Not all games need to be remembered simply because they were a blast to play. Two of the three in this roundup were more about advancing technology than what they actually did with that technology. And the other…well, the other featured possibly the worst acting in video gaming history (outside of those red and blue pages boys from Myst, of course), but the game itself was kind of fun.

Quickly, what do all of these things have in common: Brewer and Shipley, The Knack, Kajagoogoo, Squeegee Software. Exactly! They each had one hit, then disappeared from public eye until VH1 exploited…wait. No, not Squeegee Software. They’re not a pop/rock band, they were a software development company, but that didn’t stop them from having one hit before disappearing into the ether.

See? I just get to talking about Roman warriors beating each other up with pikes and swords and what have you, and Feral turns around announces a game set during WWII. This was certainly not the time to start up a column about the difficulty we Mac users have finding hard core action on the mean gaming streets; seems there’s suddenly a new party every weekend. But that’s good, right? Would you rather lament the lack of opportunities or be forced to choose between options?

Mac gamers travel a hard, barren road. We kind of always have, aside from perhaps a brief moment where game developers mistakenly believed that all those little blue iMacs being sold would somehow result in hard core Mac gamers crawling from the woodwork like the thousand-legged bugs you usually on see in nightmares and boss battles. But that doesn’t mean Mac gamers should be without hope. That doesn’t mean that special game isn’t out there waiting for you.