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  Charts for September 2005

Top 30 Mac Games
1: Sims 2, The
Take The Sims to the next level in Sims 2 for Mac. With the introduction of genetics in The Sims 2 for Mac, you can control your Sims over a lifetime and pass their Sims' DNA down from one generation to the next. The Sims 2 sims evolve by genetically passing on physical and personality traits. Create and play your own virtual sitcom by choosing one of five different aspirations - Popularity, Fortune, Family, Knowledge, and Romance. These aspirations in life cause your Sims to have wants and fears. Will you give them a long successful existence or leave their life in shambles? You should click on the product title to check technical requirements for The Sims 2 before ordering.
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2: X-Plane 8
X-Plane is the world's most comprehensive, powerful flight simulator, and has the most realistic flight model available for personal computers. For loads more detail on this game click the title link above to go to the full product description.
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3: Star Wars Battlefront
Star Wars Battlefront lets you fight the greatest battles in the Star Wars Universe any way you want to. Star Wars Battlefront is an action/shooter game. Players can select one of a number of different soldier types, jump into any vehicle, man any turret on the battlefront and conquer the Star Wars galaxy planet-by-planet online or offline in a variety of single player modes. Star Wars Battlefront has single player modes which includes the story-based 'Historical Campaigns' mode that lets gamers experience all of the epic battles from Episodes I-VI, fighting from the perspective of each of the four factions within the game.
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4: X2 - The Threat
X2 - The Threat puts you in control of a variety of spacecraft as you trade and fight your way to create an empire in the universe. The ultimate test of combat, tactical, navigational and entrepreneurial skills, X2 The Threat is a space simulation of breathtaking depth and scope.

5: LEGO - Star Wars
In LEGO Star Wars, compete in action packed lightsabre duels against Darth Maul. Experience mind-blowing space battles in your starfighter. Use the Force - accessing secret areas and overcoming obstacles - to construct and play as more than 30 of your favourite characters such as Obi-Wan Kenobi, Anakin Skywalker, Yoda and more!
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6: Doom 3
18 only In Doom 3 for Mac a massive demonic invasion has overwhelmed the Mars Research Facility. As one of only a few survivors, you face an epic clash against pure evil amidst the horror and chaos. Doom 3 is the most frightening and gripping 3D gaming experience.
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7: Sims 2 University Expansion (due Q4 2005)
Expansion pack for Sims 2 on the Mac. Your Sims are now young adults leaving home to immerse themselves in University life as they become the Big Sim on Campus! They'll relish their new-found freedom as they party with friends, join fraternities and sororities and pull outrageous pranks. Join a band, crash parties, find a part-time job, or get initiated into a secret society, print money, and cheat on your studies. How will your Sims 'enjoy' their University years? Your Sims will explore 'College Town' as they frequent lounges, gyms, coffee houses and more. Help them fulfil new lifetime goals to unlock more rewards and reap all of the benefits of their university years.

8: Tiger Woods PGA Tour Golf 2005
Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2005 features the revolutionary new Tiger Proofing course alteration technology allows you to modify course dynamics and call out your PGA TOUR rivals by adding lengthier Tiger Tees, tighter fairways, dramatic undulations to greens, deeper bunkers, higher rough, and more. Tiger Woods PGA TOUR 2005 also features an enhanced EA SPORTS Game Face featuring non-proportional bone scaling and texture blending creates incredibly realistic looks, right down to the bags under your eyes. After making a name for yourself on the TOUR, tee off against legends including Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicklaus, and Ben Hogan to see how you stack up against the all-time greats.
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9: Sims Party Pack, The
Fantastic value compilation of The Sims, the first expansion set, The Sims Livin Large , Sims House Party and Sims Hot Date. For Macintosh only. Control the working and love lives and the homes of your very own sims. Warning this is very addictive!

10: Command and Conquer Generals
Real-time strategy game with cult status on the PC platform. Consists of 22 mission single-player campaign. Wage real-time war in more ways than ever with a modern and near-future arsenal. Command the powerful U.S. forces, the vast Chinese war machine, or the resourceful Global Liberation Army. Read online review | Download a demo | Download patch Nominated in the Editors' Choice: Entertainment Category of the 2005 MacWorld Awards

11: Sim City 4
One of the all-time great strategy games, it is the ultimate development of the original Sim City into the 21st century with this comprehensive update. Significantly improved graphics complement new terraforming and city management tools, plus the ability to import characters from The Sims to comment on your city!
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12: Call of Duty United Offensive
Suitable for persons aged 16 and over Expansion pack for Call of Duty. Includes 13 new single-player missions and 11 new multi-player maps. There's also support for vehicles and new multiplayer modes plus new weapons, characters and a collection of single-player puzzles. Read online preview | Download Patch

13: No One Lives Forever Game of the Year Edition
Spy themed first person shooter, critically acclaimed on other platforms. Take deadly arch enemies with an impressive arsenal of weapons and spy gadgetry. 15 missions over 60 levels.

14: Medal of Honor Allied Assault WarChest
Compilation of Medal of Honor Allied Assault, Medal of Honor Allied Assault Spearhead Expansion and Medal of Honor Allied Assault Breakthrough Expansion Sets. Includes more than 50 single player scenarios, 29 multiplayer levels and 48 authentic WWII weapons. You should click on the product title to check technical requirements before ordering as this compilation, unlike the individual games, is Mac OS X only. This is a DVDROM; single games (available separately) are on CDROM.

15: Command and Conquer Zero Hour
Add-on for the real-time strategy game Command and Conquer Generals. With new units, structures, and upgrades, as well as the all-new Generals Challenge Mode, Command & Conquer Generals Zero Hour delivers all the firepower players need in the quest to become the ultimate modern warfare General.
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16: Championship Manager 03/04
Updated data for 03/04 season. Now 43 counries, 200K footballers. New intuitive training regime. A pre-game editor. View previously saved matches. The last Champ Manager to be developed by SIGames. They have now gone and produced Football Manager 2005 which despite its name, is really the successor to this title.

17: No One Lives Forever 2 - A Spy in H.A.R.M.s Way
Sequel to the spy-themed first person shooter, critically acclaimed on other platforms. Humourous story-driven game with multiple play modes and exotic locations. Try co-op or death match or more! Take on deadly arch enemies with an impressive arsenal of weapons and spy gadgetry. Over 40 action packed single player levels.

18: Homeworld 2
Homeworld 2 chronicles the valiant journey of the Mothership and its crew into the oldest regions of the galaxy to confront their new foe and discover the truth behind their exile.
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19: Age of Empires 2 Gold Edition
Sequel to the classic Age of Empires. Includes Conquerors Expansion pack which was sold separately on the Windows version. Classic real-time strategy game. Features mediaeval civilisations, troops, technology and warfare. Campaigns and random scenario generator. Different styles of games, including against-the-clock. Excellent graphics. Will keep you engrossed for hundreds of hours. Brilliant and a bargain.
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20: Hearts of Iron
Real-time World War II strategy game. Game map spans the entire world and allows players to take the War to any front. Any nation in the world is playable, but the game focuses on the epic struggle between the great alliances of Fascism, Communism and Democracy.

21: Championship Manager 00/01
Updated for 00/01 season. Includes downloadable editor, 24 leagues, 50,000 players and coaches, more tactics, player feedback, press interviews. MacFormat score 9/10.
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22: X-Plane 8
X-Plane is the world's most comprehensive, powerful flight simulator, and has the most realistic flight model available for personal computers. For loads more detail on this game click the title link above to go to the full product description.
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23: Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons of WWII
Battlefield 1942 Secret Weapons of WWII lets you control the most bizarre and lethal top-secret weapons of the Second World War. It brings experimental weapons out of the lab and into the field and introduces eight tough, new battle maps. This is just an expansion and it requires the original 1942 game to run.
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24: Pangea Super Pack
UK EXCLUSIVE! Compilation of Bugdom 2, Enigmo, Cro-Mag Rally and Otto Matic plus the previously unavailable Billy Frontier.

25: Bionicle
Lego Interactive's sensational BIONICLE truly comes to life on your Macintosh. In an imaginary world, six heroes have been chosen and using their awesome elemental power, it has fallen to you to defeat Makuta and return the island of Mata Nui to light. Prepare for action, adventure, elemental powers, enemies and heroes. Be the Toa - Live the Legend - Bionicle has arrived on the Mac. Read online preview

26: Indiana Jones and the Emperors Tomb
Players take on the role of Indiana Jones in his latest adventure (Third Person). It's 1935 and this time you must prevent a powerful Chinese artifact from falling into evil hands. This globe-spanning adventure pits you against evil Nazis and the Asian underworld with a mysterious and alluring partner, Mei Ying.
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27: Enemy Engaged
With Enemy Engaged you're in for the ultimate helicopter flight and combat experience. 3 large-scale campaigns to play: Lebanon, Taiwan and Yemen, and the war goes on whether you are in the air or not!
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28: Neverwinter Nights Hordes of the Underdark Expansion
Expansion pack for original Neverwinter Nights. The subterranean Underdark, one of the most popular and awe-inspiring worlds in the history of D&D, has now been reawakened within the Neverwinter Nights Universe. The world is ignorant. Most will sleep away the blackest night and awake to welcome the new light of dawn secure that the light always returns. Not for all. Deep under the crust of humanity and civility is a place where nightmares never rest. Where the light of day cannot shine and slithering horrors dwell in the pits only seen in the visions of a madman. An entire world waits to be explored. An entire world waits for a bringer of light. The Underdark waits.

29: Myst V End of Ages
Decide the fate of a civilisation in this triumphant final chapter to the Myst saga. Embark on an epic journey into the heart of a shattered empire as the only explorer who can still save it - or destroy it with the wrong choices. Your final choice is clouded by the counsel of those who have tried and failed.

30: Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
It is four thousand years before the Galactic Empire and hundreds of Jedi Knights have fallen in battle against the ruthless Sith. As the last hope of the Jedi, you must lead a band of freedom fighters in an epic struggle to save the galaxy. Read online review | Download a demo


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