Star Wars Battlefront

by Aspyr

Product Features

• Choose which faction you'd like to join - The Rebel Alliance, Imperial Army, Clone Troopers or the Separatists
• Drive AT-ST's, speeder bikes and tanks to outmaneuver your opponents
• Jump into the cockpit of X-Wings and TIE Fighters and fight for control of space
• Explore actual locations from the Star Wars films, like the wooded moon of Endor and the ice planet Hoth -- and new locations like Kamino, the ocean planet
• The ringed world of Geonosis, the jungle moon of Yavin IV, the canals and bridges of Naboo are all created in amazing, fully-realized 3D

Product Details

• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S. and to APO/FPO addresses. For APO/FPO shipments, please check with the manufacturer regarding warranty and support issues.
• ASIN: B0006B64V2
• Item Weight: 6.4 ounces
• Media: DVD-ROM
• Release Date: June 27, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,638 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
  • #13 in Video Games > Mac Games > Action > Shooter

Product Description

Battlefront is an action/shooter game that gives fans and gamers the opportunity to re-live and participate in all of the classic Star Wars battles like never before. Players can select one of a number of different soldier types, jump into any vehicle, man any turret on the battlefront and conquer the galaxy planet-by-planet online with their friends or offline in a variety of single-player modes. Single player modes include "Instant Action," "Galactic Conquest" and 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.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Star Wars Battlefront Not Officially Supported on Intel Macs, December 26, 2008

By 

D. B. Fowler "D.B. FowlerSF" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars Battlefront (DVD-ROM)

After struggling to install this Mac game, I contacted the folks and Aspyr and they very promptly, very politely let me know that this game is not offically supported on new Mac machines. I'll paste the instructions for a potential work around below - and when I get back from my holiday abroad I'll test it to see if it works and then update this review accordingly.

One note: I did not see the specified folder in my Library/Application Support.

From Aspyr Support:
"Even though this game is not officially supported on the new Macbook and Macbook Pro, this is a common error which can be fixed.

For this specific issue, try the patch located here:
[...]

Before attempting to install this patch, you will need to completely uninstall and reinstall Battlefront.
To remove Star Wars Battlefront, drag the Star Wars Battlefront folder on your computer's hard disk to the trash. Then locate the folder named "StarWarsBattlefront" located in Home/Library/Application Support and drag it to the trash. Be sure to also remove the receipt file from the old attempt to install the patch located in /Library/Receipts/BattlefrontRevA.pkg.

Once you have the game reinstalled and the receipt file thrown out. Apply the above patch."

UPDATE:
After following instructions provided by Aspyr, I was able to install and play Star Wars Battlefront on my Intel MacBook Pro. The initial launch of the application locked up the machine - but after powering down and restarting it the game and all other applications worked perfectly.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great fun - but expensive, August 2, 2005

By 

Gero Elerd (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars Battlefront (DVD-ROM)

Star Wars Battlefront - especially due to the notorious lack of a broad variety of games for the Mac - is a great game. Of course, you need a 128 MB Ram Video Card to enjoy all the little bits and pieces, but in general it is the kind of easy play you would like to have after work...

...but dare you to play the game on holidays - like I did. I got it in the morning - and got instantly addicted to it. I played it on "medium" difficulty. Not eight hours later, I was done with both Solo-Campaigns and the good side "galactic conquer". On this speed I will have completed the game within another 2-3 hours.
Then I will be forced of either playing it again (difficulty: hard) or do instant action games...

So, Star Wars Battlefront is a must for the Mac (if you have the "recommended hardware" to fully enjoy it). BUT it is neither a real challenge for the experienced gamer nor a long-lasting investment. Five for being a Star Wars with great graphics and the great shooter - but four in total.

And by the way, in case you have purchased the game and found yourself with an invalid registration code on the back: don't panic. On the Aspyr Homepage (Battlefront, Support) you will find an auto-completion tool.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars AWSOME, March 5, 2006

A Kid's Review

= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Star Wars Battlefront (DVD-ROM)

Love it. You can be 4 diffrent classes: Soldrier, Heavy gunner, Sniper, Piolit, or Special. Be on the Republic, Sepritist, Rebels, or Empire! And have help from four diffrent heros, Republic: Mace Windu, Sepritist: Count Dooku, Empire: Darth Vader,and Rebels: Luke Skywalker. Fight on 9 diffrent planets: Tattione, Bespin, Endor, Naboo, Kamino, Kashyyk, Hoth, Yavin, Geonosis, and Rhen Var. Also do diffrent maps for each of the Planets. Well hope you like Star Wars BattleFront and if you dont like this Lucas Arts came out with a sequel to the first Star Wars BattleFront. May the Force be with you... Always!