The Shareware Gallery is a collection of the hottest new shareware and freeware. Some are old, some are new, and some have been updated since past issues. You’ll find descriptions of the shareware below. To try these games check out the Shareware folder on this CD-ROM. Enjoy!
What is Shareware? It is basically “Try Before You Buy Software.” If you like a shareware game, consider paying the shareware fee.
3D Screamers
Author: Virtually Unlimited
Type: Freeware
Processor requirement: Math Coprocessor
Preferred Memory Partition: 3500 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 300kb
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Fly, fly, fly.
3D Screamers is a very fast game in which a spaceship flies around a full “virtual” 3-D world, it shows DOOM-like situations in tunnels but also supports flight-simulator movements with full 6 degres of freedom. 3D Screamers works at very high frame rates features texture-mapping, shading, explosions and more!
Adventure Simulator 1.1
Author: Scott Henderson
Type: Shareware $20
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 750k
Approximate Disk Space: 340kb
Screen: nothing specified
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Create your own adventure!
Adventure Simulator is designed to help you create your own text adventure games.
Armored Aces
Author: Fury Systems, Inc
Type: Shareware $10
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 1.2 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 740kb
Object: Kill or be killed
Take control of your armored ace, outmanuever your competition, and blow ‘em away! It’s another tank/strategy game, this one done in color!
Battle of the Planets 1.0
Author: Keith and Justin Malkin
Shareware: $15
Memory Requirements: 2.6MB
Hard Drive Space: 1.2MB
A network-only (for now) space strategy/arcade shootemup! Fantastic 3-dimensional graphics. Next version promises to include a computer opponent for 1-player options.
Battleship II
Author: John Jacobs
Type: Shareware $5
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 375kB
Approximate Disk Space: 224kb
Object: Sink opponent’s ships or be sunk
Battleship II is actually two games in one. The first is the classic version of the game we all know and love, Battleship. The second one takes that classic and adds a little twist--you can MOVE your boats during play!
CatchEm 1.05
Author: MDM, Inc
Type: Shareware $5 (not crippled in any way)
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 3 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 700kb
Screen: 640 x 480 color monitor
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Do as the title says!
Try to Catch the dancing icons! For real fun, place CatchEm‚Ñ¢ into a friends Startup Items folder.
Clash of the Dark
Author: Slipped Disk Software
Type: Enjoyware
Processor requirement: 030 or greater
Preferred Memory Partition: 2.2 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 750kb
Screen: 640 x 480 color monitor
Software Required: System 7
A fighting game for the Mac! That’s right...a real fighting game, with 4-channel music and sound, rounds, color, fatalities, and more!
Crystals of Mujara
Author: Objective Answers
Type: Shareware $25
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 4 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 3Mb
Screen: 256 colors
Software Required: System 7
The Crystlas of Mujara is a fast action, quick reflex memory game with brilliant colors, graphics, and sounds. Another in the Bublz series.
El-lixir 3.0.3
Author: Saied B. Nesbat/Eric Hegstrom
Type: Shareware $12
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 1.5 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 647kb
Screen: nothing specified
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Fascinating board game
El-lixir is a thoughtful, challenging social experience in the competitive tradition of the finest games of skill combined with the intricacy of random chance. The result is a fascinating new idea in games. Works on a very wide range on Macs, including black and white ones.....
Friends of Nim
Author: Mark Pilgrim
Type: Freeware
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 1 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 161kb
Screen: nothing specified
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Outwit the computer
Friends of Nim is a collection of deceptively simple games for two players (or against the computer). Each included Nim-esque game is a variation on a simple mathemattical theme. Features full-color graphics, background music, and sound effects!
Gold Digger: The Lost Mines‚Ñ¢ 1.2
Author: Tad Woods
Type: Shareware $14.95
Processor requirement: any
Preferred Memory Partition: 4MB
Approximate Disk Space: 1.5MB
Screen: any
Software Required: System 6.0.3 or later
Object: run, dodge, and collect
A fun arcade/strategy game based on the classic Loderunner theme. Run, climb, bomb, jump, and avoid the bad guys in a series of screens (levels). Impressive sound effects and fun color graphics. Includes a level editor!
Hearts Deluxe 3.5
Author: freeVerse Software
Type: Shareware $15
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 700k
Approximate Disk Space: 939kb
Screen: any bitdepth
Software Required: System 7.0
Object: Win, outguess, outchance opponents.
An entertaining rendition of the card game Hearts! Lots of features any card-junkie will love! Lots of sounds, speech, and even a tutor for beginners!
MazePro 1.0
Author: Sean Hollick
Type: Shareware $10
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 750 kB
Approximate Disk Space: 983kb
Screen: nothing specified
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Colorful maze game
Navigate your way through the maze with your arrow keys in “real-time”. Great graphics, and room for custom mazes in the future.
Pegboard
Author: Bob Nystrom
Type: Shareware $3 (not crippled in any way)
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 400 kb
Approximate Disk Space: 236kb
Object: Outwit your Mac!
Pegboard is a highly-addictive strategy game similar to checkers. Highlights include animations, sounds and a wide variety of game boards.
Pyromania 3.0
Author: Digital Horizon
Type: Freeware
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 2MB
Approximate Disk Space: 400kb
Screen: nothing specified
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Blow things up.....
Latest version in this series of shareware releases.....this one includes smarter enemies, better integration of color and graphics, and much more in this arcade shoot-em up! Another variant of the running-through the maze bit from a 3rd-person point of view.
Quasor Phase 1.0
Author: Deepak Deo
Type: Shareware $5 (not crippled in any way)
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 2.5MB
Approximate Disk Space: 850kb
Screen: color monitor
Software Required: System 7.0
Object: Kill or be killed
Destroy enemy’s battlestar before yours is destroyed! Fun arcade stuff, nice graphics.
Quickshot 1.0
Author: Jim Plamondon
Type: Shareware $10 (unregistered version only allows the first 3 levels (of 6 total) to be played)
Screen: 13” (640 x 480) color monitor, capable of supporting 256 colors or larger
Software Required: System 7
Object: Shoot first, ask questions later.
Quickshot is first person action/arcade game similar to the commercial release Blood Bath. The player takes aim at the “bad guys” moving a cursor with the mouse and the trigger is pulled by pressing the mouse button. This game features a nice rock and roll soundtrack and photo-quality backdrops.
The popular fantasy roleplaying game in its latest incarnation. Color graphics, sound effects, detailed interface. Copy this to your hard drive to play.
Roulette, version 1.0
Author: Daniel Morrow
Shareware: $5.00
Memory: 200k partition
Hard Drive space: 155k
Dan Morrow’s shareware Roulette game includes pleasing color graphics and sound effects. Place your bets, and let the balls spin! Up to four players can play at a time, in either European or American styles!
Soldiers of the Sun II
Author: Ben Spees
Type: Shareware $10
Processor requirement: 68k version and PPC version
Preferred Memory Partition: 3.7 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 2.9 MB
Object: Fly, shoot, dodge!
Side-scrolling, action game similar to the classic arcade hits Defender and Scramble. Full color, 3D-rendered, fast action, 4 channel sound, and eerie background music all included.
Space Arena 2.3
Author: Christoper Fossan
Type: Shareware $10 (not crippled in any way)
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 5 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 887kb
Object: Shootem Up!
You are the pilot of a one manned space ship, fighting against an unknown Alien force. Your only duty is to destroy the enemy vessels.
Star Patrol 1.6
Author: Dan Carlile
Shareware: $10
Memory: 700k
Hard Drive Space: 1MB
A strategic shareware space combat simulator inspired by Star Trek! Emphasis on planning and resource management while playing several different included missions! PPC and 68k versions!
TicTacToe 1.0
Author: Christopher Lee Chin
Type: Shareware $5
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 1 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 257kb
Screen: 640 x 480 color monitor (min 256 colors)
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Just like the classic game!
Tic-Tac-Toe is a brand new Tic-Tac-Toe style game featuring Stereo Sound, 3D Graphics, Background Music, and an unbeatable Computer Player. The code is FAT binary...it’s playable on 68k Macs as well as native on PPC’s!
TwoWild
Author: Steve Breish
Type: Shareware $3
Processor requirement: PPC only!
Preferred Memory Partition: 190 kB
Approximate Disk Space: 74kb
Screen: 640 x 480 color monitor
Software Required: nothing spcified
Object: Poker!
TwoWild is a compact version of the game Draw Poker, where deuces are wild cards. Features color graphics, digital sound effects, and PowerPC native code! PPC only!
Ultima III
Author: Leon McNeill/LairWare/Origin Systems
Type: Shareware $25
Processor Requirement: 68020 Mac or higher
Preferred Memory: 3MB
Hard Disk Space: 3.2MB
Object: Hack, Slash, Explore, RolePlay
The classic fantasy role-playing game re-done and updated for color Macintosh computers! While remaining true to the original Apple ][ version, many newer techologies are supported such as music (by supporting .MOD files), speech (via Apple’s Speech Manager), color, and more. Immerse yourself in the rich, detailed fantasy environment.
Zauron 2.0
Author: Ultimate Gaming
Type: Freeware
Processor requirement: nothing specified
Preferred Memory Partition: 2 MB
Approximate Disk Space: 4MB
Screen: nothing specified
Software Required: System 6.07 or higher
Object: Role-Playing Game....play roles!
Zauron is an animated color RolePlaying Game that features real-time combat, an attractive interface, and digitized sound and musical effects.