I played Astro Chase 3D for the first time at the ‘95 Macworld Expo and was hooked instantly. The game is a sequel to the hit Atari/C64 game, Astro Chase. The plot is simple; Mysterious aliens from parts unknown decide to attack Earth for no good reason. Since when does evil need a reason? They send a hoard of their ultra destructive Mega Mines (pat. pend.) on a collision course toward Earth. This leaves you, in your super secret experimental Ultra Ship as Earth’s lone defender. AstroChase 3D is a beautiful game that combines fast action, simple controls and a difficult goal making it a perfect time killer. [Read On]

When I started reviewing old games, I decided that I would only cover games that were delivered on floppy disk. Just this one time I had to break that rule. Spaceship Warlock was an interactive movie from the 90s which added a touch of innovation to a tired banal genre. Despite the genre’s great stigma, I don’t hide the fact that I love interactive movies. I recently got the bug the play Spaceship Warlock again; so I dusted off the CD, and my LCII, and decided to write a review.

Click on to read more about Spaceship Warlock

I know in my last update I promised a review of the Lucasarts masterpiece Monkey Island. What I didn’t anticipate was being so busy this past month. Add on the fact that it’s a long freakin’ game and that just doesn’t equate to a review. So instead I decided to throw this crap together.

Those of us Mac users that remember System 7 will also remember a certian singing icon named Jared. Jared didn’t do much, just sing. . . badly. But that is why we loved him, go figure. Jared had come up in a conversation at work recently, and I couldn’t get that song out of my head. I was a big Jared fan back in the day, mainly because it annoyed the hell out of my high school teachers. I even owned the official Jared CD which I obtained at Macworld one year. If you can get a hold of the music <cough>bittorrent</cough>, they’re worth a chuckle or two.

So if that piqued your interest, you’ve got too much free time. If that’s the case, click on to read more about Jared: The Butcher of Song

This time I take a look at the Classic Mac game Pararena 2, which is the commercial version of a shareware game of the same name. Pararena was created by John Calhoun, a legend in the Macintosh community, who is more well known for his classic game “Glider”. Pararena is one of his less popular games that I always felt never received its due.

Check out the review and judge for yourself.

– Matt