Inside Mac Games, or IMG for short, is a website

Website

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 dedicated to Apple Macintosh computer gaming. Founded in 1993, Inside Mac Games has transitioned from an electronic magazine into a web-only publication. As such, it is the largest and oldest Macintosh gaming publication, and is still operated by its founder, Tuncer Deniz.

History

The website began as a downloadable magazine at AOL

AOL

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, with authors from AOL's Mac Games forum. The first issue was published February 1993, featuring a preview of Graphic Simulations' F/A-18 Hornet 1.0. The newsletter soon turned to distribution via floppy disk

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, and in 1995 via CD-ROM

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, which enabled on-disc extras.

In 1996, Deniz left IMG to work for Bungie Software for nearly four years as a producer for titles such as Marathon 2: Durandal

Marathon 2: Durandal

Marathon 2: Durandal is the first sequel in the Marathon series of science fiction first-person shooter computer games from Bungie Software. It was released on November 24, 1995. The game is mostly set on the fictional planet of Lh'owon, homeworld of the S'pht, and once again the player takes the...

for Windows

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, Abuse

Abuse (computer game)

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, Weekend Warrior, and Marathon Infinity

Marathon Infinity

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, and a project leader for Myth II: Soulblighter

Myth II: Soulblighter

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. In 1999, Deniz returned to take the helm of IMG, which was now a website. In 2000, the CD-ROM distribution of the newsletter was dropped, although an occasional games CD-ROM is distributed to subscribers.

About IMG

IMG is a popular Apple games website. Deniz's relationships in the gaming business garners interview articles with industry insiders, such as a long-running interview series with Glenda Adams, who was the director of development at Aspyr. The front portal page is a news site with good traffic, and the user forums are active with over 10,400 members and over 250,000 posts as of June 2011.

IMG's sibling sites include:

• Mac Game Files (MGF), a game-related download site;
• Mac Game Store, an online store for Macintosh games;
• Mac Games Arcade, an online digital distribution
  Digital distribution
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   system for Mac games;

Inside Mac Games was included as one Safari

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's default bookmarks, but was dropped from the release of Safari 3.

External links

• Inside Mac Games
• Mac Game Store - Sister site to IMG. Online games retailer.
• Mac Game Files - Sister site to IMG. Games-related downloads.
• Mac Games Arcade - Sister site to IMG. Games digital distribution
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• IMG Interview with Tuncer Deniz
• Tuncer Deniz interview podcast 2
• Mac Radio Interview of Deniz