Mac System 6 Games
System 7 (codenamed 'Big Bang' and sometimes retrospectively called Mac OS 7) is a graphical user interface-based operating system for Macintosh computers and is part of the classic Mac OS series of operating systems. It was introduced on May 13, 1991, by Apple Computer, Inc. It succeeded System 6, and was the main Macintosh operating system until it was succeeded by Mac OS 8 in 1997. Apr 21, 2013 Download: Systems (OS) These are some systems which are compatible with Mini vMAC. The best version with all facilities is System 6 by which we can play games and much more. Just open them by dragging them to the MVMAC startup window when it asks for disks. May 04, 2017 I've tried it with many games and they all run fine. However, I'm doing this on a 4MB Macintosh SE, so 2MB will be much more restrictive. And one game I can recommend that seems like it doesn't care about RAM is Tetris Max. Its by far the best Tetris game for 68k/PPC and one of my favorite games to play on all my Macs. Mar 10, 2020 Contrary to popular belief, there exists a bevy of awesome games available on Mac computers. From stellar indies like Night in the Woods to popular free-to-play Battle Royale Fortnite, take a look.
Thehistory of ClarisWorks
How to put multipleMac operating systems on yourMac.
ClassicMac Resource Page
Apps thatwill run in 68000 Macs.
MacTreasures.com- find older hard to find and outof print software
Yetmoreshareware
Mac apps inSpanish
InternetExplorer for Mac and PC's
EudoraLite 1.5.5 - Thisone works on a Plus under system 7 or up.
EudoraLite 1.3.1 forsystem 6.
FaxSoftware
ValueFax,a shareware program that's small (2.5 MB RAM and 2 MB of disk spacerequired). Also runs on 6.0.5 or higher on anything 'better' than aPlus.
HyperCardGames
Internet
GetYour Compact Mac On the Web!!
Here's everything you need toget that ole doorstop online
Yes, Virginia, you CAN get anold black and white Mac on the web. This Doc Maker application givesyou all the juicy details. Mentioned in Mac Addict and MacUsermagazines. Over 20,000 downloads so far.
- Get Your Compact Mac on the Web - HTML version (sorry, no pics. Maybe some day)
- Get Your Compact Mac on the Web (Doc Maker Application)
- Get Your Compact Mac on the Web (Text Version)
- Get Your Compact Mac On the Web! (HyperCard Version) Needs HyperCard Player or HyperCard 2.1 or up.
Other Classic InternetSoftware
DownloadAOL Instant Messenger for 68kMacs here
and here
ZTerm- From Polarnet's web site, popular terminal emulation program forMacs. Works on the 512 or up.
Download pc game save files. WindowsIf you are not using any of the above clients, or you have cloud saves disabled, your save files are likely to be in AppDataAppDataLocalLowPlausible ConceptBad NorthSavesYou can get to the AppData folder by pressing the Windows Key, typing%appdata% and hitting enter. MacIf you are not using any of the above clients, or you have cloud saves disabled, your save files are likely to be somewhere in one of the Library folders, though exactly where can vary.
HyperCardstack of theabove tutorial.
WannaBe Text Only Web Browser- great little(490k!) browser for PowerMacs and 68k Macs. Needs 7.1 and the DragManager and Thread Manager or 7.5 or up to run. PPC Version uses 2.2megs.
MacLynx- text only web browser
MattiHaveri's FAQ's -68000 FAQ, Internet FAQ for older Macs, more
Spreadsheet
Try BiPlane.It's shareware ($29) and is MS Excel compatible. System 6.03 and up,needs 1 meg of ram!
SumIt - works on a Plus or up, needssytem 7.
MarinerLE - another tiny spreadsheetwith a tiny ram footprint.
Utilities
Tonsof cool System 6 add onsSomegreat shareware folr older and newMacs.
Using StuffitExpander and System 7.1 (it's notsupposed to work)
Moreold Mac software, drivers,etc..
Upgrading7.1 - add Apple's Drag and Dropfeatures to System 7.1
ThreadManager - Give 7.1 another 7.5feature
CyberDogand OpenDoc- although disontinued and no longer supported by Apple, it's anotheralternative to bloatware browsers.
HTMLPro - great little WYSIWYG HTMLauthorware that works on a 020 or up.
StickyClick - gives you sticky menusunder System 7
Startupdisk for the HD20 SCSi harddrive - use thisif you are setting up the drive for the first time.
DART- Converts disk images forl olderMacs - you'll need this to open up the software below.
AppleTape backup utility for the Apple40 meg tape backup drive.
HomeAutomation Links(Mac Plus or up)
StuffitExpander 3.5.1 -the latest version taht works on a Plus as far as I know.
CDSunrise is ageneric CD ROM driver (no audio support) that works on MOST mac SCSIcd rom drives.
DesktopManager allowsApple CD ROM drive to work on an older Mac.
Very cool sharewareutilities for olderMacs.
HackingApple's DriveSetup to see nonApple drives
CompactPro is a great compression appfor Macs including the Plus under system 6! Also runs on my iMac RevB. Most software on my web site was stuffed with it.
EducationalShareware
Mac System 6 Games Free
Painting,a great little PPC and 68k painting app.Soundsyou can use for HyperCard stacks and other uses.
Moreapps andutilities forsystem 6
AOLMac archive -lots of cools stuff - get it while you can, I have a feeling this oldstuff won't be up much longer.
MoreSystem 6utilities.
Mac System 7 Download
System6 INITS andCdevsHowTo Turn System 6 Into System 7 Withfreeware
AdobeAcrobat Reader 1.0
Mac System 6 Games Download
for System 6Macs.UsingKaleidescope on B&WMacs.
Anotherpage on using shareware and free software to beef up your oldOS.
- Analyse+
- AutoBlack
- AutoBlack 2
- Bombs
- Camera
- canvas Da - must have a copy of canvas
- ChangeFont 1.03 - change your system font under system 6
- Choose ScrapBook+ - multiple scrapbook
- ChooseCDEV_
- Commander 2.0 - commands for modems
- Commands 1.0 - ommands for modems
- DeskZap 1.3
- DevTools 2.2
- DiskInfo 1.43
- Earthplot 3.0
- Immortality 0.93
- LockOUT v1.0
- MiniDraw
- Molasses
- Pyro!_ - screen saver
- Reverse Screen INIT
- Saviour
- SetFile
- ShutDownSound INIT
- Stuffit 1.13
- Stuffit v1.10
- Tab Expander DA
- Typer DA
- UnStuffIt 1.00
- Windows 2.0
- Area Code Find
- MacSpin.sit.hqx
Programming
REALBasic webring - todays HyperCard works on 68020 Macs and up.
REALBasic mailing lists
REALBAsic search engine
Rinaldi's HyperCard XCMD's for REALBasic
HyperCard officially dead?
Programming for System 6
Serf - a new alternative to HyperCard
SuperCard - an oldie but goodie alternative to HyperCard (new version just shipped).
MetaCard - runs on Intel, Unix and Mac, but expensive.
HyperStudio - Many schools use it, it is a little less powerful than HC or SC.
Apple's own free MPW
MOPS - a robust and powerful public-domain development system for the Macintosh.With Forth and Smalltalk parentage, Mops has extensive OOP capabilities including multiple inheritance, and a class library supporting the Macintosh interface
REALBasic - very cool HyperCard-Meets-Basic programming environment. Let's you make Windoze or Mac apps with ease.
MacInTouch's old software forum - lists many emails pertaining to old programs that have resurfaced as free. Very interesting reading.
Think Pascal 4.5 is now free.
TrueBasic - written by the original writers of Basic back in 1964.
Chipmunk Basic - Really cool freeware starter kit for novice programmers. Runs on the 512k to the new blue and white G3's.
MacZoop - Freeware C++ object oriented programming.
HyperCard - what can I say? Probably THE easiest programing language out there. This is where Visual Basic, Director, mTropolis, Myst, and thousands of home - made applications came from. Even the World Wide Web owes much of itself to Bill Atkinson's HyperCard. Highly highly recommended for beginner programmers as well as database admins, game makers, listserve moms, and kids of all ages.
Apple's MPW Pascal for 68k Macs.
http://s93768914.onlinehome.us/HyperCard Links
Wired article on HyperCard
History of the Apple logo
Alternatives to HyperCard (HC is not compatible with OS X)
Great HyperCard article from 1987
Univsersity of Michigan FTP site
Info-Mac FTP Site
Info-Mac Web Site
Apple's HC Community Page
Teach Yourself HC
HyperCard Resource Page
Jeanne's House 'O HyperCard
HyperCard 10th Anniversay Stack
HyperScan - A HyperCard stack that allows you to scan directly into HyperCard stacks.Music/Sound Software
MusicTime - works on a Classic or up (should work on a Plus or up too, it's the same chip.
Mac Freeware
Super Studio Session - Free MIDI software - Mac Plus or up.
Using older Macs for MIDI
More older Macs and MIDI
MacMusic
AudioMac
MIDI Tool for older Macs
Make your own Mac MIDI interface
A sampler for ancient Macs as well and G4's
MIDI Musician
VERY old MIDI app for Macs
Mac 68k Games site
and more - games
More old gamesPacman game - looks just like the original. Works on color Macs only.
MacMan game - just like Pacman, works on a Plus on up (even my iMac!)
Some Old Mac Network Games From Rick VanDerveer
Star Wars - cool vector graphics arcade game. Works on the Plus with sound.
bolo homepage: http://www.lgm.com/bolo/
bolo tracker: http://tracker.lgm.com:50001/
bolo ftp archive: ftp://ftp.lgm.com/bolo/
Hundreds of black and white games awaiting your arrival.
Kids Domain
Old Mac software
http://lightning.prohosting.com/~classicm/games.html
http://homepage.mac.com/giantmike13/old.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/oldmac-ftp.html
http://www.kidsdomain.com/down/oldmac.html
ftp://ftp.torget.se/macgate/pub/old/
http://www.w42.de/crypt/
http://www.w42.de/despair/
http://www.liepins.de/offroading/index.shtml
http://home.hawaii.rr.com/m68kg/links.html#OGA
http://www.umich.edu/~archive/mac/game/space/System Software
Using shareware to turn 7.1 into 7.6
Good article on the history of the Mac OS.
All about the early Mac OS by Andy Mesa
Minimum requirements for Mac OS 7.1 - 7.6 including all about system enablers.
What's In the System Folder? - a brief tutorial for newbies.
Interesting comparison of Mac OS 1 and Mac OS 7.
Mac System software history form 1.0 to 8.6. Pretty interesting..
Installing Mac OS 7.5.3
Mas OS system enablers and the systems they go with.
What's a system enabler?
Upgrading 7.1 -add Apple's Drag and Drop features to System 7.1
Thread Manager - Give 7.1 another 7.5 feature
What Operating System should I use on my older Mac and where can I get it?
MODE32 - I can't believe I didn't put this up a long time ago.. if you have a 32 bit 'dirty' Mac such as the II, IIx, IIfx, IIcx or SE/30 and you have more than 8 megs of ram, you'll need MODE 32. That's the simple explanation.
Make a Mac boot disc on a PC - previously impossible
Finder Heap Fix for system 7.5.5 - give the finder more memory (and fewer crashes)
Go to info.apple.com for System 6.x, 7.0 and 7.0.1.
Get OS 6.08 here.
Sign the Abandonware Petition to persuade the software companies to give away older apps for older Macs.
System 7.5.3 is now free! Update it to 7.5.5 for free too!
Where to download Mac OS - from system .97 to 7.5.5.
Memory requirements of all 68k compatible Mac operating systems.
Apple's Support For Older OS's (Apple TIL)
Apple's Software Updates Page
The really old Systems from the Mac 512 UG
Macintosh System Downloads from Low End Mac
McOrphan's System 6 Page
Apple HD SC Setup Patch - lets you format a non-Apple drive. (Runs on all 68k Macs, some PowerMacs).Drive
Mas OS system enablers and the systems they go with.
Using Kaleidescope on B&W Macs.
Another page on using shareware and free software to beef up your old OS.
System 6 tips and tricks and software.
Word ProcessorsNisus Compact - works under system 6 all the way up to 9.
TexEdit - works under system 6 all the way up to 9. Speaks text under system 7 with speech software
installed, opens picts.
BBEdit Lite - opens just about anything, works under system 6 thru 9.Drivers
Older Macintosh Driver Software From Bhavesh Patel
Old HP Drivers For Classic Macs
LIDO is a great Mac SCSI driver formatter.
Mac Ethernet Drivers
Daystar Drivers - not free
MicroMac Drivers Page
The Electronic Phoenix Project - saving old out of print software form extinction.
The Classic Mac Driver Museum Forum - find a long lost driver
More old Mac software, drivers, etc..- Apple 3.1
- CD Technology
- Chinon
- Metro Cd
- NEC
- PLI
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