April 1999 Newsbriefs

Friday, April 30th, 1999

• Bleem! Scores Another Courtroom Victory
• Pennsylvania Senator Wants Games Rated for Violence
• Quake3Test for Mac Updated, Linux Server Released
• Myth II Tournament Pits Mac vs PC
• Clusterball' Rolls Onto the Mac
• IMOL Relocation to Benefit New Online Gaming Company
• Ultra-Realistic Flight Sim X-Plane Updated
• Westlake Interactive Updates Project Page

Thursday, April 29, 1999

• MacSoft Gets Ready to Launch Falcon 4.0
• Ritual Entertainment's FAKK2 Coming to Mac
• Senator To Try To Ban Games For Minors
• Close Combat IV Moves to Mindscape
• It's Not Polite to Frag Someone While They Are Talking...
• MesaQuake 3D Library Updated Yet Again
• Quake3Test Movie Available

Wednesday, April 28, 1999

• IMG Talks with Sierra on Their Return to the Mac
• IMG Chat with Westlake Tonight!
• ATI Thanks Mac Customers
• Update on Civilization: Call To Power Port
• "MesaQuake" Updated to Version b7
• Nethergate RPG Updated
• Jewel of Arabia RPG Updated
• Blizzard Works on Mac Starcraft Brood Wars
• Win a Date with Lara Croft?!

Tuesday, April 27, 1999

• Force-Feedback Racing Wheels for the Mac!
• Quake 3: Arena Test on 3Dfx Chips?
• Graphic Simulations Breaks Their Silence
• Your Comments on Carmack's Attack on the Mac
• QuakeFinder for Q3Test Released
• Myth II Conversion Inspires Two Tournaments
• MaraMyth Returns from Beyond
• Royal Intrigue from Makers of 'Safecracker'
• Mac Descent III May Support 3Dfx
• Descent I and II 3Dfx Updated
• IMG Chat with Westlake this Wednesday

Monday, April 26, 1999

• Baldur's Gate, Descent 3 Mac Bound!
• Railroad Tycoon II Ships, Demo News!
• Quake 3: Arena Test Released, Mirror Servers Updated
• Quake 3: Arena Test First Impressions
• Carmack Provides With One Hand, Slaps With the Other
• Caesar III Demo in June, Release in July:
• Titanic for Mac Hits an Iceberg?
• MacMAME .35b11 Released
• Mac-O-Rama: Sales Upon Sales!
• IMG Chat with Westlake this Wednesday


Friday, April 23, 1999

• Quake 3: Arena Test for Macintosh Released!
• Yesterday's Breaking News Recap
• Mac Half-Life ported by Antennahead's Andrew Meggs
• Aliens Vs Predator Trailer Released
• MGA Moves to www.mac-gaming.com
• Vote for the 'Golden Bastards'

Thursday, April 22, 1999

• Madden NFL 2000, Half-Life, And Diablo II Coming to Mac!
• Bleem Ships for the PC
• Virtual Gamestation Shipments Halted
• Apple Exec Jumps to Bungie's Team
• Gamers Beware QuickTime 4 Beta
• Oni, Myth Soundtracks in MP3 Format
• WarCraft II Platinum Sets Sail for the Mac
• Ambrosia Chat Follow-Up

Wednesday, April 21, 1999

• Railroad Tycoon II Pops Its Top!
• 'I'll S'pht On Your Grave' Converts Myth II to Marathon
• Unreal Technology Page Gives 2.2.4 Details
• Bungie.Org Picks Up the Myth Slack
• Descent III Stocks the Arsenal
• Mysterious Game Company Recruits Mac Programmers
• Interplay Blows Out MacPlay Titles
• IMG Chat With Ambrosia Tonight!

Tuesday, April 20, 1999

• Homeworld for Mac? Plus, Sierra Drops the Hints...
• Myth Codex Shuts the Book... Again
• Unreal Tournament Reveals Darn Big Guns
• News Myth Map Makers Can Use
• Wheel of Time Page Updated
• Mac-O-Rama Beams Down a Sale
• FLY! Wings Its Way Closer to the Macintosh
• Aliens Vs Predator Website Launched
• IMG Chat With Ambrosia Tomorrow


Monday, April 19, 1999

• Pangea Software's "Bugdom" Goes Alpha
• IMG Chat With Ambrosia Software
• The Gamers Have Spoken: Myth Remains Ranked
• Myth II Demo Updated
• Micro Conversions Updates Drivers
• Electronic Puzzles Coming to the Mac
• German Card Games Updated
• GLDoom Doomed; Author Speaks
• Bungie Celebrates WW II: Recon Plugin
• Marathon Conversion for Myth II Released
• Freddi Fish Demo Released

Friday, April 16, 1999

• Tomb Raider Gold Demo Released
• Chat With MicroConversions Reveals Many Wonders
• Descent III Petition Soars Past 1,000
• Myth: TFL Beta No Longer
• Starbound II Launched to 0.99
• Find Internet Opponents Free at Global Mac Games
• New Screenshot of Cross-Platform Space War "Paresec"
• Douglas Adams to Appear in Australia
• Clan Lord to Become Private Kingdom

Thursday, April 15, 1999

• Apple's Second Quarter Results Good News for Gamers
• Blizzard Reveals Paladin from Diablo II
• Updates on Quake III Arena Test
• Unreal 224, Unreal Tournament News
• Myth 2 Tourney Based on WWII Conversion
• Ambrosia Software Chat Tonight

Wednesday, April 14, 1999

• MacSoft Chat Tonight!
• Railroad Tycoon Preview from IMG!
• Families Sue Game Industry Over Student Shootings
• MacMAME hits .35b10, Adds 3D Hardware Support
• Myrkridia Sculpture: Yeah, But Does It Go With The Couch?
• MacWEEK Article Confirms Mac Bleem! Support
• Civ II Gold hits the Shelves
• Diablo II 70% Done
• Secret Fallout Map Making Page
• More On Rumored Apple OpenGL/3Dfx Driver Support
• Mac Quake Utilities Updated, Mod Released
• Mac-O-Rama Announces Tax Rebate Sale

Tuesday, April 13, 1999

• Exclusive: Peregrine Screen Shots
• MacOS Rumors Ruminates on OpenGL/VooDoo--from Apple??
• Shareware RPG Nethergate Updated
• Berkeley Systems' Get the Picture
• Wheel of Time Update
• Outpost Announces New Shipping Policy
• Realmz 6.1.1 Released
• MacSoft Chat Wednesday
• More News and Sneak Peek Coming!

Monday, April 12, 1999

• First Myth 2 Total Conversion Released
• MacSoft Chat Wednesday
• Mac Civ II Gold Debuts
• Sony Loses First Round to Bleem
• Galactic Patrol Comes In for a Landing
• Firsthand Report on the new OpenGL Drivers
• Unreal To Reach 2.2.4, UT Delayed
• Total Annihilation enters Alpha
• Mac StarCraft Dirt Cheap
• Marathon Map Makers Group Website Debuts
• Mac Starcraft Hybrid CD-ROM
• Quake II for Mac Update
• ATI Sales Soar
• Descent 3dfx Update
• Douglas Adams Chat Transcript
• meQuanno 1.10b Released

Thursday, April 8, 1999

• Quake III: Better on the Mac!
• Galactic Patrol Re-Released
• Blue Byte expands Settlers III
• Have a Chat With Douglas Adams!
• Mac Starcraft Owners Get a Bonus
• Deal to Port Baldur's Gate Near!
• Ambrosia Games Fun for the 21st Century!
• News on Railroad Tycoon II Demo
• Mac Quake Model Maker Updated
• ATI Announces Pro Line of Rage 128 Cards

Wednesday, April 7, 1999

• Alpha Centauri Mac Version Confirmed
• OpenGL comes to the Mac OS!
• Quake III: Arena Test for Mac OS Confirmed
• Monkey Byte Launches Mac Galactic Patrol
• "Revision D" 333 Mhz iMacs Confirmed
• Bungie Takes a Poll on Myth: The Fallen Lords
• Impressions Games Launches Website, Ports Caesar III
• Civilization: Call To Power Correction
• Railroad Tycoon II Official Press Release
• VooDoo 3 for PC Shipping
• Duke Nukem Forever Gets New Technology
• Starship Titanic Finally Docks
• More Women In Gaming Articles

Tuesday, April 6, 1999

• Have a Chat With Douglas Adams!
• Carmageddon 2 Release Confirmed!
• Faster iMacs Blooming This Spring
• Imperialism II Authors Declare War on Bugs
• Bungie Implements Myth II Rolling Resets
• Civilization: Call To Power Released
• glDoom Frame Rate Drops to Zero
• Unreal Multiplayer Crash Tip
• Article Analyzes Women's Roles in Video Games

Monday, April 5, 1999

• French Game Company Formed
• Game Updates Galore
• Sims Strike Back!
• Unreal Tournament Gives You Some (Custom) Skin
• Another Unreal Tournament Preview
• Unreal Error on IMG's Part
• Dave's Classics Pulls the Plug
• Clan Lord Very Near Commercial Release
• Redneck Rampage Almost Gets Out of the Barn
• Descent III Petition Ends Phase One

Friday, April 2, 1999

• Mac Carmageddon II Available for Preorder!
• IMG Issue 7-2 Soon to Arrive
• Pro Pinball: Big Race USA Released by Interplay!
• Imperialism II Demo Renamed, Updated
• PC-Only DVDs? Not For Long
• Oni Q & A posted on Bungie.Org
• Unreal Updated
• Unreal New Beta Bugs, Tips and Tricks
• Even More Unreal News!

Thursday, April 1, 1999

• Imperialism II Demo Posted
• Cythera Nears Completion
• Fox Plays (Pin)ball with the Mac
• Ion Storm's New Game. . . On the Mac?
• MacMAME Updated Yet Again
• More Advice to Apple about Games