1 to 8 players. 
AppleTalk. 
68040/33 or PowerMac (PowerMac native!).
CD-ROM only.| |
Damage, Inc. 1.2
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1 to 8 players. |
AppleTalk. |
68040/33 or PowerMac (PowerMac native!).
CD-ROM only. |
Take command of the world's top special forces unit in this extraordinary 3D first-person shooting extravaganza. Lead four highly-trained marines on six deadly missions with more than 30 levels. Fight for your life while strategically issuing orders to your squad. All in 3D. So real you'll be a bloody wreck before it's over.
Set in present day, some unknown organization has been funding, arming, and training various militant fringe groups around the United States. It is your team's mission to uncover information on the sinister workings at hand, secure the safety of civilians caught in the crossfire, and neutralize with extreme prejudice whatever opposition comes your way. Developed by Paranoid Productions, powered by Bungie's Marathon 2 engine, and published by MacSoft, Damage Incorporated presents a 3D action experience unlike any other. Check out the demo and see why Inside Mac Games said in a November, 1996 Preview that "truly, this kind of action-strategy combination has immense potential for network gaming."
Game Features:
- More than 30 levels of unrelenting warfare.
- Brilliant 16 bit graphics and sound.
- Up to 8 players in intense network combat.
- Fifteen enemies to neutralize with extreme prejudice, plus hostages that rely on you to keep them alive.
- Seven authentic U.S. Marine Corps weapons plus one reality-based weapon of mass destruction. Most weapons feature multiple ammunition types, such as Armor Piercing, Incendiary, and Acid rounds, not to mention target-tracking Stinger missiles.
- Eleven marines plus two specialists to take with you on missions, each with his own distinct personality, strengths & weaknesses, and detailed dossier.
- Over 125 megabytes of digitized speech including squad member "Chit Chat", fleshing out the personalities of your teammates. In addition, Colonel Gray (your commander) provides interesting audio commentary during the mission briefings.
- Gorgeous chapter paintings by internationally famous artists such as Derek Riggs and Glenn Fabry.
Download the Demo (17.6Mb)
- Related Web Sites:
- Damage, Inc. homepage
- Damage, Inc.'s downloads page - lots of file downloads of Damage Utilities, add-on's, and more.
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Dark Colony
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1 to 4 players. |
TCP/IP |
PowerPC
CD-ROM only. |
Dark Colony is a futuristic real-time strategy game based on a war between an alien race and human colonist over planet Mars. You must choose between the aliens' superior genetic technoloy and the humans' advanced robotics and cybernetics. To claim total victory, you must exploit Mars' hidden resources, and unlock the dark secrets of its ancient alien race.
Features:
- Unique realistic destruction - massive fiery explosions send units rolling, disintegrating, even dissolving! Fire and smoke have a realistic, translucent look.
- Large, highly detailed units with much more realism - and explode in a much more spectacular fashion!
- Transfer Commander units from one campaign to the next
- Advanced lighting engine casts the game in a superior light. Shadow detail and special effects are greatly enhanced - lending great credibility to the day and night phases of the game.
- Three different types of Advanced Artificial Intelligence include passive, active and trigger modes.
- Up to 8 players can wage tactical warfare via modem, network or online play - and with over 40 missions, players will be busy for untold hours!
- Three different terrain types - jungle, desert and underground - each with its own unique indigenous creatures.
- Five artifacts, hidden within the game, contain special powers and supply and additional level of challenge.
- Networkable Mac Games Tip:
- This game offers a lot of bang for the buck! It's a good, high quality game, and it comes with both a Mac and PC CD-ROM right in the box!
- Related Web Sites:
- Dark Colony Homepage
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Deadlock
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1 to 6 players. |
AppleTalk. |
68040 or PowerMac.
CD-ROM only. |
Time is short. Seven alien races struggle to build their empires, but only one will dominate. In Deadlock, every decision you make will determine the ultimate fate of your people, your empire, and your survival. This is the incredible strategy game of interplanetary conquest.
Features:
- Intense turn-based strategic simulation set within a graphically rich and detailed 3D world
- Choose to command the human or one of six other alien races, each with unique strengths, weaknesses, and needs
- Engage in tactical combat with at wide variety of land, air and sea-based military units
- Advanced custom game options and planet generation provide high replayability and depth of play
- Friendly tutorial and on-screen help combined with an easy-to-use interface provides accessibility for players of all skills
- Play against the computer, or up to 6 human opponents via modem, serial cable, LAN or the Internet
- Related Web Sites:
- Deadlock homepage
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Descent
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1 to 8 players. |
AppleTalk, modem/serial (via CTB), Kali/MacIPX. Crossplatform! |
PowerMac Only!
CD-ROM only. |
They're all plotting against you! Descent's aliens are like not others. They possess sophisticated artificial intelligence to learn your moves, adjust their attacks and ambush you from all sides. Left, right, front, back, top, and bottom! You'll be upside down, inside out, and coming out on top. Whether you're annihilating aliens alone or hooking up with a network of other players, explosive, multi-directional play, spectacular sound-effects and sizzling weapons systems will keep you in command and out of breath. If you're ready for a 360 degree, 3-D, roller coaster ride through a thirty level maze of mines and a never-ending array of new challenges, then step up to Descent. You've got 30 levels of mines to explore, a host of trapped miners to save, and a horde of aliens to defeat along the way.
- State-of-the-art 3-D graphics including animating texture maps, light source shading and 3-D animating monsters.
- The only game of its kind with a full 360 degree 3-D environment.
- Highly advanced artificial intelligence with creatures that actually learn, adjusting their actions based upon your tactics. They'll plot, wait and ambush you from all sides.
- 30 twisting levels of mechanical monsters, deadly traps and hidden tunnels.
- Explosive 3-D, multi-directional sound effects and blazing musical scores.
- Multiplayer action with 8-Player Network and Tournament mode and 2-Player Head-to-Head modem support.
- Related Web Sites:
- MacPlay's Descent page.
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Descent II 1.2
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1 to 8 players. |
AppleTalk, modem/serial (via CTB), Kali/MacIPX. Crossplatform! |
PowerMac Only!
CD-ROM only. |
If you thought Descent went to the edge of 360 degree 3D power-blasting sensory insanity, then prepare yourself. You're about to plunge over the edge, and into the depths of Descent II. Suddenly warped into the outer reaches of the Zeta Aquilae System, your new mission sends you into the black depths of treacherous alien mines. You blast through enemy robots with powerful new tools, leaving their flaming hulks in your exhaust. Your ultimate goal: to exterminate the alien robot stronghold from the enemy Alien Base and claim total control-it's 30 new levels ofoutrageous destruction.
Joining you on your deadly new assignment is your loyal Guide-bot. This faithful companion rushes with you through the twists and turns of the menacing darkness, often scouting ahead to hunt down the orbs, powerups and tools you desperately need to complete your job. But beware raging enemies are still determined to destroy you, including the menacing Thief-bot who's set on stealing your weapons of destruction and precious powerups. Get ready Descent II is about to take you on a whole new synapse-smashing ride.
New features make Descent II the most challenging game yet!
- Guide-Bot - Your own handy side-kick.
- Thief-Bot - Steals weapons and power-ups from your ship.
- Afterburners to increase your speed.
- Missle Cam and Guide-Bot Cam.
- Enhanced lighting.
- Flowing water and Lava.
- More Weapons.
- Energy to Shield converter.
- New network play features.
- More complex levels.
- Hidden doors and rooms.
- All new cheat codes.
- Related Web Sites:
- MacPlay's Descent II page
- Tikkabik 3D - This game supports hardware 3D acceleration. Visit Tikkabik 3D for more news and info.
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Dirt Bike 4.1
Shareware!
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1 to 4 players. |
TCP/IP. |
68030/33 or faster (PowerMac native!). |
Dirt Bike is a motorcycle simulation action game. Using complex physics, it very accurately simulates a Dirt Bike being ridden over various terrain. The mouse becomes your throttle as you navigate this side-scrolling game. You design the bike and control the throttle and shifting to race against other players, computer controlled bikes, and previous high scores. Handle your bike with finesse as you navigate the the hills, bumps, and spills. Registered users can create tracks of any shape including huge jumps, hill climbs, motocross, trials courses, drag races, half pipes or anything else you can imagine. Motocross riders love this game for it's riding realism.
- Related Web Sites:
- Dirt Bike's homepage
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Dogfight City 1.0.1
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1 to 4 players. |
AppleTalk, serial/modem. |
68030/33 or faster (PowerMac native!). |
Dogfight City is the flight sim for the rest of us because it can enhance the skill level of any simulator pilot.
Dogfight City is designed as a training tool. In addition to helping you learn how to take off, fly, and land your aircraft, Dogfight City teaches you the 17 Basic Fighter Maneuver (BFM) training exercises. Training begins with Pure, Lead, Lag pursuits, continues with the High Yo-Yo and the Force Overshoot, then concludes with the defensive spiral. Each exercise has an auto pilot option so you can see exactly how each maneuver is supposed to look.
You can then apply everything you've learned to the dogfight arena. There are 9 dogfight scenarios to master. The top level will keep any flight sim pilot busy fighting for their life. You can fight 1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 2, 2 vs. 1, any combination from 2 to a total of 4 aircraft. Fly against three levels of computer AI's or up to 4 people in a dogfight free-for-all over LocalTalk.
Included are 4 WWII era aircraft: Spitfire, Yak, Zero, and the Italian Macchi Castoldi. Also, Dogfight City features multiple viewing angles, a replay option, and network or modem play.
- Related Web Sites:
- Bulleye's Dogfight City page - screenshots, tips, stories, and more.
- Morrison's Mac Flight Simulators - News, gossip, and general Mac flight sim info.
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Dome Wars 1.2b1
shareware!
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1 to 10 players. |
AppleTalk, TCP/IP. |
68030 or higher (Networking requires PowerMac) |
Nathan Sturtevant's description: The premise: You have been captured by aliens, and now fight to the death on the moon of their home planet. In your measily little dome you must fight to destroy everyone around you. Successfully surviving each round & destroying opponents will give you cash to upgrade you weapons & tank. This is all the story line you will find anywhere, and is just here to appease those who want it.
Put simply, Dome Wars is modern implementation of the classic Artillery computer game. As you would expect, Dome Wars has all the features of any updated game; including weapons upgrades (with funky weapons like Napalm), defenses upgrades, random landscapes and positioning, and intelligent AI for computer controlled domes.
- Related Web Sites:
- Dome Wars homepage.
- The War Connector - Thomas Claburn's site allows you to post your IP address to find other players. Supports most games with direct TCP/IP.
- Global Mac Games (GMG) - A Mac-only ladder where gamers can challenge other players in an ongoing competition. Supporting this and other games, the ladders are fully CGI-scripted; everything is updated live!
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Doom II 1.0.3
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1 to 4 players. |
AppleTalk, serial/modem (via CTB), Kali/MacIPX. Crossplatform! |
68040 or PowerMac (PowerMac native!). |
If anything, Doom is possibly the most recognized game on the market today. Indeed, it has become a household name, even among non-computer types. It surely will go down in history as one of the all-time most popular, along with Pac-Man and Space Invaders.
I don't want to spark any more Doom verses Marathon debates. Marathon clearly has a technical advantage, as well as a developed storyline. Doom, on the other hand, has no plot. It's more or less an arcade-style game where you find the exit. And that's just fine.
- Doom II 1.0.3 Updater (no music) (328k)
- Doom II 1.0.3 Updater (with music) (824k)
- Related Web Sites:
- Elf's Daily Levels - Finished the game and wanting more? Look no further! Elf reviews and posts a new level every day! Daily Levels also provides a FTP mirror for many MacDoom, MacDuke, and MacQuake editors and utilities.
- MacDoom Review - An excellent e-zine dedicated to Doom and Doom related topics on the Macintosh. MDR features interviews, previews, and reviews of various WAD's (add-on levels for Doom).
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Duke Nukem 3D 1.2
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1 to 8 players. |
AppleTalk, IPX/Kali, modem/serial.
Crossplatform! * |
68040 or PowerMac.
CD-ROM. |
Prepare Yourself for the Ultimate 3D Slugfest! Murderous aliens have landed in futuristic Los Angeles, and the humans suddenly find themselves atop the endangered species list. The odds are a million-to-one, just the way Duke likes it!
This game, set sometime in the early 21st century, begins in a ravaged LA, which was overtaken by aliens. Duke finds himself with another mess to clean up, and another alien race that needs exterminating. Duke is a can-do hero who realizes that sometimes innocent people have to die in order to save Earth, so accuracy of gun fire is not a real concern to him. :-) The weapons kick-butt: There's a mine that can be placed on any wall and sends out a laser trip beam-- perfect for multiplayer games. There's also a shrinker ray that reduces an opponent to the size of a G.I. Joe, at which point they are foot fodder-- watch them splat! You can swim under water, and even shoot players who are standing outside the water, or vice versa.
MacSoft's Duke Nukem 3D for the Macintosh also contains all the fast paced action packed levels found in the Atomic Edition; which includes all the original Duke Nukem 3D levels as well as those found in the Plutonium PAK. Having captivated PC gamers by combining strong character development, gripping graphics and irreverent humor with an advanced 3D gaming engine, Duke Nukem 3D is sure to "raise the bar" for first person action games on the Mac.
Butt Kickin' Features:
- DIVE INTO REALISTIC 3D SCENARIOs, with 28 totally realistic levels, as you drive the sinister aliens through the streets of L.A., out to an orbiting station, and onto the surface of the moon itself!
- LEADING-EDGE BUILD 3D TECHNOLOGY lets you explore an interactive, fully immersive world of towering skyscrapers, deep canyons, and murky bodies of water--with many realistic effects like level-altering earthquakes, exploding buildings, working security monitors and functional subways.
- ARMED TO THE TEETH with 10 hi-tech weapons: Clear crowds with the pump action Assault Shotgun, blast through enemies and walls with the Rocket Propelled Grenade, splat enemies under foot after blasting them with the Shrinker, cut through trouble with the 3-barrel Ripper machine gun, set DukeMatch traps with the wall-mounted Laser Mine, watch enemies shatter after cooling them off with the Freeze Cannon, and 4 more!
- FULL MOVEMENT CONTROL lets you run, jump, crawl, swim, and jetpack your way through hostile environments as you look up and down.
- DEATH-DEALING DUKEMATCH lets you duke it out one-on-one via modem, and enables up to 8 player battlefests aver your network. Also, send prerecorded cut-downs via Duke's RemoteRidicule system.
- Networkable Mac Games Tip:
- Crossplatform play requires PC users to be upgraded to Duke Nukem 1.5, which is only available from the Plutonium PAK upgrade. No free PC updater is available. The PC 1.5 introduced low-level networking changes in 1.5, so even PC users are not compatible with PC users with the earlier 1.3 version. The Mac port started after 1.5 was released for the PC, and is what the Mac version is based on. So, Mac players can play against other Mac players, or against PC players who have purchased the Plutonium PAK. (Side note: Shadow Warrior for both the PC and Mac use the same 1.5 Duke engine, so there are no compatibility worries!)
- PowerMac Version (8.5Mb) - Demo version 1.2
- 68k Version (8.5Mb) - Demo version 1.2
- PowerMac 1.2 Updater (588k)
- DukeEdit 1.0.2 (221k)
- Related Web Sites:
- MacSoft's Web Site - Publishers of the Mac version of Duke Nukem.
- Elf's Daily Levels - Finished the game and wanting more? Look no further! Elf reviews and posts a new level every day! Daily Levels also provides a FTP mirror for many MacDoom, MacDuke, and MacQuake editors and utilities.
