We've got an update from Peter Nightingale, who is working hard to finish his new Mac game Angry Robots. The game is an homage to the 1980’s / early 90's tile-based puzzle games and will run on anything Mac Plus and up (including PowerPC Mac OS 9 machines!). According to Peter, he’s only got two more levels to design - so let’s cross fingers we might get something new to play during this year's holiday season!

Angry Robots will be released both as a shareware download and as a limited boxed release. Screenshots and a demoversion of Angry Robots can be found over at the official website (Classilla compatible).

Next time people tell you Mac OS 9 is only good for "nostalgia" or games, show them our new article on creating a podcast on Mac OS 9 in 2024. It gives you a good idea about the workflow and the tools used in the creation of one of Sweden's most popular podcasts on cars.

We also continue looking for contributions! Are you using your OS 9 machine for writing or another specific task? Please let us know, we'd love to add your experience to our page and help inspiring others in getting the max out of their Mac OS experience!
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Mac OS 9 Lives admin "Knezzen" has released yet another software update, this time for the Hotline Connect client HotStuff.

The updated version consists of mostly bug fixes targeted at the 68k platform, but one new feature has snuck in as well. You're now able to use additional icons loaded through an icon file, so there's no need to use ResEdit on HotStuff's own resource file anymore. The awesome "BadMoon" icon package is now included in the HotStuff archive as well.

HotStuff is avaliable in FAT (68k & PowerPC PEF) and Carbon builds, but we hear rumors of a native Intel OSX build in the making as well. Go get it while it's Hot (Stuff) over at The Macintosh Garden!

If you want to discuss HotStuff, you can do it in this thread in our forum.


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