Hi guys,
I’m wondering what my options are for fighting games on Mac OS X? Windows seems to get nearly all of the best fighting games on Steam and I know about all the emulation options I have, but I’m wondering what games out there can I play natively on OS X? I’m not really interested in installing Windows via Bootcamp or installing Windows on an external HD. I’d like to be able to play on OS X.
Many thanks!
According to steam, you have Skullgirls which is on sale right now and niddhog(not a fighting game technically)
*Honestly, you best bet would be to run bootcamp or find a way to dualboot it(Not too sure if that’s an option unfortunately)
Thanks for the reply. Skullgirls looks pretty cool, I think I’m gonna pick it up.
The reason why I’m reluctant to dualboot is because last time I tried it on my old MacBook Pro it made my whole system really slow and this was apparently down to me having enabled encryption, which I also have on now.
What about the use of Wine or something like that? Do Windows games bought via Steam run smoothly?
Honestly, I wouldn’t have the slightest idea on that but I would research it
Well from what I read on Wine, USF4 and Guilty Gear Revelator 2 works on there as well…However, SF5 doesn’t work at all. Dead or Alive 5 LR says it works with the cutscenes which is also free to play so you can download it. Just know that there is no lobbies unfortunately.
As an avid Mac user since 1995, and a former Apple employee… I really feel your pain.
However, I am still puzzled at how a system installed on a separate drive partition made your MacOS usage slow. I’ve had plenty of nightmares with malware/viruses/stupidme causing the bootcamp partition to get hosed and eventually re-formatted, but never slow. Were you on a hard drive at that time? If so, maybe your drive was on the way out.
I play my (current release) fighting games on a self-built PC on a 4K TV in my living room, and on a 5K iMac running Steam on Windows (@1440p) via Bootcamp. Other than the shit GPU forcing me to drop down resolution, and the inherent input lag on the 5k display, I’ve experienced no OS sluggishness–in either OS…
The reality is that gaming on the Mac–particularly fighting games–is a barren wasteland. If you have a recent, decently powerful (read: discrete GPU-equipped) Mac, then you have Windows (and Steam) at your fingertips. Seize the opportunity.
Hi Jopamo,
The computer was a mid-2010 MacBook Pro and yes, you’re right, I was using a hard drive.
I experienced the problems early last year with lots of “beach balling” when using Mavericks - it was only when I partitioned my HD and installed Windows 7 via Bootcamp was when I noticed the problems. Probably the harddrive was about to die on me.
When Sierra came out later on in 2016 I did a clean install and things slightly improved, but bootup times were slow.
I’ve got a MacBook Air now, with an SSD and the difference is incredible!
Yeah SSDs are a great upgrade. Unfortunately though, you’re rocking a Mac with only an integrated GPU, so you won’t have much horsepower for gaming (of current titles at least). Retro fighting games are your best bet for the specs you’ve got. That doesn’t mean you’re stuck with MAME. Seriously… fuck MAME. It’s total shit. Final Burn Alpha (FBA) is where it’s at. You’ll still need a Windows partition, but if you install it, FBA, FBA rom files, and install FightCade then you can play people online. It’s serious fun. So much so, that aside from my weekly Dreamcast binges, FightCade is the only other source of fighting games I rock these days.
Final Burn Alpha looks cool! I’m gonna try and get it working via Wine.