Loved this game. I remember having my mind blown when I dropped a tea cup over the banister of the tree house, and it was actually smashed on the ground outside of the elevator.
I spent hours exploring this game when I was 8. I always felt convinced there was some secret to it, where if you did things in the right order, or completed the right series of interactions, you could unlock something like a secret area, or a game ending. Alas, this didn't seem to be the case.
Until I stumbled on this I had begun to think images of this guy and ships shooting Qtips were a fever dream from my childhood. Wow I faintly remember never knowing what to do in this game and how surreal it was.
If I wanted an old Mac computer to play this easily, without tweaks (I have it on CD and I want to play it from said CD), what Mac system do you reckon I should look out for in my local adverts here? I do sometimes see old Macs going cheap around here. I know NOTHING about Macs nor about Mac system terminology.
Your guess is as good as mine. For $20 or so you can get a CD/DVD drive, then try it on whatever Mac is around you (current Macs have no CD slot). If that doesn't work, find the oldest Mac you can with a CD slot and a working system. Good luck!@@Ge1ert
Ah those memories. I was in elemantary school when I got that and also started doing my own hypercard games. "Hypertalk" was my first contact with programming. Today I am a PHP-developer :-)
Are you talking about 11:05? If so, maybe you were saying that you thought it was a pumpkin when you were a kid? Because it’s a trashcan with a black hole in it, as far as I understand what the game said. ;) But maybe you were talking about something that happens later on in the video, as I haven’t watched it past that point yet (I just paused it to write you when I saw that scene, because I had read your post before it happened and remembered it to come back and reply to you).
@@FanaticArtisan Hah! I’m so glad that you responded with that timestamp! I got distracted a bit after I wrote you, so didn’t finish watching the video… that was a really cute little scene to see! :)
@@vornamenachname9905 go watch the actual commentary, they customized hypercard to have extra commands so that it could handle color images, the animations WERE handled by flash but most everything else was done on hypercard
I’m sure in this game there were potato heads and a song about being many places and sit down abs play with our faces? Unless it was another old Mac game 🤔
If I'm remembering correctly, it went something like this: "We've traveled through spaces We've been many places Now please don't disgrace us And play with our faces.
Loved this game. I remember having my mind blown when I dropped a tea cup over the banister of the tree house, and it was actually smashed on the ground outside of the elevator.
I spent hours exploring this game when I was 8. I always felt convinced there was some secret to it, where if you did things in the right order, or completed the right series of interactions, you could unlock something like a secret area, or a game ending. Alas, this didn't seem to be the case.
No you were right all along. I finally found it after a while. Don't give up now. Do you want some clues?
0rbit80y what is it?
@@0rbit80y what was it?
@@0rbit80y are you just fucking trolling with us all
The secret is unlocking your creative imagination!
This game was the backbone of my computer consumption back in the mid 90's. I still listen to the soundtrack to this day.
Ah, brings back good memories as a kid. Love this game.
Until I stumbled on this I had begun to think images of this guy and ships shooting Qtips were a fever dream from my childhood. Wow I faintly remember never knowing what to do in this game and how surreal it was.
The q-tip thing is hilarious
Remember it? I still have a copy loaded on my Macintosh Plus sitting here. Fun times!
I forgot how truly weird that game was...
If I wanted an old Mac computer to play this easily, without tweaks (I have it on CD and I want to play it from said CD), what Mac system do you reckon I should look out for in my local adverts here? I do sometimes see old Macs going cheap around here. I know NOTHING about Macs nor about Mac system terminology.
Your guess is as good as mine. For $20 or so you can get a CD/DVD drive, then try it on whatever Mac is around you (current Macs have no CD slot). If that doesn't work, find the oldest Mac you can with a CD slot and a working system. Good luck!@@Ge1ert
We used this in usability tests in HCI/UX. Fantastic memories
Pretty charming, wish I had played it
It's a little creepy how accurately I remembered the sounds before they played. The swabs, warp drive, the ant's voice, the dog growling...
The one thing I remembered all these years for some reason was "ship... ship... LANDA"
OH man I played this in high school, then made my own hypercard game
Ah those memories. I was in elemantary school when I got that and also started doing my own hypercard games. "Hypertalk" was my first contact with programming. Today I am a PHP-developer :-)
Lucky! The style of this game is so good, I wish they didn’t discontinue HyperCard 😢 I would have loved to make my own game 🫠
My sister very much enjoyed playing the "Rubber Gut." Arcade Game.
I used to play this as a little girl I remember asking my dad if I could play! now I feel old im 29 XD
Same 32 now, but 3 years ago I was also 29. It's so refreshing to know I wasn't the only kid that used to play this game.
The part with the pumpkin eating your cursor scared me so bad as a kid
Are you talking about 11:05? If so, maybe you were saying that you thought it was a pumpkin when you were a kid?
Because it’s a trashcan with a black hole in it, as far as I understand what the game said. ;)
But maybe you were talking about something that happens later on in the video, as I haven’t watched it past that point yet (I just paused it to write you when I saw that scene, because I had read your post before it happened and remembered it to come back and reply to you).
@@anti-ethniccleansing465 18:04 :)
@@FanaticArtisan
Hah! I’m so glad that you responded with that timestamp! I got distracted a bit after I wrote you, so didn’t finish watching the video… that was a really cute little scene to see!
:)
wow, memories
The memories…
Too bad back then this game played at an 1/8 of this speed.
Xennial memories!
This always looked like it was developed in HyperCard.
@@vornamenachname9905 a completely hacked and janked version of hypercard that had to be modified to even play color
@@vornamenachname9905 go watch the actual commentary, they customized hypercard to have extra commands so that it could handle color images, the animations WERE handled by flash but most everything else was done on hypercard
I’m sure in this game there were potato heads and a song about being many places and sit down abs play with our faces? Unless it was another old Mac game 🤔
If I'm remembering correctly, it went something like this:
"We've traveled through spaces
We've been many places
Now please don't disgrace us
And play with our faces.
@@Richard_A._Watson that’s it! Been so long I thought maybe I invented it. Thanks 😄
Happy to help. :)
This was programmed in Hypercard...
We clearly didn't find all those areas!! 🤣
Don't think we had the annoying spoken bits.
all kinda phone numbers but no one answers lol