![]() Going down the memory lane, I went on YouTube and Wikipedia today to check some of the epic games we played for hours and hours on that small black and white screen. For years this was the only way we got new stuff to run on the Mac! There was a Mac community club in the Benelux called Mactivity, and they’d mail a bunch of disks every two months with new utilities, fonts, sounds, icons, programs, games and so. Shufflepuck Café (Mac abandonware from 1988) (1.27 MiB / 1.34 MB) Version 1. But, I mostly remember the fun we had playing with applications as MacPaint, MacDraw, MacWrite, Hypercard and of course the games. The main purpose of the Mac (and the StyleWriter II printer) was for my mom to do the bookkeeping for our local store. It was a very happy Macintosh SE and I actually still have him sitting on my desk! My parents bought our first Mac somewhere in 1988 I guess. ![]() Almost impossible to beat.The Macintosh turned 30 last week and in celebration of this event people were sharing their first Mac stories on Twitter ( #MyFirstMac). She has mental powers, and when she serves she doesn't even touch the puck Biff Raunch A big mean hard-hitting alien. Princess Bejin This is the Morticia lookalike I mentioned above. The General Hard hitting wannabe revolutionary Nerual Ttoille Hooded creature with the face in the shadows. Vinnie the Dweeb Very accurate player Lexan Smythe-Worthington A drinking lizard who sometimes get a bit tipsy. Visine Orb Native of Sqalor III, short but efficient. Skip Feeney Novice player who is a bit of a wimp. Here is a list of the possible contenders you could choose from: DC3-ALSO The standard training robot, which you can configure to respond the way you want. A sequel titled Beyond Dark Castle was released in 1987. The game is notable for its use of sampled sounds to great effect. If you know of any other ports, let me know and I'll add them. One day, three people at Brøderbund Software, named Christopher Gross, Gene Portwood and Lauren Elliott, had a burning question: 'What if you could play air hockey in the Mos Eisley cantina' From this High Concept, the game named Shufflepuck Café was born. Description of Shufflepuck Cafe A great classic air hockey game, probably better known on the Amiga and Macintosh. Dark Castle is a platform game where a young hero named Duncan tries to make his way to the evil Black Knight, dodging objects as well as solving occasional puzzles. I even found it on a list of Best Atari ST games on a shared 21st place. In the porting color was added, but the game is still of the same addictive nature. maybe I should get myself a Macintosh again.Īs so gently pointed out by more than one fellow users, the Shufflepuck Cafe game was also ported to several other platforms, like Amiga, Atari ST, Nintendo, Amstrad CPC and Apple IIgs. In all there were about a dozen different creatures.Īnother nice feature of the game was the fantastic glass-breaking sound effect you heard when you lost. There are 12 characters and opponents to choose from but you can also play against another player with a split screen. However the IIGS version was not officially released, the story going that it. It was originally released for Apple Macintosh in 1989 from then on, it was ported to NES and all the major computers of its day. Shufflepuck Revolution features 3D graphics and super fast shooting action. Shuffle Puck Cafe, being a hit on the Mac, made its way to the IIGS in 1990. It's like cheating, but at least I could manage a draw. Shufflepuck Revolution is a virtual version of Air Hockey and you won't get hit in the face by a stray puck or run out of 50 cents to put in the slot. Another creature was so fast that the only way I could play without immediately losing, would be by making the paddle as wide as the board. ![]() You shoot a slow shot, she shoots a slow shot, you shoot a fast angled shot. ![]() It was later adapted to many other home computers. ![]() I specifically remember a Morticia Adams-like creature who would mirror whatever you did. Shufflepuck Café is a 1988 game that was originally released for the early model Apple Macintosh by Brøderbund Software. I remember playing this a lot during my lunch breaks in a previous job, and finding out which tactic would beat which alien was as fun as actually playing the game. The game also lets you adjust the size of your paddle and the speed of the mouse. You can choose which alien to play, and they all have different personalities and playing styles. You play shufflepuck against aliens in some cafe in a space colony. In black and white to work on the rather limited screen of Macintosh Plus and Macintosh SE. A Broderbund Macintosh game from the late 1980s. ![]()
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