Apeiron

• Version Number: 1.0.2
• Revision Date:November 24,1995
• Byte Size: 3321K
• License: Shareware
• Apeiron combines arcade style with cool computer animation and digital sound. It is like the old Centipede. But, it's much, much better.

Arashi

• Version Number: 1.1.1
• Revision Date: September 20, 1994
• Byte Size: 307K
• License: Shareware
• Arashi is a freeware 3D vector graphics arcade game.To put it simply, it's a pretty good game.

Avara

• Version Number: 1.0.0
• Revision Date:September 15, 1996
• Byte Size: 2.9mb
• License: Shareware
• Official Website
• Ambrosia's Homepage
• This game has extreme 3D game play, it's really really cool! Avara's real-time graphic action you use both the mouse and keyboard, you have complete 360 degree control to counter maneuver and quickly target your enemy. Players aren't limited to 'sliding' around in predetermined mazes like in many of the older 3D games. Avara's maneuverability is unique, allowing its warriors to freely climb, jump, and run on any of the structures in the battlefield.

With Avara, you are also able to design your own battlefields. The only limiting factor to your gaming experience is your imagination. Using the objects and structures that are provided, and an easy-to-follow manual, designing is easy. You will never get tired of Avara due to this expandability. It is a game that is constantly growing. Highly recommended for those with PPC or 040 Macs

Barrack

• Version Number: 1.0.3
• Revision Date: June 7, 1996
• Byte Size: 2.9mb
• License: Shareware
• Updater to 1.0.3 <--Download this if you have an earlier version.
• Barrack Discretion <--Less offensive sounds. From Ambrosia.
• Ambrosia's Homepage
• Barrack is a game that will test thinking and reflex. Barrack's goal is simple; there are a number of balls on the play field that are bouncing like a neurotic on a sugar rush. Your job is to use your shooter to isolate them. If a ball breaks your shooter's particle beam before it tears through the play field, your shooter overloads and explodes. Just to make it interesting, there's a land shark named Bosco who is a rare breed of shark capable of rearranging his molecular structure at will. This enables him to travel at quite a clip through otherwise solid substances. If you don't pay attention while he closes in on your shooter you're dead. Very cool and time-passer game!

Battleship

• Version Number: 2.0.2
• Revision Date: August 14, 1994
• Byte Size: 187K
• License: Shareware
• The classic game of battleship. Play against the computer or your friend. You can choose from 3 different games: one shot per turn, one shot per ship, and shoot until you miss.A pretty simple game but if you're bored, it gives you something to do!.

Bedlam 2

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: June 7, 1997
• Byte Size: 4.8 meg
• License: Shareware
• Homepage
• Bedlam 2 has over 10 music tracks and tons of "stereo" sound effects, and several full 256 color 3D rendered images. The battle begins at Pluto and as you progress beyond each level, obliterating the swarm of adversaries becomes succeedingly more difficult. The aliens are supplied with additional hazardous and unpredictable weaponry at each planet as you advance toward Mercury. Asteroids, score multipliers, and other exciting objects sometimes appear to help or hinder you on your quest. If you're successful in annihilating all four waves of alien attackers, the planet concludes with a battle to the death against the seemingly invincible alien mothership. Will you choose to accept this mission? Mankind is depending on you! This is a really cool game, I spent qute a bit of time on it, it almost cost me an A in a course because I spent more time on it than homework.

Centaurian

• Version Number: 1.2.1
• Revision Date: August 21, 1996
• Byte Size: 1137K
• License: Shareware
• Homepage
• Centaurian is an arcade-style space game reminiscent of Bosconian, a Midway-Namco arcade game from the early 1980's. Players battle through enemy-controlled zones, destroying Centaurian bases and confronting a variety of enemy ships and mines to reach the Centaurus colony. There are a number of ship enhancements which can be found or purchased to assist in the mission, and there are nine different bonus screens (Admiral Zorg's Challenges) modeled after classic arcade games. This game will keep you busy for many hours. Somewhat like Asteroids and Xevious mixed together.

Chiral

• Version Number: 1.0.4
• Revision Date: May 13, 1996
• Byte Size: 2121K
• License: Shareware
• Update to 1.0.4
• Webster defines Chiral as "a kind of symmetry found in atomic particles that is not superimposable on its mirror image." Ambrosia redefines this dry scientific adjective with a mind-boggling puzzle game. MacUser awarded this new definition of fun with their Shareware of the Year Award for 1994. MacWeek says "With the release of Chiral, Ambrosia is breaking its creative bonds...With repeated play comes an appreciation of the subtle beauty and elegant sophistication of its design." Inside Mac Games calls Chiral "a uniquely creative action-strategy game that is just as much fun to watch as it is to play." Chiral has six separate difficulty settings and twenty four levels of puzzling play, for a grand total of 144 screens of mind-boggling fun and excitement.

Crib3000

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: May 3, 1997
• Byte Size: 1231K
• License: Shareware
• "Crib 3000" is a true computer cribbage card game. In many ways it's actually better than the real thing. With 5 different personalities to play it can challenge the novice player all the way to the truly "professional" players of the cribbage world.I’ve always enjoyed playing a game of Cribbage. If you’re into card games, this is a must.

Escape Velocity

• Version Number: 1.0.5
• Revision Date: May 7, 1997
• Byte Size: 7335K
• License: Shareware
• Update to 1.0.5
• Escape Velocity Add-Ons
• Ambrosia's Homepage
• Official EV Homepage
• As the captain of a new shutlecraft, you make your your way around the galaxy trying to survive pirates and build your empire. There is over a hundred worlds in the game, each with its own technology, alliances, and commodities. As you earn credits and gain fame, Confederation peace keepers and Rebel patriots struggle for power, leaving you in the middle. Escape Velocity spans a number of genres, combining elements of classic "trading" games, arcade space shoot-outs, and strategy simulations. What you do in the game will affect the story's development, guaranteeing that each game will be different from the last. Another great thing is there is no end. The game will practically go forever. Plus there are thousands of plug-ins, and you can even make your own! You should really give this a try.Escape Velocity has very good 3D rendered graphics, and full stereo sound. I play this game for hours on end!

Frog Xing

• Version Number: 1.2
• Revision Date: May 1, 1996
• Byte Size: 1024K
• License: Shareware
• Frog Xing is a well-paced arcade game in which you guide a frog across a highway and a river to dock on the other side. You can catch bonuses along the way to get extra points. The gameplay is addictive and should be fun for both novices and arcade experts. Even children will enjoy watching and helping the frog cross to the other side. A simple game, really

Hearts Deluxe

• Version Number: 4.4
• Revision Date: October 16, 1996
• Byte Size: 1151K
• License: Shareware
• Homepage
• Honorable Mention: The 1994 MacUser / Ziff-Davis Shareware Awards. One of the top three entertainment shareware programs of the year. HEARTS DELUXE is like no computer card game you've ever seen. It's features include: 3-D INTERFACE. ANIMATED EXPRESSIONS that change in context. SPEAKING OPPONENTS who comment on each hand. ABILITY to download new opponents. A TUTOR to help you learn and then master the game. THREE skill levels. OPTIONAL RULES to accommodate almost all Hearts variations.TELEPATHY window which gives you an exciting look at the artificial intelligence engine that powers HEARTS DELUXE. And most importantly, it plays an excellent game of Hearts.If you love to play Hearts and can never find 3 other players around the house, it's time to download this one. A classic game in the Mac Universe these days... and written by FreeVerse, which means it's got humor in it.

Klondike

• Version Number: 6.0
• Revision Date: January 2, 1995
• Byte Size: 70K
• License: Shareware
• Klondike 6.0 is the latest version of one of the original shareware games available for the Macintosh. Version 6.0 adds full built-in color for those who have it, but will work on virtually any Macintosh, from a Mac Plus to Power Mac.

Maelstrom

• Version Number: 1.4.3
• Revision Date: December? 1996
• Byte Size: 900K
• License: Shareware
• Update from 1.4.2 to 1.4.3
• Maelstrom Add-Ons
• Ambrosia's Homepage
• Maelstrom has received a four star rating from Macworld, the MacUser 1993 Best Shareware Game award, and the Shareware Industry Award for best game. Maelstrom also took first place in the 1994 Mac Home Journal Reader's Choice Awards. Maelstrom is a dangerous asteroid belt within which you must skillfully pilot your spacecraft. Animated space debris races toward you from all points of the compass. All that you have to protect you are your shields, your reflexes, and an excellent eye-hand co-ordination. Remember Asteroids? This is it, only much better.

MacChess

• Version Number: 2.5.1
• Revision Date: February 1, 1997
• Byte Size: 530K
• License: Freeware
• MacChess PPC 3.0 <--Power PC users should download this version.
• Master strength, loads of features, very well done. In the 1996 Dutch Computer Chess Championship, it scored 2480 USCF on the "One-Hour Computer Chess Reports Test" on a 6100/66, best Mac program score except for HIARCS ($150). ( Also tested: Chessmaster 3000, GNUChess 4.0b5, Sargon V, Crafty 11.13) This plays a mean game of chess, and has a nice graphic interface. It's great for cheaters, too, as you have unlimited UNDO commands at your fingertips. Highly recommended.

MacFIBS

• Version Number: 3.0a2
• Revision Date: February 9, 1997
• Byte Size:829K
• License: Freeware
• MacFIBS PPC 3.0 <--Power PC users should download this version.
• Homepage
• MacFIBS connects you to FIBS, the oldest and most successful backgammon server on the Internet. With MacFIBS, you can play backgammon with opponents around the world. This game has been awarded 5 mice by MacUser, the highest rating possible, so you know it's gotta be good. The version posted is an Alpha version, but it plays like a final release with no problems.

MacMame

• Version Number: 0.25.6
• Revision Date: July 3, 1997
• Byte Size: 490K
• License: Donationware
• Here you'll find the latest version of the arcade game emulator MacMAME. MacMAME is a port of the PC multi-emulator MAME. As of this release, it supports a mind-boggling amount of games: (some of them are:) Centipede, Defender, Donkey Kong, Frogger, Galaga, Gyruss, Joust, Mario Bros., Millipede, Pac-Man & Ms. Pac-Man, Q*bert, Qix, Robotron, Space Invaders, and Zaxxon. (There are hundreds more).This emulator isn't supporting copies of arcade games.. it's supporting the ORIGINAL Roms of most of the popular arcade games of the 70's & 80's. If you played in the arcades like I did, this emulator and the available Roms are a MUST. 68K Macs (like mine) will experience very slow emulation, but it's still a walk down memory lane. PowerMacs are highly desirable for better speed. Read all the notes on the MacMame homepage for details on development (ongoing).

MacMines

• Version Number: 2.0.4
• Revision Date: May 5, 1994
• Byte Size: 116K
• License: Shareware
• If you don't know this game, then you mustn't get out much! Great for those times when you are waiting on a fax. This version has several hot keys that make for ease of play.

MacPipes

• Version Number: 2.2.2
• Revision Date: April 30, 1997
• Byte Size: 721K
• License: Shareware
• MacPipes is a small game similar to Pipe Dream for windoze (it's in fact the Macintosh rendition of an ancient Amiga game called Pipeline). And a fun and addicting little game it is, too. Hours of fun, if you like to lose a lot, before you get good at something. Worth a look.

Mille Bornes

• Version Number: 1.2.1
• Revision Date: June 19, 1992
• Byte Size: 298K
• License: Shareware
• Here's a new version of the card game "Mille Bornes". Some of you may remember the card game of the same name by Parker Brothers. "1000 Miles" is a race against flat tires, repairs, fuel shortages, and stop lights. A great game, made all the better as a computer game. The program requires an 8-bit, 13" (or larger) monitor, in order to run.Pretty good graphic interface.

Monkey Shines

• Version Number: 1.1.1
• Revision Date: May 29, 1997
• Byte Size: 5433K
• License: Shareware
• Level Editor
• A 3D arcade game that greatly resembles the classic Donkey Kong series. The object is to maneuver Bonzo the gorilla through the many screens that comprise each level, collecting all of the bonus items (keys, fruit, extra lives, etc.) while avoiding or jumping over the enemies. In addition to the army of bad guys, an unstable terrain consisting of collapsing floors, spinning wheels, and even liquid nitrogen provide enough of a challenge to keep any gamer entertained/frustrated for hours. Game play is intuitive with only three action keys: left, right and jump. These, as well as preferences such as sounds and music are user-configurable. A level editor is also included. Pretty decent graphics. The only caveat is the shareware fee. Unless you pay it, you can only play level one. Worth a look.

Mortal Pongbat

• Version Number: 1.4.1
• Revision Date: May 28, 1996
• Byte Size: 693K
• License: Shareware
• Power PC version
• Mortal Pongbat is Pong, taken to a whole new level of vicious, friend-losing fun.Finally! Someone wrote a Pong game for the Macintosh that is worthy of playing. If your opponent (live or computer) starts to get in your way, just shoot his paddle out from under him. You'll love this after you get used to the game controls, which are configurable.

On The Edge

• Version Number: 3.1
• Revision Date: February 27, 1995
• Byte Size: 23K
• License: Freeware
• On the Edge is the most frustrating solitaire game of all time. Period. You get a table with spots for all the face cards. You have to place cards on those spots and 4 blank ones in the middle. If a face card comes up and you can't place it in it's spot, you lose.OK, only download this if you like to hit your computer with your head. It'll drive you crazy.

Patriot Command

• Version Number: 1.1
• Revision Date: December 10, 1995
• Byte Size: 408K
• License: Shareware
• Patriot Command is an implementation of a popular arcade classic. The object of the game is to protect world cities from an onslaught of ICBMs and other nasties that an unnamed whimsical fascist dictator decided to launch against the world. The worlds only defenses are three Patriot missile silos which you command. Each Patriot missile is capable of creating an explosion large and powerful enough to destroy any enemy objects that are engulfed by it. Remember Missle Command? This is it, only much better. The graphics are terrific. Easier to play on a 68030 chip Mac, due to the slower speed. Play at your own risk on a Quadra with a disk cache, as you won't get far (unless you have a trick to slow down your CPU in certain cirucmstances).

Reversi: The Eclipse

• Version Number: 1.0.1
• Revision Date: May 15, 1997
• Byte Size: 2414K
• License: Demoware - 20 minutes til "dumb as a shovel"
• Homepage
• Also known as Othello, Reversi is simple to learn yet can take a lifetime to master. This beautiful version features variable skill levels, interactive computer opponents and internet play! Features: * Incredible graphics. * Extremely strong computer opponents. * Full Internet Play Play against people from all over the world! Nothing but an internet account needed! It has a sence of humor too. Best feature: An INTERNET capable game! ANY game I can play on the internet against others online, gets an added plus in my book. The computer as an opponent is a very good challange, when you register and set the difficulty level higher. If you've never played reversi/othello, this is a great way to learn. **From the makers of Heart's Deluxe.

Risk

• Version Number: 2.0
• Revision Date: December 17, 1992
• Byte Size: 118K
• License: Freeware
• The classic game of Risk, brought to your computer. You no longer have to move or count armies. Play an entire game against 5 computer opponents in less than 30 minutes! This is a great computer version of the board game.

Sirtet: Voyager!

• Version Number: 2.0
• Revision Date: October 31, 1996
• Byte Size: 5413K
• License: Freeware
• Sirtet: Voyager is a game, a war, and a religion for pensive and hardcore gamers alike! It's everything you've been hoping for, and nothing you'd expect.Yet another version of Tetris (notice the name is Tetris backwards. However, this one has a few new goodies to play with, and it's one of the coolest versions I've ever seen. Don't be fooled by the freeware part.. this game could easily go for $50, if the authors had wanted to sell it.

Snood

• Version Number: 2.0
• Revision Date: March 6, 1997
• Byte Size:788K
• License: Shareware
• Homepage
• Snood is a puzzle game that will test your intellect rather than your reflexes. Your goal is to free all of the trapped Snoods by launching other Snoods at them. If you connect three or more Snoods, they will transport away. If that leaves any Snoods not connected to the top of the playfield, they will fall to safety. Every Snood you launch increases the Danger Level. When the gauge fills up, the Snoods will shift downward. If the Snoods reach you, the game is over. PARENTS!: Snood is a good game for children as well as adults. The game is non-violent and non-confrontational, and children can play at their own pace. It develops several basic skills, including matching, calculation of angles, and simple strategic assessment and problem solving. It does not require reading, and the controls are very simple. The Child difficulty level is easy enough even for young children.Very addictive, as any good game should be. Kind of a cross between Breakout and Tetris 2. Worth a download and shareware fee.

Solitaire Till Dawn

• Version Number: 3.2
• Revision Date: June 3, 1997
• Byte Size:1091K
• License: Shareware
• Solitaire Till Dawn is a commercial-quality package featuring full-color graphics (also runs in black and white), smooth animation, a simple interface, unlimited undo and redo of moves, save and resume games, score and statistics keeping, on-line rules summaries, and much more. It includes twenty-six different games, ranging from the popular (Klondike, Canfield, Golf, Spider, Forty Thieves, Pyramid) to the exotic, and from the simple to the challenging. Complete, illustrated manuals are included.Here's a great all in one package of games to pass the time. Very nicely done.

Swoop

• Version Number: 1.0.2
• Revision Date: September 4, 1996
• Byte Size: 3.5 MEG
• License: Shareware
• Homepage
• Ambrosia Software, Inc.'s Swoop is an arcade classic combining pulse-quickening game play with state of the art computer animation and audio effects. Smooth flowing action, detailed full color graphics, and custom sound effects all provide for exciting game play. The only thing missing is the cash box in which to pump your coins. The very survival of the human race hangs in the balance. The Swoopers have come. Swoopers - a sinister race of aliens from a distant quadrant of another galaxy - have targeted earth for destruction. Alien agents have disabledthe Earth's sophisticated defense systems, leaving the home planet virtually unprotected. The only thing that stands between the hungry Swooper legions and their goal is you and your trusty George Pal class fighter ship. Alone, against all odds, you must fight off the invading horde.Remember Galaga? This is it, only better. A great game. Addictive.

Tetris Max

• Version Number: 2.8
• Revision Date: June 9, 1996
• Byte Size: 1246K
• License: Shareware
• Favorably reviewed in many books and magazines, honorably mentioned in the 1993 MacUser Shareware Awards, guaranteed to get you addicted... it's Tetris Max! Tetris Max is an outstanding implementation of the classic falling blocks game, featuring beautiful 256-color artwork, an original music soundtrack, awesome sound effects, and more. Check out the game that everyone is talking about!

Tetris Plus

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: August 25, 1995
• Byte Size: 668K
• License: Freeware
• Tetris Plus is a step above Tetris. The goal is to arrange red, green, and blue blocks of the same color horizontally or vertically, three or more in a row. Once this is done, the blocks will explode. Clear the "flash" blocks in order to complete a level. Includes 9 difference varieties of pieces (all with varying color combinations), 3 of which are special, in that block fragments can "break off" of the main piece, making for some interesting game play. Includes a music soundtrack, and great sound effects. Very addicting!Recently, I played Tetris 2 on a GameBoy, and have discovered that this is the same game, with better music. Worth playing.

X-Words Deluxe

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: May, 1997
• Byte Size: 1834K
• License: Shareware
• Homepage
• Official Scrabble-Board Module
• From FreeVerse Software comes a great new word game in the tradition of SCRABBLE. X-Words Deluxe Features: * Great graphics. * Interactive computer opponents. * Multiple word lists, including one for children. * Nine skill levels. Extremely strong playing ability. * Different boards and scenarios. * Totally customizable! If you like SCRABBLE, you'll love X-WORDS DELUXE! It even adds a QUADRUPLE word score.. which the computer always seems to get first. Freeverse keeps coming up with great stuff. Keep it up, guys.

Xenia

• Version Number: 1.0
• Revision Date: January 17, 1997
• Byte Size: 308K
• License: Freeware
• Xenia is a classic arcade shoot-em-up modeled somewhat after the great classic "Xevious". It is fat binary and runs on 68030 or better, with 8-bit color suggested. Its tight coding ensures a minimal download time.As suggested, you need to run this in 256 colors (at least on a 68K Mac) so that it'll run smoothly. Once you've made that adjustment, this is a solid game and exactly like Zevious. Proof that you CAN make a game that plays well and looks good for less than a few Megs of HD space.

The Zone

• Version Number: 1.4
• Revision Date: February 12, 1996
• Byte Size: 1294K
• License: Shareware
• Enjoy the finest space driving possibility you have ever had in inertial arcades. Admire the best 3D rendered sprites on this platform. Experience the mad collision system that makes our game something like a crazy space pool. Blast out the heaviest mother bases you could dream of. Destroy the toughest enemies in evil space. Survive the higher levels fighting maniacal hordes of nasties. Similar in look to Maelstrom, but different in theme and gameplay. Worth adding to your game library if you like "Asteroids" style arcade games. If you have 1.3, you need only download the update to 1.4

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