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About Crossover

What is Crossover:

The word Crossover is/will be all over this place, and that’s why it is good to know what Crossover is.

The main focus of this website is Mac gaming. News about new native Mac games and about game Porting and everything around that. Game porting means that you are able to play your Windows games using a specific application like Porting Kit and Crossover. Those 2 application contain the (open source) source code “Wine”. This Wine source code makes it possible to play those games on the Mac. This source code is under constant development, and every 2 weeks there is released an updated version.

But what about Crossover?
Crossover is a program made by the company “Codeweavers” which uses the source code Wine but is customized for the best user experience and performance. There is a team of over 20 people who maintain it and improving it. In a matter of fact most of them are Wine developers and are the ones contributing to the Wine project with improved code. Better said, without those people Wine would be still in poor stadium. They are responsible why Wine is advanced as it is today. So we owe these guys everything we can play using Wine.

What about the program itself?
Crossover is a standalone application which is a customized Wine version with an intelligent GUI (graphical User Interface). So they use one Wine Engine (called bottles in Crossover) for their program in comparation of Wineskin which has their own engine of every Wine release. The advantage of that is, it is easily maintainable, configured on the best way. Regularly they release some updates which improves the program, their “Wine engine” or adding new features. I created several videos about Crossover, about how to use some features and how to use the program itself. You can find them on the video tutorial section. This might help you to get to know the program better.

What are CrossTies?
CrossTies are a wonderful creation. It contains a script which does all the work for you to install the specific game. It does all pre-configuring and tweaks for you in the “Wine bottle” and installs the game for you in Crossover. There are hundreds of them already available for Crossover (from which I created many of them). But there still needs to be done thousands of CrossTies and I am the one who will focus on them the coming time. On the game pages you will find links to those Crossties which will do the work for you if own the Crossover program.

Where to get Crossover!!
So if you haven’t Crossover yet, then get it up here and buy the program or if you want to test it first, for the 14 days trial. The software is normally $39,99 and then you will get 6 months free updates. the more standard version is $59,99 with a year of free updates. (so the $20 extra is for the 6 months extra updates). However: when you use the promo code “PORTINGOVER” you get 30 % off !! So make use of this discount now 🙂

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The Portingkit

Porting Kit Installation Guide
Thank you for using the free Porting Kit app to play your favorite games and apps! In order to use this software you have to need Mac OS 10.13.x and above. Yes, the software works also for Mac OS Catalina 15.4+ and Big Sur and Higher. Let’s get started.

Tutorials: Check this page… for videos about installing games and about what Porting Kit is/does.

Downloading the Software:
You can download the Porting Kit app from the portingkit.com website up here: http://portingkit.com/download

Installation
After downloading the software you have to unzip the app and move it to your apps/application folder. This last part is important because of permissions for updating the app.

When that’s done, you can launch the app!

How to use Porting Kit
When you have opened the Porting Kit. Then you will find a few tabs.

News: Simply the blog page of paulthetall.com .

Library: The main tab to use! Here you find the game ports database. Search the database for the game you want. When you cannot find it use part of the game name. When still not there, then the game is simply not ported yet. In that case request it on the request list in the forum/community tab. We always try to bring as much Windows games to the Mac, so you can play it without needing Windows.

Rankings: Here you find a list of; “Latest ports”, “Most popular ports” and “Highest rated ports”. This is especially handy to see when and which new games have been added.

Community: This links to the Porting Kit forums.

Help: Contains FAQ tab, Contact form and Donate tab.

The Game Database!
On the Library tab you will find all the game ports. Search the specific game port and if you cannot find it (always try to search with word parts as well), then you can try making a port yourself using the “New Custom Port” icon and choose an Engine to use. WS11WineCX19.0.1 is the most common one to use (not the 64bit one). An important not is that a custom port of your game is not always working. As mentioned earlier, you can do a request for it on the forums.

For games in the database we offer support. This means, if you run into trouble we will try to help you out. In that case use the forums or contact form to contact us. No assurances of course, because there may be many factors causing the trouble, like old/not powerful videocard, specific 3rd party software installed on the Mac, too less memory, too slow Mac, etc. But in the basis most of the stuff simply works.

Port Database View:
When you found your game in the database, left click on it to get into the Port Database View.

Important in this view to mention is the “source” in the right upper corner. Those sources are tested and available in Porting Kit.We work with 5 Different sources:
1. GOG.com
2. Steam
3. UPlay
4. CD
5. Origin (broken at the moment)
6. Other

To be able to play the game you need to own the specific source game. For Steam you need to own the Steam game, for GOG, you need the GOG installer files.

Before you install you first need to read the port description and notes mentioned . This is important, because sometimes it mentions that a powerful Mac is required and if you have a low-end Mac, than the game will not work of course. I will mention below the install instructions for the Steam, GOG.com and the Uplay installations.

Basic Portingkit Install Instructions GOG games:
1. Make sure you have downloaded/moved the Portingkit app into your Application/apps folder.
2. Always read the “notes” of the game description first for additional steps!
3. Download the “Gamename“offline backup setup” file(s) into your (root) download folder.
4. Go to the library server tab and select the game you want to install and click “Install”
5. Portingkit will create the wrapper and locate your setup file in your download folder
6. The installation of the game will start, run through the install wizard.
7. After installation, exit the installer (don’t run launch the game).
8. Porting kit will say it has finished successfully.
9. Go to your local library tab and select the game and click “play”!
10 Enjoy the game!

Install instructions Steam:
1. in Portingkit click install when the game is selected. This installs the Windows Steam client.
2. After install. Close the install wizard properly.
3. Click play to launch Steam. Login with your Steam account.
4. When you own the game already in Steam, click install in your game library. If not use the links
in the port description to get it cheap.
5. After download click play! Have fun!

Uplay install Install Instructions
1. in Portingkit click install when the game is selected. This installs the Windows Uplay client.
2. After install. Close the install wizard properly.
3. Click play to launch Uplay. Login with your Uplay account.
4. When you own the game already in Uplay, click install in your game library. If not use the links
in the port description to get it cheap.
5. After download click play! Have fun!

In the “more” button options you can find some extra port instruction video’s to see how the installation process functions.

Local installed apps!
Then you will find a column at the left where al your installed and locally added apps are located . Including an “Add application” button, where you can add apps manually to the Porting Kit. Also a slider is located on the right bottom where you can enlarge the icons in the game database or make them smaller. When you launch Porting Kit for the first time, that part is empty . When you installed some games it will shown on the left side.

Important to know is the difference between the local installed apps and the database (not installed apps). Database apps are the ones you can install. The local ones are the ones already installed and when you right click them you have different options: Like “play”, “remove”, “properties” and so on.

You can also change the view to the local port view when you left click on a specific local installed port. You will notice a “play” button to launch the game and a “more” button with extra options.

The “port view” is shown in the picture above. You will notice the “source” is the harddrive. You can rank the game with stars how well it runs for you. In the “more” button with the collapse triangle, you find more options where walk through quickly:

Show in finder: Shows the port/app in the finder.
Delete: Will delete the port.
Force close: not really necessary, but if the processes doesn’t close somehow you can force quit it. Same option can be found in the porting kit top bar menu by choosing “tools” —> “kill all wineskin processes”.
Properties: Gives you some extra options for the port to use for example the F1-f12 keys within the game or changing fonts, or paths or adjustment of the game name.
Configure joystick mappings (as what it says)
Open: C / Z: Important feature which opens the port and shows you the fake “C: drive” within the port where the installed game is located. If you need to find or replace files. Use that option.
Install Mod/patch: Little tool to install a MOD or patch in that specific game port.
Debug: Important feature, when a port is not working for you. We need a debug log to find out the problems you have. So when contacting us, please also supply a debug log so we can find out what’s going on.
Wineskin tools: Opens op the wineskin app with it functions to for example change settings in there. Or to install specific Winetricks, giving port details and more. In some situations we can sent you instructions to do some stuff in there to fix things.
Export to WSI2/WSI3: This option is for the advanced user who created it’s own port and wants to share the port to be added to Porting Kit. They can sent a WSI file to use so we can import it into Porting Kit.
Other Porting Kit options!

Well that are basic installation and usage options explained. But that’s not it. Porting Kit has also some preferences and extra options you can find in the top bar. menu.
In the main menu, the most important features you will find:

Preferences: You will find there preferences for path settings, screen capture options and the theme/layout GUI settings. It has some cool themes to choose from.
Tools: In that submenu you will find:
1. Kill all wineskin processes
2. Clear Porting Kit Caches (Use this to clear caches and fix problems. When you run into it.)

All extra cool features you can use in Porting Kit.

We hope to add loads of other cool stuff in the future, but that’s it for now. Porting Kit 4.0 makes great process, after that this user Manual will get a little update.

Enjoy Porting Kit. If you run into issues let us know using the contact form or the forums.

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Diablo 2 for Mac OSX

Home → Diablo 2 for Mac OSX

Game Details:

Welcome to the “Diablo 2” for Mac game page. This page contains information + tools how to port Diablo 2 in a few simple steps (that even a noob can understand) so you can play it on your Mac just like a normal application using Crossover. So if you haven’t Crossover yet, then sign up here and buy the program or if you want to test it first, for the 14 days trial. Or use the Porting Kit alternative.

What’s been said one of the best RPG games ever….works great! Get Diablo 2 and Diablo 2 and Lord of Destruction on Instant Gaming and use Crossover or Porting Kit to easily install the games on your Mac!

Use this CrossTie… to install the GOG game into Crossover
Make sure Crossover is installed before downloading/running the CrossTie. Or use Porting Kit.

Game description:
Diablo II is a hack and slash action role-playing video game, developed by Blizzard North and published by Blizzard Entertainment in 2000 for Windows and Mac OS computers (not Lion). It is a direct sequel to the 1996 video game Diablo.

Additional Port Information:
Graphical Cards Tested: NVIDIA 9400M graphics card, AMD Radeon 6770M
OSX 10.7.5 and 10.8.2+ compatible?: yes
Whats tested: Battlenet version of the game. Playing a while.
Does Multiplayer work?: Tested and works fine (Battle.net)
Known issues: None that i know of…
Icon: IconArchive.com

Instruction video Crossover

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Archive for the Free Mac Games Category

Ziggurat free for 48 hours!

Week Two of #SummerGaming opens with a ZIGGURAT giveaway – it’s free to keep! The Painkiller-ish, Hexen-ish, frantic first-person shooter ticks all the boxes – that means magic, powerups, tons of weapons, badass bosses, carrots. All that in a rogue-lite package with more replayability than you can shake your wand at. The giveaway lasts 48 hours until June 13, 1 PM UTC.

There’s still plenty of time to unlock a free copy of Sunless Sea (spend just 5$ in the sale) and RiME (pick up 20$ worth of games). To help you with that, we’ve added even more games to the Sale lineup, including FAR: Lone Sails, Mages of Mystralia, Mainlining, and Commandos.

Go to promo page for the free game up here…

THE KING OF FIGHTERS 2002 – free for 48 hours + China New Year sale up to 90% off!

Come by the GOG.com front page and grab King of Fighters 2002 – free for 48 hours, until February 15, 2 PM UTC. A classic NeoGeo arcade fighter, King of Fighters 2002 is beloved for its broad roster of fighters and intense competitive gameplay, earning it a spot in the “Top Ten Video Game List” by Japan’s arcade-gaming magazine, Monthly Arcadia. This Game is available native for Mac, so this means download and play.

The free game action comes with the Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Spring Festival… regardless of what you call it, it calls for celebration! And so GOG brings hundreds of deals on games you should play in The Year of the Dog up to 90% off. Remember Flash Deals? They’re back on GOG.com! Relive the anticipation, the satisfaction, that feeling when you get a ridiculous deal right before it’s gone. Flash Deals come and go every hour!

Check out the deals on GOG.com up here…

Cayne released free for Mac

The Developer Rebellion released a FREE game called CAYNE, two years after their first major success story STASIS. In this grim return to the STASIS universe, expectant protagonist, Hadley, wakes up in a facility. Where is she? Why is she there? And, why do they want her baby? Help panicked and anxious Hadley find her feet and brave stomach-churning situations to break free, by solving puzzles in this FREE adventure game.

CAYNE is a free, point-and-click, isometric adventure game with a modern edge. A gritty experience awaits. STASIS was only the beginning of a much larger story. Grab this free adventure game now on GOG.com! Check the trailer below in the description to get introduced to the game.

Broken Sword 2.5 for Mac added to Porting Kit!

Here another free adventure game! Broken Sword 2.5, is a community fan made adventure game which plays between Broken Sword 2 and Broken Sword 3. The Broken Sword 3 and Broken Sword 4 games are added to Porting Kit as well.

The last months were quite a blow of fate to George Stobbart. First he had to leave Nico for one year because of an important trip to the USA, then his beloved grandfather died of a cancerous growth. But that was not everything. When George receives a telegram from France one day he already has a foreboding of evil. The consigner is–Nicole Collard, Paris, France. His presentiment shall turn into cruel certainty: Nico is dead! “First my grandpa and now Nico?”, George thinks and takes the first plane to Paris.

For the basic instructions for the Portingkit installation go here…

Get the free Portingkit if you don’t own it yet up here…

Trials Legends for Mac!

Another nice free game added to the Porting Kit! You liked Trials 2 SE which is added to the Portingkit already? Then this free Trials Legends will be a nice add-on to that game as well! Revisit the history of Trials in Trials Legends, a new, free PC game that recaptures the classic gameplay of the original web and PC-based Trials experience from 2000 to 2005.

Trials Legends reprises 33 classic tracks from the early days of years 2000–2005 of Trials, and includes six bike models, 15 ranks to achieve, local scoreboards, a track creator, and a short history of RedLynx Trials games. The tracks are based on courses from Trials Basic, Trials Pro, Trials Construction Yard, and Trials Mountain Heights – games originally released between 2000 and 2005 as free-to-play online Java games and small PC games.

For the basic instructions for the Portingkit installation go here…

Get the free Portingkit if you don’t own it yet up here…

More already ported GameTop games added to Portingkit!

After my last announcement about GameTop yesterday I added 6 more free GameTop games into the Portingkit. All 6 games will just as the other GameTop games, automatic download and install the specific game of choice. All games contains no trials, no payments, no malware/virus, no toolbars, no in-game ads or what so ever. Check out the list of added games below:

I added the free games into the Portingkit which are colored in blue (means: free games). For the basic instructions for the Portingkit installation go here…

Get the Portingkit if you don’t own it yet up here…

GTA and GTA 2 added to Portingkit!

We have a new WSI creator aboard: 112Madgamer! He added GTA and GTA 2 into the Portingkit. Both games are automatic download and install into portingkit. So sit back and let the Portingkit do all the work. Only make sure you run the GTA settings first in your local library before running the main game. Have fun!!

The game works awesome on all Macs as far as I know :D. For the basic instructions for the Portingkit installation go here…

Get the Portingkit if you don’t own it yet up here…

Hikkikomori Quest for Mac!

Here a free RPG game port called “Hikkikomori Quest” Created by Persona, Kinuko and Paul Robertson of Pirate Baby’s Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 fame, Hikkikomori Quest RPG tells the tale of a recluse who embarks on a perilous journey of self-discovery, hoping to find some form of acceptance by the society that shuns him. This free RPG game will take about 2 hours to finish. So if you like this kinda games, grab it and check it out, it is free!

Use the C key to examine objects or select options, and press the X key to access your inventory. Your home doubles as an inn, while colas function the same way as conventional potions. Progress can be saved by checking your computer or accessing the computer terminals when exploring a dungeon. Press the left alt and enter key at the same time to switch between full screen and windowed mode.

Download the Wrapper with game pre-installed up here…

Bug Bits for the Mac!

A free Gametop.com game for tonight called: Bug Bits! BugBits is an Action and Strategy game with unique gameplay which is continuously changing and improving as new kind of bugs are getting unlocked. The simpleness of the first levels later turns into a complex tactical warfare with unlimited possibilities. Each of the 20 playable bugs have different strengths and weaknesses. Combine them together to build effective strike forces! Check out the game-play trailer below. Before downloading the wrapper, make sure security settings are set correctly when you have Mavericks OSX or higher. Then simply download the wrapper –> extract and play!

Immerse yourself into the wonderful microcosm of vivid meadows, barren deserts and mysterious forests! Send your ants and bees out and gather food! Protect your hive against intruders with your army of various beetles! But who are these intruders? Who is your enemy? What is this battle for? Find out that mystery and help your creatures to win their epic battle for freedom and peace through 39 missions!

Download the free Gametop.com game up here…

GTA 2 Wrapper update!

Nice Wrapper update for today! When I was busy with some file managing I thought ” Hey, lets recheck GTA2 with some newer Wine engines” and with an awesome result. Fixed almost everything to a native Mac game! Only minor issue left is when hosting a multiplayer game, that you cannot close/leave the “game room” without restarting the game. For the rest it runs great!! Enjoy!

– Fix intro movie
– Fix bug that game won’t start after opening GTA2 manager
– OpenGL mode (faster)
– Standard in highest resolution (1024×768 for GTA2)
– Paulthetall.com branded icon

Get the updated GTA 2 wrapper from the game page here…

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