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Are those old Mac shareware games still alive in an emulator anywhere? I vaguely remember one where you battled a knight early on, and then went on to a modern

Are those old Mac shareware games still alive in an emulator anywhere? I vaguely remember one where you battled a knight early on, and then went on to a modern battlefield... Hmm. I bet that box of 3.5-inch floppies is still sitting around somewhere.

homarp 8y ago
You can browse what the Internet Archive has https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac each of the disk runs in your browser, e.g. https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_7.0.1_compilation https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_7.0.1_compilation
- samcheng 8y ago
  Thank you! "Enchanted Scepters" was the game I was thinking of. It always struck me as vaguely hypercard-based, but is actually built on a different engine called "World Builder" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Builder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Builder
  - jimmux 8y ago
    I've been trying to remember the name of this game for decades. I also thought it had a HyperCard feel, which inspired me at 12 years old to attempt making something similar. I never completed that attempt, but it was my first serious programming effort and I've been programming ever since. I never managed to finish Enchanted Scepters, but it seems I can fix that now.
AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago
I'm not going to let go an opportunity to mention The Fool's Errand [0], a 1987 Macintosh game (later ported to other systems) by Cliff Johnson. See the link for a download including the Mini vMac emulator, provided for free by Cliff Johnson himself. This game is amazing. It's a collection of word puzzles (and some mazes and other kinds of puzzles) tied into a narrative about The Fool's journey through a world based loosely on a Tarot deck. I was too young when it came out to have played it in its time, but I came across the DOS port while playing random DOS games one night and, unlike may of the games I try out this way, I kept playing it and coming back to it in subsequent sessions. I think the modern game that reminds me of it the most would be The Witness (not including the sequel, The Fool and His Money, which I haven't yet played). Even those who have no interest in playing should read the Digital Antiquarian article [1] about it, which contains mild spoilers. [0] https://www.fools-errand.com/07-DL/index.htm https://www.fools-errand.com/07-DL/index.htm [1] https://www.filfre.net/2015/11/cliff-johnsons-fools-errand/ https://www.filfre.net/2015/11/cliff-johnsons-fools-errand/

homarp 8y ago

You can browse what the Internet Archive has https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac https://archive.org/details/softwarelibrary_mac each of the disk runs in your browser, e.g. https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_7.0.1_compilation https://archive.org/details/mac_MacOS_7.0.1_compilation

samcheng 8y ago
Thank you! "Enchanted Scepters" was the game I was thinking of. It always struck me as vaguely hypercard-based, but is actually built on a different engine called "World Builder" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Builder https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Builder
- jimmux 8y ago
  I've been trying to remember the name of this game for decades. I also thought it had a HyperCard feel, which inspired me at 12 years old to attempt making something similar. I never completed that attempt, but it was my first serious programming effort and I've been programming ever since. I never managed to finish Enchanted Scepters, but it seems I can fix that now.

AnIdiotOnTheNet 8y ago

I'm not going to let go an opportunity to mention The Fool's Errand [0], a 1987 Macintosh game (later ported to other systems) by Cliff Johnson. See the link for a download including the Mini vMac emulator, provided for free by Cliff Johnson himself. This game is amazing. It's a collection of word puzzles (and some mazes and other kinds of puzzles) tied into a narrative about The Fool's journey through a world based loosely on a Tarot deck. I was too young when it came out to have played it in its time, but I came across the DOS port while playing random DOS games one night and, unlike may of the games I try out this way, I kept playing it and coming back to it in subsequent sessions. I think the modern game that reminds me of it the most would be The Witness (not including the sequel, The Fool and His Money, which I haven't yet played). Even those who have no interest in playing should read the Digital Antiquarian article [1] about it, which contains mild spoilers. [0] https://www.fools-errand.com/07-DL/index.htm https://www.fools-errand.com/07-DL/index.htm [1] https://www.filfre.net/2015/11/cliff-johnsons-fools-errand/ https://www.filfre.net/2015/11/cliff-johnsons-fools-errand/