Glider PRO Becomes Freeware for the Mac 46
sasha328 writes "Original developer of Glider PRO releases the game as freeware. This has come about from the collapse of Cassady & Greene. I wonder if he'll consider releasing the code for the games." Ah, I used to love this game. It's still good.
oh well (Score:5, Informative)
Re:oh well (Score:3, Informative)
Great News (Score:2)
yipeeeee!
aged? BAH! it's timeless! (Score:2)
it's possible people don't realize this glider is not *that* improved over the one i spent many hours playing (and creating boards for) on my Mac SE way back when. The most obvious evolution to the game is..... color?
Open Source? (Score:4, Interesting)
John Calhoun (author of Glider PRO) used to use a nude as his logo back in his Soft Dorthy Software days.
Re:Open Source? (Score:2, Insightful)
calhoun * mac.com
Re:Open Source? (Score:5, Interesting)
<cheap plug>And there is an open source clone, written in Java at http://sourceforge.net/projects/jglider/. It's currently playable, although it is lacking some features (enemies -- toasters, fish bowls, helocopters, etc). It certainly needs new graphics as it's using the old black&white images. And the ability to read in existing House files would be great. Someday, I'll get around to fixing/implementing all of that
Re:Open Source? (Score:5, Informative)
A carbon port of Glypha III is here [idevgames.com].
Java Glider (Score:4, Interesting)
Never had the nerve to actually finish implementing the actual game, what with those 144 types of objects and all.
Re:Open Source? (Score:1)
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That was in the first Glider. Inspired by thoughts of the boss cat clawing my plane out of the air, I opened it in ResEdit on one of my old machines (a IIci) and grabbed the PICTs.. copy and "Create New Document from Clipboard" in GraphicConverter. Over the LocalTalk network to my Power Mac 7500, then over ethernet to my G4 and the web, here's the pics for your enjoyment.
The info screen [paulprobert.com],
and here's the loading screen (the girl in the image, quite beautiful, ended up on one of my early bands' tape covers, no worries John, it was never sold): Soft Dorothy Software [paulprobert.com]
Runs under XP Pro! (Score:5, Informative)
Looks like a fun distraction. Now, if someone would port it to PalmOS 5.0...
... and W2K Pro (Score:2, Informative)
wine? (Score:2, Interesting)
Anyone else have any luck?
It is a fun game.
Re:wine? (Score:5, Informative)
Re:wine? (Score:1)
Glider 4.0 is only black-and-white, while the non-carbonized version of Glider Pro even looks much better than the OS X version. Someone bleached out the interior rooms in that one. Ugly.
Re:wine? (Score:1)
a fond memory from my monochrome youth (Score:5, Funny)
Glider+ 3.1.2 ruled my ass, although not quite as hard as Falcon.
Re:a fond memory from my monochrome youth (Score:5, Funny)
"Glider+ 3.1.2 ruled my ass, although not quite as hard as Falcon."
Hope you used protection.
"a fond memory from my..."
Dude! Have you talked to anyone about this?
Re:a fond memory from my monochrome youth (Score:1)
Re:a fond memory from my monochrome youth (Score:1, Funny)
Crystal Quest (Score:1)
Re:Crystal Quest (Score:5, Informative)
Re:Crystal Quest (Score:1)
What is that music? (Score:2, Informative)
But the big question for me is "What is the name of that song?"
Re:What is that music? (Score:3, Interesting)
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Serial number (Score:5, Funny)
Man, that filename looks familiar.... I'm pretty sure most of my software comes that way!
For all you lawyers reading this, yes that was a joke!
The B+W version was beautiful (Score:1)
Re:The B+W version was beautiful (Score:3, Interesting)
Yes, there was an editor that shipped with an earlier version of Glider.
The first game I bought for my Mac IIsi was Glider 4.06. The disk included a little application called Room Editor 1.04. You could create your own house using the Room Editor. It took quite a bit of time to create a series of rooms that was as playable as those that shipped with the game.
Thank you John Calhoun for releasing this as freeware!
no OS X level editor..... meow (Score:4, Informative)
that's a shame... the level editor was indeed much fun.
Worth it just for the original Mac startup sound.. (Score:5, Informative)
I haven't doublechecked to make sure this is in the downloadable freeware version, but one of the lovely things in the original Slumberland house was a room containing a Mac Plus. By directing the glider properly you can turn it on--and you hear the original Mac "department-store chime." That will bring back memories for those who recall how exciting it was to hear that instead of the typical dull square-wave "beep" that was then the norm.
glider isn't everything (Score:5, Interesting)
(Here;s [tripod.com] a link to the Classic version.)
Re:glider isn't everything (Score:4, Informative)
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Re:glider isn't everything (Score:2, Funny)
Forget about Glider Pro... (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Forget about Glider Pro... (Score:2, Informative)
Yay (Score:4, Funny)
Oh wait. Nevermind.
I just get jumpier and jumpier these days...