Macintosh Garden - Cliff Johnson

Labyrinth of Crete

Carl — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:35:10 +0000

One of three high-budget games created by Cliff Johnson's FunHouse for the Philips CD-i, along with Hanna-Barbera's Cartoon Carnival and Merlin's Apprentice. They were ported to the Mac and PC in 1995 and have now been released as freeware.

This game can also be downloaded from Cliff Johnson's website.

Merlin's Apprentice

Carl — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:35:05 +0000

"Merlin's Apprentice is a puzzle game in which you have to become an apprentice to Merlin the Wizard -- but first you have to find him by solving many puzzles and trying to outsmart three clever demons. The game has cartoon-style graphics and funny sound & voices." --MobyGames.com

Hanna-Barbera's Cartoon Carnival

Carl — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:35:02 +0000

One of three high-budget games created by Cliff Johnson's FunHouse for the Philips CD-i, along with Merlin's Apprentice and Labyrinth of Crete. They were ported to the Mac and PC in 1995 and have now been released as freeware.

This game can also be downloaded from Cliff Johnson's website.

3 in Three

IIGS_User — Sun, 19 Apr 2009 06:22:05 +0000

"3 in Three takes you on a madcap journey inside your personal computer when a freak power surge zaps the number 3 off a Petty Cash Report and abandons her in a land where numbers don't count and the letters spell disaster! A tour de force of animation and sound, 3 in Three challenges you to help the stranded 3 repair the damaged system, evade a virus detector, outwit an annoying pi symbol, and thwart a host of misfit vowels, all in her desperate attempts to get back home.

The Fool's Errand

Daxeria — Sat, 18 Apr 2009 08:51:24 +0000

Cliff Johnson's breakthrough debut: a "meta-puzzle" that weaves dozens of nested challenges into a storyline and an ultimate solution.

A self-published sequel, The Fool and His Money, was released in 2012 and is available through the author's website.

At the Carnival (aka The Puzzle Gallery)

Maedi — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 00:56:10 +0000

It was intended to be the first of a series of games called Puzzle Gallery; however, publisher Miles Computing went out of business before any further games could be made.