# Mac: Pipe COnnecting Puzzles! SPLASH! Pipedream! Bring them back!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-pipe-connecting-puzzles-splash-pipedream-bring-them-back/499612
**Category:** The Game Room
**Created:** [June 12, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-pipe-connecting-puzzles-splash-pipedream-bring-them-back/499612 "2009-06-12T22:46:28Z")
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### Author:  [@Stoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stoid)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2009, 10:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-pipe-connecting-puzzles-splash-pipedream-bring-them-back/499612/1 "2009-06-12T22:46:28Z")
My all time favorite games (aside from Centipede/Apeiron) were several varieties of pipe-connecting games that were available on the Mac at various times, but never updated, dammit!
My very favorite ever was Lucasarts’ Pipedream, as simple and straightforward as it gets. I also KILLED It… I actually called the company because it kept crashing on what was evidently the last level. The woman I talked to had never heard of a score as high as mine was and I don’t remember now what it was. But I LOVED that game, it was sick. I used to see the puzzle superimposed on everything I looked at, especially reading and before sleep.
But no one ever upgraded it, and the last time I knew it worked properly was probably around System 7!
Another game I loved but never got muhc of a chance to play because by the time I found it it was very old and kept crashing was Splash, which was the same concept but more realistic, in that it was a room with pipes in it and a conveyor belt. It as also written in German, which was frustrating.
I’ve played Pipemare, but something about that just doesn’t speak to me, I’m not sure why.
So… how do I get someone to upgrade my faves for OS X? 😃
If you know of any pipe-connecting games at all, please link me so I can check them out.
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### Author:  [@Boozahol\_Squid\_P.I](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boozahol_Squid_P.I)
#### Post date: [June 13, 2009, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-pipe-connecting-puzzles-splash-pipedream-bring-them-back/499612/2 "2009-06-13T13:11:13Z")
Did they release Bioshock for the Mac?
🙂
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### Author:  [@iftheresaway](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iftheresaway)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2009, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-pipe-connecting-puzzles-splash-pipedream-bring-them-back/499612/3 "2009-06-14T03:53:44Z")
The only “pipe-connecting” game that I know of offhand is on Neopets (Meepit Juice Break). I love those kinds of games too - I used to play one that had ants about a decade ago, and I can’t honestly remember now whether it was software or an online game. You laid out a path for the ant to travel in order to get to a goal, and as the levels increased there were more ants, trickier pieces, probably other obstacles as well. I rocked at that game!
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### Author:  [@dotchan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dotchan)
#### Post date: [June 14, 2009, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mac-pipe-connecting-puzzles-splash-pipedream-bring-them-back/499612/4 "2009-06-14T04:35:04Z")
There’s also a “shooting off rockets” variant on MSN games whose name I can’t be bothered to remember right now.