Supplemental links: I want to throw out links to two works worth checking out for further reading. I managed to hit most of the big games we discussed this episode: Alice Through the Looking Glass, Scarab of Ra, Stunt Copter, Shadowgate, Shufflepuck Cafe, Shanghai, and even Dark Castle.
#SHUFFLEPUCK CAFE MAC MAC#
And for the cover art, I decided to eschew my usual watercolors because, well, Mac was monochrome - and not just monochrome, but one-bit black-and-white. Notes on music: There wasn't really any music to speak of in the Mac games we covered this time around, so I jumped ahead to the ’90s and pulled some incidental tunes from one of the future works we mentioned a couple of times in passing: Myst. Ben Elgin, Benj Edwards, and Jeremy Parish discuss the miracle of the mouse and the hotness of HyperCard. This episode, however, centers entirely on the unique gaming ecosystem that existed on Mac from 1984-1990.Įpisode description: Retronauts East's journey through the history of Apple-based gaming continues with an in-depth look at the unique world of monochrome Mac gaming. The arrival of universal color systems and CD-ROM systems would bring massive change to the Mac in its second decade of existence.
Color was a nicety, and usually not even an option, throughout the ’80s.
Up until the launch of System 7 in 1991, almost all Mac games were designed to be compatible with the basic Mac platform: High-resolution (for the time) black-and-white screens. And there really is a critical and meaning distinction between the two.
That's right, we're talking about the next major Apple gaming platform, the Mac.Īlthough most people think of Mac gaming as a contradiction in terms, there were enough unique games - and enough games that introduced revolutionary play concepts - that we had to break this study of the Mac platform into two halves! This time around, we spend nearly two hours examining Mac games of the ’80s at some point in the future, we'll hit the ’90s. This week, Ben and Benj and I have reconvened for a follow-up.
#SHUFFLEPUCK CAFE MAC PC#
The very first episode of Retronauts East explored the PC gaming side of things with a look at the platform that kicked off computer games in earnest: The Apple II. Mission control for retronauts former EIC of 1UP.com and taking dapper (and frogs) back from the Nazis.
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