Outland Crossroads
| Filename | outland-crossroads.hqx |
|---|---|
| Size | 100.9 KB (103315 bytes) |
| Downloads | 9 |
Outland Crossroads is a piece of the Outland online gaming service, the late-1990s Mac-focused network that put players together for multiplayer card, board and parlour games over the internet. Crossroads served as one of the entry points into that lobby ecosystem.
The Outland service
Outland gathered Mac users into a moderated game lobby where they could meet, chat and start human-versus-human matches, an offering distinct from the AI-only games most Mac titles of the era shipped with.
Role of Crossroads
Crossroads sits within the Outland family of clients and tools, providing access to the service's matchmaking and game launching rather than being a standalone single-player title.
Multiplayer focus
The whole appeal of Outland software is human opposition; Crossroads therefore depends on a live Outland account and on other members being online to play against.
Preservation note
Because the Outland service itself is long gone, surviving Crossroads downloads are primarily of historical interest for documenting how networked Mac gaming worked before broadband and Steam-style platforms.
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