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Mac Gaming News - Doom 3 Goes Gold for Mac

by , 12:45 PM EST, February 25th, 2005

Aspyr Media announced Thursday that Doom 3 for Mac has gone gold, meaning it is finished and ready for manufacturing. Doom 3 is the long-awaited sequel to Doom, which was a huge hit in the Windows world. Aspyr developed the Mac version of Doom 3 in conjunction with Id Software, the game's original developer.

The game's description, from Aspyr: "The ruins of an ancient Martian civilization have unlocked the secrets to teleportation and the Union Aerospace Corporation will stop at nothing to harness this world-altering technology. As part of a Marine detachment sent to protect the facility, your duty seemed simple enough – until the invasion. Now, in an epic clash against pure evil you must fight to understand who is with you, who is against you, and what must be done to stop this nightmare from reaching earth."

The game is based around a new 3D graphics engine Id Software developed for the game, and sports rather stiff system requirements:

Minimum System Requirements

  • Doom 3 runs on any iMac G5, or any Mac that meets the requirements below
  • Operating System: Mac OS X 10.3.8 or later
  • CPU Processor: PowerPC G4/G5 or later
  • CPU Speed: 1.5GHz or faster
  • Memory: 512 MB or higher
  • Hard Disk Space: 2.0GB free disk space
  • Video Card (ATI): Radeon 9600 or better
  • Video Card (NVidia): GeForce FX5200 or better
  • Video Memory (VRam): 64 MB
  • Media Required: DVD Drive

Recommended System Requirements

  • Doom 3 runs best on a Power Mac G5 2.0 GHz or faster
  • CPU Processor:PowerPC G5
  • CPU Speed:2.0GHz or faster
  • Video RAM:128MB

Doom 3 is available for pre-order, and will ship on March 14th, 2005. The game is priced at US$49.99, and can be ordered direct from Amazon. You can find more information at Aspyr's Web site A trailer for the game can also be watched on Apple's site.

Doom 3 for Mac

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Close Name:fultonkbd Posts: 121 Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Fri Feb 25, 2005 2:43 pm Subject: Whoo hoo

Can't wait to check this game out… oops hold on a sec… my current Mac isn't up to par. Damn!… I guess I'll be saving so I can upgrade.


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Close Name:Biff Posts: 1479 Joined: 08 Apr 2004
Fri Feb 25, 2005 3:34 pm Subject:

LOL you gotta love how this is coming to the Mac before it even gets released for XBox.


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Close Name:fultonkbd Posts: 121 Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Fri Feb 25, 2005 8:53 pm Subject: unaware

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LOL you gotta love how this is coming to the Mac before it even gets released for XBox.


I was unaware that was the case. Watch out or id will become the next exclusive developer for the xbox.


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Sat Feb 26, 2005 12:07 am Subject: New Macs not up to par
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 8:20 am Subject: not likley
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Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:56 am Subject: Re - freakin' - lax
Close Name:fultonkbd Posts: 121 Joined: 02 Mar 2004
Sat Feb 26, 2005 11:58 am Subject: oops

wasn't logged it on my re - freakin' - lax post.


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Close Name:Biff Posts: 1479 Joined: 08 Apr 2004
Mon Feb 28, 2005 12:04 pm Subject:

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fultonkbd wrote:
I was unaware that was the case. Watch out or id will become the next exclusive developer for the xbox.
I guess we're gettin' a bit off topic, but ID isn't actually developing the XBox version. They farmed it out to Vicarious Visions. Basically I find it ammusing that a wintel-based game console is getting Doom 3 later than the Mac considering how long ago the PC version shipped. Not a big deal, just worth noting.


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Close Name:UnderwearOfTheGods Posts: 1 Joined: 28 Feb 2005
Mon Feb 28, 2005 1:02 pm Subject:

I can't wait to play this game on my G5. Who's ready to make maps?!


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