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Mac Gaming News - Aspyr's Star Wars Battlefront Blasts Into Stores

by , 12:35 PM EDT, July 26th, 2005

Aspyr Media on Tuesday announced that Star Wars Battlefront is now in stores. Ported to the Mac by Beenox Studios, the game allows players to take on the role of a Rebel Alliance, Imperial Army, Clone Army or Separatist Army soldier as they battle for control of 10 planets from the Star Wars galaxy, including Hoth, Tatooine, Endor and others drawn from the movies. The non-playable Jedi knights Luke Skywalker, Darth Vader, Mace Windu and Count Dooku provide support to each side.

Sporting gameplay similar to Aspyr's Battlefield 1942, Star Wars Battlefront features 20 different soldier types, each with unique strengths and weaknesses, as well as over 25 air and ground vehicles -- including X-Wings, TIE Fighters, AT-ATs and AT-STs -- that players can use to turn the tide of a battle. Players can test their mettle against computer-controlled opponents or take their battles online, where the Mac-only gaming service GameRanger offers live combatants.

Pricing is US$49.99. System requirements call for Mac OS X v10.3.6, a G4 or G5 1GHz processor, 256MB RAM (512MB recommended), 2.7GB free hard drive space, 64MB video RAM and a DVD drive. Mac gamers who want to play against PC-using opponents must do so over a LAN or via Direct IP; Star Wars Battlefront is yet another casualty of GameSpy's increased license fees for Mac publishers, unfortunately.

Pilot snowspeeders or drive AT-ATs in the battle for Hoth

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Tue Jul 26, 2005 8:54 pm Subject: CD Key

Close Name:acdc1174 Posts: 667 Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Wed Jul 27, 2005 1:09 am Subject: Lots of fun on XBox...

I may have to pick this one up. I wonder if my eMac with 32 MB VRAM can handle it?

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Close Name:DrShakagee - TMO Forum Mod Posts: 938 Joined: 14 Jun 2001
Wed Jul 27, 2005 10:25 am Subject: Re: Lots of fun on XBox...

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acdc1174 wrote:
I may have to pick this one up. I wonder if my eMac with 32 MB VRAM can handle it?

You can always download the Aspyr Game Agent and find out.

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Thu Jul 28, 2005 12:17 am Subject:

Close Name:acdc1174 Posts: 667 Joined: 16 Apr 2004
Thu Jul 28, 2005 1:40 am Subject: Re: Lots of fun on XBox...

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DrShakagee wrote:
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acdc1174 wrote:
I may have to pick this one up. I wonder if my eMac with 32 MB VRAM can handle it?

You can always download the Aspyr Game Agent and find out.

thank you for the tip...good to know my PB can run it...now to install on my emac.

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Thu Jul 28, 2005 9:59 pm Subject: YEAH SAME THING ME

Close Name:slarti Posts: 2 Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:20 pm Subject:

Freaky, I just ordered it from Apple and the exact same thing. I have 4 sets of 5 numbers and then the fifth set is just a 0. I just bought an expensive game that I can't play and I doubt they will believe me when I contact them about this.

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Close Name:slarti Posts: 2 Joined: 29 Jul 2005
Fri Jul 29, 2005 10:26 pm Subject:

Actually 2 minutes later, I found that this has happened quite a bit.

Sorry I lost the damned link, but go to www.aspyr.com and navigate to support>battlefront>support and you can enter your partial code to get the full.

My is tested and works.

YAY!

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Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:23 am Subject: The bad cd key link

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Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:24 am Subject: https://www.aspyr.com/page.php/battlefront_keys/

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Tue Aug 02, 2005 2:32 am Subject: There sence it wont leet me see my post body

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Fri Oct 20, 2006 2:02 pm Subject: wont work

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Sun Feb 18, 2007 4:05 pm Subject: something wrong with installation

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