Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9

(mac-classic.com)

53 points | by freediver 1 hour ago

4 comments

  • hedgehog 33 minutes 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.
  • frollogaston 20 minutes ago
    Porting AssaultCube should be doable too
  • pimlottc 49 minutes ago
    Cleverly done.
  • ChrisMarshallNY 54 minutes ago
    That's nice.

    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.

    • nomel 52 minutes ago
    • ChrisMarshallNY 45 minutes ago
      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.
      • bombcar 22 minutes ago
        I love that simcity4 has an applesilicon and big name recent releases don't.

        Yay.

      • lenerdenator 41 minutes 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.

    • ofalkaed 12 minutes 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.
    • altern8 52 minutes ago
      I think those guys are about classic Macs
      • ChrisMarshallNY 48 minutes ago
        I know. It was kind of a joke, which, due to this being HN, fell flat.
        • acheron 30 minutes ago
          We at Hacker News do not have a sense of humor that we’re aware of.
        • altern8 46 minutes ago
          I see. Maybe it was a little random
    • rvz 27 minutes ago
      This is the only site where it is illegal to make a joke.
    • Barbing 50 minutes ago
      Missing a bounty to go with that directness!
    • parl_match 52 minutes ago
      you do it.
      • ChrisMarshallNY 48 minutes ago
        Nope. Looks like someone already did (look up)