Buying SMAX?

[Lorrin]

how about for Mac?

I'm coming back to SMAC/SMAX after taking a break for a couple years and lo and behold back then I was a Windows user. Any ideas where I can find a Mac version?

[livid imp]

SMAC for Mac is not easy to find. Keep your eye on ebay for people selling old games. Nothing on there today for Mac though. Welcome back to SMAC, and sorry to hear of your conversion

[MoNoLitH]

Originally posted by cpbeller
Laptop collection or soemthing like that....

it has a Tiger Woods game (or golf game), Red Alert 2, and Simcity 3000 unlimited....along with SMAC & SMAX

it was only 20 dollars, so I grabbed it....

That's the one I got, too. I had known for some time SMACX was no longer being made for PC, so I had prepared myself to go without. Then I found the Laptop Collection, and I basically danced right there. An old classic, no longer in production, for the equivalent of $4.

[smacksim]

Btw, the laptop collection comes with SMAC and SMAX on separate CDs. So, seeing as how Smax has Smac internally, it's really and extra Smac CD. Give it to a friend over holidays to PBEM!

I used to be more of a Mac user and have the original SMAC for mac, but havn't seen it in years! I have seen Smac for Linux though. I have a bad feeling it hasn't been re-released for a few years on the Mac.

-Smack

[mucker]

Unfortunately, you still can't get the laptop collection, or SMAX legally in the UK.

[Hydro]

Really? I bought my 3rd and 4th copy of SMAC (I gave them to friends in an effort to hook them - one took!)from a UK firm via mail order. It worked great, since at that time SMAC couldn't be found except in the rare bargain bin.

Have you tried Amazon? I'm sure they would be happy to take your cash and mail you the software. At $14 US and with a bit of shipping the cost can't be too high. Heck, that's the price of a single pizza!

Hydro

[Enigma_Nova]

Geez, why don't I simply FTP the files over?
/me preparez the warez

[kelvinhole]

Damn! Only in the U.S.

[Googlie]

And you can download the manual in pdf format here

[mucker]

SMAC isn't the problem. My local Game shop has 4 copies sitting on the shelf, and I've still got my original. I just can't get my hands on SMAX, and Amazon won't ship the Laptop Collection outside the US.

[Blake]

Hurray I have a copy of SMAX again, but lets just say it fell of the back of a truck on the Information Superhighway. I'll keep an eye open for Laptop Collection becoming available here, but I strongly doubt the Linux version will ever become available again - even getting it 2nd hand would be pretty hard, and wouldn't give Firaxis any benefit.

[Kody]

Oh! Which linux is it built for, and does it allow windows rather than fullscreen?

[Blake]

It works on my custom Debian install (remarkably easy install), so I think it should work for any linux. It allows both windows and fullscreen.

[Kody]

That would be great for writing notes and making screenshots while playing the game. I always hated how my screen would stuff up in windows.

[Googlie]

Why not just alt/tab between the gamescreen and word or photoshop or other photoeditor program?

Is running in separeate windows that more convenient?