INSIDEMACGAMES

'InsideMacGames.com', or IMG, is a Web site dedicated to Apple Macintosh computer games. It is the largest and oldest website of its kind, and is operated by its founder Tuncer Deniz.

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History

About IMG

See also

External links

History

The Web site originally began as a downloadable magazine at AOL, with authors from AOL's Mac Games forum, with the first issue being published in February 1993. This first issue had a preview of Graphic Simulations' F/A-18 Hornet 1.0. The newsletter soon turned to distribution via floppy disk, and in 1995 via CD-ROM, which enabled the addition of extras on the disk. In 1996, Deniz left IMG to work for Bungie for nearly four years as a producer for titles such as ''Marathon 2'' for Windows, ''Abuse'', ''Weekend Warrior'', and ''Marathon Infinity'', netmap design for ''Marathon 2: Durandal'', and a project leader for ''. In 1999, Deniz returned to take the helm of IMG, which was now a Web site. In 2000, the CD-ROM distribution of the newsletter was dropped, although there still is an occasional games CD that is distributed to subscribers.

About IMG

IMG is generally acknowledged to be the leader in general Macintosh press specific to gaming by various game publishers.
Deniz's personal relationships in the business has the benefit of garning frequent and detailed interview articles with industry insiders, such as a long-running interview series with Glenda Adams, director of development at Aspyr. The front portal page is a news site with good traffic, and the user forums are active with nearly 7000 members and over 100,000 posts as of January 2006.
IMG's Brother site's are MacGameFiles, or MGF, which is a download site for game-related files. MGF is a significant resource for Mac gamers seeking general downloads. MacGameStore where all mac games are available for purchase or download. Another site, Macologist, specializes in downloads for mods for Macintosh games.
The ranking for IMG on Alexa.com is 100,000 73,645 (This is unusually high for a Mac-specific site, since the Alexa toolbar is a windows-only app).
IMG is included in the default Safari bookmarks.

See also

★ MacGameStore.com - Store for Mac games owned by IMG.

★ MacGameFiles.com - File hosting owened by IMG.

★ Inside Mac Games Podcast - The officially sanctioned podcast by IMG.

External links

★ InsideMacGames

★ MacGameFiles Sister site to IMG, for downloads

★ IMG Interview with Tuncer Deniz

★ Tuncer Deniz interview podcast 2

★ Winner of Best Documentary at the Moofie Awards

★ Mac Radio Interview of Deniz