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Mac Gaming History Remembered

Posted by simoniker on from the woz-woz-here dept.

Thanks to 1UP/Ogamo for its feature discussing the early importance of the Apple Macintosh as a videogaming platform. The author argues: "The Mac definitely left its mark on gaming. Though it never became a gaming powerhouse, it played host to a few legitimate classics, and their ideas went on to influence developers to this day", before referencing titles such as ICOM's Deja Vu ("...has some of the wry sense of humor that [also] brightened up the best of Infocom's games") and Silicon Beach's Dark Castle ("One of the first successful action games to use a mouse for shooting things.")

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  1. I assume "classic" = "pre-90's" by Pluvius · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since Bungie was only mentioned at the end of the article, and Ambrosia wasn't mentioned at all, even though they are responsible for the best Mac-only games in existence.

    Anyway, I coincidentally replayed Deja Vu for the NES last night; that brought back some fun memories. I knew the three NES ICOM games were just ports, but I didn't know they were originally on the Macintosh (I assumed PC or Amiga).

    Rob

  2. No More by RaisinBread · · Score: 4, Funny

    Thanks to 1UP/Ogamo for its feature discussing the early importance of the Apple Macintosh as a videogaming platform.

    Whatever its contribution in the past, Apple is a gaming platform no more. As a Mac user and a semi-avid gamer, I really miss one aspect of my old PC - the über availability of games.

    Anyone seen this parody? It's right on the money.

    "The PC is so... so confusing! You go the store and there are like.... racks and racks of games. But on the Mac, there are just six!"

    --J

  3. Bah! by daeley · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Sorry, not classic enough. Gimme "Ancient Art of War" or give me death! First program I ever used on a Mac, and that in 1986.

    Kids these days...

    --
    I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate.
  4. Major omission by Have+Blue · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Bolo.

  5. Acutally that was an Apple II game by Farmbubba · · Score: 3, Informative

    called Rescue Raiders, one very cool thing that the Mac version had was network play!

  6. Marathon by T.Hobbes · · Score: 3, Interesting
    My first FPS, and still my favorite.

    best line - 'They're everywhere'

  7. I've said for years... by Stanza · · Score: 4, Insightful

    All the best games come out for mac first. I'm not so sure it's true anymore, but for a while it definately seemed so.

    Shufflepuck Cafe
    Dark Castle
    Crystal Quest (it was a sad day when this stopped working when I upgraded to "MultiFinder")
    BattleGirl (anyone tell me how to make this work on OS X and I'll be your friend forever)
    Snood
    Escape Velocity series

  8. Re:And let us not forget... by Smartcowboy · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Apple II is a 8 bits computer with barely enough ram to run a BASIC interpreter. OTOH, Doom needed AT LEAST a 386-33 with at least 4Mo RAM and a VGA card. A better setup was a 486-66 with 8Mo RAM.

    And Doom was developed on a NExT workstation. Yes, NExT was from the same guy as the Apple II. But there is a HUGE difference between a NExT workstation and an Apple II....