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Old June 13th, 2007, 07:35 PM
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Play GTA: Vice City on Mac

I'm pretty sure it's a PC-only game. It's from around 2003. I'd like to know if it would be possible to play it on my mac, without actually owning a separate copy of Win. XP or Bootcamp/Parralells. I don't have a copy of Win. XP with SP2.

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It'll run in Bootcamp.
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It'll run in Bootcamp.
You'd still need a copy of Windows XP SP2 whether you use Parallels or Boot Camp. No other way around it.
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Could it work with Crossover Mac?
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That may be worth a try for you. If you don't want to install Windows, then Crossover is a solution for you. It seems limited in the apps/games you can use. Maybe there's information about that particular game at the Crossover support site?
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I'll try it with Crossover .
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Cider would be the way to go.

http://www.transgaming.com/products/cider/
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@nixgeek: Except that Cider isn't for endusers. It's a tool for developers to make their code run on Mac OS X.

@mario: Save yourself the headache. Crossover is a piece of crap that isn't worth the hard drive space on your mac. Your best option would be Bootcamp since the 3D support in Parallels is very limited.
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