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I found this site where a company called Trans Gaming has a program thing to run Windows games inside the Mac OS for Intel macs. It works by running the Win32 API's that windoze games need to run in general. I guess they ported DirectX or something inside their "Cider" app.

Here's their link:

 

http://www.transgaming.com/index.php?modul...lay&ceid=24

 

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The Cider app is actually for developers to instantly port Win32 games to Intel Mac. It's not what I thought at first (a portal app for Windows games to run under Mac OS). But they do have such a "portal" app for Linux to run Win32 games. It still looks like a good idea if more Windows game developers were interested in the Mac market.

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it's more old than that..

I remember reading about it when I got my brand new 1.33Ghz ibook G4.

it definately looks promising... but the development is so slow.

Since the time i read about it til now I've only heard of one game that adopted CIDER. (Heroes of MM 5)

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Yeah it's really old, and I wouldn't be surprised if they've stopped work on it as I haven't heard anything about it for a long time. I used to play lots of games successfully through Cedega on Debian Linux before I got my Mac though, so hopefully it'll come back -- or games developers will notice the rise in Apple users and just produce more OS X builds. :D

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I posted this back on May 11th, and half the replies were like "bah, this is old news, and it won't work anyway..."

 

Fast-Forward to now, search Demonoid for Mac Games or Cider...

 

... and now I get to say:

NA-NA, I was right :(

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There's actually an app that will run Windows games on an Intel mac, if I remember correctly. Forgot the name though. I'll get back if I find it.

 

 

EDIT: Here we are, http://www.codeweavers.com/products/cxmac/. Native speed, the works. But it's more for running Windows apps in OS X. Not all games work, either. But modern ones do indeed, work, at native speed. It's not a wrapper like Cider is, though.

 

 

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er, Cider and Crossover are both based-off from WINE.

 

To clarify.....

WINE is the original project to get M$ apps working in linux (Community Based Project) .

Crossover uses some of the WINE code and adds usability enhancements, better support for some targeted apps (Private Company).

Cedega / Cider uses some WINE code as well however this project targets games (directX etc) (private Company)

Although you can say both crossover office and the Cedega / Cider apps are based on wine they are not 100% copies.

Wine can be thought of as the general all-rounder :angel: Crossover as the business man :censored2: and Cedega / Cider as the games-man :P

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