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Underrated Classic Mac Games

stab said:
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...
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Bloodbath was fricken awesome I remember that game! The guy that would pop out right in front of you with the knife gave me a laugh everytime.
 
A-10 Attack!

For its time, and even by today's standards, its flight model was fairly realistic and it had a 3-D cockpit well before most other flight sims were even playable.

I still have my Performa 631CD in the back room and will sometimes play it every once in awhile and I still love it! By far one of the best, if not the greatest flight sim game ever created (and I've played X-Plane, Flight Sim X, and even the real thing).
 
I played ALOT of power Pete on our performa 6300 back in the day. :apple:

Titanic...... Lol

There was this game that I think was called Castles? I'm not sure on that, but it was a fun game! I think you just built a castle and defended an enemy at some point.... anyone remember the name of it?

Sam & Max, as well as Day of The Tentacle, and the other LucasArts game Full Chopper.
 
I still play Marathon on Aleph One from time to time, it's an awesome game :)

It wasn't underrated during it days since most Mac gamers knew about it but Macs were such a minority and the game has faded away to the point that I think a lot of people (even on a Mac forum) wouldn't know about it.
 
executioner said:
I played ALOT of power Pete on our performa 6300 back in the day. :apple:

There was this game that I think was called Castles? I'm not sure on that, but it was a fun game! I think you just built a castle and defended an enemy at some point.... anyone remember the name of it?
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That would be "Castles: Siege & Conquest". Not a bad game at all. I loved the Prince of Persia series. Strategic Conquest never seems to get much kudos for being an awesome turn-based strategy game. Spaceward Ho! is great.

Anyone ever play Movod II?
 
Bolo!

Used to sit with several friends of mine each with a mac each and LAN using localtalk/appletalk ports. Magic times.

Also Power Pete/ Mighty Mike, MacWorms, Marathon, Jazz Jackrabbit (2?) and Realmz do come to mind, tho some of them might not be underrated or considered "classic" they are all 10+ year old and works of art.

WATCH BEHIND YOU A THREE-HEADED MONKEY!

That's all I can think of at the moment, unfortunately I've forgotten the name of all the really old classics that I used to run on Mac Plus / SE.

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You bet I've played Movod II! Awesome game!
 
Well, I was trying to stick to underrated games like the OP said, but I definitely played Marathon more than any other Mac game back in the day. It kicked DOOM's butt!

I actually still play a Mac Classic game (using the vMac emulator) called Xyphus. That's a great adventure game!
 
synth3tik said:
Oh, thank god Someone remembers Super Munchers. I was starting to loose faith in MRs ;)
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I've still got that game on my Mac, too, though I only got it recently. It got tons of play in the school labs growing up, though. It was a favorite of both teachers and students. Finished your work in the lab? Play Number Munchers. :D
 
It all begins and ends with Bolo. Play it on a Mac Plus. Play it on a Mac Pro. It's like chess - simple to learn, but takes a lifetime to master.
 
Marathon certainly was underrated, but it certainly was addicting. Digital crack.

Crystal Quest, too. Loved that game.
 
Crystal Crazy was by far my favorite game.

Oxyd was also amazing, and I have to say I still play this game and cannot beat it! I have the Oxyd book (found it in my closet) and I still can't really beat it
 
Zortrium said:
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.
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I absolutely loved Majesty back then on my PC. Is it still available for Mac somewhere, or even playable on a current MBP? SheepShaver maybe?
 
Clan Lord was pretty awesome. It's an MMORPG with primitive yet somehow charming graphics, but very big on story and has a sense of community that I don't think any other game even comes close to. It's been around for I think at least 10 years now (I played it on and off for at least 7-8 years) and somehow it's still going. It has a bunch of things no other game I've ever seen has (for one small example, you can compose and play your own music, even synchronized to other players). People developed incredibly sophisticated tactics in the game for dealing with combat with a very limited toolset (there is a very short list of spells or fighting abilities available). World of Warcraft has much better graphics and more quests and classes and soforth, but it doesn't have the heart that Clan Lord does. I wish somehow they could combine the two.

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And yeah, I loved Crystal Quest too.
 
Legendary Games (Classic)

Pathways Into Darkness
The Marathon Series
Star Wars - Dark Forces
Full Throttle
Maniac Mansion: Day of the Tentacle
Phantasmagoria (sucker was on 7 CDs)
A-10 Attack!
Dirt Bike
Tetris Max

Gerbils! (Yeah, it wasn't technically a game, but it was still awesome!)
 
Mortal Pongbat was always a hit with my friends and I. Countless days wasted playing that game, screaming at each other for cheap shots and all the crazy power-ups. I'd get a classic OS Mac just for that game...too many good times.
 
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