For those looking to indulge themselves more deeply into the Mac landscape of the time, Internet Archive hosts many historic editions of Macworld magazines. However, for most use cases, running the emulator in full-screen mode should suffice. Educational institutions will likely be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the ease of access.Īll the software is downloadable therefore, it can be run locally. With Internet Archive uploading all of this software onto its website, it has become infinitely more accessible to users that might not know how to set up an emulator. If you like programming, there are also MacBASIC and Microsoft Basic applications you can play around with.
When you've downloaded the fairly small 3.2 MB image extract the three files and just drag and drop the DCImage file onto the Mini vMac program file to auto boot the emulated 'Mac Plus' system. It DOES NOT contain Return to Dark Castle which is a current game and is available to purchase from Super Happy Fun Fun, see the downloads / links page for a shortcut. Aside from those, there are games including Dark Castle, Frogger, Space Invaders and Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.02, some of which have pretty weird controls.Īs for other software, there are some familiar names including MacWrite, MacPaint, Microsoft Chart and Microsoft Multiplan, a predecessor to Excel. The Mac image contains System 6, Dark Castle and Beyond Dark Castle. The two versions of Mac OS are System 6 (version 6.0.8) and System 7 (version 7.0.1). The nifty thing about this development, however, is that you can run them within your web browser previously, it took a downloadable emulator that could be run as a standalone program. Earlier this month, Internet Archive added yet another software collection, this time a plethora of classic Mac OS emulators and programs.
