# Old school Mac users: anyone remember this game? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 7, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025 "2005-08-07T21:36:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/1 "2005-08-07T21:36:29Z")
My neighbor in the dorms back in '91 had a game for his Mac. As I recall it was kind of a space invaders/galaga style game, where you had to shoot aliens. But as you shot them they made funny little sounds. One of the sounds was a sample from a Peter Gabriel song called ‘Not One of Us’. This is probably a long shot, and my description is likely a little too vague, but if anyone can remember what it’s called, I’ll probably find you here. I’ve tried googling it to no avail. Thanks, folks! ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/2 "2005-08-07T21:40:29Z")
When you died, did you hear the words “Do it again”, but it sounded like a quote from a movie. Also, did the original Star Trek red alert sounds play when the wily UFO came on the screen? ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/3 "2005-08-07T21:53:17Z")
Hey, **Scott**. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen/played it, but I remember the sound effects were all relatively humorous. I don’t remember any other specific sounds, but Star Trek sound bytes wouldn’t be out of character. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/4 "2005-08-07T22:14:54Z")
I know the game. I played it constantly, back around 1990-91. I had it on my Mac IIsi, which I finally got rid of about a year ago. I know I still have a copy of the program somewhere on a backup disk. It was shareware. Darned if I can remember the name right now, but it’s right on the tip of my tongue… I’ll let you know if it comes to me. ---
**Author:** ![robby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robby/32/11048_2.png) [@robby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/5 "2005-08-07T22:21:38Z")
Ha! It just came to me. It was called **Solarian**. (I was about to attempt to start up an old Syquest removable hard drive to find the program, but it’s just as well; it’s probably DOA by now.) ---
**Author:** ![Scott\_Plaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Scott\_Plaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scott_Plaid)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/6 "2005-08-07T22:25:18Z")
Well than, you kcan buy an updated edition for $10. [http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Solarian.html](http://www.sticksoftware.com/software/Solarian.html) ---
**Author:** ![born\_too\_late](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ba9def/32.png) [@born\_too\_late](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/born_too_late)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2005, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/7 "2005-08-07T22:34:09Z")
You guys rock!!! Thanks! Ah, memories. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 1:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/8 "2005-08-08T01:30:25Z")
Speaking of classic Mac games with cool visuals and funny sounds… Did you guys ever play Dark Castle and/or Beyond Dark Castle? I probably still have those on floppy disks somewhere, but alas, I don’t think I currently have a Mac old enough to play them. ---
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-school-mac-users-anyone-remember-this-game/316025/9 "2005-08-08T02:10:20Z")
There is “color dark castle” that is playable on more modern hardware [http://www.deltatao.com/darkcastle/](http://www.deltatao.com/darkcastle/) Brian