Connect

Connect is Miles Michelson's emailware take on the classic Connect Four board game for the Macintosh and Power Macintosh, distributed as a fat binary through Info-Mac. Version 1.1.5 polished a smooth, animated implementation that runs on any color depth and pits the player against a noticeably stronger computer opponent than earlier releases.

What it is

A faithful Connect Four for one human against the Mac, with nice graphics, smooth piece-drop animations, and a settings panel that exposes difficulty and board geometry rather than burying them.

What 1.1.5 added

Compared to earlier point releases, 1.1.5 ships an AI opponent roughly twice as fast as before, more difficulty levels, more board sizes, an undo command for moves, lower RAM usage, and a sweep of small bug fixes.

System requirements

Requires System 7 and runs as a fat binary on 68k and PowerPC Macs. A 256-color monitor is recommended for the full look, but the game remains playable on any monitor including 1-bit black-and-white displays.

License and contact

Distributed free as emailware: the only ask is a short email to the author, Miles Michelson (milesm@csua.berkeley.edu), describing how you liked the program. Mirrored as info-mac/game/brd/connect-4-115.hqx.