Active Lancer
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Active_Lancer.toast_.sit (301.52 MB)
MD5: 75a585f3afdc7689aafbbb4b1411627b For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X
active_lancer_update_101.sit (1.15 MB)
MD5: ec58ae037e2b343f1d0546514bc4ea97 For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X
ActiveLancer101Update.dmg (644.26 KB)
MD5: c31848762fff2107178a44646cb05cea For Mac OS 8.5 - 8.6 - Mac OS X
Guides on emulating older games
"Active Lancer is a 2D shoot 'em up video game created by Freeverse for Mac OS 9 and Mac OS X."
The 3rd download is the official dmg image from Freeverse containing the updater.
"It plays in the style of many old school computer games and features little plot line or story development. There are several levels the player is required to complete. It lacks a multiplayer mode but two players can play together on the same computer. It was much less successful than Freeverse's popular WingNuts Series.
It was re-released as part of a 'Best of Original Mac Games' bundle from Freeverse."
"In the game the player is cast as a member of the 'Active Lancer Corps'. He is the lone survivor of a failed attack on the home world of an alien race known as the 'cherries' where he has to face fast unending attacks by the aliens." --Wikipedia.org
The in-game soundtrack by Digital Droo was also sold separately as an audio CD. It can now be streamed on Spotify or downloaded from Bandcamp (name your own price).
CompatibilityArchitecture: PPC (Carbonized)
Requires Mac OS 8.6 or higher, or Mac OS X
Comments
'ster egg: hold option (aka alt) key while clicking on "credits" from the main menu.
Through lots of amateurish jiggery-pokery I managed to find the version 1.0.1 updater on Freeverse's download server, so I've uploaded it here as the second archive. I've also obtained the game on original media and uploaded scans here as the manual.
One of the most underrated top-down-shooters of all time on all platforms!