[UPDATE] To make it clear, it was a joke (always a faceplant, on HN, where senses of humor go to die). It's actually very cool. I just get cranky that 3/4 of my Steam games don't work on new Macs, and I did like HL.
altern8•44m ago
I think those guys are about classic Macs
ChrisMarshallNY•39m ago
I know. It was kind of a joke, which, due to this being HN, fell flat.
altern8•37m ago
I see. Maybe it was a little random
acheron•21m ago
We at Hacker News do not have a sense of humor that we’re aware of.
But, to make it clear, it was a joke. It's actually very cool. I just get cranky that 3/4 of my Steam games don't work on new Macs, and I did like HL.
lenerdenator•32m ago
Nah, that's based.
If Apple Silicon ran my games collection I simply wouldn't have another computer other than my M2 MBP. I've run Fallout 3 on it, and while the emulation isn't perfect, it is playable and runs. The fan doesn't turn into a jet aircraft at takeoff, the temps stay cool.
The fact that most games won't play on Apple Silicon natively is a crime.
some-guy•19m ago
Tangentially related, there are now "officially allowed" Apple Silicon builds of Unreal Tournament and Unreal Tournament 2004 available [0]
I love that simcity4 has an applesilicon and big name recent releases don't.
Yay.
rvz•19m ago
This is the only site where it is illegal to make a joke.
ChrisMarshallNY•10m ago
Fair cop, Guv
ofalkaed•3m ago
Jokes are downvoted not because of a lack humor but because if we reward making jokes we will have to scroll through dozens of jokes and all of their responses to get the actual discussion. Voting is about keeping the on topic and worthwhile discussion at the top with everything else buried beneath it.
pimlottc•41m ago
Cleverly done.
hedgehog•24m ago
For reference this is roughly period correct for the early iMac models (G3 and DV) that came out in 1998 and 1999, though MacOS 9 didn't ship until later. Impressive porting work.
ChrisMarshallNY•46m ago
Now do MacOS 26, on M chips.
[UPDATE] To make it clear, it was a joke (always a faceplant, on HN, where senses of humor go to die). It's actually very cool. I just get cranky that 3/4 of my Steam games don't work on new Macs, and I did like HL.
altern8•44m ago
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lenerdenator•32m ago
If Apple Silicon ran my games collection I simply wouldn't have another computer other than my M2 MBP. I've run Fallout 3 on it, and while the emulation isn't perfect, it is playable and runs. The fan doesn't turn into a jet aircraft at takeoff, the temps stay cool.
The fact that most games won't play on Apple Silicon natively is a crime.
some-guy•19m ago
[0]: https://github.com/OldUnreal/FullGameInstallers/releases/tag...
bombcar•14m ago
Yay.
rvz•19m ago
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