Wasting Time, with Style and Panache
May. 22nd, 2003 11:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
cabbitzillaSoftware tidbits for the connection blessed:
NOTE: Sadly, most of these are Windows packages. While there exists a chance that a G3 Mac will wander my way, at present all of my running machines are using I86 architecture. For my Mac friends, 'm sorry. I wish ports of more of these were available for you...
The first up is a repackaging of an old OS/2 native game, Galactic Civilizations from Stardock Systems. It was my absolute favorite game for a long while, and I'm thrilled that Stardock did such a marvelous job porting and refreshing it. A demo is available from The Adrenaline Vault, and can be gotten HERE.
Second up is a game that's actually been out for a while, but until recently I lacked a robust enough connection to pull down the demo for it. The game is Syberia, from Microids. It's a mouse-driven 3D graphical adventure game with a clockwork heart. The visuals are beautiful, and the puzzles in the demo were a lot of fun. A demo for it is available from The Adrenaline Vault, and can be gotten HERE.
Third on the plate is a simulation piece that... well, I think it's really really cool, but we're all probably on the same page: I'm a geek. It's the Space Station Manager from Mistaril. Another 3D piece, this one features all the rotations and angles and closeups that a geek could want, and looks to have varying degrees of difficulty (though it's hard to tell from just the demo). A demo for it is available from The Adrenaline Vault, and can be gotten HERE.
On the retro-gaming front there's The Ur-Quan Masters, an open source remake of the legendary Star Control 2 (the 'Star Control' name is copywrited, hence the new title for the project). THERE IS A MacOS PORT OF THIS ONE! THERE IS A Linux PORT OF THIS ONE! Wooba! :)
Also on the open source front is FreeCraft, a reverse engineered port of the WarCraft II engine. THERE IS A Linux PORT OF THIS ONE!
When it comes to -truly- classic games, no list would be complete without NetHack, currently at release 3.4.1. THERE IS A MacOS PORT OF THIS ONE! THERE IS A Linux PORT OF THIS ONE! Wooba! :)
And this in the news:
College offers transgender student dorm
Wow. Maybe there -is- some hope for the world.
*hugs*
~Ellie-chan
NOTE: Sadly, most of these are Windows packages. While there exists a chance that a G3 Mac will wander my way, at present all of my running machines are using I86 architecture. For my Mac friends, 'm sorry. I wish ports of more of these were available for you...
The first up is a repackaging of an old OS/2 native game, Galactic Civilizations from Stardock Systems. It was my absolute favorite game for a long while, and I'm thrilled that Stardock did such a marvelous job porting and refreshing it. A demo is available from The Adrenaline Vault, and can be gotten HERE.
Second up is a game that's actually been out for a while, but until recently I lacked a robust enough connection to pull down the demo for it. The game is Syberia, from Microids. It's a mouse-driven 3D graphical adventure game with a clockwork heart. The visuals are beautiful, and the puzzles in the demo were a lot of fun. A demo for it is available from The Adrenaline Vault, and can be gotten HERE.
Third on the plate is a simulation piece that... well, I think it's really really cool, but we're all probably on the same page: I'm a geek. It's the Space Station Manager from Mistaril. Another 3D piece, this one features all the rotations and angles and closeups that a geek could want, and looks to have varying degrees of difficulty (though it's hard to tell from just the demo). A demo for it is available from The Adrenaline Vault, and can be gotten HERE.
On the retro-gaming front there's The Ur-Quan Masters, an open source remake of the legendary Star Control 2 (the 'Star Control' name is copywrited, hence the new title for the project). THERE IS A MacOS PORT OF THIS ONE! THERE IS A Linux PORT OF THIS ONE! Wooba! :)
Also on the open source front is FreeCraft, a reverse engineered port of the WarCraft II engine. THERE IS A Linux PORT OF THIS ONE!
When it comes to -truly- classic games, no list would be complete without NetHack, currently at release 3.4.1. THERE IS A MacOS PORT OF THIS ONE! THERE IS A Linux PORT OF THIS ONE! Wooba! :)
And this in the news:
College offers transgender student dorm
Wow. Maybe there -is- some hope for the world.
*hugs*
~Ellie-chan
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Date: 2003-05-22 11:28 pm (UTC)FreeCraft claims to compile cleanly under Mac OS X. Obviously you'd need X11 installed, but it still works. :o)
Re:
Date: 2003-05-22 11:34 pm (UTC)It seems to be fairly stable, but the Win32 port -is- a bit twitchy with the mouse controls.
~Ellie-chan
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Date: 2003-05-22 11:37 pm (UTC)I don't feel like waiting on it compiling up, so I can't tell you what it's like under Mac OS X. :o)
Re:
Date: 2003-05-22 11:41 pm (UTC)Pity. They went from being xenophobically ONLY an OS/2 company, to being the same for Windows.
~Ellie-chan