The Macintosh Bible Guide To Games

Bart Ww — A complete, indispensable guide to computer fun, from the publishers of the world’s best-selling Mac book. ; Lhe Macintosh Bible wise. (sames Bart Farkas Christopher Breen Peachpit Press The Macintosh Bible Guide to Games Bart Farkas and Christopher Breen Peachpit Press 2414 Sixth Street Berkeley, CA 94710 510/548-4393 510/548-5991 (fax) Find us on the World Wide Web at: http://www.peachpit.com Peachpit Press is a division of Addison-Wesley Publishing Company Copyright © 1996 by Bart Farkas and Christopher Breen Editor: Jeremy Judson Copyeditor: Joe Curran Cover design: YO, San Francisco Cover illustration: John Grimes Production: David Van Ness Notice of Rights All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact Trish Booth at Peachpit Press. Notice of Liability The information in this book is distributed on an “As Is” basis, without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit Press, shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it. ISBN 0-201 -88381 -3 987654321 Printed and bound in the United States of America €3 Printed on recycled paper Acknowledgments Taking on a project of this scope is impossible without the helping hands and generous nature of many people. Bart would like to thank Chris McVeigh, Karen Kaye, and especially Craig Farkas for his help in the final assault on the War Games chapter. For Carol Pantella, Bob & Jen Parsons, and family, thanks for the moral support. Chris would like to thank Chris Lombardi, Johnny Wilson, Graham Nelson, Robert Pelak, Bob LeVitus, and his completely cool MacUser editor, Nancy “How-many-ends-do-you-have-on-your-candle-anyway?” Peterson. Thanks too to Eddie, Kevin, Pat, Hobey, Steve, and Steve at System 9, for putting up with all the missed gigs and scatterbrained bookings. We'd both like to humble ourselves before: ‘Ted Nace for giving us the chance and Aileen Abernathy for suggesting to Ted that he give us that chance. Jeremy Judson for shepherding the book through the process (and for believing us when we claimed that the Internet ate our chapters). Joe Curran for slapping the spelling, punctuation, and grammar into shape and forcing sense into the sentences. Tuncer Deniz at Inside Mac Games for introducing us, putting together the CD-ROM, and helping with all the company contacts. Every single game company rep who patiently endured our calls, helped line up interviews, and supplied t…