Space Ship games (way-way off topic)

jakeOSX · Ninja Joined: Aug 12, 2003 Posts: 1373

Ok, so I like spaceship games. Wing Commander, Starlancers, Freespace. and I am in search for one for the Mac. Any suggestions? (i REALLY need to shoot up some alien battle cruisers)

-j

OPENSTEP · Posted: Thu Jun 24, 2004 10:33 pm Post subject:

Oh, whack. Setting my way back machine way way back, Broderbund released a Macintosh port of the original Star Wars arcade game that you can play with a mouse. I've been drooling over it ever since I've fired up the old SE/30 sitting here in my parents' basement starting on Monday Smile

I think it requires B&W monitor mode and is definitely 680x0 only tho.

ed

sardisson · Town Crier Joined: Feb 01, 2004 Posts: 4588

Didn't Ambrosia used to make some games like that? I've never been much of a gamer, but I remember in the System 7 era they were the great shareware game house (and later expanded to other nifty shareware, too). Are they even still around?

amake · Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2004 8:33 am Post subject:

You're probably talking about Escape Velocity and its later incarnations. As I recall, the original Escape Velocity and its sequel were OS 9 only, but Ambrosia did finally bring out an OS X-native version. Other space-related games by Ambrosia that come to mind are Swoop (Galaga clone) and Maelstrom (Asteroids clone).

rubyredrose · Blue Pill Joined: Jun 30, 2004 Posts: 1

could try galactic battlegrounds. not great graphics but still an awesome game.