// February 20th, 2006 // No Comments » // Personal
I’ve been taking some time to try and find more games which I can play on the Mac. Having found a couple of really great ones (that happen to be cross platform!) I thought I’d share:
Pogosticker
From the mind that brought you stair dismount comes this fantastically addictive (and incredibly difficult) action puzzler. You simply use the mouse to bounce your little guy round the levels being careful not to smack into too many walls / ceilings.
Darwinia
If any of you have played Introversion Software’s uplink then you’ll know that they have a reputation for designing games based on concept rather than flashy graphics. In Darwinia they’ve combined both into a corking game that plays like a mix of tron, cannon fodder and syndicate wars. You have to help Dr Sepulveda rid his virtual theme-park of a nasty virus and repair various parts of the park as you go. The graphics are a gorgeous blend of retro 3d styling and modern OpenGL technology. They’ve also added a cracking gesture based interface ala Black and White and packaged the whole thing up into a game that looks so good you could just leave it running at parties.
Go and grab the demo to see what I mean. Also keep an eye out for the next offering from this leading british development house – Defcon!
Oolite (PC)
This only gets a .5 as it’s still in alpha but the PC version of the modern Mac rendition of Elite should take pride of place in any retrogamer’s collection. Again blending modern GFX tech with old school stylings Oolite includes all of the classic Elite game-play as well as adding a host of new features and missions. It takes forever to get started but it’s a great way to while away those spare hours.
So that’s my lot for the time being. Any of you lot got any recommendations for “out of the box” games?