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Lets enjoy the adventrue of getting diablo 2 on my mac

projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
edited March 2007 in Games and Technology
Problem: My powerbooks cd drive does not work. I want diablo 2/warcraft 3 on it.

I have a pc with an external harddirve that I can use on my powerbook, is there anyway to get it on my pwoerbook and working?

Also, I cant run classic on my powerbook so that might be an issue as well.

The more you help me, the more reach arounds you get.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I am going to take this lack of response as, "no worky".

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Goddamn, wait a bit next time.

    First question: Do you own another Mac or know someone that owns a Mac?

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    I think I see where you are going with this. Install it on their mac and use my external harddrive to move it over? Does diablo 2/warcraft 3 require the disk to play?

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  • ZhouZhou Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    You could rip the disc images to a mac compatible format and transfer them over.

    I have no experience with Macs, but I'm sure they have virtual drive software of some sort available on the web.

    Just run the images off that. I think that should work.

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  • UncleSporkyUncleSporky Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    projectmayhem wrote: »
    I think I see where you are going with this. Install it on their mac and use my external harddrive to move it over? Does diablo 2/warcraft 3 require the disk to play?
    Yes, at least on the PC.

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  • maximumzeromaximumzero I...wait, what? New Orleans, LARegistered User regular
    edited March 2007
    On the mac...I don't recall it needing it but it's been probably 4 or 5 months since I've played.

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  • MitsuhideMitsuhide Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Can't you just rip the data to another hard drive and transfer to your powerbook?

    EDIT: WTS, i'm retarded.

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  • GyralGyral Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    UncleSporky wrote: »
    projectmayhem wrote: »
    I think I see where you are going with this. Install it on their mac and use my external harddrive to move it over? Does diablo 2/warcraft 3 require the disk to play?
    Yes, at least on the PC.
    Diablo 2 requires the disc to play on the Mac.

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  • Doc HollidayDoc Holliday Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    If you image the disk as a .dmg file using another mac (Disk Utility will do this), then transfer it over, then mount it as a disk; then, as far as the game is concerned, the disk is in the drive, and this is a run-on sentence.

    So... do that thing I said. I'm not sure if diablo 2 is OS X compatible via a patch, let me check.

    answer: yes

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  • DeVryGuyDeVryGuy Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    Applications > Utilities > Disk Utility

    Create a dmg of the CD on another Mac and then transfer it over the network. Should work fine.

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  • projectmayhemprojectmayhem Registered User regular
    edited March 2007
    You guys rule so hard. Hopefully I can try this tonight. Fair warning, this whole disk imaging thing sounds like magic, so I might be back.

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