Underrated Classic Mac Games

[GT41]

Of the not "under rated games" definitely wasted ages on Dark Castle, Oregon Trail.

If we are looking at more under rated games I'd have to say:
Scarab of Ra
The Manhole
Number Munchers

 

[savvos]

Wow, a lot of you like Scarab of RA. I really liked that game. So simple, so addictive. Another great one is Slick Willie, if you haven't heard of it. You play a giant Bill Clinton head going around eating M&Ms and hamburgers while dodging scandals and H.W. Bush.

 

[Beric]

Ambrosia recently released a patch that allows EV:N to run on most current machines.

😕

The current EVN patch has been out for at least a year.

 

[McGiord]

My all time favorites:
- Lode Runner
- Dark Castle
- Beyond Dark Castle
- The Ancient Art of War
- Pirates!

These is the best website I ever found:
http://mac.the-underdogs.info/

 

[Fonzijr1964]

Any one know how to play Oregon trail on OS X.5 ?

I have started a thread:

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/597308/

 

[eevor]

Warlords II

http://free-game-downloads.mosw.com/abandonware/pc/strategy_games/games_w_z/warlords_2.html

I spent far, far, far too many hours with my friend playing this to death. Ah a misspent youth....

 

[paduck]

Strategic Conquest from Delta Tao was really good.
Also, the Mission: Thunderbolt series

To really date myself, anyone play the "original" Warlords - an INT BASIC game on Apple DOS 3.2? That was a real classic. Along with the original Castle Wolfenstein.

 

[MindBrain]

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 A-10 Cuba! with a CH Flightstick Pro joystick. Great times.

 

[Mr. lax]

The original Deus Ex FTW!!

 

[Gmaster]

Airborne! was simple and thus addictive.

Xyphus, although I never finished it.

 

[dbnd1031]

Day of the Tentacle hands down

Day of the Tentacle changed my life. That game was awesome to my little mind. i wish so badly i could play it again... know how?

 

[ZiggyPastorius]

Add another vote for Marathon. I think Marathon was underrated, though some may disagree. I say this because it was largely eclipsed by Doom, despite being superior in many, many ways. Great game, love it.

 

[SeaFox]

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.

Actually, something really cool happened with Maelstrom: it got open-sourced.

You can get it here:
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/Maelstrom/index.html

I'd like to chime in for Steve Chamberlain's Tetris Max. One of the best versions of Tetris for 68k. I wish I could have bought the extended add-on pack that came on three floppy disks.

 

[cricketbird]

Crystal Quest
Scarab of Ra (hated it, but couldn't stop playing)
Myst
Manhole (boy, do I miss Hypercard *sniff*)
Maelstrom
Dark Castle

 

[MowingDevil]

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.

Holy frick, ya Mortal Pongbat was awesome!

Quick time wasters like Aperion were great, Tetris Max and Jewel Drop (I think that was its name)...remember Eric's Solitaire Sampler?

What about Burning Monkey Solitaire?!? (where are my JuJuBees?)

Asterax from the Mac Arcade Pack wasted countless late evening hours for me.

WarCraft 2 was the first game that seriously hooked me for days.

Myth was incredible...scared the bajeezaz outta me. 😱

 

[molokaicreeper]

Zork

Return To Zork
Zork Nemesis
Zork Grand Inquisitor (which BTW is/was OSX native)

 

[2112]

Alpha Centauri. Wish I could still play that...

There's a Carbon version that will run on OS X (PPC at least).

 

[mcrazza]

I recall playing a few games on the mac back in the mid 90s on my friend's mac. I remember playing Blood Bath, Prince of Persia, Marathon and many more. But there is one game I remember but I cannot recall the name of it. Can anyone help me? It's a 2D platformer game that was already around by the mid 90s and the main character was what I think was a robot who moved on a wheel (like a unicycle) and was able to move left, right and jump and had to traverse platforms suspended in the air whilst dodging obstacles and enemies like bats. It may have been mentioned in this thread before but I don't know its name. Does this game ring any bells for anyone here?

 

[ColinEC]

Spectre - Kept me busy for years.

Oh yes, that game was one of my favorites as a kid.


Going to download it now 😀

 

[austinsevo]

-EV
-Marathon (the best game ever!)
-A-10 Attack
-Oregon trail

 

[Unspeaked]

Also along the lines of Spectre, Super Maze Wars.

This gets my vote, too.