Mac Links

The Mac has never really been known as a gaming platform, though that hasn't stopped companies such as Pangea.

I first became aware of Pangea through the game Bugdom (around 1999-2000), a simple 3D game that came bundled with some Macs. Bugdom and it's sequel Bugdom 2 involved wandering round as a bug following various simple quests such as collecting items.

While the games produced by Pangea may not be able to compete with those produced by the major PC and console game developers, it's clear that there is still a market for them. Indeed with the development of the iPhone and iPod touch as gaming devices, Pangea has the opportunity to take their games to a much wider audience. This was demonstrated at the 2008 WWDC where Pangea showed one if it's classic games Cro-Mag Rally running on an iPhone. Similar to Mario Kart, Cro-Mag Rally features cavemen racing in Flintstone style karts, in the demonstration the karts were controlled by turning the iPhone like a steering wheel.

Other games developed by Pangea include -

Otto Matic - An adventure game featuring a robot called Otto who has to try and save the earth from invading aliens.

Nanosaur & Nanosaur 2 - Third person shooters featuring dinosaurs.

Enigmo - A puzzle game involving guiding substances into containers, this game is also coming to the iPhone.

Visit Pangea's website for more information and to download games.