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Old mac games video

This guy is great. Goes through all the old mac games he used to play as a kid and still plays some of them. I know all of these games by heart cause I'm still quite the addict Smile.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmbVOugRhZM&feature=related

Let me start be saying I used to make CDs for each of my favorite games on matter how small they where. I would add screen shots, create my own read me files and make sure all the icons where in the right position and place also got to a point where I had to have a picture on every folder and made sure they wernt duplicates of the same icon (unless they where data files).

I sometimes get into a habit of playing demos of full games which already came out and has been freeware for quite sometime. Reason I do that? Brings back all these memories and makes my eyes water of when I first downloaded the demo for the first time and getting soo excited over a slow 56k download.

Later on in the 2001/2002 error id look for every possible mac site INCLUDING RetroMac68K which was a great server, spent whole days on that just looking deep through all the folder indexes/archives and waiting for new content to come in, also chatting to the admins quite a bit, they all thought I was a bit crazy sometimes. Anyway I would get my note pad (which I still have) and surf the web and retromac68k, write down every game I want to download, after id create categories for each of them (action, adventure and arcade). Using my old chunky 100mb zip drive as well for all the small games and demos.

My other habit would be doing a fresh install of each game (sometimes the whole system) over and over no matter how long or how short period of time it was on my HD (still do this time and time again) Wink, I would go through and do a daily check up of what needs to go or not, of course I couldent get rid of everything cause I always got the feeling id miss out on playing that game again or if I wanted to come back to it.

Id like to hear from people about their mac habits or for example what you used to do to keep a Demo file alive back in the day, to make it look like the full game playing it over and over thinking, damn I wish I had a the whole thing. Laughing out loud In the end I was disappointed with some of the full versions cause id played the demo sooo much that id just play that same level or episode instead of the others when I got round to the commercial version want used to the design of the later levels, they're to new for me! I think ive done my dash but some of these habits i'll never be able to lose like keeping my old mac games close and secure with original boxes and manuals intact also cleaning down all my CDs even.

Sorry guys im the nutty professor xD. I Get bit carried away and have the urge to say all these things, feels like ive been writing a frecking novel this whole time. Godda hate books though. I also have work in the morning, buuuut would like to hear about every ones crazy mac stories (if you got any), OR habits you name it!

Peace sign,
Johnny

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j_damage•69's picture
Joined: 2009 Apr 17

Just a silly topic out of boredom laying round on the couch tonight, thought Id share a few words. And no, Im not a mentally retarded person just in case you're getting the wrong impression. Very sane guys very sane.. Wink

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Joined: 2009 Apr 17

Why do I have to comment every time I edit this post? Either doesnt recognize me even though I made the topic or am I doing something wrong?

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You're a real mac gaming buff Laughing out loud

Really liked to read about your experience. Thanks. I'm rather practical about using games, but I can understand your wish for a neat collection of games. Especially now with those tons of games on the website here. (Thanks to everyone contributing)

I usually download and burn all games onto a disc. However, the downside is that I have an ugly stack of burned CD-Rs next to my computer. Unfortunately I simply lack the time of creating packages for them, though I wish I would have decent covers / backs in order to put them all into jewel cases and eventually into the shelf. So here comes my question: In case you still have your icon-folders and covers saved, would you mind sharing? I'm sure quite a lot of people here feel the same about the games they've downloaded here and would really appreciate it. If the admins agree, we could even put them on the site as downloads?

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Joined: 2009 Apr 17

Ah its good to hear from someone with a near similar CDR experience x) I unfortunately got rid of all my separate bunt game CDs, cause I simply had no need for them after all, took up too much space and got sick of moving them about.

When I discovered I could just burn the games together as a collection Tongue Oh what I ment by icon folders was the game icon application its self, so Id just go to the get info menu and copy and paste the game icon to the folder in which the game app is in, makes it look tidier too. And still do with my newer intel apps and folders..

As for the covers I only have the ones from the original game packaging which im more than happy to scan in and upload (already added some photo images of CDs here for some games). Pretty sure though original covers like that can be found allover the web but old mac products can be harder to find like that over PC! Ive attempted a few times trying to print out duel case game covers myself (front back and even sides). Got very frustrating cutting round them, fitting them into the case. The print quality was pretty shocking coming from our old school apple printer at the time. Wink

I just thought of another request just while im here - Yoot Tower CD it was about 50mb, liked it alot better than Sim Tower or is it just a different name?

Ta.

P.s That is not i in the video link, although we do have a lot of memories in common lol.

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In the video, did he mention:

Dark Castle ?
Scarab of Ra ?
Strategic Conquest ?
Leather Goddesses of Phobos ?
Shadowgate ?
Uninvited ?
Deja Vu ?
Out of this World / Another World ?

Could be a NKOTB as he described Sim City 2000, rather than the original SimCity.