Got the first alpha of BomberTalk working - a networked Bomberman clone for Classic Mac.

Played a game across a Mac SE (1987), a Performa 6200 (1994), and a Performa 6400 (1995). One C89 codebase, three builds, three machines on the same LAN.

No sprites yet, just coloured blocks. But the networking works - all three find each other and play in sync.

#retrocomputing #classicmac #gamedev #68k #PowerPC

BomberTalk Alpha https://matthewdeaves.com/blog/2026-04-06-bombertalk-alpha/

BomberTalk Alpha | Matthew Deaves

I played a networked Bomberman game across a Mac SE, a Performa 6200, and a Performa 6400. Three machines spanning 1987 to 1995, all talking to each other over TCP and UDP.

Matthew Deaves