Releasing Halo 1 Mac on HDM
Posted: Sun Jun 05, 2011 5:48 am
I'm wondering if Bungie will ever make Halo 1 a free download like they did the Marathon series.
Now that Halo 1 has had a Universal Binary remake, the multiplayer games on the old version of Halo 1 (PPC) are dust.
Now that Halo 1 is going to be released in November-ish for another console platform owned by Microsoft, what can be said for Halo 1 Mac PPC?
Will any income be lost by releasing it at HaloDemoMods.com? Amazon.com has only USED copies being resold for over $100, and there are only 9 left. E-Bay has only copies being sold for around $200. What gives? It's not even the UB versions and not even new copies of the game that are being sold. The game is for all purposes dead as its release for Mac PPC. And Lion won't even support running PPC applications, which means there is a very very limited lifespan for Halo 1 Mac PPC. At that time, it will be even LESS likely that ANYONE would buy ANY application for PPC. It seems like every Mac app created now is released at least as a Universal Binary if not just for Intel Macs. Furthermore, Halo 1 PPC is 32-bit, and Apple has clearly stated on its web site that its 64-bit computers are "ready for the future".
And the CD Key is required in order to use the $5 UB version you download from MacGameStore.com. According to the first comment on the page, Windows versions of the game have CD keys that don't work with the Mac UB version.
So if we put Halo 1 Mac PPC on HDM, and I don't include the CD key for the game, no one would be for the worse. And the map files and other things could be used in Halo Demo mods.
Also consider that I'm making the INCY to work with Zeus.
With these points stated, are there any sound objections to releasing Halo 1 Mac PPC on HaloDemoMods.com?
Now that Halo 1 has had a Universal Binary remake, the multiplayer games on the old version of Halo 1 (PPC) are dust.
Now that Halo 1 is going to be released in November-ish for another console platform owned by Microsoft, what can be said for Halo 1 Mac PPC?
Will any income be lost by releasing it at HaloDemoMods.com? Amazon.com has only USED copies being resold for over $100, and there are only 9 left. E-Bay has only copies being sold for around $200. What gives? It's not even the UB versions and not even new copies of the game that are being sold. The game is for all purposes dead as its release for Mac PPC. And Lion won't even support running PPC applications, which means there is a very very limited lifespan for Halo 1 Mac PPC. At that time, it will be even LESS likely that ANYONE would buy ANY application for PPC. It seems like every Mac app created now is released at least as a Universal Binary if not just for Intel Macs. Furthermore, Halo 1 PPC is 32-bit, and Apple has clearly stated on its web site that its 64-bit computers are "ready for the future".
And the CD Key is required in order to use the $5 UB version you download from MacGameStore.com. According to the first comment on the page, Windows versions of the game have CD keys that don't work with the Mac UB version.
So if we put Halo 1 Mac PPC on HDM, and I don't include the CD key for the game, no one would be for the worse. And the map files and other things could be used in Halo Demo mods.
Also consider that I'm making the INCY to work with Zeus.
With these points stated, are there any sound objections to releasing Halo 1 Mac PPC on HaloDemoMods.com?