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Re:Deus Ex by bsimpson on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:38AM (#50394690)
Deus Ex and Alice were both games I wanted to play when I was in high school, but they didn't have Mac ports.

I tried playing Alice a couple times when I got Steam in 2023, and I couldn't get into it. Made it about halfway through Half Life on a long flight, and same.

It's wild how games that were considered state-of-the-art when we were kids can feel unplayably unpolished today.

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Re:Deus Ex by bee_rider on Friday November 06, 2026 @11:49AM (#50394839)
It is funny to go back and play some classics like that.

IIRC Quake “a” and “d” to… turn, instead of strafe, by default. Absolute madness. Can be played without a mouse I think(?).

On the other hand, it is still very cool that you can get the bad guys to fight each other sometimes. That should be a feature in every game really.

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Re:Deus Ex by giobox on Friday November 06, 2026 @08:57PM (#50400904)
Deus Ex absolutely had an official Mac port at the time! It worked on OS 9 as well as Classic mode in early OS X. Came out a month or so after the PC version in 2000.

I've still got an old G4 tower with a working install.

> https://www.macintoshrepository.org/3777-deus-ex

> https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/mac/562944-deus-ex/reviews/108...

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