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dasKrokodil 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I love that they want to recreate it, as I spent quite some time with the original when I was younger.

However, right now it doesn't seem to run that well. I'm getting estimated framerates of around 5 fps on a M3 Macbook Pro, making it essentially unplayable.

I don't see any other comments about the performance - am I the only one?

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card_zero 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I remember this one! In the same spirit was Maelstrom (Ambrosia) and HemiRoids.

https://macintoshgarden.org/games/hemiroids

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raddan 19 hours ago | parent [-]

Oh man, this brings back memories. Loved this game, Maelstrom, and the Escape Velocity series of games which augmented this style of gameplay with an open world. So much fun. I pine for games that don’t need half and hour of cutscenes and a tutorial to learn to play.

	▲	card_zero 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I have yet to try out Endless Sky, the open source EV tribute act. Could be good. https://endless-sky.github.io

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salgernon 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The author of the original game:

http://www.sticksoftware.com/

The sealiesoftware implementation is I believe a 68k emulator - and since many AfterDark modules back then did direct frame buffer access, the number of toolbox traps that would need to be implemented could well be quite small.

	▲	JKCalhoun 18 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Ben also wrote Solarian II [1], one of the first color shareware games for the Macintosh. Also, early game with digitized sounds (and then suddenly everyone would be also doing them). [1] http://www.sticksoftware.com/archive/Solarian.html

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nubinetwork 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Why is it named after a Tom Cochrane / Red Rider song?

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aerostable_slug 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

For those wondering, this project ports the game to run in modern browsers. Cool!

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Sniffnoy 20 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Hm, can this be done with other After Dark games, like Rodger Dodger?

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calf 19 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

All I want is an Escape Velocity MMO

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nodesocket 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Is there a port of AfterDark that runs on MacOS? Would love the nostalgia.

	▲	kalleboo 16 hours ago \| parent \| next [-]
		The company that acquired the rights ported a few of the modules to modern macOS https://en.infinisys.co.jp/product/afterdarkclassicset/index...
	▲	m463 17 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		probably macos 9 :)