e8 – Escape Velocity

We go on a galactic adventure with one of our favorite Mac shareware games, Escape Velocity by Ambrosia Software. We encounter delightful pop culture references, everyone's favorite parrot space pirate, and — of course — the most destructive forklift in the universe.

We go on a galactic adventure with one of our favorite Mac shareware games, Escape Velocity by Ambrosia Software. We encounter delightful pop culture references, everyone's favorite parrot space pirate, and — of course — the most destructive forklift in the universe.

Links for this episode:

Escape Velocity official siteAmbrosia Softwarepre-EV releasesMaelstrom (Asteroids clone)Chiral (original)Apeiron (Centipede clone)Swoop (Galaxian clone)Barrack (JezzBall clone)utilities: Snapz Pro, WireTap, SoundBoarddevelopment of the EV seriesreleased May 5, 1996 after 13 months of developmentlead developer Matt BurchBurch was a freshman in college at releasesequels EV Override and EV NovaEV 4 "unlikely"how to play classic EV in OS X

 

inside jokes, references, and easter eggsHHGTG: Mostly Harmless, Zaphod BeeblebroxHector the parrotMST3K forklift songBalloon Help

 

EV pluginsThe EV Bibleinfluenced by EVEV Nova card gameWarpgate by Freeverse Software
(defunct after acquisition by ngmoco)

found a Captain Hector reference in Warpgate. that elevates its Escape Velocity homage status to 'official'. http://twitpic.com/2forzv

— Ed Cormany (@ecormany) August 17, 2010

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