Billed as an "interactive cyber event," this interactive hypercard stack is said to have been found by by creator Amendant Hardiker among some Babelian ruins dated back to 9999 BC, then deciphered from a since forgotten machine language. It is thought that Zaum Gadget was a subliminal event-structure capable of subtly manipulating the beliefs of any participant.
Inspired by Russian futurism, Zaum is a unique digital experience.
This is a collection of several stacks, with topics ranging from St. Thomas a Kempis’s Imitatio Christi, to a Christian anti-Nazi movement whose leaders were executed during World War II. Interspersed with all of this are games, including some pinball simulations and a role-playing spiritual adventure about a monk’s trek through the medieval wilderness to a monastic library.
You sip your daily Kir in the dilapidated place that serves as your detective's office when the phone starts to ring. Your reputation as a detective has already crossed the boundaries of the Republic district, yet a little work would not harm your bank account.
The anxious voice of an elderly woman echoed in the handset: "Sir, I need your help, I am the Countess of La Fêlure, and my husband and I live in a manor house at the end of the town. We live there with our servants and our cousins, the Dumoulin de La Fêlure. I am really worried because my husband has disappeared for two days...
Would you like to go to investigate, please? As soon as you find my husband, wait for me in the living room and try to solve that mystery. I will be able to show myself generous!"
Of course you accept and you are on the way to the manor of La Fêlure to elucidate the mystery of the disappearance of the Count...
Explore the mazes of the Great Pyramid of Ra! Each level is a new, larger, random maze to solve. Find tools and supplies abandoned by earlier, failed expeditions, try to avoid the traps, and encounter dangerous animals and the fearsome Guardians as you seek the three sacred Talismans of Ra the Sun-God.
Commercial re-release of the popular shareware roguelike, The Dungeon of Doom. Along with a new look to the interface, this version adds secret "vault" areas and a "Gate Keeper" boss on every fifth level. To escape the dungeon, you must descend to the 40th level and return with the Orb of Carnos.
Innovative if overlooked game which utilizes the fledgling Inverse Parser system, which anticipates communication choices. Crawford later further developed this design after this game was released.
Beyond Dark Castle is a classic platformer for the Macintosh. The game puts the player in the role of Prince Duncan who, once again, must defeat the evil Black Knight through a series of challenges leading up to the final showdown with the Black Knight himself.
A colorized Mac version was planned by Delta Tao Software but was cancelled.
A shooting gallery style game, except instead of aiming with a cursor, players must line their shots up with the scope at the bottom of the screen. Also includes a small puzzle element.
Zero Gravity is an early B&W arcade game for Macintosh, in which you try to center your floating character in the center of the gravity chamber. A white dot appears to indicate where the gravity force is currently applied and you move accordingly to stay away from the chamber's sides.
You control a submarine in hostile waters. Sharing the deep sea with you are several dangerous creatures such as jellyfish, eels, sharks and the mysterious X-Sub. Destroy everything to reach the next level. This game has intermissions as well.
A murder has been committed in the television studio. It's up to you to solve it, in spite of the hostile receptionist and TV stars who are unwilling to help you. This is a graphic adventure game with “puzzles” to solve by clicking or typing on the keyboard.