Battlefield 1942 - Installs, but wouldn't let me eject to change CDs. gonna try with ISO copies of the CDs later
Star Trek Bridge Commander - Installs A-OK. 1.1 patch works too. the best mod, Kobayashi maru, gave me a Visual C++ runtime error after install. but without the mod the game plays fine. old as hell, but the best star trek ship battle game yet. multiplayer works btw
Star Trek Birth Of the Federation - also old as hell. works 100%. no no-cd needed it seems. google and you can find a ISO copy freely for download i was kind of surprised to see it offered on a website like it's 1999.
i've got more games to try. does anyone know where i can find a copy of Cider? the torrents i've found so far just contain a "Cider" file inside a zip, and running it does nothing. appears in the dock for a second then disappears. trying my best to eliminate my use of Windows entirely. im gonna TRY to install Flight Simulator X but i just know it's gonna be unplayable even if it does install...its too graphically demanding lol