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Underrated Classic Mac Games
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I have to second Alpha Centuari & the Alien Crossfire expansion.
Never played them on a Mac, but I think they're my two favorites of all the Sid Meier's Civ-series game. Graphics looked good(!), gameplay was snappy. I wasted hours of my middle-school years playing that.
I'd love to see someone re-release, in it's original form (graphics & all), just updated to run on OS X.
Never played them on a Mac, but I think they're my two favorites of all the Sid Meier's Civ-series game. Graphics looked good(!), gameplay was snappy. I wasted hours of my middle-school years playing that.
I'd love to see someone re-release, in it's original form (graphics & all), just updated to run on OS X.
I loved nanosaur! Me and my two siblings would cram into the chair to play it together... *sigh*
I've been looking for a way to play nanosaur 1 for ages... does anyone have a solution? It wouldn't work in sheepshaver, and they never updated it, even for old times' sake. And nanosaur 2 is stupid, IMO.
Civ 3 is awesome as well. I played that all the time, until we upgraded to intel. It's better than 4.
early 90s
Crystal Quest, The Manhole, KidsPix (not really a game), Spaceship Warlock, and The Last Express (highly worth playing on Gametap if you have Boot Camp/Parallels or a Windows PC)
Crystal Quest, The Manhole, KidsPix (not really a game), Spaceship Warlock, and The Last Express (highly worth playing on Gametap if you have Boot Camp/Parallels or a Windows PC)
Spectre - Kept me busy for years.
Same with Looney Labyrinth, just a lot of fun.
My family is still holding on to a couple of our older Macs from the OS 7 era specifically for those games and a couple of others (the names of which I cannot remember).
Same with Looney Labyrinth, just a lot of fun.
My family is still holding on to a couple of our older Macs from the OS 7 era specifically for those games and a couple of others (the names of which I cannot remember).
If only Ambrosia would port EV to the iPhone!
Now, it isn't nearly as old as some of the other games mentioned, but I really miss the Myth series from Bungie. I believe it never quite achieved the success it deserved.
I thought this topic was supposed to be about underrated games...almost none of the games mentioned so far were underrated.
My answer would be Galapagos. I can kind of see why it didn't do too well--some parts are really hard--but I enjoyed the heck out of it.
--Eric
My answer would be Galapagos. I can kind of see why it didn't do too well--some parts are really hard--but I enjoyed the heck out of it.
--Eric
Maelstrom (asteroids clone) with Simpsons sounds mod pak.
'Bring him to me!'- Mr. Burns announcing the impending arrival of an extra life floating across the screen.
Actually if anyone knows how to easily get this for my new Intel, I'd love to know. I think Ambrosia made it.
'Bring him to me!'- Mr. Burns announcing the impending arrival of an extra life floating across the screen.
Actually if anyone knows how to easily get this for my new Intel, I'd love to know. I think Ambrosia made it.
I just remembered two more great, underrated games: Spin Doctor (which I think can be found at the Macintosh Garden) and Slick Willie. Slick Willie really represented an era. You played Bill Clinton's head and went around eating hamburgers and cheerleaders while avoid flying George Bushes and scandals. Good times.
You should be able to get that from VersionTracker. Dunno about the sound mod though.
Two games I really miss are Master of Orion 2 and Majesty. I also wish someone would do a proper port of After Dark, and not just the stupid fish module.
Seconded on both - MOO 2 is a great game (too bad 3 was such a disappointment). Majesty was also lots of fun and very unique, and I was always disappointed that the expansion never made it to the Mac. Both games play well in classic if you've got a PPC Mac hanging around, though.
Pathways into Darkness. First FPS I ever played, actually.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pathways_into_Darkness
Spaceward Ho!
I play the OS X version, though. But The Ho is a great simple 4x game, and I've seen nothing like it before or since.
I play the OS X version, though. But The Ho is a great simple 4x game, and I've seen nothing like it before or since.
I used to get MacWorld in the mid-90s to early 2000's, and every issue would come with The Disk which would include wallpapers, videos, games, and apps. I played them all on a really old Mac Clone with 190 MBs of RAM and they all worked great.
Here are some games I really had fun playing as a kid:
-Killing Time
-CaveFox
-Pac the Man
-Oregon Trail II
-Super Munchers
-Age of Empires Mac Edition
-Warcraft II
-A few others that I forgot the names to.
Here are some games I really had fun playing as a kid:
-Killing Time
-CaveFox
-Pac the Man
-Oregon Trail II
-Super Munchers
-Age of Empires Mac Edition
-Warcraft II
-A few others that I forgot the names to.
Bloodbath!
Need I say more?
Bloodbath (or Bloodbath at the house of death) was the extreme game of its time (early 90's).
It featured actual real video footage of typical badguys who'd pop out from behind doors and open fire with sub machine guns. When hit, blood would fly everywhere!
I esp remember the tombstone level where you were in the cemetery and they'd jump out from behind! Bad tendonitis on that level...
Need I say more?
Bloodbath (or Bloodbath at the house of death) was the extreme game of its time (early 90's).
It featured actual real video footage of typical badguys who'd pop out from behind doors and open fire with sub machine guns. When hit, blood would fly everywhere!
I esp remember the tombstone level where you were in the cemetery and they'd jump out from behind! Bad tendonitis on that level...
