I just created a new permanent page about Classic Mac Games Ported to Mac OS X. Can you believe that no such page previously existed (that I could find, anyway)? How can something NOT already exist on the Internet?!
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I just created a new permanent page about Classic Mac Games Ported to Mac OS X. Can you believe that no such page previously existed (that I could find, anyway)? How can something NOT already exist on the Internet?!
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Comments (21)
I'm not sure if Chopper was a classic Mac game?
Posted by Robert | July 9, 2005
That's actually a clone of an old Apple ][ game called Choplifter, which was awesome, certainly. There were clones of Choplifter for the Mac, but the game you link to is a clone of the original rather than a clone of the Mac clones, so I can't say it applies. :)
Oo, that reminds me of this really awesome game called Armor Alley which was sort of like Choplifter except you could also rally tanks and various other vehicles, so it was almost like a proto-RTS. Too bad there's no updated port of that game!
Posted by ToastyKen | July 10, 2005
Yeah, Armor Alley was *awesome*. It was such a source of disappointment that I was unable to get it to run on my SE after playing it at a friend's house. (Jason's, in fact.)
Posted by Paul | July 11, 2005
So, on your page you mention that Dome Wars isn't a true port because it was updated.
In actuality, the current version of Dome Wars was written years ago (before being ported to OS X) but never released for a variety of reasons. So, not much was updated when it was ported to OS X...
Posted by Nathan | August 9, 2005
I'd like to see the original PacTheMan Classic addition. They did an update for OSX but it's different.
Posted by Darryl | February 21, 2006
Descent II is available for OS X on versiontracker for free! Heck yeah! All is original except the soundtrack, but iTunes is available during gameplay.
Posted by steve | December 20, 2006
Do you know where I can get the original Crystal Quest for Mac OS? I used to play it back in the day and would love to have it again. Any help would be appreciated, Thanks
Posted by Cynthia Tannas | March 21, 2007
Cynthia, so if you're talking about getting the actual original Crystal Quest, you can find it on the Mac "abandonware" site Macintosh Garden. You'd have to have an old Mac or an emulator of an old Mac to run that. (And, of course, abandonware is technically illegal, so use at your own risk.)
Posted by ToastyKen | March 22, 2007
hey i noticed your site and i think it's awesome that someone is doing this. there is one specific game that i have been looking for for ages though, that is shuffle puck café. one of the greatest games for the old macs i must say, would appreciate it incredibly much if you could help me convert this game to os x ^
Posted by viktor | February 27, 2008
Hi, Viktor. Your comment spurred me to go hunting for Mac OS X Shufflepuck clones, and all I really found was a shareware clone called Shufflepuck Revolution. [Scroll to the bottom.] The gameplay is a bit easy, though, and the graphics are a weird mixture of rather impressive and totally horrible. :) (In particular, it has nifty 3D effects that look better while running than in the screenshot on the site.) It's worth a look.
Posted by ToastyKen | February 28, 2008
Hi, all. There used to be a game called Blobbo for classic. It was an amazing game. I think it would be wise to add it to the list.
Posted by Blobbo Fan | October 11, 2008
I'm surprised you don't have Sean D Ansorge's two arcade games - PegLeg and PegLeg 2 published by Changeling software for the Mac 68k -- http://www.macintoshgarden.org/games/pegleg
That's probably my favorite arcade game - even more than Galaga.
It would nice if someone from http://www.libsdl.org could port the original PegLeg to Mac OS X or Windows.
It was nice to see Maelstrom ported to Windows.
http://www.devolution.com/~slouken/Maelstrom/index.html
I thought there was also a 'Star Castle' clone for Mac 68k way back when.
At least there's this -- http://www.thepcmanwebsite.com/media/star_castle/star_castle.shtml
Thanks for this page.
Posted by steve | September 17, 2009
Steve, I think by Mac version of Star Castle you were thinking of Cyclone:
http://mike-kelly.us/programming/hrv/cyclone.htm
:)
Posted by ToastyKen | September 18, 2009
Thanks so much for the list! I don't have any leads, but I hope you keep it updated!
Posted by Andrew | October 29, 2009
I don't know if it has been mentioned in the comments, but i think you should get the Myth series (:
Posted by Randomguy | October 31, 2009
The original Tomb Raider games (the first four). It would be nice if they got a port to OS X :D
Posted by Hillo | May 12, 2010
Please port blobbo for Mac OSX. I loved that game, and then my iBook died after 5 years. I never got through all the levels and enjoyed the logic of it all.
Thanks.
Posted by Monique | September 13, 2010
yeah i would also like to know about how i can play blobbo lite on my mac os x?? thankyou!
Posted by mrm | December 3, 2010
Please, Please, Please, tell me how to get a hold of Warcraft Orcs and Humans for OS X.
I've been searching for days and have had no luck.
Help would be much appreciated.
Posted by Ryan | December 20, 2010
Hello,
Any "news" of Populous?
That one was on Mac OS 7 on my IIfx...
;)
Posted by Alex | March 27, 2012
Any
news about a version of PEGLEG for OSX? One of the all time greats!
Posted by Tim Ackerman | March 10, 2013