Play a virtual hand of Euchre with this amusing version of the classic card game, which integrates animation, 3D graphics, human interaction, and voice recognition. Play against computerized opponents—some animated, some humanoid—or log-on to the www and find yourself a carbon-based version. Requires Mac OS 8.1 or later, 10 MB RAM, and 15 MB hard drive space.
Play the card game of Spades against Freeverse’s own cast of characters in this amusing and wacky animated version. Pick your partner (which even includes everyone’s favorite Atonal Amigo, Jared) and match your card-playing skills against two other players. It also allows you to play against others over the Internet. Choose your skill setting—from Easy to cutthroat—or get a full tutorial for beginners. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 8.1 or later, 10 MB RAM, and 15 MB hard drive space.
This wacky, weird, and wildly entertaining and addictive animated game, visually similar in style to Tetris, has you matching colors and shapes of falling objects in the puzzle lab. The game features great graphics, a jammin’ soundtrack, a hilarious cast of characters including monkeys in lab coats, various game play modes, and two different game interfaces. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8.6 or later, QuickTime 4 or later, NetSprocket 1.7.1 or later, and 35 MB hard drive space.
Okay Myth II fans, grab hold of your hats and put your strategic thinking caps and warface on. This way cool add-on for your full version copy of Myth II: Soulblighter will whisk you away to medieval Japan and have you coming into contact with new sets of mortals, monsters, magic, maps, and mayhem. This package includes all three Bushido packs: Tehajimeni (3 maps), Sekando (3 maps), and the Tagset (units). Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5 or later and a full version copy of Myth II.
This colorful board game has you battling your opponent, attempting to take control of the board by “byting” the other player’s node with strategic placement of your pieces. Use your bytes to take a chunk out of your opponent or change game pieces for better strategy. The game features modes for 1-4 players, a 3D board using OpenGL, and three levels of computer AI. Requires OpenGL 1.1.2 or later, NetSprocket 1.7.1 or later, and 8 MB RAM.
Put a new face on your copy of Marathon with this great scenario! This sequel to Excalibur: Morgana's Revenge begins as Merlin reveals his true identity-Merlin of Camelot. Morgana is seeking revenge and travels back in time to the Jurassic period in search of rare crystals that will prove catastrophic if she finds them. Your mission-stop Morgana. You’ll find yourself time traveling to the land of dinosaurs, encountering Jurassic beasts, burning lava, crumbling cliffs, underground caves, and dark jungles. But Morgana has a few more tricks up her sleeve and you’ll suddenly find yourself time traveling to other worlds, including a trip into the future, battling spiders, bats, bike cops, droids, assault troopers, pirahnas, and many more baddies. Requires a 68040 or faster Mac running Mac OS 7 or later and the full version of Marathon Infinity.
Escape Velocity Override is the sequel to Escape Velocity. This latest version of this popular space adventure adds some new features. You are a space captain with only a small shuttlecraft, a bit of cash, and a strong sense of destiny. Explore populated worlds and rage wars against the renegades. It contains more than 250 missions, a multitude of human and alien governments, and brings enhanced flexibility for all of you scenario builders. This latest version contains a number of bug fixes and adds a few new features. 68040 and PPC compatible. Requires at least Mac OS 7 and 13 MB RAM.
This fast-paced arcade-style game, originally published in 1993, has been updated for today’s machines. You’ll find yourself in the trenches of a mineral field, defending your territory against multitudes of Fireworms, who creep through the tunnels looking for some human supper. Your mission is to rid the fields of these worms with your arsenal of weaponry, saving the human race, before they chow down on you. If you like Centipede or Apeiron, you’ll be quickly addicted to this one. Requires a PPC, Draw Sprocket, and 4 MB RAM.
FirePong 2 - Freeware
David Rosen, David20321@aol.com, http://members.xoom.com/DavidRosen/
This pong mutant has you attempting to obliterate your opponent (either your Mac or a second player) as you wield your mighty fireball. Advance your brawn by obtaining powerups that will make you more powerful, or give you a variety of different weaponry including machine guns, lasers, ice balls, and razor blades. 68k and PPC compatible running Mac OS 7.0 or later.
This multiplayer dice game is based on the classic game of Yahtzee. Throw the five dice and add up your number combinations in thirteen categories, which are similar in nature to poker rankings. Five of a kind, or Fuffy, will score you the highest number of points—there’s also full house, four of a kind, three of a kind, and more scoring combinations. Requires a PPC running Mac OS 7.5 or later.
MacFIBS 4.1.8 - Shareware
Paul D. Ferguson, pdferguson@home.com, http://www.fibs.com/macfibs/
Now you can play backgammon whenever you want, without having to convince members of family or friends to a challenge. MacFIBS is the First Internet Backgammon Server for the Mac, allowing you to connect to backgammon players from all over the world and to play or watch matches. The game features a realistically rendered playing board, realtime chat, support for custom boards, and more. Requires a PPC and 12 MB RAM.
Nintendo 64 fans—play your games right on your Mac. This emulator for the Nintendo 64 console platform will allow you to play your games by converting them to ROMs. This emulator is still in its developmental stages, but game play works fairly well, though the sound is mediocre at best. Requires a PPC (G3 or faster highly recommended) running Mac OS 8.1 or later and OpenGL 1.1.2 or later.
This out-of-this-world space simulation game takes place throughout our Solar system, 200 years in the future. In the midst of space colonization between Earth and Mars, ancient alien technology is discovered, which allows instantaneous travel to far away galaxies. Fly, trade, shoot, and steal your way through special missions as you battle colonies of Artificial Intelligence, comprised of characters and ships, and interact with 19 fully-equipped and schematically accurate space stations. This demo gives you a peek at the Flight Academy where you’ll gain experience flying spacecraft guided by the laws of Zero-G Newtonian physics. It also features a single mission and the Gauntlet—an all-out, shoot-to-destroy, space combat setting. Requires a G3 (300 MHz or faster) or faster Mac running Mac OS 8.6 or later, 96 MB RAM, OpenGL compatible video card, OpenGL 1.1.2 or later, Game Sprockets 1.7 or later, and at least 128 MB Virtual Memory.
Unreal Tournament fans—this mod piggybacks onto your full version copy of Unreal Tournament to bring you a whole new game. Several years after the destruction of Skaarj and the vanishing of its race, a conglomeration of Weapon and Spacecraft building companies—the United For Earth corporation (U4E)—gathers new technology and biological treasures from its scarred remains and soon develops a new testing policy for their treasures: the U4E Tournaments. It’s humans against a motley of slave alien opponents, doing battle with a variety of different weapons. Let the battle begin! Requires a PPC running Mac OS 8 or later and the full version of Unreal Tournament 413 or later.
Does the thought of one day piloting your own aircraft tickle your fancy? X-Plane is an ultra realistic and colorful flight simulator that supports 3D terrain and elevation maps, giving you an accurate depiction of real aviation. This gorgeously rendered sim features various weather conditions such as rain, thunderstorms, lightning, clouds, and turbulence, that will challenge your piloting skills. This is the OpenGL version (you must have a 3D video card with OpenGL support installed to play this version). Requires a PPC (200 MHz or faster), 96 MB RAM, Speech Manager, 3D video card, and 800x600 screen resolution capability.
