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Classic Mac OS

Software theme

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2247
games
4
platforms

Games for Mac OS 9 or earlier.

Notable people involved: Cary Torkelson, John Calhoun, Ingemar Ragnemalm, Chris Crawford and Tony Small

>> Mac OS Classic <<
| Mac System Software 1 | Mac System Software 2 | Mac System Software 3 | Mac System Software 4 | Mac System Software 5 |
| Mac System Software 6 | Mac OS 7 | Mac OS 8 | Mac OS 9 |

Mac OS X
| Mac OS X 10.1 Puma | Mac OS X 10.2 Jaguar | Mac OS X 10.3 Panther | Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger | Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard |
| Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard |

Related:
| Motarola 68000 CPU | Motarola PowerPC CPU |

Mac OS Classic versions supported 68000 cpus until version 8.1. Subsequent versions did not.
Mac System 7.1.2 added support for PowerPC CPUs. PowerPC support was officially dropped after OS X 10.5 but it is noted that the OS X kernel is non-proprietary allowing anyone to compile a kernel for PowerPC if needed.
Mac OS X was able to run on intel CPUs since its conception but only through custom compiling of the kernel. But this did not become officially supported until Mac OS X 10.4

It cannot be assumed that early Macintosh games or all 68k games use OS Classic. This is because, Like for IBM-PC, there are bootloader games for Macintosh.

It should be noted that 'OS Classic' is an unofficial nickname for Mac OS versions 9 and earlier. Apple created an official emulator called "OS Classic" for Mac OS X that allowed applications for its older operating systems to run on it's newer systems. This has lead to minor confusion in some circles. Just remember that on UVL, the phrase means Mac OS 9 or earlier and is not meant to refer to the emulator of the same name.

Popular tags

3.5disk 68k binarycolor cdrom clickadventure color-8bit cpu-68000 cpu-68020 cpu-68030 cpu-68040 fallingblocks firstpersonshooter fixedshooter flightsim hypercard interactivefiction keyboard leveleditor macos1 macos3 macos4 macos6 macos7 macos8 macos9 mouse osx ppc sbsworldbuilder scumm scummvm tilebased wordgame

Child groups

Mac OS 1, Mac OS 2, Mac OS 3, Mac OS 4, Mac OS 5, Mac OS 6, Mac OS 7, Mac OS 8, Mac OS 9

Games by year

848688909294969800020406081012141618 348871742610

The first Classic Mac OS video game was released in 1984.

Lasersoft, Brøderbund, Sierra On-Line and The Learning Company published most of these games.

Platforms

Mac OS Classic2232
Mac OS X9
Windows5
3DO1

Most common companies