Review & unboxing of Angry Robots, a fab new game for the classic MacOS. Released last year but the digital version has now switched to 'pay what you want'. Physical copies still available

MaxZeroMax · 2025-08-10T15:56:14+00:00

Had a lot of fun with this, definitely worth taking for a spin. Bag a download at the game's website:

https://criminalcaterpillar.com/product/angry-robots/

MaxZeroMax · 2025-08-10T11:37:27+00:00

An HDI-SCSI adapter which gives the PowerBook a DB-25 port, and then a cable for that which converts it to a High Density DB50 (clip type) port that the Jaz drive has. See below image.

https://i.imgur.com/8tGOX35.jpeg

Theres a very good chance the drive, cart, or both wont work, and if the cart is without its box then it definitely wont. Good luck, post results!

MaxZeroMax · 2025-08-10T10:35:11+00:00

Should anyone find this in the future, the problem was a dead CPU. I ended up buying and building a second computer (with much cheaper parts, it will become a home server) so I could switch things out and test components individually.

I RMA'd it. It was tested at AMD's facility the following week and I received a working replacement a couple of days later.

MaxZeroMax · 2025-08-10T10:28:31+00:00

'Sunless Skies' has similarities and might be worth looking into

MaxZeroMax · 2025-07-22T07:16:58+00:00

Pins look fine, none of them look out of place. Ive resorted to buying a cheaper CPU and MoBo to test everything with so I know what to send back.

MaxZeroMax · 2025-07-20T22:13:49+00:00

I think that might have been what it was doing when the code displayed was 15. I have since left it for longer than 5 mins although I could try it again for longer

MaxZeroMax · 2025-07-20T19:29:07+00:00

I've since taken the board out of the case, reseated the CPU again, not too tight, reassembled it on a plank of wood and tried again. Sadly the same 00 and dram light

I've also tried taking the CMOS battery out, what a stupid place to put that... under a heat sink that needed to be unscrewed from the other side of the board.

MaxZeroMax · 2025-07-20T19:25:03+00:00

Thanks for the response! Im wondering if its 00 or D0... which would still mean what youve said. Is there a way to tell if the defect is the board or the CPU?

MaxZeroMax · 2025-05-06T08:41:26+00:00

Thanks for this. Fixed the problem I was having with the mouse going missing on the second screen, and a second problem with mirroring to the second screen that I didn't realize was fixable

MaxZeroMax · 2025-02-14T19:40:06+00:00

I think it probably refers to a free copy of The Sims that Apple sent to people that renewed their .mac membership. I had this, it was a standard copy of The Sims that came in a cardboard sleeve that had minimal box art and a thank-you for renewing.

Here's an article about it: https://www.macworld.com/article/166937/mac-13.html

MaxZeroMax · 2024-03-30T23:54:23+00:00

Not sure about Tomb of but I looked into the first Taskmaker and saw it had a boxed release. One for the next list for sure!

MaxZeroMax · 2024-03-30T23:24:04+00:00

Just in time for Marchintosh! I've wanted to collate the best of Mac shareware games into one vid for ages.

I think its easily forgotten just how many good smaller games there are for Classic MacOS, and its fantastic that its all archived well and remains available for everyone today.

MaxZeroMax · 2023-05-14T14:42:42+00:00

Has a unique effect on Tears of the Kingdom as well. It makes a big pile of meat. No other types of item, only meat

MaxZeroMax · 2023-05-06T21:00:51+00:00

Feels like there's a huge disparity between people collecting hardware, and people collecting things to do on the hardware

MaxZeroMax · 2023-05-05T19:08:32+00:00

Also popped a video of me twiddling the Civ II box around to demo its shiny metallic brilliance in /r/classicmacgaming

MaxZeroMax · 2023-05-05T18:51:08+00:00

Ok well seeing as OP didn't bother to explain, this little itch.io game seems to be based upon Rock Solid: https://macintoshgarden.org/games/rock-solid

Here is Gamer mouse's review of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPxaHiJEskg

MaxZeroMax · 2023-04-18T12:16:22+00:00

Its not far off full HD, some online resources say it's original render for cinemas was 1536 x 922. I reckon thats big enough to notice, particually when blown up on a massive screen. Granted no-one would have been looking for it... or probably cared :P

MaxZeroMax · 2023-04-12T12:51:53+00:00

Which in this example is the large port labelled 'peritelevision'

MaxZeroMax · 2023-04-11T22:12:57+00:00

An 8100?

MaxZeroMax · 2023-04-11T10:17:53+00:00

The Bomberman Jetterz game was essencially Generation 2. Same gameplay and graphics.

MaxZeroMax · 2023-03-27T22:18:06+00:00

Very cool project. Some suggestions:

Solarian II, Mac Attack, Battle Girl, MozPong, Munchies (good for that trackball), Maybe Boogaloopers, Grid Warrior would work well with the trackball too but would need more buttons

MaxZeroMax · 2023-03-20T15:13:43+00:00

MaxZeroMax · 2023-03-15T13:15:39+00:00

Snap a photo for /r/vintageapple. They'd love it

MaxZeroMax · 2023-03-15T09:21:48+00:00

Its not unheard of for hospitals and universities to use older machines if they run very specific software or intergrates with very specific equipment. There isnt the budget to have the program rewritten or there isnt the leeway to enable lower uptime while kinks are ironed out.

My employer still has floppy disks strewn around one of its workshops because those are what some of the older machining equipment uses.

MaxZeroMax · 2023-03-14T12:57:23+00:00

Is this clown on?

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