Glypha III
Encyclopedia
Glypha III is a Joust
clone for the Macintosh
written in C
by John Calhoun
. It was developed and distributed by Soft Dorothy Software in 1995 as freeware
and open-source. Since then, it has been ported to Mac OS X
by Mark Pazolli, and to the iPhone
by Kent Sutherland. In the game, the player plays inside an Egypt
ian temple and does battle with sphinx
es using a lance and winged steed. Eggs are produced from dead sphinxes which hold a value of 500 points.
The game and its source code were often included with programming guides, employed as model examples of Mac game programming. Calhoun often contributed to the guides himself.
In 1996, cartoonist Bill Amend
created Slug-Man: The Video Game, a modded
version based on his comic strip FoxTrot (and credited to FoxTrot character Jason). It is available for both Mac OS X and the classic Mac OS.
Joust (arcade game)
Joust is an arcade game developed by Williams Electronics and released in 1982. It is a platform game that features two-dimensional graphics. The player uses a button and joystick to control a knight riding a flying ostrich...
clone for the Macintosh
Mac OS
Mac OS is a series of graphical user interface-based operating systems developed by Apple Inc. for their Macintosh line of computer systems. The Macintosh user experience is credited with popularizing the graphical user interface...
written in C
C (programming language)
C is a general-purpose computer programming language developed between 1969 and 1973 by Dennis Ritchie at the Bell Telephone Laboratories for use with the Unix operating system....
by John Calhoun
John Calhoun (software developer)
John Calhoun is an Apple Macintosh software developer. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, he developed a series of shareware games for the Macintosh and Windows, under the name Soft Dorothy Software...
. It was developed and distributed by Soft Dorothy Software in 1995 as freeware
Freeware
Freeware is computer software that is available for use at no cost or for an optional fee, but usually with one or more restricted usage rights. Freeware is in contrast to commercial software, which is typically sold for profit, but might be distributed for a business or commercial purpose in the...
and open-source. Since then, it has been ported to Mac OS X
Mac OS X
Mac OS X is a series of Unix-based operating systems and graphical user interfaces developed, marketed, and sold by Apple Inc. Since 2002, has been included with all new Macintosh computer systems...
by Mark Pazolli, and to the iPhone
IPhone
The iPhone is a line of Internet and multimedia-enabled smartphones marketed by Apple Inc. The first iPhone was unveiled by Steve Jobs, then CEO of Apple, on January 9, 2007, and released on June 29, 2007...
by Kent Sutherland. In the game, the player plays inside an Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
ian temple and does battle with sphinx
Sphinx
A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...
es using a lance and winged steed. Eggs are produced from dead sphinxes which hold a value of 500 points.
The game and its source code were often included with programming guides, employed as model examples of Mac game programming. Calhoun often contributed to the guides himself.
In 1996, cartoonist Bill Amend
Bill Amend
William J. C. "Bill" Amend III is an American cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot.-Early life:Amend attended high school in Burlingame, California where he was a cartoonist on his school newspaper. Amend is an Eagle Scout in the Boy Scouts of America. He attended Amherst College,...
created Slug-Man: The Video Game, a modded
Mod (computer gaming)
Mod or modification is a term generally applied to personal computer games , especially first-person shooters, role-playing games and real-time strategy games. Mods are made by the general public or a developer, and can be entirely new games in themselves, but mods are not standalone software and...
version based on his comic strip FoxTrot (and credited to FoxTrot character Jason). It is available for both Mac OS X and the classic Mac OS.