Blizzard Releases OS X Starcraft Installer

Thapa writes "Giving you an new excuse to dust off an old favorite, Blizzard released a native OS X installer yesterday for StarCraft and Brood War, that lets you install from the original CDs - it's available for free download at their website. This sure beats the old way to install StarCraft." We previously reported on a similar Diablo II installer for Mac OS X.

the real issue here

[soybean]

is that apple is no longer shipping classic or even the classic cd's with osx. After the last time I took my ibook in for repair, they replaced my harddrive, giving me 10.3, but without classic. I wasn't able to install starcraft until I downloaded a bootleg (*gasp*) of classic. This release is obviously fixing that problem.

Blizzard = awesome

[BortQ]

Blizzard has always had excellent macintosh support. From quick (or simultaneous) release dates to stuff like this.

They are awesome.

Linux and Mac situations are not comparable

[AHumbleOpinion]

The problem is that Linux gamers tend to dual boot or use WineX. In other words Linux gamers are already buying the Win32 version. A Linux port would not generate many new sales, for the most part it would merely replace Win32 sales with Linux sales. There would be no new money to pay for development, testing, and support. The Linux market is not anyone who would run the Linux version, it is only those who would never run the Win32.

The Mac situation is completely different. While PC emulation exists for the Mac it is not generally usable for games since the x86 CPU instructions have to be emulated, not just an API as in the WineX case. Unlike Linux gamers the Mac gamers can not use the Win32 version, they have to have a native port.

Re:the real issue here

[kraksmoka]

mac users that get things done haven't booted classic in years now. i would say i have used it (off of my external fw disk) a grand total of like once a year for the last three years now, ever since 10.2. what's left on classic?