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The Mac Games Release List
by Paul Natsch & Tuncer Deniz

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 June
• Carriers at War 2 - SSG
• Dracula Unleashed (CD-ROM) - Viacom New Media
• Gadget (CD-ROM) - Synergy
• Pirates GOLD - Microprose
• Populous 2 - Electronic Arts
• Power Monger - Electronic Arts
• PT Boat Simulator - Alliance
• Return to Zork (CD-ROM) - Activision

Summary of titles Released in July
• FlightStick Pro - CH Products
• Links Pro - Access

August
• 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)
• The Classic 5 - MacPlay
• Eat My Photons! (Released) - Eccentric Software (A cockpit perspective, space
   flight simulator in an arcade setting.  Also includes an original musical score which
    changes according to context)
• 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)
• In Search of the Fabulous Fuzzbox (CD-ROM) - MacPlay (A Macromind Director
   comic-book like CD-ROM game)
• International Tennis Open (CD-ROM) - Brainstorm Software (Includes many
    options like types of courts, practice rounds, and control difficulty levels.  Also
    included are actual live announcers giving the play by play of the match)
• 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)
• Maniac Sports (CD-ROM) - The Software Toolworks (A sports game which features
   nine types of events to compete in such as surfing, climbing, kayaking,
   skateboarding, and skydiving)
* PegLeg (Released) - High Risk Ventures/Changeling Software (An arcade
    shoot-em-up in which the player flies a ship around the screen shooting at all
    kinds of enemies advancing  wave after wave.  Runs native on Power Macs and in
    full screen on a 20" color monitor)
• Quantum Gate (CD-ROM) - Hyperbole Studios (Features VirtualCinema™, a 3-D
   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)
• Rebel Assault (CD-ROM) (Released) - LucasArts (Highly popular game based on
   the Star Wars universe with footage from the actual movies)
• Sensory Overload (Released) - Reality Bytes Inc. (A 3D texture-mapped
   action/adventure game similar to DOOM.  Will run on regular Macs and native on
   Power Macs)
• TacOps - Arsenal Publishing (A tactical level tank warfare game)
• Theme Park (CD-ROM & Floppy) - Electronic Arts (Create your own amusement
   park)
• 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)
• Virtual Valerie 2 (CD-ROM) - Reactor (New graphics and sophisticated 3D
   modeling, animation, digitized sound effects, and an original music score)
• Warlords 2 - SSG (Much more advanced than the original Warlords, with more
   monsters, changing map, and more units)
• Wolfenstein 3D (Released) - MacPlay (Sort of the prequel to the popular DOS
   game Doom.  The Mac version will contain all new graphics and music.  Will run in
   native mode on PowerMacs and also on 68k Macs)
• Wolfpack (CD-ROM & Floppy) - Novalogic (The player takes command of either a
    WWII submarine wolfpack or the surface fleet.  Historically accurate, your
    weapons and instruments are precisely keyed to the war year that you choose to
    play.  A full construction set is included to allow you to re-create actual battles.
    CD-ROM version enhanced)
• Zig Zag - QQP

September
• All-Pro Video Football (CD-ROM) - Accolade (Simulates an All-Star game utilizing
    the names and statistics of 51 real players from the NFLPA and the team logos of
    the American and National Football Conferences.  Features original video footage and
    color commentary from Al Michaels and Pat Haden)
* Breakthru - Spectrum Holobyte (A strategy game that requires players to raze a
    wall, brick by brick.  The bricks are arranged by color.  Beyond the wall lie the
    evening skylines of international cities, such as Berlin, New York and San
    Francisco)
• 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)
• Dark Castle 1994 - Delta Tao (An updated, colorized version of this classic
   arcade/adventure game)
• 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)
• Dynasty League Baseball - Design Depot (A highly detailed strategic baseball
   simulation)
• F/A-18 Hornet 1.5 - Graphic Simulations (Upgrade will run native on PowerMacs
   and add  other minor improvements)
• F/A-18 Hornet Mission Disk: Crisis in Korea - Graphic Simulations
• Gabriel Night (CD-ROM) - Sierra (CD-ROM version will feature voices from a
    fine cast of Hollywood actors including Tim Curry, Mark Hamill, Michael Dorn,
    Efram Zimbalist Jr, and Rocky Carol)
• 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)
• Out of the Sun - Domark (A World War II flight sim which gives players the ability
   to fly either side in any one of four different scenarios, including Midway and the
   Battle of Britain.  Also includes realistically detailed aircraft from that era with
   super-accurate flight models, and numerous mission including air-to-air, combat,
   bombing, and torpedo runs.  Will run on regular Macs and Power Macs)
• 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)
• Police Quest 4 (CD-ROM) - Sierra (Enhanced for CD-ROM with full speech)
• Quest for Glory 4 - Sierra (The fourth installment of the adventure/RPG series.
   Quest for Glory 2 & 3 were never made for the Mac)
• 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)
• 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)
• Spaceward Ho! 4.0 - Delta Tao (Will contain all new graphics and network play
    over AOL)
• 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)
• 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)

October
• 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)
* 2044: The Overthrow (CD-ROM) - Spiral Matrix (A futuristic adventure game)
• 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)
• Clue (CD-ROM) - Virgin Interactive (Will feature live action with real actors
   portraying the famous suspects such as Colonel Mustard, Professor Plum, Mrs.
   Peacock, and Miss Scarlet.  Players will be allowed to assume on suspect’s identity
   and explore the Boddy Mansion room by room, looking for clues and interrogating
   the other characters)
• 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)
• Dragon's Lair (CD-ROM) - ReadySoft
• 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)
• HELL: A Cyberpunk Thriller (CD-ROM) - Take 2 Interactive (A multimedia
   adventure game that will feature top Hollywood actors such as Dennis Hopper, Grace
   Jones, Geoffrey Holder, and Stephanie Seymour)
* Leisure Suit Larry 6 (CD-ROM) - Sierra (Enhanced for CD-ROM with full
    speech)
* Microsoft Arcade - Microsoft (A collection of classic arcade games)
• Sid & Al's Incredible Toons - Dynamix (Essentially a wacked out version of The
   Incredible Machine)
• Strategic Conquest 4.0 - Delta Tao (Update to the classic wargame.  Two new units,
   new algorithms)
• 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)
• Trivial Pursuit (CD-ROM) - Virgin Interactive (Features over 3000 visual and
   audio enhanced questions and answers.  The object is the same as in the board game -
   be the first to earn six pies by correctly answering trivia questions)
• Tubular Worlds - Dongleware (An arcade/action game which features advanced
   SIZPIX graphics routines, allowing simultaneous and super fast animation of large
   numbers of game objects.  Beautifully detailed, morphed and rendered sprites add to
   the visual appeal of this stunning arcade experience)
• Worlds of Xeen (CD-ROM) - New World Computing (Huge RPG combining Might &
   Magic 4 & 5 on one CD-ROM disc)

November
• Flashback - MacPlay (Loosely based on Out of this World, but much more detailed)
• Grandmaster Chess - Capstone
• Lemmings 2 - Psygnosis (Features 12 brand new tribes of Lemmings as well as
   digitized Lemming voices)
• Phantasmagoria (CD-ROM) - Sierra (The terryfying story of a woman fighting for
    her life against the forces of evil.  Features an ultra-realistic 3-D rendered world
    in which characters have free movement.  Will come on 3 CD-ROMs)
• Planetfall (CD-ROM) - Activision/Infocom (The sequel to the original best selling
   adventure game. Will feature live actors and an animated Floyd, the robot, against
   computer-rendered 3D backrounds)
• 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)
• Screaming Metal (CD-ROM) - Reactor (Sci-fi adventure game)
• Viper (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (Based on the Paramount television series of the
    same name)
• Voyeur (CD-ROM) - MacPlay (A political thriller)

December
• 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)
• 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)
• Assault on Everest (CD-ROM) - Take 2 Interactive (An interactive
   edutainment-oriented voyage)
• Bureau 13 (CD-ROM) - Take 2 Interactive (An interactive graphic adventure)
• Castle of Dr. Brain 3 - Sierra
• Castle of Dr. Brain 3 (CD-ROM) - Sierra (Enhanced for CD-ROM with full speech)
• Master of Orion - Take 2 Interactive (A strategic space sim that puts players to the
   task of creating an empire that will stretch across the entire galaxy)
• Skullcracker (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (An arcade horror title like no other)
• Star Crusader (CD-ROM) - Take 2 Interactive (A state-of-the-art, space-flight
   combat simulator)
• Star Trek: Judgement Rites - MacPlay (Sequel to Star Trek's 25th Anniversary)
• War Patrol -  Alliance (A WWII submarine simulator.  The initial BattleSet will be
    for the Allied Pacific campaign)

1st Quarter 1995
• Air Warrior 2 -  Alliance (Will feature a stronger single player mode, support for
   more plane types and a vastly improved graphics model)
• Beyond Squad Leader - Avalon Hill/Atomic (A computerized version of Advanced
   Squad Leader with outstanding graphics)
• Blood Net - Take 2 Interactive (A Cyberpunk Vampire game.  Recruit cyberpunks,
   range rangers, mercenaries, and hackers to aid in your fight against the vampires.
   Immerse yourself in the bizarre virtual reality of cyberspace, where anything is
   possible. Experience a breakthrough in role-playing with astonishing 3-D
   Hallucinographic art)
• Colonization - Microprose (Focuses on a single era in history from
  1500-1800—the discovery, exploration, and colonization of the New World.
   Players control either English, French, Dutch, or Spanish colonists in the New
   World.  The goal of the game is to oversee economic, military, and political growth
   as you strive to establish independence from the mother country while competing
   with other colonies for control of the New World)
• 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)
• Dark Streets (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (An electronic film noire)
* Doom - Id Software (The best-selling 3D texture-mapped action game on the PC)
* Doom 2 - Id Software (Sequel to Doom with more levels and more enemies)
• Dust (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (An interactive tale of a lawless town in the wild west)
• FLIGHT Unlimited - Looking Glass Technologies (An extremely realistic looking
   flight sim that is designed to help the user learn how to fly through 25 interactive
   lessons.  After players get their feet wet, pilots can test their aerobatic skills in
   competitions where judges score aerobatic performances and award prize money to
   players.  The money can then be used to customize their own planes.  Probably
   PowerMac only)
• Harpoon Classic (CD-ROM) - Alliance (A major update of this classic strategy game
   which will also include all expansion modules on the same CD)
• 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)
• The Journeyman Project 2: Buried in Time (CD-ROM) - Presto Studios (This
   sequel promises live-action video, advanced sound, better speed, and graphics
   effects)
• 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)
• Titanic (CD-ROM) - Cyberflix (An adventure/thriller onboard the doomed ocean
    liner)
• Ultima 8: Pagan (CD-ROM) - Origin (The evil Guardian transports you to a world
    already under his dominion.  You must confront alien realms and powerful new
    enemies in a battle without allies.  The game features smooth and lifelike animation
    at over 400 frames of art per character and ten times the art of any previous
    Ultima)
• X - First Star/Imagine It Inc. (Described as the first Macintosh, real time, 3D,
   fully interactive, science fiction graphic adventure to take place in “walk, ride, or
   fly anywhere” texture mapped environments.  The graphic engine, which builds on
   the technology used in First Star’s early 1994 release of Astro Chase 3D, will allow
   players to travel and explore whole cities, underwater caverns, pulsating arteries
   of a giant beast, corridors of a future orbiting space station....basically anything
   players can imagine)


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)

Paul Natsch
America On-Line -PaulN24
Prodigy - JBFM05A