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Aaron707@reddit

This is amazing. I approve of all of this. Also, there is a PPC Alpha of Half-Life? What is needed to make that run?

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There is, indeed. You can snag a copy on Macintosh garden or Macintosh repository. I think it requires 64MB of vram at least. The sound is extremely glitchy and blown out, but the game does technically run okay as far as I've tried.

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itsasnowconemachine@reddit

I peeped that too. It was cancelled, I wonder if there is a copy still around?

"In what seems to be yet another blow to the state of Mac gaming, Valve Software announced this morning the cancellation of its Macintosh port of Half-Life. The game, which was being ported from the PC to the Mac by Logicware, was in its final stages of development. Valve cofounder Gabe Newell felt that the quality of the Mac port wasn't up to par with his company's standards, citing several shortcomings of the game, including a separate Mac multiplayer space, a lack of an automatic update utility, and the unavailability of Team Fortress Classic when the game ships.

"Given the realities of the Mac gaming market, our Mac customers were... always going to be second-class customers where we couldn't invest to the same degree in the Mac version as we did elsewhere," commented Newell. "I don't want to be in that business. I would much rather we just eat the money we've spent so far than take money from Mac customers and shortchange them."

Development on a Dreamcast port of Half-Life is supposedly still underway at Valve. Gearbox is also putting the finishing touches on the Half-Life add-on, Opposing Force, which looks as though it will be available in the coming weeks."[0]

[0] https://www.gamespot.com/articles/mac-half-life-canceled/1100-2448672/

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Foddley@reddit

That monitor is glorious.

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TopRedacted@reddit

You missed the chance to put one of the star trek movies out of order and cause people to lose it.

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Due-Economy6@reddit

Right before I woke up.

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ShortstopGFX@reddit

Crazy idea but on the middle shelf with the Star Trek VHS tapes, you should put a small CRT capable of watching VHS. That would complete this setup

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

That would be neat, but the shelf is only the depth of a VHS tape, so it would have to be a watchman or something insanely small to fit.

I do have a setup off screen with a couch and TV for movie watching

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ShortstopGFX@reddit

Raise the top shelves then imo

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

Not height, depth. Crts have big backs. Also, like I said I already have a place in the same room with my movie watching setup

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johnno88888@reddit

Technically(from being an old Apple Mac fanboi) the Sony monitor shouldn’t work, but it does

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

Db25 to vga

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ImCuteAndCasey@reddit

Amazing VHS collection! I'm envious of those Vampire Hunter D tapes!

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BusinessYou1657@reddit

Love it! Love the G4 Mac, love Diablo, love the VHS, some great titles there!

Where’s Star Wars though?

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

I have the holiday special on VHS. Does that count?

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BusinessYou1657@reddit

Yes, definitely. That’s awesome!

Carrie Fisher claimed she did too, and she would put it on the clear the room at the end of parties.

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nasw500@reddit

She must have played it a lot, then. While I never got to meet her, at least a few friends and acquaintances were, I believe friends or acquaintances of hers, and got to go to her parties. From what I’ve been told, the parties were frequent and wild. 😳

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nasw500@reddit

She must have played it a lot, then. While I never got to meet her, at least a few friends and acquaintances were, I believe friends or acquaintances of hers, and got to go to her parties. From what I’ve been told, the parties were frequent and wild. 😳

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nasw500@reddit

She must have played it a lot, then. While I never got to meet her, at least a few friends and acquaintances were, I believe friends or acquaintances of hers, and got to go to her parties. From what I’ve been told, the parties were frequent and wild. 😳

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nasw500@reddit

She must have played it a lot, then. While I never got to meet her, at least a few friends and acquaintances were, I believe friends or acquaintances of hers, and got to go to her parties. From what I’ve been told, the parties were frequent and wild. 😳

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sustilliano@reddit

Wait didn’t that game just come out last year how do they have it here?

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

What game?

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sustilliano@reddit

I saw the Diablo case, and was making a joke that times haven’t changed

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ravensholt@reddit

A Microsoft mouse connected to a Mac...

Apple fanboys would not approve. But I dig it. It's an amazing mouse.

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imthestein@reddit

Way back when I owned a Mac (usually because my Dad brought them home) and we would always use a different mouse.

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toxictexmex@reddit

Apple has never had the best peripherals tbh. This is absolutely something I would do.

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regeya@reddit

The only times I've used Macs, was in college because nobody wanted to use them, and for years at work, because print uses Macs. I always had Logitech mice and keyboards. I don't know about nowadays but once they made the switch to OS X the scroll wheel and middle click actually worked. I much prefer a cheap optical Logitech mouse over those stupid ass rechargeable mice you have to flip over.

I had one of those G4s that's on the floor on my desk for years. Man, that thing refused to quit and it was a Frankencomputer by the time I was done with it.

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19610taw3@reddit

Best mouse ever made!

I have 3 or 4 of them in use with a few still new in box.

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initcursor@reddit

I had that mouse. It was great. Functionally, it was leagues better than any Apple mouse I used (except the one seen here in the pic). Stopped working several years ago and I finally had to toss it.

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

Gotta get that high dpi for quake 😈

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Morfosis-2020@reddit

I truly believe this Microsoft mouse is the best mouse ever! Also peak set up 👌🏻🫶🏻

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megaladon44@reddit

black cauldron on vhs. okay this works for me!

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crashprime@reddit

This movie goes hard. I wish it was my jam as a kid but I never knew it existed.

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

So much potential in that movie! Often overlooked

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Aggravating-Exit-660@reddit

Excellent curated vhs collection

Dvds meh

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Awax202@reddit

My old high school college set up mac G4 and windows xp on a self build computer man brings me back

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fuzzmonkey35@reddit

Where’s the VHS player? Do you hook it up through one of the Mac’s?

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Girth_Certificate@reddit (OP)

It's just off screen to the right, my main Trinitron is setup with my media players and consoles

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Extr4Sp1cy@reddit

This is an amazing setup! I love the mix of vintage Apple & Sony. Thanks for sharing!

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tj8686_@reddit

Got all the TOS movies but no First Contact?

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Velocityg4@reddit

If you get a USB KVM. You could likely use the USB keyboard and mouse on all the Macs. Just get two USB ADB Wombat to go from the KVM to each of the Beige Macs. Freeing up valuable desk space.

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Jykaes@reddit

Is that a Sony G520? I had one of those, sold it when the world moved to shitty 17" LCDs. Man that was a bad call.

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Velocityg4@reddit

I'm so glad I had the foresight to save my Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 91.

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LivingAnomoly@reddit

Agreed. Early LCDs were pretty bad, I still have my Sony 420GS in the attic, I ran it until about 2016.

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fuzzmonkey35@reddit

That’s an awesome nook

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DarkWaterDW@reddit

I love this setup! PPC Macs and OS9 is my all time fave kit setup

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Lykanthr0pe@reddit

I rate it 1998/10

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MusicalScientist206@reddit

This is every Saturday at my buddy’s in our youth!

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brobot_@reddit

I need more vintage Sony products in my life 😆

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sebtheballer@reddit

It feels like I'm looking at a picture from the 1990s/ early 2000s. Well done.

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Republiconline@reddit

Love the Star Trek VHS set!

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ParticularNo6179@reddit

Shaq’s famous Shazaam movie on vhs. Me likes it 👍

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Republiconline@reddit

I prefer the Sinbad edition.

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RamiroCruz13@reddit

10/10 for the wallpaper alone! 👌🏻💫

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cyanopsis@reddit

My first thought was Wow! Nice collection of big game boxes! But I definitely approve the VHS collection as well!

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TekitiZi@reddit

This is beautiful. I always wanted that Sony monitor. There was this graphic designer that lived downstairs from us, he had two giant ones and a quicksilver Mac back then. I was so jealous. Eventually a couple years later I scored these two Lacie flat CRT monitors from a designer that was upgrading. I thought I was in the big leagues haha.

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