It's about time that I took a look at an operating system for this blog. I'm sure that with the proliferation of today's virtual machines, many of you already took a go at installing some of the old popular OS's. However I want to link to something a bit different from a very old era from Microsoft (made for Apple hardware no less!) circa 1983.
I am talking about the Xenix OS for the Apple Lisa system, which is a Unix derivative for the Motorola-powered machine.
Photo credit: Rick English
This two (and a half) year old post by neozeed describes how to install a running system via emulation in order to run some of the software available, mostly for computer history purposes I'd guess.
Today I found a site I'd like to recommend to you called Macintosh Garden which, as you might have guessed, deals with Macintosh abandonware. It could be described as similar to many of the PC abandonware sites, but obviously smaller. However I could count over 2300 games and 1300 Mac programs, and counting!
To tell you the truth, I have never played any Mac games before, but I am going to try to get a feeling of them now. I am sure that they have a lot to offer.
This week I have found two abandoned games available for download and I will explain why. Usually, when I find a game, even if it is a great one, it may not appeal to everyone. So this week I found a slow paced thinker's game and a game with fast paced trigger-happy conflicts.
The first game is 221B Baker Street, hosted on Abandonware Mine. This is a competitive multiplayer game set in the Sherlock Holmes universe, where players must find clues to be the first to solve the mystery. The style is like a board game, with multiple scenarios available. The Commodore 64 version is shown below, whilst the PC version that you are going to download varies slightly in looks and setup.
The second game is the less known brother of Wing Commander, simply known as Privateer. Hosted on Abandonware Dos, this game uses the WC engine to pit you aboard your spaceship as you fight and buy your way towards being the most important person in the universe.
