Macintosh SE - old games ?

[caccamolle]

Hey guys,
wonder if anyone might be able to help.

I just thought of using this old Mac SE for some games for my kids (both <5yro). The problems are: (a) I have none and (b) if I find a few how do I load them in ?

any ideas ?


thx

[Sdashiki]

Go find ShufflePuck Cafe (http://www.goodolddays.net/amiga/s/shuffle/)

that game ROCKS

but in Classic mode (osx) it runs waaaay too fast, on a Classic machine, runs awesome.

Oregon trail....nuff said.

Myst 1 - original was Hypercard! (but its a CD)

They should fit onto 3.5" diskettes, getting them to a disk is a problem tho, unless it can connect to the internet or your home network.

[ahunter3]

Hey guys,
wonder if anyone might be able to help.

I just thought of using this old Mac SE for some games for my kids (both <5yro). The problems are: (a) I have none and (b) if I find a few how do I load them in ?


I recommend "The Uninvited". Will run on an SE like any other application, just double-click it. System 3 through System 7.

I'm pretty sure it could be considered abandonware at this point, PM me for more details on locating a copy.

[croshtique]

System's Twilight (http://www.eblong.com/zarf/twilight.html) is a fantastic adventure/puzzle game that will keep you occupied for weeks on end.

[Makosuke]

Ultimate resource for ancient "abandonware" games for the Mac:

http://mac.the-underdogs.org/

...but of course you're going to need some way to get them off an Internet-connected computer and onto a floppy. USB floppy drive, maybe? I forget if the SE had a high-density floppy drive, but if it does, then that'll work. The other option is to try and get the SE on the 'net...

[~Shard~]

Not sure where you'd find it, but one of my favorite games for my brother's SE/30 (and one of my favorite games of all time!) was Starflight. That game was amazing. Hmm, sorry, just realized this was for your 5-year old kids... probably a bit too advanced for them... :o

[caccamolle]

hey guys,
thanks for the suggestions. Now my priority is to find out how can I put the games into the Mac. I am going to check this w/e since I will be where I have it.

by the way, anyone recalls Lode Runner, I loved that one !?!?

[~Shard~]

hey guys,
thanks for the suggestions. Now my priority is to find out how can I put the games into the Mac. I am going to check this w/e since I will be where I have it.

by the way, anyone recalls Lode Runner, I loved that one !?!?

You know it - I loved Lode Runner! Great puzzle game, played that one over and over - pretty intense game as well when you reached the higher levels. Thanks for bringing back those memories... :cool:

[caccamolle]

yeah man, could be very intense, geeee, it really brings things back, we are talking decades, at least for me, I played it first on the Apple IIe !!! and then it took me a while before finding it for the Mac.

[~Shard~]

yeah man, could be very intense, geeee, it really brings things back, we are talking decades, at least for me, I played it first on the Apple IIe !!! and then it took me a while before finding it for the Mac.

Yep, I played it all the time on my brother's Apple //e as well. I think I actually got to a level that was impassable at one point, but there were a few different versions of the game, so I'm not sure which one we had offhand. :cool: