G5 iMac To Come With Marble Blaster Gold 70
Ophelea writes "Anyone who knows Jay Moore of Tribes fame may know about his great company Garage Games. Today it was announced that Marble Blaster Gold, one of their best games was bundled on the iMac G5. Woot! Go Go Garage Games!"
Err... wrong person? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Err... wrong person? (Score:5, Informative)
This is from an interview [linspire.com] with Jay Moore.
Jay Moore - Marketing Director for GarageGames Jay's wildly diverse background includes serving as Marketing Director for a computer magazine publishing company, Sales and Marketing Director for a K-12 educational software distributor, and President of a small advertising design firm. Jay started his gaming career with "The Even More Incredible Machine!" when he took the game into the classroom. Jay worked to bring all the Sierra educational games into the educational channel. Then worked with Dynamix in 1997 to successfully launch category-creator "Driver's Education." Jay joined GarageGames in July of this year. He has a BS is Biblical Studies and lives in Eugene, Oregon.
Re:Err... wrong person? (Score:5, Informative)
Cool! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Cool! (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Proof the mods are insane. (Score:4, Funny)
They are insane.
Re:Proof the mods are insane. (Score:2)
This coming from the guy that claims that the original post "seems to be pro Apple".
Re:Proof the mods are insane. (Score:1, Insightful)
Wow! People don't want to argue about abortion in a technology forum? But they do want to respond when you throw out FUD and lame jokes that haven't been true since the mid-90s?
If you're such a Mac hater, why are you reading the Apple side-page stories anyway? Except to troll and bait, of course.
Re:Cool! (Score:5, Informative)
Coming soon:
Doom 3
Homeworld 2
Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
Notable titles released over the past year or so:
Republic
James Bond 007: NightFire
Battlefield 1942: Deluxe Edition
America's Army: Special Forces 2.1
Black Hawk Down
The Sims: Makin' Magic
TRON 2.0
XIII
Medal of Honor: Breakthrough
Call of Duty
LOTR: The Return of the King
Dark Horizons: Lore
No Limits Roller Coaster Simulation
Command & Conquer: Generals
Unreal Tournament
Nanosaur 2: Hatchling
Northland Strategy & War
Law & Order: Dead on the Money
Star Wars Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy
Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield
Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal
Shadowbane: The Rise of Chaos Adventure
Halo: Combat Evolved
Ghost Master
Age of Mythology
No One Lives Forever 2
WarCraft III: The Frozen Throne
Shadowbane
Warrior Kings
Neverwinter Nights
Re:Cool! (Score:3, Informative)
The purchase price thing is a joke. A Mac is worth 200-300USD more of your paycheck. It really is a superior machine.
Games on Mac (Score:4, Insightful)
Also another thing is that Mac ports come out later. People can't wait for games to come out and they don't want to wait longer. For example Doom 3 was huge and all the rage, but now most people I know have beat it (myself included) and are kinda bored of it. By the time it comes out for Mac it will be passe.
None the less, unless new versions of the games I mentioned come out soon and force me to upgrade my next computer will be a Mac.
Just to let you know... (Score:1)
Don't forget NWN (Score:1)
Re:Games on Mac (Score:2)
Re:Cool! (Score:1)
Re:Cool! (Score:2)
But if you look at the screenshots, the very first picture is obviously from an Xbox.
Did that version look better or something?
But seriously, this game will be sooooo much better with a game controller, than with a keyboard/mouse. Marbles want to be analog!
i belive the title of the game is actully ... (Score:5, Informative)
but who cares still cool, and those iMacs look nice
Quite a few errata in this post... (Score:5, Informative)
Actually, both titles are correct.... (Score:1)
It depends upon whether you download or buy the box.
And Jay is of Tribes and also Garage Games.
Re:i belive the title of the game is actully ... (Score:2, Insightful)
A game which Slashdot game enthusiasts are not likely to care about is bundled on the new iMac, but Apple enthusiasts are likely to want to read about this
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also! (Score:5, Interesting)
God knows how many hours we wasted in computer tech on nanosaur when my Jr. High got a shipment of orange iMacs. Until the teacher wised up and deleted the game on every computer.
Yeah, it's kind of old, but I loved that game in Jr. High, and I'm glad to see it's still around. It even has split screen multiplayer! Rocking good mac game, Nanosaur.
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Geee... (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Geee... (Score:2, Funny)
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That is so 1980s. They've been there, and done that. The Apple Is and Apple IIs were built in Wozniak's garage.
Funky color? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Funky color? (Score:3, Funny)
Titanium and the like are so....Pour le type inférieur de personnes, if you know what I mean.
Re:Funky color? (Score:4, Insightful)
> gold" and thought Apple was going back to making funky-
> colored computers.
No kidding. Dammit, Apple! Do you know how many types of iPods you'll have to develop and sell to live down the 'Flower Power' iMac [apple-history.com]? Don't do this to yourself again.
Re:Funky color? (Score:2)
No kidding. Dammit, Apple! Do you know how many types of iPods you'll have to develop and sell to live down the 'Flower Power' iMac? Don't do this to yourself again.
I still have a Dalmation Dots iMac at home and use it daily - hoping to replace it with PowerBook later this year.
It was discounted because of the shell - but you never see it anyway.
Plenty of games (Score:3, Funny)
with much respect to the drunk gamers
again, i keed!
Re:Plenty of games (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:Plenty of games (Score:1)
I wish I had mod point points to give you a +10. My coworkers have no idea why this post is so funny but then they have not spent the last year
Re:Plenty of games (Score:1)
Laugh every time I see that clip.....
All I can say is....'WOW!' (Score:4, Funny)
O.k. I didn't post in the first article about the iMac 'cause I was only going to be a fanboy anyway, but the new iMac looks like a great value, so why this story?
$2500 Canadian for a 20 inch lcd widescreen + 64bit + linux + comboDrive? Screw the bundling, sign me up!
Re:All I can say is....'WOW!' (Score:2)
besides, it's rarely a good idea to buy the 1st revision of any product.
Garage Games are cool... (Score:2, Interesting)
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Well, for what it's worth (Score:4, Informative)
Anyway, I want to say Marble Blast GOLD is a really, *really* fun game. It's original, it's nicely done, and it's based on the Torque engine which is something I've considered buying the developer license for. When you buy it, for 99 dollars, you get FULL source code.
I'm developing behavioral AI for robotics and my self-taught, home-brewed opengl is pretty crufty. While I could use an open source system like Ogre, there's appeal to using a proven API, even if it's not "free".
Well, really, what I want to say is give the Marble Blast GOLD demo a try. It's a kick in the pants.
looks fun! (Score:3, Informative)
I'll be downloading this [garagegames.com] when I escape from work this evening!
Those games look nice, I'm looking forward to checking out your stuff.
Re:looks fun! (Score:1)
Re:looks fun! (Score:3, Funny)
Buy Marble Blaster Gold for $1299 and get a free iMac 17".
Re:looks fun! (Score:2)
Hehe, if I hadn't already posted here you would get modded funny
For the wanabee civil engineers ... (Score:4, Informative)
Torque, from Garage Games [garagegames.com] is great for anyone wanting to start getting into game development, since it is relatively affordable. There is a demo of what the engine can do on the web site.
Re:For the wanabee civil engineers ... (Score:2)
Marble Blast Gold... or whatever it is actually called... is it anything like Marble Madness ((c) 1987 Nintendo, I do believe) or more recently... Super Monkey Ball? I own both and this game sounds like both.