Still just blown away that John Calhoun, the guy who made Glider (and several other games in this post on Mac games I'm researching and writing) is still active online with his blog/site https://www.engineersneedart.com and he's put a bunch of the old Soft Dorothy stuff over at GitHub: https://github.com/EngineersNeedArt/SoftDorothy-UnfinishedTales-Vol1.

Also, shout out to @setsideb who wrote about John and his projects a while back here: https://setsideb.com/john-calhouns-lost-mac-games

#JohnCalhoun #MacGames #90s #90sGames #1990s #SoftDorothy #SoftDorothySoftware #Glider #Glypha #Pararena #MacPerforma #OldMacGames #ClassicMacGames

Macintosh Game: Pararena (1991 Soft Dorothy) Version 1.3

Pararena is a mouse-driven ball game in which two players compete on hoverboards in a parabolic arena with two "goals" on the sides. The goal is to score poi...

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I know #Mac #gaming was never great, but I miss having a company like peak era #AmbrosiaSoftware that produced a bunch of winners.

Harry the Handsome Executive is just a genius concept for a game and I miss it most of all. It’s Mac-only and I can play it with emulation, but it’s a little janky. I wish OS 8 and 9 era games were as well-supported as old DOS games.

And oh, to play some of the really old Cassady and Greene games would be a real treat. #Pararena was my jam.