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alcimedes
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2012-11-20, 15:12

So, I was looking at dusting off and playing X-COM, UFO defense. Found it at an abandonware site for nothing. Went to download it, install it etc. and it was as fun as I recalled.

So when I found out they sell it via Steam for $5 I was excited to give it a shot. Only the game is Windows only, so even though it's crazy old, I can't play it.

Or can I?

Enter in "CrossOver"

CrossOver allows you to install a fairly wide variety of Windows software as native Mac software. I'd used it in the past for access to some Win Office only features, but I found out the other day it can also be used (in theory) to run the Windows version of Steam on your Mac.

If that is in fact true, that means for a one-time price of $60, you can have access to the entire Windows library of Steam games. Not bad. I'll update later after I've actually tried it to see how it works.

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