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The History of Mac Games [video]

There’s both good and bad to be found here. Good, in that a ambitious fellow named applemctom put together a rather impressive video of The History of Mac Games. Bad, in that it’s only 2 minutes and 12 seconds long. But the guy pretty much nails it, at least to the best of my memory. Mario Teaches Typing 2 isn’t mentioned, but “… one of Apple’s biggest failures ever” is. Care to hazard a guess?

Full Throttle as cinema

Older gamers will have fond memories of Full Throttle, a title that, in my opinion, is a contender for Best Mac Game Ever. Yes, even in a battle with X-Wing—and small wonder, since they were both produced by Lucasarts. In Full Throttle you play a biker named Ben who’s set up for a murder and spends the rest of the game tracking down the rat who done him wrong. Along the way, you point-and-clicked your way through some devious puzzles and hilarious dialogue towards an ending that was truly cinematic.

Mac OS Classic game giveaway now at 30 games, last chance to enter

As we near the end of Appletell’s Mac OS Classic game giveaway, I’m happy to say we’ve received enough entrants to bump the total number of games up to 30. The winner will be able to choose 30 games out of the 40 available—including classics such as Fly!, Redneck Rampage and Oni, as well as more »