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Here is a good spot to get the PC version you mention:

http://www.planetflibble.com/blitz/

I don't see an OSX version available anywhere. But of course, I am sure it would run fine under parallels. :)

Is it possible to do a worthwhile security audit of Office source if one doesn't have access to the OS source with which it so tightly integrates?

My brother discovered that the best way to make a perfect maze in Racing Destruction Set was to start with the + piece and just click like mad random all over the potential map. After strategically *g* placing about 10 intersections the next 30 minutes would be spent connecting them. This resembles the logic structure for any operating system and accompanying massive application suite (though, metaphorically, at least Linux uses stoplights and everyone drives on the same side of the street). If we take that map and reveal 1/2 the squares (Office source) but black out the other 1/2 (OS source), will we really be able to have a good feel for the security?

As others have noted I feel this is a political play by MS to 1) get free bug-hunting services and 2) gain a stronger voice in political arenas. It's good business for MS but I sure hope that my tax dollars don't get wasted on it. If MS wants beta testers they should pay for them or acknowledge that their product will fall to the superior products.

At http://rds.planetflibble.com/?news=all a /.er was making a new port of RDS. Seems he has stopped for now.

The fact is that these Construction Set games were never wildly popular. With a lot of effort, you could create a game that still didn't quite measure up to commercial versions.

Simpler games that included a powerful "level editor" to create and save your own levels and share them with other users were generally better than the more general purpose "construction set" apps.

Anybody else here remember the original C=64 "Racing Destruction Set. Apparently, there is work on a PC remake.

Here is some guy that is attempting to rewrite it for the PC. I assume he means Windows.

Here is a review of the classic C64 version.

My brother and I spent many hours creating impossible track and then racing around them.

As an answer to the question of "Why are there no more construction set games?" I think that many of those games were somewhat limited in what you could do. I actually spend more time twiddling with games that I have written than playing other games.

I don't know about all this "construction", but Racing Destruction Set for the C64 rocked. You built your track, gave it gravity characteristics, and then loaded up your car with oil slicks, land mines, etc., and proceeded to bomb the crap out your opponents. This guy is currently working on a 3D version for the PC. Of course, he also rewrote the C64 version of Bruce Lee, the Best C64 Game Of All Time...

I don't know about all this "construction", but Racing Destruction Set for the C64 rocked. You built your track, gave it gravity characteristics, and then loaded up your car with oil slicks, land mines, etc., and proceeded to bomb the crap out your opponents. This guy is currently working on a 3D version for the PC. Of course, he also rewrote the C64 version of Bruce Lee, the Best C64 Game Of All Time...

I don't know about all this "construction", but Racing Destruction Set for the C64 rocked. You built your track, gave it gravity characteristics, and then loaded up your car with oil slicks, land mines, etc., and proceeded to bomb the crap out your opponents. This guy is currently working on a 3D version for the PC. Of course, he also rewrote the C64 version of Bruce Lee, the Best C64 Game Of All Time...

I believe you are referring to Racing Destruction Set, a very popular game by Electronic Arts released in 1984. Many of my pre-teen hours were wasted creating tracks for this game. Many more waiting for it to load! For those interested a remake is underway.

It's Racing Destruction Set. After I posted, I went hunting really fast and found this. I can see many hours of my time already gone now...