Tagged: Windows

QuickTime turns 20 years old Blog categoryEssay category

QuickTime enabled low-cost videos on computers, paving the way for new uses of multimedia. That said, we should all probably stop using it now.

Screenshot from Rhapsody! A King Kong Battle

Rhapsody! A King Kong Battle Strategy category

The ultimate showdown of gorilla vs. gorilla is actually more like a gorilla programming exercise. (Wait, why is it called Rhapsody?)

Screenshot from Robot City

Robot City Adventure category

Robot City is a gripping, scary, unforgettable sci-fi murder mystery saddled a tedious and unfair open world.

Screenshot from Roller Coaster Factory

Roller Coaster Factory Simulation category

This joyless roller coaster game doesn’t care much about the fun of building, riding, or even looking at a theme park ride.

Screenshot from Secret Writer's Society

Secret Writer’s Society and the worst bug ever Educational category

This rote educational writing game has a huge problem that causes the text-to-speech voice to read a list of obscenities. After the game has been lost for 20 years, I got a copy, and now you can play it too!

Screenshot from Seize the Day

Seize the Day Software category

Come for the beautiful, breathtaking real-time art. Stay for the handy planner program.

Screenshot from Sentient

Sentient Adventure category

Sentient overwhelms you with the freedom to roam an active space station and absurdly detailed dialogue. How much of this is just for show?

Screenshot from Sierra LandDesigner 3D

Sierra LandDesigner 3D Software category

Sierra’s line of home productivity software (really!) included this gardening tool, which makes it easier to plan a garden but doesn’t necessarily teach how to landscape well.

Screenshot from SimIsle: Missions In The Rainforest

SimIsle: Missions In The Rainforest Simulation category

Everything has a visible cost in SimIsle, a tropical simulation game about the dynamics between industry, labor, and ecology. What does it mean that it contradicts its own environmentalist message?

Screenshot from SimTower: The Vertical Empire

SimTower: The Vertical Empire Simulation category

Yoot Saito developed a surprisingly personal take on Maxis’s simulation sandbox genre – and one of the stronger entries in the Sim series.

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