Gaming on a Macintosh PowerBook G3!

[@solarstrike33]

(4:15) Quake III Arena and all id Tech 3 games do not have software renderer paths, they're all exclusively OpenGL.

[@iiidiy]

Nice overview of games from this era, and an amazing garage sale find! Glad YT recommended your video to me - subscribed! :)

[@mickikaufman5360]

One of my favorite Macs, what a steal!

[@michaelhill6453]

Another excellent video, thank you. The machine's design is beautiful; if MacBooks looked like this today, I'd be a happy man.

[@HungryManticore]

If MacBooks were as upgradeable as PowerBooks G3, I'd be a happy man too ☹️

[@Yusuke_Denton]

$5?! Good find!

[@marklsimonson]

My favorite game on the G3 Wallstreet was Battle Girl from Ultra United. It was a really fun arcade-style game with a great techno soundtrack. It really got your adrenaline pumping.

[@PixelReality1]

Ferazel's Wand - это реально грааль для Макинтоша. Отличная игра с возможность делать свои уровни. Она кстати с элементами Метроидвании. Как давно приобретал G3 и пополной оценил игру, до этого играл на эмуляторе, это что-то с чем-то, экспириенс совершенно разный. Доходил очень далеко, но так до конца вроде и не прошел, как-то всё на потом отлаживал. Жаль конечно что физической версии не нашел до сих пор. Интересно как она выглядела и что по наполнению коробки было. Находил какие-то скрины диска, но они все замыленные, словно сам кто-то распичатал на принтере. В общем игра топчик, пока что толкового обзора на неё не находил, но это пока что.

[@SBBUK]

Great video - i'd love a video covering the best games for this era of Mac (G3/G4) as often these are forgotten compared to "Classic" Macs

[@indy1725]

I absolutely had Virtual Game Station, but the only PS1 game I had to play with it was Gauntlet Legends. Ran great, though!

[@gaxiola1701]

I had Virtual Game Station too. My PowerBook G3 Wallstreet at 233MHz was not quite fast enough to play all the games well but it was still fun to try.

[@QUANTUMJOKER]

An excellent video. I envy you for finding a Lombard at such a bargain price at a garage sale. Vintage computers rarely turn up at garage sales or thrift stores in Australia; at least in my area. It's also pretty cool that you have an official but aftermarket slot-loading optical drive; I made my own using an iMac G5 optical drive. My Lombard died late last year (2022), but it's still my favourite of all the computers I've owned. I upgraded mine with a 400 MHz CPU daughtercard (replacing the original 333 MHz card), 512 MB of RAM, a 128 GB Compact Flash card for a hard-drive, new thermal paste, a USB 2.0 card and the aforementioned slot-loading optical drive. Some of these upgrades now live in my Pismo PowerBook G3, which has a 500 MHz CPU, 1 GB of RAM and a 120 GB mSATA SSD.

[@retrodude6215]

Hey I have one question- what happened to your Lombard? What problem does it have? I am a former Powerbook Wallstreet PDQ owner and I did fix it after buying it broken

[@deltav.online]

I played and loved all those Ambrosia SW games on my parents’ Lombard - they all ran great. And I saw Dark Forces (looked like Dark Forces II?) at the end of the video - definitely played that one too but mostly on a beige G3 with upgraded graphics card.

[@dave4shmups]

Great video! Would a PowerBook G4 work better for 3D games?

[@stonedassnecoarc]

Idk if you’re still looking into this but I own a G3 Pismo that runs at 500 mhz and 1 GB of RAM, and I’ll say, you would need to have very low expectations for 3D since these G3’s are first gen 3D systems. So yes if you want 3D games I’d get a PowerBook G4, if you want full OS9 compatibility get any titanium model, though if you are fine without that then get the fastest one you can find. You’ll be playing stuff like Halo in no time. Just don’t get a G3 if you want 3D games

[@brydon10]

Great video. I'm putting an SSD and upgrading the ram in my iMac G3 350mhz. I'll be trying some of these games.

[@JosephHauger]

I paid full price for my $3,500 Lombard. Seeing a DVD playback on an active-matrix LED screen was worth the price. Diablo II was my gaming mainstay.

[@and6239]

They're rebooting Marathon. Sadly it sounds like a lootbox multi-player shooter.

[@JaredConnell]

😢

[@Thomas1984.]

Great video. And great channel! In comparison. How’s this different than the Pismo? I’m look for a Mac like this. Keeping an eye out on online marketplaces. I really like the style. But mostly. Amazing time then when this came out. So many changes in 3D gaming.

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

Ah yes, I remember its predecessor, Wall St. in 1997 when I worked at Apple.

[@toddholcomb1]

Helluva deal!

[@lucah6806]

WHo do you setup Usb overdrive gampeads

[@amonster8mymother]

I have a g3 Lombard it says 333mhz 9n the sticker but 83mhz in the system profile??? What happened to it?

[@amonster8mymother]

3 models??? I thought there were 2!!!

[@mcgibs]

I actually much prefer the sharp, crunchy look of lower res software mode compared to the super clean, yet blurry look of early hardware acceleration. It makes old shooters like Quake and Doom really sparse looking.

[@Atraira]

> mac video > old first person shooters > first one that came to mind was doom >everyone disliked that

[@onigvd77]

nice one Gruz! i’m curious tho, after you found out virtual memory was turned on did you go back to see if the other games played better or was that just a one off for cro mag rally?

[@amonster8mymother]

❤

[@deltav.online]

I used to play Unreal Tournament one one of these (with all the settings turned down to lowest) it was --playable, but just barely.