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Commandus's avatar
Commandus
6 months ago

I'm having trouble with SPORE on Mac.

I just purchased SPORE on my Mac. It says that it is available on Mac, but when I went to my library, it was under the 'unavailable games' tab, for the reason "Available on Windows." What do I have t...
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EA_Pulsar's avatar
EA_Pulsar
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6 months ago

Hey @Commandus, This is because of compatibility issues on the new Mac OS systems. Spore is a 32-bit game, and because of that, it is no longer supported on the new MacOS, which runs only 64-bit programs. This is mentioned in the minimum requirements section for Mac. https://www.ea.com/games/spore/spore#system-requirements

If you cannot run the game because of this reason you can check if your order is eligible for a refund. 

  • Commandus's avatar
    Commandus
    6 months ago

    I tried it on my Windows 11 Home, and the game played, until I tried one of the stages. How can I play it for real this time?

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