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6 Replies Last post: Jul 3, 2006 2:08 PM by griffman

sophocles

18 posts since
Mar 14, 2006

Jul 3, 2006 8:57 AM

helicopter game included with OS X

If I remember correctly, there was a helicopter game that was included with OS X 10.1, 10.2, or 10.3. It my memory is correct, is it included with 10.4 and if so, how do I finde it?

griffman

8,100 posts since
Jan 9, 2001

1. Jul 3, 2006 9:01 AM

in response to: sophocles

Re: helicopter game included with OS X

I don't think your memory is correct

. I can't recall a helicopter game ever being bundled with OS X. As best as I can recall, Chess is the only game that's been bundled with OS X (excluding any third-party bundles that might have come on a given machine, of course).

-rob.

sophocles

18 posts since
Mar 14, 2006

2. Jul 3, 2006 11:32 AM

in response to: griffman

Re: helicopter game included with OS X

Thanks for your help

moose_n_squirrel

2,853 posts since
Sep 16, 2004

3. Jul 3, 2006 12:07 PM

in response to: sophocles

Re: helicopter game included with OS X

There used to be a helicopter game bundled with NeXT OS, along with Chess. Chess made it to OS X. I vaguely remember seeing the helicopter game in OS X too but I could be wrong. Maybe it's in the Developer Tools, or another OS X install option I didn't install?

sophocles

18 posts since
Mar 14, 2006

4. Jul 3, 2006 12:36 PM

in response to: moose_n_squirrel

Re: helicopter game included with OS X

The program is called BlastApp. It was found in Applications-Utilities-Built Examples folder. It was an arcade-style game where you fly a helicopter through a cave and was bundled with Panter. Apparently it is gone in Tiger.

icu400

540 posts since
Jul 31, 2004

5. Jul 3, 2006 1:49 PM

in response to: sophocles

Re: helicopter game included with OS X

wingnuts comes to mind

apple stuck that on my g5

griffman

8,100 posts since
Jan 9, 2001

6. Jul 3, 2006 2:08 PM

in response to: sophocles

Re: helicopter game included with OS X

"The program is called BlastApp. It was found in Applications-Utilities-Built Examples folder. It was an arcade-style game where you fly a helicopter through a cave and was bundled with Panter. Apparently it is gone in Tiger."

I have a 10.3 installation (factory fresh, all updates installed), and there is no such directory nor program on the hard drive.

There is a BlastApp included with the Xcode tools (in 10.4), in /Developer -> Applications -> Examples -> Java -> Cocoa, but that's it. You have to build it yourself, it seems, and I had trouble getting it to run.

-rob.

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