Bugdom is a Triple-architecture Universal Binary – works on Apple Silicon

[mectojic]

I couldn't see this posted anywhere on the forums, so thought I would mention it because it's awesome.

Bugdom is a game many are familiar with, as it came with Mac OS 9 back in 2000. Interestingly, in 2020 someone made a triple-architecture port of Bugdom – PowerPC 10.4, Intel and Apple Silicon (MacOS 11+)! The original developer, Pangea Software, even supported the fan port, and shared the port on the official website.

This is yet another proof that triple universal binaries are possible.

https://www.pangeasoft.net/bug/register.html

 

[Nermal]

Nice! This now beats the app "Sears", which ran on everything from 10.4 to 10.14 (including PowerPC). That was the "widest-ranging" app I was aware of... until now!

 

[mectojic]

Nice! This now beats the app "Sears", which ran on everything from 10.4 to 10.14 (including PowerPC). That was the "widest-ranging" app I was aware of... until now!

Well, if you include the original game, it runs from OS 9 to OS 13 – over 23 years.

 

[AphoticD]

From what I remember, Bugdom also came bundled with the original iBook which shipped with Mac OS 8.6.

A very cool tidbit from the original developer is their programming book

Pangea Software's Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X​

available to download for free here;

Pangea Software: Ultimate Game Programming Guide for Mac OS X

I’ve had a little browse through and it is quite comprehensive for building a Mac OpenGL game from the ground up...

 

[retta283]

ECWolf, a source port of Wolfenstein 3D is a triple binary app for 10.4+ too. Only been around for 11 years surprisingly. Works on Windows 98-11 and a few other OSes: https://maniacsvault.net/ecwolf/