an easy-to-play, smooth game dynamics make
Links a first-class sports game.
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ACTION AND ADVENTURE
Games (usually third-person) that feature fighting, shooting, climbing
and follow some sott of storyline (no matter how lame).
Deus Ex has a couple
of minor drawbacks
that prevent it from
attaining gaming
godhood, butit gets
close. For one thing, the
system requirements
are as high as those of
any Mac game ever, and
for another, the game’s
many features might
intimidate neophytes. That said, the rewarding mixture of stealth,
tactical espionage, and all-out blasting makes this first-person action
game the best of its class and a game you can play in an infinite
number of ways. Think of itas Unreal Tournament the game meets
Mission: Impossible the movie.
Overshadowed in publicity by {@
Bungie's other child, Halo, Oni
is still a brilliantly addictive
shooter with adventure
elements. Oni’s fast-paced
third-person gameplay makes
for an experience more akin to
a console game, a nice change
for Mac users. Controlling
Konoko, the lead protagonist, becomes a task every bit as absorbing
as the game's puzzles and exploration challenges. An enjoyable
tutorial at the beginning makes the game easy to learn and get into.
Based on the Lewis Carroll
classic, American McGee's Alice
is a great action-adventure game.
Macabre versions of the Cheshire
Cat and the Mad Hatter greet Alice
as she fights, swings, riddles, and
swims her way through
Wonderland’s nine regions. The
game requires wit for guiding Alice through psychedelic mazes and
solving cryptic riddles, as well as brawn for destroying the evil
Centipede and cannibalistic Duchess. Warning: The gorgeous graphics
and spooky music can induce nightmares.
26 MacAdaict JAN/02
STRATEGY
Games in which you control and manage a group or a mission and are
responsible for everything from the deployment of troops to resource
management. | |
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StarCraft is a real-time W
strategy game set in
space. You control your
armies of Terran, Zerg,
and Protoss races to do
battle, while defending
your forces’ territory. As
you build up your army
with an offensive, you
have to make sure your
defensive strategy will
keep the enemy from kicking your butt. The constant masterminding of
combat plus resource management is a challenge, but once you get the
hang of it, you will be addicted. Warning: If you want to be productive,
do not keep StarCraft near your Mac.
Civilization I! is an awesome
game for all of you who want to
pursue your goals of world
domination. Based in history
(sometimes loosely), Civilization
Il allows players to choose a
group such as the Chinese,
American Indians, or Vikings and
do their best to use diplomatic,
technological, economic, and
military tactics to win out over other factions. The game is brilliant but
does get stale over time—certainly more quickly than StarCraft, which
has a plot and episodes to keep things moving.
®
The folks at Bungie had a
brainstorm one day—take the
resource-management aspects
out of real-time strategy games and
see what happens. The result? Myth
Il (the follow-up to Myth), a real-time
fantasy game that’s about tactics
more than anything else. In Myth II,
players control a group of warriors,
archers, dwarves, and other magical
types in a quest to save the world
from impending evil. The control system, with its orbiting camera, is
brilliant, but it takes a little getting used to.
SIM AND GOD
Games that simulate fictionalized real-life situations, allowing
players to build cities, empires, or neighborhoods and then
micromanage their day-to-day happenings.
The Sims is simply
one of the most
entertaining games
we've ever played in
our lives—perhaps
because you get to
control other
people’s lives, In The
Sims, you create and
control a person,
household, or
neighborhood of people, making sure they eat when they're
hungry, sleep when they’re tired, and pee when the need arises.
You can even decorate your Sims’ houses with the bacon they bring
home from their jobs. The game is more fun than you can possibly
imagine.
More intellectual than The
Sims but more humorous
than Sim City (the original
city simulation game),
Tropico appoints you et
presidente of a podunk
Caribbean paradise. You
manage your people’s
needs for jobs, housing,
social services, and fun. Do a good job, and you end up rich. Screw
up, and you get ousted. Like any third-world (eader, you fix
elections, kiss a superpower’s ass, and pad your Swiss bank
account—all to a perky Calypso beat.
Railroad Tycoon Il combines.
all the elements of a good
simulation game—it’s
engaging, realistic enough to
keep you on your toes, and
complex enough so thatyou
don’t master it quickly. You
assume the role of chair of a
major railroad company and
build a railway empire from the ground up. A variety of difficulty
levels makes the game surprisingly approachable for novices
without compromising the game for experts.
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BOARD, CARD, AND PARLOR
Family-style games that range from trivia to casino to board to classic
game-room games.
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FOR “CODDLING® KIOS” WHICH OF THESE DID THE
MOTHER MOST LIKELY OO TO HER CHILDREW?
If you’ve never played You
Don’t Know Jack, you don’t
know jack about what
you’re missing. Not only
are the questions in this
trivia game challenging,
they’re also humorous, For
instance, one question
asks: “If Rocky the Flying Squirrel became a ‘Flying Wallenda,’ what
would he be?” (Answer: a gray tightrope walker with a moose pal, but
you knew that, right?) Factor in one smart-ass emcee, and you have
simply the best trivia game ever. The jumbo Pak is a compilation of five
YDKJ CDs and contains more useless trivia than you can shake a stick at.
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Why buy the Mac version ofa game {|
you can play with friends in the
so-called real world? Simple:
Because your friends aren’t as
smart or as patient as Chessmaster
6000. This beautifully designed
game’s coaching capabilities—
including spoken tips—can make
you a better player, and you can
advance your rating by playing
against one of its 64 preprogrammed personalities, all with different
rankings. It can even amuse you—try a game against bottom-feeders
Clyde or Josie,
Feed your gambling vice without
losing your shirt, reeking of
cigarettes, or having to listen to
some ol’ blue-hair yammer on
about the dry mashed potatoes in
the buffet. Hoyle Casino is a virtual
Vegas venture that packs in more
value than most games of its kind,
offering poker, blackjack, pai gow,
craps, roulette, slots, keno,
baccarat, horse racing, and more. The animated players’ onscreen banter
provides an entertaining backdrop, though the humor and theatrics in the
current version aren’t as hilariously over the top as those in previous
releases.
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DRIVING AND RACING
Games that simulate driving, often in a race.
Strapping a couple
of jet engines onto a
small pod hovering
a few feet off the
ground makes for
a heart-pounding
aictl
movie scenario, but
what makes Episode
| Racer our racing gold medalist is fast action, great graphics, and
superbly balanced gameplay. Oh, and let’s not forget the amazing
sound, innovative tracks, and bevy of upgrade options that keep
you returning again and again to earn that last bit of power for
your ungodly turbo-chariot.
u
i
Driver may not be
the slickest port job
MacSoft’s ever done,
but it sure is damn.
fun to play. Hop ina
muscle-bound,
petrol-swilling
meathead of a car
and submerse
yourself in the sheer
lunacy of a 1970s car-chase movie. Driver doesn’t quite maintain
the consistency of graphics or evenness of play that puts Episode
| Racer on top, but its 180-degree-sliding, tire-squealing, street-
jumping action is still really cool.
Mud-splattered SUVs
neverlookquiteas
pretty in life as they do»
in 4X4 Evolution. Just
try to sneak in a game
without drawing a
crowd to your monitor.
The gameplay itself is
ultrarealistic, making getting started on 4Xq a test of your
patience (heck, even after you get the hang of these trucks, the
racing part can drive you to punch things once in a while). Over
the long haul, though, this level of physics detail makes 4X4 a
landmark in Mac racing.
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FLIGHT
Games that put you in control of any kind of aircraft.
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Falcon ain’t no Easy
Street, but it’s a whole
lotta fun packed onto a
single disc. In most
scenarios, aircraft and
ground forces are trying
to destroy you. If you’re
willing to tangle with the
tough learning curve by
spending solid time on
the very thorough manual
and the training
missions, your growth as the pilot of an Fb 16 is only the beginning—you
can really hone your tactical combat skills. The realism is excellent, and
though you’re permanently stuck in the Korean skies, the scenery is
terrific.
Fly makes the experience of
flying palpable. Less action-
oriented than combat sims
like Falcon, Fly is especially
useful for amateur pilots,
taking realism to anew
level—for example, the moon,
stars, and lighting effects
adjust automatically to the
time and date on your system
clock, For true-to-life weather
conditions, you can download the current METAR aviation weather report
from the Web. The aircraft range from trainers to helicopters, the scenery is
spectacular, the options for flight planning are endless, and you have
airports worldwide at your fingertips.
Set ina fictional time when the U.S.
and North Korea are involved in a
military skirmish, F/A-18 Korea puts
you in the cockpit of a multirole
combat aircraft with several
missions to choose from: shoot
down enemy planes, bomb targets,
and so on. The hardest part about
F/A-18, besides dropping a nuclear
bomb and living through the shockwave to tell about it, is eleamine the
avionics of a combat aircraft. However, for fans of air-combat simulation,
this game is a must-play.
ARCADE
Simple action games or games that simulate old arcade games; usually
high on fast-paced, repetitive action and low on storyline.
Based on the massively
popular arcade game,
Asteroids, Maelstrom adds
kitsch appeal with its
colorfully cute and curvy 3D
graphics and old-school
sounds. Fly yourchubby
toylike spaceship through
the vast darkness, shooting
asteroids, flying saucers,
metal balls, and spiky
mines that become increasingly aggressive as you blaze through levels.
Though you can argue that the gameplay is prehistoric compared to
today’s 3D-rendered games (the game was released in 1992), Maelstrom is
mindless entertainment at its very best.
Even raging tendonitis,
caused by hours of furious
mouse clicking, couldn’t
stop us from playing this
insanely addictive game.
Best described as Centipede
rambling through the looking
glass of Oz, Apeiron has
you shoot off your plasma
cannon to decimate
animated sneaker-wearin’
Pentipedes, dive-bombing
fleas, a bouncing scorpion, wayward UFOs, and more, all while navigating
through a funkadelic mushroom patch and trying to gobble up a menu of
yummies (secret powers hidden in coins). Got it?
Times are tough in the Great Machine.
Terminus, Weapon of Chaos, has come
to undo the programs that maintain
order. Your mission as Battle-Girl is to
destroy his nefarious programmers. If
you don’t, big, bad Terminus will come
to liquidate you, assisted by a series of
fighter escorts of escalating ferocity.
The game has a style reminiscent of old vector-graphics arcade games, but
don’t let the retro look fool you—it takes lightning-fast reflexes to survive
the game’s 99-plus levels.
The MacAddict staff wishes they could produce a games issue every month.
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Any game that didn’t fit neatly into another category. (Hey, give
us a break!)
What can we say about
Tetris except that it is hands-
down one of the simplest
yet most addictive games in
the universe? The object is
to drop puzzle pieces of
different sizes and shapes
from the top of the screen to
form complete lines at the
bottom of the screen. You can find many different flavors of Tetris
out there, but Tetris Max is one of our favorites. Whether you need
a 5-minute (gaming!) quickie or a longer diversion, you can’t go
wrong with this classic,
One of the best-selling
games of all time, Myst
pulls you into a strange
and beautifully rendered
world of puzzle solving,
exploration, and
adventure. There are
no guns and you cannot
die. It’s a good first game
for the casual gamer
because you can play at
your own pace, and its point-and-click interface keeps navigation
simple.
simian twist. You (and a
support staff of monkeys
wearing lab coats) rotate and
arrange falling sets of colored
orbs in the name of science.
You can connect to
Freeverse’s game server to play Puzzle Lab with others over the
Internet. When that becomes a little too much, you can switch the
game to Zen mode for a more tranquil playing environment. With
basically just three controls to contend with (two for rotate, one for
drop), anybody can play this game.
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game mod (short for modification) is a change to a game, whether it ___ increases firepower, mutates weapons, and generally attempts to take
involves altering rules, weapons, of even goals. Typically mod developers this first-person shooter's action to the next level. One of our personal
are not trying fo reinvent the game, just spice it up. For example, if the original favorites is Akimbo Arena, which makes it possible to carry two of
game features a big-ass blaster, a mod might feature a superbig-ass blaster With (MMIC GUNC ONES E UCN Cs AUR Mo Chere sea
an extra grenade launcher. More-subtle mods may simply tweak the rules in a Other mods offer completely new gameplay models. For example,
capture-the-flag match. in one mod called Holy Wars, players compete to find a randomly
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mean new areas in which to play the game—same game, new scenery. Adding world of sinners. Jerry Falwell would be so offended.
new skins offers a similar experience to the original game, but instead of changing
the scenery, you're altering the way your characters look. How to Install Unreal Tournament Mods
‘Mods, maps, and skins are free and are either official (created by the original While some games make you jump through hoops to install new
game developer) or unofficial (developed by some random guy in the Midwest). | mods, you can install most Unreal Tournament mods in one easy step.
ene sey eeenc uleeeagiiesaedi | The UMOD Installer is a nifty little utility that you can download for
installation process. To get many downloads working, you have to follow some free (www.westlakeinteractive.com/downloadoo33.htm)). Just drag
Menvesutemsulctiretrts (velbelds ci aesdusqitys cia) any Unreal Tournament mod that ends with a .umod extension onto
Ready, aim, fire!
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Unreal Tournament doesn't
deliver hard-core action.
the UMOD installer, and UMOD
takes care of the rest for you.
Some of the Unreal Tournament
mods at the sites listed below
are not in the .umod format. For
these you will have ta follow the
Specific instructions that come
with them.
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If someone has already beaten you to the halo, your
mission is to use any means (aka kill that sucker) to get it
back for yourself.
‘THE ULTIMATE GAMES GUIDE
N 0 matter how much you love them at first, even the greatest games eventually lose their
luster. But wait—don’t head to eBay just yet. There's still plenty of life in those old games.
All you need are some hot mods, maps, and skins, and you'll be exploring new worlds,
blasting unfamiliar enemies, and milking your old games for everything they're worth.
And best of all, it won’t cost you a pel
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nbo Arena Mod
OK, one Flak Cannon is a good thing,
but two at a time—come on, this is
just too much fun.
GIVE N
QUAKE Hl Quake III Fortress
So you've logged hundreds (or is it thousands?) of hours shooting at
mortal enemies in Quake IIl—it’s time to mix it up a little. The best
addendums to the game are multiplayer and team mods. Take Quake
ll Fortress, for example, which includes team-play elements, 11 new
weapons, new gameplay rules, and lots of extremely cool new maps
for multiplayer Quake III. (As of this writing, Fortress was still in beta
form, but we found it more than stable enough to enjoy.)
There’s also Weapons Factory Arena (a follow-up to the immensely
popular Quake I! Weapons Factory mod), which completely reinvents
Quake ill’s weapons selection and adds tons of new challenges in the
form of laser defenses and flying reconnaissance units (for spying on
enemies). You may also enjoy some total conversion mods such as ss P
Urban Terror, an unofficial mod that re-creates the Quake III experience ibid duel Ae Bs 502003
by bringing realistic urban warfare to your desktop. This baby gives you
new weapons, scenery, enemies, and lots more sneaking around than
the original Quake Ill: Arena had. The scenery may have changed, but it's still fun to unload a high-powered rocket
Jauncher in Quake II! Fortress,
How to Install Quake Ill Mods
Unfortunately, there is no standard way to install mods in Quake Ill,
which leaves you at the mercy of the installation instructions that
usually come with the download. However, here are a few tips.
Before running any Quake II! mods, make sure you are running at
least version 1.27 of Quake III: Arena. While it’s not too tough to find
the Mac upgrade (search for Quake Ii! Mac update or something
similar), some versions we downloaded were faulty. Try downloading
a reliable update from Mac Game Files (www.macgamefiles.com
/detail.taf?item=10341). If you're running an updated version, you will
see a Mods menu item on the game’s main screen.
Before unstuffing the files you download, set your Stuffit Expander
preferences to never convert text files to Macintosh format. Go to the
File menu, select Preferences, click the Cross Platform icon, and click
the Never button. Otherwise the unstuffing process may corrupt your
mod files.
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cross Pistferm| | ner-Macintosh files into Macintosh format. If you want to stop the corruption www.planetquake.com
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MARATHON
Despite the fact that the first game was released in 1994, the Marathon series remains
popular with some Mac gamers. Of course, even the most loyal fan has surely played each
ofthese adventure-shooter games many times over and is ready for an update. Enter
Marathon Rubicon, a free update that takes the Marathon series to the next level. The best
part about Rubicon is that you can play even if the original series isn’t installed on your
machine. You can also find a large selection of new maps for both Marathon and Marathon
2. In a strange crossover, you can even find Marathon maps re-created for play in Unreal
Tournament. Now that’s teamwork.
How to Install Marathon Mods \ ' *
There is no completely standard way of installing mods for the Marathon series (since both i g rN J
games were developed before the golden age of the mod really began), but if you’ve got itn es 7
your eye on the Rubicon upgrade, don’t worry. Double-clicking its installation icon will take As far as graphics or superfast gameplay go, Marathon’s
care of everything for you. ‘still no Quake tll, but the Rubicon update goes a long way
Where fo Find Them toward bringing it into the modern age of gaming.
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THE ULTIMATE GAMES GUIDI
-MYTHII
When you start searching for add-ons to this mythical-world strategy game,
you're mostly going to find new multiplayer maps. This means you can end up
in feudal Japan; the wild, wild West; or the bloodied fields of a famous WWII
battle. For instance, the WWII Titans map redraws your Myth Il world as a WWII
battlefield, introducing more-modern soldiers, weaponry, and...oh yeah,
tanks. Too much of a departure? You can also find a number of more-familiar
maps that offer new terrain without straying too far from the original theme.
Although they’re considerably rarer, you can find new single-player
campaigns to play, such as the aptly named Myth I! Solo Campaign, which
offers several new levels, each with unique enemy forces and strategic
details. You can also find mods with various weapon upgrades and
character substitutes. We were particularly impressed with some of the
WWII heavy artillery additions we came across.
How to Install Myth il Mods
For most multiplayer Myth Il mods, download and unstuff them, then drag
them into the Plug-ins folder inside the Myth Il folder. Once there, you can _Tited of medieval creatures? How about a troop of rfle-toting
activate your mods in multiplayer mode by clicking the Options button, then foot soldiers?
the Plugins button—you will see the files you installed in the window that
appears. Move the file names into the Active panel and start a new game to
play with your new mods.
Note: When you install Myth II Solo Campaign, replace the entire Local
folder in your Myth I! folder (but don’t throw it away!). To activate the new
campaign, hold down the Shift key and click the New Game button. This
replaces the single-player game with the new campaign. When you're
ready to go back to classic
action, replace the original
Local folder.
Where to Find Them
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www.download.com
RAINBOW SIX, ROGUE SPEAR
Are you one of those people who thinks Tom Clancy is a pretty good writer but you
could create more-intriguing plots and twists? Guess what, you’re not alone—and
many of your fellow would-be novelists are turing to the art of making Rainbow Six
and Rogue Spear mods as a way to prove their imaginative powers.
Not quite as prevalent as the Unreal Tournament and Quake mods that litter the
Web, mods for these first-person shooters typically feature more-realistic updates.
You'll find many new maps based on real-world locations and scenarios featuring
realistic tactics, weapons, and soldiers. One of our favorites was a collection of WWII
scenarios called WWII Weapons for Rogue Spear. Of course, not all the mods are so
dedicated to realism. One called Steel Skulls reworks the first level in Rainbow Six to
feature hordes of terrorists. Expect a bloodbath. And for the Web-weary among you,
Rogue Spear actually comes with a full conversion mod in the box.
Dark and scary scenery, wolves, and brand-new mission objectives are
Click the Plugins button to add new multiplayer just a few of the things that make the Solo Campaign mod a whole new
maps for Myth Il. Myth Il experience,
How to Install Rainbow Six and Rogue Spear Mods The WWil-based Urban Operations add-on comes with the
There is no standard for installing Rainbow Six mods. You'll encounter everything from hoxed copy of Rogue Spear.
easy double-click icons to strange-sounding files you need to place in just the right
folder. Most mod downloads come with instructions for installation—read them carefully.
In Rogue Spear, on the other hand, the process is considerably more streamlined. In the Rogue Spear Data Where to Find Them
folder, you'll find a Mods folder. Drag the mod folders you download into here, Start the game and click the http://roguespear.3dretreat.com
Options button on the main screen. Next, click the Mods button and activate the mods listed there. Finally, www.roguespeardatabase.com
start a new game to see the results. www.download.com
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GAMEPADS
Features and Options
A standard eight-way D-pad is a purely digital
device: It registers a push in one of eight directions. If you push
left on a D-pad, the character moves 100 percent left. In contrast,
a proportional D-pad provides the precision of an analog stick, for
360 degrees of control. Some controllers make you press a Mode button
to switch between digital and analog control, which can be annoying.
An analog controller offers more-precise movement
than a digital D-pad. it allows gradual movement, like a steering wheel: Turn 10
degrees right, and the object you're controlling moves 10 degrees right.
There's a vast array of button setups to choose from.
A standard number is eight: four under the thumb, and four on the shoulders of the pad.
This allows you to map additional functions to buttons—so if you press the
Shift button along with another button, the latter will perform a new function.
Sometimes the pad has two triggers instead of shoulder buttons. Usually these are
analog devices and make great substitutes for gas and brake pedals in driving games.
Also called rumble, Force Feedback makes the controller vibrate at key
points in the game, such as when you crash into an opponent in a racing game.
Using motion-sensing technology, some gamepads allow you to tilt the controller to move.
Several companies make such pads for the PC, but they're not available for the Mac—yet (don’t worry,
they're roma we think).
Some pads include a small wheel to increase or decrease throttle, which
controls the amount of fuel going to the engine in a flight sim.
Popular Products Logitech, www.logitech.com
CH Products, www.ciproducts.com WingMan Gamepad Extreme, $39.95
USB Gamepad, $29.95 WingMan Precision USB, $9.95
Thrwstnasten www.thrustastercom Macally Peripherals, voww.macalty.com (shown)
Dual Analog Gamepad, $24.99 iShock tl, $39 (see Reviews, this issue, p50)
Mac compatibility for input devices can be hairy. If you have Mier www microsott.com/sidewinder
TWP? trouble getting a gamepad or joystick to work with your Mac, | falueaneaialea irae :
try the shareware USB Overdrive ($20, www.usboverdrive.com). This
universal USB driver handles all kinds of USB input devices and lets
you configure them for your games. A Mac OS X version, if not out
already, is coming soon. Thank heaven for shareware.
34 MacAdaict JAN/02
Eliminator AfterShock Rumble Gamepad, $39.99
Eliminator GamePad Pro, $29.99
terminator Force Feedback Gamepad, $69.99
Gamepad Pro USB, $19.99
‘SideWinder Game Pad USB, $24.95
SideWinder Game Pad Pro, $34.95
Saitek, worw.saitelossa.com
P150 USB Action Pad, $14.95
P750 Digital Gamepad, $29.95
W! spending money on controllers really make playing your games more fun? The short
answer is yes—if you spend a lot of time playing games, you should have a better
experience once you ditch the keyboard in favor of a shiny, new, feature-laden controller, Here’s
JOYSTICKS
Popular Products
CH Products
F16 CombatStick USB, $74.95
Thrustmaster
‘Top Gun Fox 2 Pro USB Joystick, $29.99
Top Gun AfterBurner, $59.99
Gravis
Destroyer Aftershock, $29.99
Logitech
WingMan Extreme Digital 3D, $39.95
WingMan Attack 2, $19.95
‘Macally Peripherals
AirStick, $49
iStick, $49
Microsoft
SideWinder, $34.95
SideWinder Precision 2, $54.95
‘Saitek
Cyborg 3D USB Gold, $39.95 (shown)
Cyborg 3D Force Stick, $49.95
X45 Digital Joystick and Throttle, $79.95
a look at the best controllers for the types of games you love, their features, and how they work.
Features and Options
Most joysticks feature a trigger conveniently placed under your index finger on the
front of the stick—great for firing missiles at enemy base camps.
In addition to several programmable buttons, most joysticks have at least one
‘small four- or eight-way mini-joystick on the back or top, called a hat switch. Use these for switching
views on apy with your thumb, or aiming a laser-guided bomb.
This allows you to control incremental actions such as thrust,
throttle, and altitude Some sticks have a small wheel or slider on the base for throttle control. Others,
‘such as Saitek’s X45, have a joystick-size throttle controller with its own buttons and hat switch.
° Unlike the cramp-inducing Atari sticks of old, today’s best joysticks allow
you to move different components around for total hand comfort (for lefties and righties alikel). Some
Ges) allow you to adjust the Soe, of movement.
= Some sticks, such as Microsoft's SideWinder Precision 2, twist in
addition to moving forward, back, left, and right. It's another vector of control that you can use for
rudder control in flight sims, among other things.
The Shift button allows you to map additional functions onto buttons.
SENSING Motion-sensing sticks, such as the Macally AirStick, can sense
movement even in the air, making them ideal for those who don't have lots of desk space, since
tee ‘sno Siunky base to find room for.
° Some sticks can use this technology to simulate resistance, such as
nee in a flight sim. Unfortunately, most current Mac games don't support Force Feedback.
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How They Work
Steering wheels are rotary controllers, like real
steering wheels—tum to the left, and the
vehicle goes left. Turn a little, it goes slightly i
left. Simple enough. Pedals let you accelerate
or brake in racing games, and can provide Mi
rudder input for the yaw axis in flight M4
simulators, allowing desktop pilots to move
the nose of their aircraft left or right.
What They're
Good For
Racing games,
flight sims, and,
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i *BUTTONS Most wheels come with a
Weighin: 9 the Options | few buttons (or even a D-pad) along the
ele cure thie _ play games perimeter, or In the center where the horn
has enough space to accommodate should be. You can use these to select in-
Sowhesk afterall iheedete be game options or you can program them.
. - ‘ * GEAR-SHIFT PADDLES OR
stable in the face of aggressive
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maneuvers. If you can test it before SICK SBIETEN ices eis
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purchasing, make sure the wheel sheet: lke Formula 4 inline stick
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comfortable to grip (rubber padding PaO % :
helps), and supports the games Thrustmaster’s NASCAR Pro Digital 2
Rie y fers both,
with which you plan to use it. a
All of the wheels we list come POR CE PEER BSC os
with pedal setups, so you won’t ‘wheels have Force Feedback that lets you
need to buy them separately. feel the virtual friction of wheel against
x i ” | road. (Unfortunately, virtually no Mac
However, if you’re a hard-core flight- ‘ght Force Feedback.
sim addict, consider CH Products’ SSIES OUT NOW SUPE Orne eae)
i *PEDALS Most wheels come with
Pro Pedals. Just make sure the flight
‘ pedals that allow you to gas or brake. CH
game you want to use with them Products’ Pro Pedal id el
supports the pedal’s features. For guts Eh euts ahd se alate) 0G
example, Po Pedals support the RRC
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in Fly, but only the rudders in allow differential braking (toe brakes). The
sliding heel-toe motion gives rudder input
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Falcon 4.0. As always, check for for helyaud aie lant Popular Products
compatibility with your Mac. (Products
Pro Pedals USB, $149.95
The Future: Not What li Used to Be? Tress (chow)
) eople often mention virtual reality when they talk about the future of games. Yet the reality is that very few people are willing to strap NASCAR Pro Digital 2, $59.99
on a giant helmet with two little screens inside to immerse themselves in their games fully. Why? First, it's tough to set the angle of Logitech
the screens so that each eye has the correct input—plus, there's always a slight delay between movement and screen updates. Second, WingMan Formula GP (USB),
Most devices require you to turn your head to look in a different direction—even though, in reality, you usually move your eyes to look at $49.95
something. Add the weight of the helmet to these problems and the net result for most folks is a nauseating experience. VR may come of Saitek
age someday, perhaps with lightweight goggles instead of clumsy headsets, but it likely won't materialize until the advent of Mac OS XX. R100 Sports Wheel, $39.95
Line-of-sight controllers have been around for a long, Jong time (especially as devices to aid the handicapped). And though they 220 Plug-and-Play Wheel,
haven't taken off in gaming yet, someday they might. These controllers have two parts: a lightweight part that attaches to your head and $39.95
a small sensor you place on top of your monitor, which notices ex
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