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Pangea Software has updated its game Otto Matic with Universal Binary support. more

[Nobody]

This company makes great games for youngsters. I've bought most of them.
Kudos for the fast Intel rewrite.
Kat

[OM_user]

I wonder if recent universal binary announcements like this one, Nanosaur 2 and the WorldBook encyclopedia will make Apple re-include some of this stuff on the new iMacs. I noticed when the specs came out of what was included on the new Intel iMacs that those items were missing, presumably because Apple did not want to ship any apps that would run in Rosetta, especially anything graphics intensive like games and WorldBook, as the performance would be kinda bad.
It seems like a minor thing, but software like those games and WorldBook added some extra value to the iMac that I think Apple should consider re-adding to the line. If not with this rev, then with the next update.

[Peter Cohen]

Pangea's software is no longer included on the Mac -- the new Intel Macs feature Big Bang Board Games from Freeverse Software.

[OM_user]

True, but up until these new Intel based Macs, Nanosaur 2 and WorldBook were included. I guess that was the point I was trying to make. It would be nice to see some better bundled software on the next round of Intel iMacs (outside of the already great iLife '06).

[Peter Cohen]

Now that Freeverse has an OEM relationship with Apple, I'd love to see Apple bundle Toysight with new Macs -- especially Macs that feature a built-in iSight camera.