[gethigh]

If you remember the classic Mac only screen saver game Lunatic Fringe then read on:

Somebody PM'd me in November but since I never check for private messages I just realized I actually had one. Anyway, this person (PCheese) is not particularly active (1 post total last active in Nov) so I doubt he'll check his or her PMs anymore. So I'm making a general post.

You will need the classic environment to run off of OS X or boot directly to OS 9 and some way to run AfterDark using the original software or some modern variant like DarkSide.

http://www.poubelle.com/DarkSide.html

Alternatively you can use this which I found to run quite smoothly in Classic on OS X versus using DarkSide.

http://www.sealiesoftware.com/fringe/

Once you have that you still need to get the module, and that was what this PCheese wanted. So here you go:

http://www.ece.ucdavis.edu/~gethigh/Lunatic_Fringe.sit

If you're still lurking macnn under a different handle then there you go. About two months late but better then nothing.

[analogika]

EXCELLENT!

Thank you - I sorely missed that game.

[ghporter]

Not Mac only...

I had it on my PC all the way until AfterDark quit making screensavers for Windows. Very cool stuff, but I'd like to see more about it.

[xi_hyperon]

Man, I haven't seen that game since '92! Used to play it on my breaks at work (that was before the intarweb). Thanks!

[wdlove]

I don't remember that game.

[xi_hyperon]

Originally Posted by wdlove

I don't remember that game.

It's a highly addictive, arcade-style game. Very dangerous to productivity.

[Nai no Kami]

Oh, the memories!. I have devoted uncountable time to firing puffers and evading slicers. The funniest thing was to make them crash into an asteroid, but you could lose all your fuel if you were nor careful.

[Paco500]

Wow- Lunatic fringe was the catalyst for me learning about specs for computers. After my workhorse Mac 512k died, I bought the brand new and ultra-exciting Macintosh LC- with a 12" color screen! Three whole inches bigger than the 9" B&W screen on the 512! IT was HUGE! One of the things I was most looking forward to with my fancy new color Mac was playing Lunatic Fringe just like my pal with the IIci and his 13" RGB monitor.

Turns out, the 12" screen had an almost identical resolution (560 x 358) to the 9" in the original Mac (512 x 342), and Lunatic Fringe, along with a host of other cool games, required at least the 640 x 480 offered in the 13" RGB.

It was a great disappointment- but set me up for great joy a few years later when I bought a used IIsi with a 14" multi-scan display.

Ahhh- good times.

[SpaceMonkey]

It gives me a "forbidden" message when I try to download the module.

[gethigh]

Originally Posted by SpaceMonkey

It gives me a "forbidden" message when I try to download the module.

I think you just clicked at a bad moment. The admins were moving my directory to a different server a while ago.

Also regarding the Windows version of AfterDark: were screen saver modules "universal" such that a Mac module could be used by AfterDark for Windows, and vice versa? Even if Lunatic Fringe was ported, it's still a Mac thing just like Escape Velocity! I doubt anyone who dabbled in Windows back in the 90's remembers Lunatic Fringe...Screen Savers really did suck in the PC camp—credit that to Microsoft.

[Cubeoid]

I read title as Lunatic Fridge..i just lost all interest in this thread, I'm cliking my way out of here.

[JoshuaZ]

I loved that game sooo much. Back in the day. On a iivx.

What a horrible computer that was.

[hayesk]

Originally Posted by Paco500

Turns out, the 12" screen had an almost identical resolution (560 x 358) to the 9" in the original Mac (512 x 342), and Lunatic Fringe, along with a host of other cool games, required at least the 640 x 480 offered in the 13" RGB.

The 12" colour screen was 512x384, the 9" B&W screen was 512x342 - same width, a little taller.

The 12" grayscale screen was 640x480 though. Much nicer, but no colour. FYI, I had an LC with the 12" colour screen.

[brapper]

man. I grew up on this game. I played on my dad's Mac LC allllll the time.
Thanks so much.

[brapper]

every time I shoot an enemy it freezes on me

[gethigh]

Originally Posted by brapper

every time I shoot an enemy it freezes on me

I'm using Fringe Player with OSX 10.3.9 along with the latest classic that goes along with that version and it's generally pretty smooth.

If you're running 10.4.x you should probably bug the guys who made Fringe Player to make a Tiger friendly update.

[macintologist]

I played it in the school library when were supposed to be doing "research"

This was wayyy back in the day like 1994 or so.