This is the most comprehensive and informative release list for the Macintosh gaming community. Take the release dates with an ion of salt because they are VERY tentative! In fact, some of these titles may never see daylight.
* means new to list
Summary of titles Released in February
• Empire Deluxe - New World Computing
• Hearts - W.W.I. Inc.
• Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis (CD-ROM) - LucasArts
• The Lawnmower Man (CD-ROM) - The Sales Curve
• The Legend of Kyrandia (CD-ROM) - Virgin Games
• Victory at Sea - Three-Sixty
• Wrath of the Gods (CD-ROM) - Maxis/Luminaria
Summary of titles Released in March
• 3-D Astro Chase - First Star/MacPlay
• Castles: Siege & Conquest - MacPlay
• Flying Nightmares - Domark
• PGA Tour Golf 2 - Electronic Arts
• Power Poker - Electronic Arts
• Quest for Glory 1 - Sierra
• Soft Kill (CD-ROM) - Compton's/Matrix
Summary of titles Released in April
• Critical Path (CD-ROM) - Media Vision
• F117A Stealth Fighter - Microprose
• Operation Crusader - Avalon Hill/Atomic
• Sim City 2000 Scenario #1 - Maxis
• Sub Battle Simulator - Alliance
* Vegas Games - New World Computing
May
• Aliens (CD-ROM) - Dark Vision (Licensed by Fox and based on the movie of the
same title)
• Awesome Adventures of Victor Vector & Yondo 3 (CD-ROM) - Sanctuary Woods
(Next in series, entitled "The Hypnotic Harp")
• Awesome Adventures of Victor Vector & Yondo 4 (CD-ROM) - Sanctuary Woods
(Next in series, entitled "The Cyberplasm Formula")
• Better Dead (CD-ROM) - ARTSector One Inc. (Enter a strange, ominous,
breathtaking photorealistic 3D world where you seek out and implement
humankinds one last, desperate hope for survival)
• Carriers at War 2 - SSG (The second, much more advanced chapter of the WWII
Naval Strategy game)
• CyberRace - Cyberdreams ---Cancelled---
• Dracula Unleashed (CD-ROM) - Viacom New Media (In this game, players are
transported back to Victorian England where they will travel through London,
gathering information, objects, and valuable contacts. The player's five-day
mission is to identify and destroy Dracula before he destroys them. Dracula
Unleashed features 135 scenes with multiple endings, and a total of 96 minutes of
color motion video)
• Dragon's Lair (CD-ROM) - ReadySoft (A fantasy adventure where you become a
valiant knight on a quest to rescue a fair princess from an evil dragon. Based on the
arcade classic)
• Empire Master 3.0 - Chris Elliot (Full color, totally configurable redo of the
classic strategy game)
• Fun House - Amtex Software (More pinball from the guys who gave us 8 Ball
Deluxe)
• Gabriel Night - Sierra (An interactive movie about a writer in New Orleans
working on a voodoo novel. He is plagued by a series of nightmares and begins
living out the dreams, which turn out to be part of a 300-year-old family curse.
The game will feature a fine cast of Hollywood actors including Tim Curry, Mark
Hamill, Michael Dorn, Efram Zimbalist Jr, and Rocky Carol)
* Grandmaster Chess - Capstone
• Harpoon 2 - Three-Sixty Pacific (This sequel will incorporate new graphics, a
better interface, and smarter artificial intelligence. The first BattleSet will
consist of 20 challenging scenarios focusing on contemporary hotspots around the
world. Other new features include live-action video sequences of weapon launches
and target strikes, and two-player modem play)
• Hill Street Blues - Digitek (Play your favorite characters from the TV show)
• Hole-in-one Miniature Golf Deluxe - Digitek
• In Search of the Fabulous Fuzzbox (CD-ROM) - MacPlay (A Macromind Director
comic-book like CD-ROM game)
• Jeopardy: The Sports Edition - Gametek
• Links Pro - Access (Golf game based on the extremely popular Links 386 for the
PC. The Mac version will look a lot like the PC version, but it will contain a few
improvements. The game is being designed to take full advantage of the Mac
interface and graphics and is being programmed by Mark Adams who is one of the
best Mac programmers in the business)
• The Lost Admiral - QQP (Strategic war game that has been very popular on MS-DOS
platforms)
• Necromancer (CD-ROM) - Reactor (A horror/adventure game)
• NFL Challenge: Premium Edition - XOR (Color with more features)
• Police Quest 4 - Sierra (The fourth installment of the realistic Police Quest series.
Police Quest 2 & 3 were never made for the Mac. Will use photorealistic
graphics)
• Populous 2 - Electronic Arts
• Power Monger - Electronic Arts
• Predator (CD-ROM) - Dark Vision (Licensed by Fox and will be released after
Dark Vision's Aliens game)
• PT Boat Simulator - Alliance (A new updated version of Spectrum Holybyte's classic
PT-109 game. Will support B&W and 640 X 480 X 256 color graphics and the
new Macintalk)
• Return to Zork - Activision (Features spectacular graphics and animation. The
game will also include fascinating puzzles, a cast of Hollywood stars, and over an
hour of spoken dialogue and music)
• Return to Zork (CD-ROM) - Activision (Enhanced for CD-ROM)
• Royal Flush - Amtex Software
• Sorcerer (CD-ROM) - Softstream International (A medieval fantasy adventure
game on CD-ROM. It features full-screen, 3D rendered graphics, a well-crafted
plot and an original soundtrack by orchestral composer Eric Speier)
• Spectre VR (CD-ROM) - Velocity (This upgrade challenges you with a new
generation of enemies and weapon systems and gives you the ability to fly. Also will
include the new VRchitect, which allows you to customize or create Spectre
matrixes. CD-ROM version enhanced)
• Total Distortion (CD-ROM) - Pop Rocket (Billed as the first "Music Video
Adventure Game" in which the player travels to the "Distortion Dimension" in
search of fresh material for music videos. Mingle with virtual rock stars and make
your own music videos. The game is filled with interactive 3D animation,
challenging games, talking characters, and creative activities)
• Viking: Fields of Conquest - Realism Entertainment (Wargame like Warlords for
color Macs only)
* Zig Zag - QQP
June
• Marathon - Bungie Software (Similar to Pathways into Darkness but will employ
more advanced technology)
• Mighty Mike with Automatic Recoil - Pangea Software (As Mighty Mike, the most
powerful action figure money can buy, your goal is to rescue Fuzzy Bunnies who
have somehow gone loose in a Toy store)
• Rebel Assault (CD-ROM) - LucasArts (Highly popular game based on the Star Wars
universe with footage from the actual movies)
• Virtual Valerie 2 (CD-ROM) - Reactor (New graphics and sophisticated 3D
modeling, animation, digitized sound effects, and an original music score)
July
• The 11th Hour (CD-ROM) - Virgin Games (Sequel to The 7th Guest. This two-CD
game features over sixty minutes of live-action video, professional actors,
movie-like plot twists, and stunning special effects)
• Beyond Squad Leader - Avalon Hill/Atomic (A computerized version of Advanced
Squad Leader with outstanding graphics)
• The Classic 5 - MacPlay
• Dynasty League Baseball - Design Depot (A highly detailed strategic baseball
simulation)
• Prince of Persia 2 - Broderbund (Will have better graphics and more enemies)
navigable environment, to create the familiar look and pace of traditional movies.
The game takes place in 2057 and Earth has only five years to live because of
terrifying pollution. You star in the role of Drew Griffin, a medical student
stationed on Planet AJ3905, a mining post with a mineral that can reverse Earth’s
environmental death. Your job is to save Earth)
* Star Trek: 25th Anniversary (CD-ROM) - MacPlay (Same as the floppy version
but all the text will be spoken using digitized speech of the original crew, including
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy. There is also a new ending)
• Warlords 2 - SSG (Much more advanced than the original Warlords, with more
monsters, changing map, and more units)
3rd Quarter (July-August-September)
• A-10 Attack - ParSoft Publishing (Designed by Eric Parker who designed the
award-winning Hellcats over the Pacific. A-10 is supposedly used by real
simulation pilots and still runs on a Mac at super high fps. It is rumored that this
flight sim contains some really advanced breakthroughs never seen before)
• Air Warrior - GameTek/Kesmai Corporation (Will support stand-alone play,
head-to-head and the GEnie multi-player option. Includes all new ground graphics
and 3D shading models)
• Alone in the Dark - MacPlay (This outstanding looking horror/action-adventure
game features amazing 3D graphics with up to nine different camera angles,
depending on your location in the room)
• Cyberfist - Leviathan Media (An action fighting game similar to the popular
Mortal Combat. Fifteen warriors await your control to enter the battle of the
millenia as you clash in bloody hand to hand combat. Uses highly detailed rendered
graphics and 16 bit sound)
* Dungeon Master 2 - MacPlay (Sequel to the highly popular Dungeon Master which
was never made for the Mac. The artwork is being completely redone for the Mac
version of this 3D RPG)
• Flashback - MacPlay (Loosely based on Out of this World, but much more detailed)
• The Labyrinth of Time (CD-ROM) - Electronic Arts (A fantasy adventure featuring
a series of graphic and logic puzzles that must be completed in order to solve the
entire game. Features over 250 megabytes of 3D-modeled and rendered graphics,
which provide a photorealistic gameplay environment, and it utilizes an intelligent
design point-and-click interface)
• Lemmings 2 - Psygnosis (Features 12 brand new tribes of Lemmings as well as
digitized Lemming voices)
• Lode Runner - Dynamix (A modernized version of the classic game which will
include network mode for two player competition, and a full level editor just like
in the original Lode Runner)
• Pirates GOLD - Microprose (A greatly enhanced version of the original classic in
full color)
• Rivers of Dawn (CD-ROM) - New World Computing (a Multimedia RPG title that
gives the player FULL control over full motion, 30fps, video characters. Rod
Roddenberry, the late Gene Roddenberry's son, has been tapped to play the lead role
in Rivers of Dawn. This game is also said to contain a high level of playability not
found in other CD-ROM games. Acclaimed artist Pepe Moreno of Hell Cab fame will
design the graphics for this game)
• Robinson's Requiem - Readysoft (A heavily puzzle-orientated adventure game
where the player takes on the role of a hotshot FBI agent sent on a suicide mission)
• Screaming Metal (CD-ROM) - Reactor (Sci-fi adventure game)
• Sea Wolf - Novalogic
• Sid & Al’s Incredible Toons - Dynamix (Essentially a wacked out version of The
Incredible Machine)
• Star Trek, Deep Space Nine: The Hunt (CD-ROM & Floppy) - Paramount Interactive
(An adventure game based on the TV series where players take the role of a
Federation officer, Klingon, Ferengi, or Bajoran)
• Syndicate - Electronic Arts
• Worlds of Xeen (CD-ROM) - New World Computing (Huge RPG combining Might &
Magic 4 & 5 on one CD-ROM disc)
• Zone - Leviathan Media (Touted as the first photo realistically, 3D rendered,
networkable, action/strategy game for the Mac. In the game, you control of one of
ten inter-galactic species as they fight in the arena of combat for galactic
domination)
4th Quarter (October-November-December)
• Air Warrior 2 - Alliance (Will feature a stronger single player mode, support for
more plane types and a vastly improved graphics model)
* The Daedalus Encounter (CD-ROM) - Mechadeus/Media Vision (An
action-adventure science fiction title starring Tia Carrere whose movie credits
include Wayne's World and Rising Sun. The object of the game is to save the heroes
on an alien spaceship. The player interfaces with the actors using an on-screen
mobile probe with extra-sensory capabilities. The game evolves through multiple
plot twists and endings, which are triggered by the different moves the player
makes)
• Darkseed 2 (CD-ROM & Floppy) - Cyberdreams (Picks up where the first Dark
Seed left off, and will involve even more diabolical machinations by the aliens of the
“Dark World.” Also will feature more digitized audio and animations, and most
importantly to game enthusiasts, an expanded story and improved puzzle
structure)
• The Hunters of Ralk (CD-ROM) - Cyberdreams (A RPG with an exciting new 3-D
engine in an all new gaming universe from the mind of the acknowledged master in
role-playing and fantasy invention, Gary Gygax, who is the legendary creator of
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons)
• I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (CD-ROM & Floppy) - Cyberdreams (Takes the
player on a mind puzzling journey into the belly of a super computer where one
must experience a bizarre and ever changing world. The player lives through the
experiences of five different characters to defeat an all-powerful super computer
who has destroyed all of humanity)
• Quest for Glory 4 - Sierra (The fourth installment of the adventure/RPG series.
Quest for Glory 2 & 3 were never made for the Mac)
* Star Trek: Judgement Rites - MacPlay (Sequel to Star Trek's 25th Anniversary)
• Strategic Conquest 4.0 - Delta Tao (Update to the classic wargame. Two new units,
new algorithms)
• Super Wing Commander - Origin (Space combat simulator based on the classic and
very popular Wing Commander series for the PC. Will be ported from the 3DO
version)
* TacOps - Arsenal Publishing (A tactical level tank warfare game)
• Viper (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (Based on the Paramount television series of the
same name)
* War Patrol - Alliance (A WWII submarine simulator. The initial BattleSet will be
for the Allied Pacific campaign)
• Western Trailer (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (A western adventure game)
Keep in mind that if you're in the industry or "in-the-know" about certain upcoming releases, YOU can contribute GREATLY to this listing. Please Email me at the addresses below if you have additional information that you see may be useful to this list. I'm basically looking for HARD FACTs or GOOD rumor. (Corrections also appreciated)
