Phoenix Online Studios who also made the (free) Silver Lining series, released the 3rd part of the cognition series called: The Oracle. This game go’s further where Cognition: The Hangman and Cognition: The Wise Monkey left. So if you like detective adventure with a good story, then this one might be interesting for you.

Developed by Phoenix Online Studios (the team who made the King’s Quest spin-off The Silver Lining), with contributions from veteran game designer Jane Jensen (Gabriel Knight, Gray Matter) and comic book artist Romano Molenaar (Batman, X-Men, The Darkness), Cognition is a thrilling adventure that grips you and won’t let go.

Go to the new game page up here...

As Promised! I managed to get rid of the mouse bug when going into the menu, also in skirmish mode. It was quite nasty to get rid of that mouse bug, but I succeeded ;) I also fixed a stupid status bug which was caused by a dll file which is needed for multiplayer. I had to kill that option for you guys to be able to start it up. You can add multiplayer functionality again if you want, using a little tutorial which you can find now on the C&C Tiberian sun game page, or avoid those extra actions and become a premium member and get access to the full game download! Which is the full 1.34GB game download (= move wrapper to desktop and double-click and play) and with that supporting my hard work and covering all the costs I make for the site. Enjoy!

Changes:
- Fixed start up issue.
- More performance improvements!
- Fixed mouse cursor issue in menus

Download the updated wrapper up here…

There are some more awesome deals on GamersGate! Nice ones now with 75% off are: Men of War (€3,24), Men of War Red Tide (€4,99), Men of War Vietnam (€7,99), Men of War Assault Squad (€6,24) and Condemned Heroes (€6,74)! And last but not least with as well 75% discount: Jagged Alliance: Back in action (€9,99)! Those games you can use to install into the wrappers on this site and play it on your Mac! So if you like those titles and had them on your wish list, then get them way cheap now and take a look!

For all those sales and 2 pages more go up here…

The Disc Image seemed to be corrupt. Don’t know if that was from the start or not. Anyway, when you notice that report it, Thanks Esteban for letting me know and I re-uploaded the file now. Enjoy!

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I wished I could do this some faster but time is the bottleneck here, but finally another wrapper update. It is on my to do list make it some more priority because still a third of the games need at least a wrapper update to fix the 10.7.5/10.8.2 bug. There is of course the video tutorial to fix it, but it is of course the meaning that it works without needing updating the wrapper yourself. Besides that I don’t even talk about fixing bugs, performance improvements and such. Today at least Beyond Good and Evil gets an update. Because people mentioned it on the forums they couldn’t launch the game (because of the 10.8.2/10.7.5 bug), and tried to fix the out of synch speech bug (which unfortunately is still there). Enjoy the new wrapper! A new Video will follow today as well!

Remember to refresh the game page a couple of times before downloading to delete the old link cache out of your browser. The game is hosted now on open drive (thats the check for the latest download link ;)

Changes:
- 10.8.2 and 10.7.5 compatible
- Slight performance improvement.
- Latest Wineskin + Wine version
- New game page

Download the new wrapper up here…

The last of the remake series I could found!This time Quest for Glory II a very nice adventure game! It is freely available from AGD Interactive. Download and enjoy and honor the makers of the game which is the AGD Interactive team! This re-port of the game here has to do that their Mac version is not working because of graphical issues. So here we are ;), have fun exploring!

Our hero returns to Shapeir to battle against evil in this new VGA remake of Sierra's classic second game in the Quest for Glory series. Take on the role of a fighter, magic user or thief as you save the town from certain destruction.

Download the full free game wrapper with the game pre-installed up here…

A very nice one with a wide range of games! Take advantage of this 50% off sale now it’s there! I was quite amazed that of this 23 games which are on sale, there was no Mac version of it at all! Luckily my site is here, because for 16 games I have wrapper available to install the game in and play it on your Mac! Highest rated and most used are the wrappers for: Rayman 2, Rayman 3, The Settlers V: Heritage of Kings, Settlers 2: 10th Anniversary, Ghost Recon, Beyond Good and Evil! And of course the others as well: Heroes of Might and Magic V, Assassin’s Creed, Prince of Persia: Warrior Within, Prince of Persia: Sands of Time, Panzer General 2, Far Cry, Imperialism and Imperialism 2!

In short, a lot of games where you can keep yourself entertaint with for a long time ;)

Go to the promo page to buy the games and see all the sales, up here...

If all of this is not enough, here another Remake! This time King Quest I, a very nice adventure game in full speech! It is freely available from AGD Interactive. Download and enjoy and honor the makers of the game which is the AGD Interactive team! See here… a screenshot of the original version (big difference!). This re-port of the game here has to do that their Mac version is not working because of graphical issues. So here we are ;), have fun exploring!

King's Quest I: Quest for the Crown, a revolutionary game designed by Roberta Williams and first released in 1984, epitomizes the classic adventure gaming experience. This game was the first of its kind which allowed the player to interact in an entirely original 2.5D world, and can be credited as the game that started graphic adventure gaming on the PC. Though the original AGI parser-based version is outdated and primitive-looking by today's gaming standards, in 1984 it was revolutionary. King's Quest I was not only groundbreaking, but also history in the making. It was followed by seven sequels bearing the King's Quest title.

Download the full free game wrapper with the game pre-installed up here…

Remake of this nice adventure game in full speech! It is freely available from AGD Interactive. Download and enjoy and honor the makers of the game which is the AGD Interactive team! This re-port of the game here has to do that their Mac version is not working for 10.7.5 and up. So here we are ;), have fun exploring!

King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne is the sequel to Quest for the Crown, and was designed by Roberta Williams in 1985. The game revisited Graham, now King of Daventry, and followed him on his journey through the land of Kolyma. Graham’s ultimate mission this time was to rescue the beautiful maiden, Valanice, from her quartz tower imprisonment and marry his Queen. King's Quest II: Romancing the Throne was made with Sierra On-Line’s AGI engine and featured the same 16-color CGA graphics and text parser as its predecessor. Due to the commercial failure of Sierra On-Line’s official SCI remake of King’s Quest I, no plans were ever made to upgrade King's Quest II in the same fashion.

Download the full free game wrapper with the game pre-installed up here…

Because the Mac version of the Space Quest 2 Remake does not work on Lion and Mountain Lion, I made a compatible version available on my site. All honor of the game go’s to the creators on infamous Adventures, which made the game freely available for us :) enjoy the game!

Heroes come and Heroes go, and our favorite janitor / hero, Roger Wilco, finds that life sucks. Again. Roger's life has returned to normal after the events in Space Quest I: The Sarien Encounter. Transferred to the Xenon Orbital Station 4 and promoted to head (and only) janitor, life is quiet until he is abducted by Sludge Vohaul, the evil mastermind behind the original Sarien attack of the Arcada. As Roger is being transported to the Labion labor mines as punishment for thwarting Vohaul's original plan, the prison ship crash-lands in a nearby jungle upon the planet. Once again, it's up to Roger to save the day, this time by stopping Vohaul's evil plan: to eradicate sentient life from Xenon by launching millions of cloned insurance salesmen at the planet.

Download the full free pre-installed game wrapper up here...

Another Free game! This time it is Driving Speed 2 created by Wheelspin Studios! Those guys made this game freely available and because of that I made could make a free port of the game as well :) Happy racing!

Driving Speed 2 is a free high quality racing game for your PC. Choose from four high powered V8 muscle cars and race against up to 11 computer controlled opponents on two touring car circuits. This game has realistic graphics, realistic car physics and performance, high quality sound and AI. Play against your friends over a LAN or internet* with 8 player Multiplayer. Send your fastest lap records to the online lap records where you can see your times against players from all around the world. The latest version 2.0.11 includes championship mode with series events, prize money to purchase cars, purchase upgrades and handling, and pay for repairs.

Download the ready to play wrapper with the game preinstalled up here...

As already mentioned earlier, this game was not updated with the 10.8.2+/10.7.5 fix, this is done now :) The wrapper contains the game preinstalled, so its just a matter of download and play :)

Remember to refresh the game page a couple of times before downloading to delete the old link cache out of your browser. The game is hosted now on open drive (thats the check for the latest download link ;)

Changes:
- 10.8.2 and 10.7.5 compatible

Download the new wrapper up here…

As promised here the video update installing and playing the game Beyond Good and Evil. This time I created it and played it on my Nvidia Geforce 640M iMac! Have fun watching :)

Beyond Good and Evil game page up here… and watch the new video on the video tab.

Man, I hate late shifts, when you get up you almost have to go to work and when you get home, its too late and are too tired to do much for the site. Anyway’s, I managed to do at least something :) American Lowriders! A racing game and a bit „street rod” lookalike gameplay. A good Graphics card is always recommended for highest settings and smooth gameplay. Have fun with this one!

Enter the world of night racing and lowrider competitions. Buy your ride and keep it in a good condition to compete with other pretenders. Earn respect to race with better drivers and advance in the underground community to ultimately become the next racing king of the neighborhood.
Download the wrapper and watch the video instructions up here… (video instructions follows in an hour)

Ok guys, I need your help. I want to extend the free games selection more. So a request to all of you guys to look up for standalone games (Not online games where you need to register and stuff), like for example GTA, C&C Red Alert, 3D Pinball Space Cadet, Office Wars, Kings Quest III remake and so on and post them as a comment in this blog post. No posts of games where I can find commercial versions of like games from myplaycity, where I can get in trouble with. So please focus on the free standalone games mentioned in my examples. When posting means you might play them in the near future on your Mac! So take advantage of it :) Thanks guys and girls!

Oh, and another tip: vote or reply to game request if you want that game ported as well, those will get more priority.

Surprise me :)

It appears that on GamersGate there are 3 more game titles released for the Mac! Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41–45 which is a gorgeous battlefield 1942 like WW2 game. Brutal Legend, which is a massive action game with lots of humor in it. And last but not least Krater which is an awesome squad RPG game full of action! Enjoy and if you purchased the game already on Gamersgate, no worries, the game is automatically playable in the Mac steam!

I also adjusted the game pages because those are now Native for the Mac and a new one for Krater follows tomorrow.

Red Orchestra 1945-1946 and Brutal Legend.

Here a quick review about the recent update of World of Tanks 8.5. I have different feelings about this one. I updated the game using the client as well on my AMD Radeon 6770M with 512MB iMac and on my faster Nvidia Geforce GT 640M. On my AMD Radeon I noticed no difference in speed and played a battle with 50 fps average. My Nvidia Geforce GT 640M 512MB had some more difficulty with updating in the way it had after updating only about 20 FPS!!! Well, that was downer! So I started from scratch, re-downloaded the wrapper and installed/updated the game from scratch and luckily it had the normal frame rates again which I experienced in 8.4 as well, which was between 30-40 fps (yes lower then the AMD Radeon). Besides that, on my Nvidia GT 640M the garage was still black which is not for AMD Radeon iMacs.

Conclusion in this matter. No real changes here, except that if you experience mayor frame drops after updating, then I suggest to install the game again from scratch to fix the issue. I haven’t tested the compressed textures, but I will put on a link for the ones who want to check it out for the low end macs on the game page.

Go for the wrapper to the game page up here…

And Pinball game number 2 as promised! So besides the Pinball Gold Pack and 3D Pinball Space Cadet: Pro Pinball Fantastic Journey joins forces! This unique pinball game will keep you playing for a long time ;) Have fun with this one, it works great! Check the video below for a teaser of the gameplay!

Travel back to Victorian times with five steam-powered adventures. Use your flippers to tunnel to the Earth's core, journey to the Oceans depths, fly through the tallest mountains and a mysterious island to stop the evil General Yagov! Marvel at the most accurate ball physics ever! Balls that really spin, slide and jump. Gasp in awe at the complexity of the table design, featuring bumpers, ramps, drop targets, magnets and more!

Download the wrapper and watch the video instructions up here…

Some Pinball Mania tonight! I got some good news for the Pinball lovers. Two games tonight, and yes both Pinball games. Although the Pinball Gold Pack is already released for the Mac, still there a just a couple of Pinball games available for Mac. So I will try to change the tides tonight a bit. The first one (also the free one) is 3D Pinball Space Cadet! Yes, the golden oldie which came with the early Windows 95 Operating System. Still the game is really fun to play, and above all free! So thats why I made a port (ported it already ages ago though :P) and posted it now on the site on the „Arcade” section. This wrapper will be a full game download and will be a matter of download --> move to desktop and play! Happy gaming!

Microsoft Windows Pinbal, or 3D Space Cadet Pinball was introduced in Microsoft Plus 95, it then became so popular that it was included in Microsoft Windows NT 4 by default. Microsoft then provided instructions to install it form the Plus 95 CD into Windows 98, it was also included with ME, 2000 and XP. Have fun playing this free pinball game!

Download the full game up here...

A very cool one tonight! If you like Fahrenheit or Anachronox, then you will certainly like this one as well! Great storyline and great game! Get it now!

Responding to the desperate pleas of a mysterious character from another dimension, your soul must enter the dark and futuristic city of Omikron. This is but the beginning of an epic adventure through an increasingly strange and dazzling parallel world. You must solve the ultimate mystery: why are you in Omikron and how can you get out? Think, fight, and interact with awe-inspiring environments to defeat the menacing demons that are trying to stop you. Experience the life in an alternate reality with everything it has to offer--including the secret musical performances by The Dreamers, a band of rebels led by the Omikronian incarnation of David Bowie.

Download the wrapper and watch the instruction video up here…

Wine 1.5.30 is released. See below the changes and click on the link below to go to the wine section for all bugs fixes. I see that the Mac driver support is increased once more. You can download the latest Wine Engine using Winery by clicking on the „+„ button in the main window. The wine Engine isn’t there yet, I hope Doh123 will create one very soon so it will be in the list to be added.

Whats new in this release:
• Mouse capture support in the Mac driver.
• NTLM and Negotiate authentication in WinHTTP.
• Support for proxy bypass in WinInet.
• Various bug fixes.

For the whole list of changes go here…