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Re:Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9 by ayaros on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @08:04PM (#49091677)
Runs nicely on my iBook G3!

Is the OS 9 build supposed to include Blue Shift and Opposing Force, or is that only a reference to the Tiger and Leopard ports? Just tried out the Tiger port on my iMac G4; it also runs fine!

Re:Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9 by srp-shay on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @04:32AM (#49094797)
Hey, glad to hear it's running on your iBook and I really appreciate the feedback! Hopefully you're not having any mouse look problems, or invisible NPCs... I've got a fix for those issues coming soon, as well as a separate build of Blue Shift and Opposing Force.

The current Blue Shift and Opposing Force builds are for Tiger and Leopard only. Cheers!

Re:Half-Life ported to Mac OS 9 by ayaros on Wednesday July 29, 2026 @01:39PM (#49100575)
I should note:

I ran the OS 9 installer, then was doing a few other things around the apartment and when I got back, it had crashed. So I reopened it, reran it, and it seems all the files had successfully been copied, so all it effectively did the second time was prompt me to create shortcuts.

I haven't extensively tested it beyond the initial parts of the training room because I didn't have time. I didn't notice anything odd; it seemed to run just fine.