Ambrosia's Maelstrom Ported to Mac OS X
There are lots of reasons why Ambrosia Software is cool and most of them have names like Apeiron, Barrack, Escape Velocity, and Maelstrom. Most old school Mac nerds know Ambrosia for their awesome arcade style games from the mid-1990's. I know I spent way too many hours playing Apeiron on my PowerMac 7100 in college when I should've been studying or writing that paper.When Ambrosia released a Mac OS X version of Apeiron a few years ago, I was ecstatic. I can clearly remember wishing also for a Mac OS X version of Maelstrom, my other favorite Ambrosia game. Sam Lantinga has been listening and has ported Maelstrom to run natively in Mac OS X. In this new version, there's even some network play so you can take on your friend or co-worker.
The accompanying readme file says that this version isn't supported by Ambrosia but is recommended highly. The game has been released under a GPL license. Shields up!
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There are lots of reasons why Ambrosia Software is cool and most of them have names like Apeiron, Barrack, Escape Velocity, and Maelstrom....
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Gotta be Barrack next. Bring back Barrack!
October 30 2005 at 10:53 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYea, this really does bring back those good ole days, me sittin at home 'sick' from school playin maelstrom on my dad's Mac Performa.. And Escape Velocity, I spent half my childhood playing that.
October 26 2005 at 7:17 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyOh man, this brings back a lot of memories.
October 26 2005 at 4:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyYeah, I'd love to see Barrack on OS X, still boot into 9 sometimes just to play that one. And a nonsense game like "Harry the handsome executive" would also be cool.
October 26 2005 at 4:25 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThanks for the info, Dan. I must've missed this back in 2001 when it was ported. Well, I'm still excited to see it running.
October 26 2005 at 4:08 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyThis was actually ported back in 2001 - the first native OS X game I had running on my Mac. My understanding is that it is really a 'port of a port' based on the linux version.
October 26 2005 at 3:54 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down ReplyHot Apps on TUAW
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