Scott Baret
Well-known member
Just thought I'd take a survey here to see what everyone likes...
My top 3 favorites:
1. Broderbund: Print Shop, Kid Pix, Banner Mania, Mac Globe, Carmen Sandiego, Shufflepuck Cafe, the Cyan titles (Spelunx, Myst)...the list goes on. Probably my favorite company of all time for software.
2. Claris: MacWrite II/Pro, MacDraw II, ClarisWorks, Resolve, and FileMaker II were excellent.
3. Interplay: can you say Battle Chess? Mario Teaches Typing is pretty sweet too.
My bottom 3:
1. Sierra: I don't recall them ever developing a good game for Mac...the one I recall the best was one from elementary school called Mixed Up Mother Goose...I used to hate when we had to play this in computer class because I could never figure it out and the teacher wouldn't give me the manual to study...
2. Real Networks: I've never liked Real Player software and I think a lot of you can share the same feelings about this.
3. Software Toolworks: their stuff just always seemed second rate to me.
I'm neutral on Microsoft. While there are some products of theirs that I don't really like (Office 2007, Vista, Word 6 for Mac, WorksSuite 99, Access) there are also a lot that I like (Excel, Word 98 for Mac, FrontPage, Microsoft Learning DOS, DOS 5/6, Works 2.0 for Windows, Windows Entertainment Packs). Some of their stuff I'm completely neutral on (IE, Works for Mac, Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 3.1). I know a lot of folks will probably say it's in their bottom three, but you have to look at all the positives they've come out with. Remember--Microsoft brought you Vista, Apple brought you System 6.0.6.
My top 3 favorites:
1. Broderbund: Print Shop, Kid Pix, Banner Mania, Mac Globe, Carmen Sandiego, Shufflepuck Cafe, the Cyan titles (Spelunx, Myst)...the list goes on. Probably my favorite company of all time for software.
2. Claris: MacWrite II/Pro, MacDraw II, ClarisWorks, Resolve, and FileMaker II were excellent.
3. Interplay: can you say Battle Chess? Mario Teaches Typing is pretty sweet too.
My bottom 3:
1. Sierra: I don't recall them ever developing a good game for Mac...the one I recall the best was one from elementary school called Mixed Up Mother Goose...I used to hate when we had to play this in computer class because I could never figure it out and the teacher wouldn't give me the manual to study...
2. Real Networks: I've never liked Real Player software and I think a lot of you can share the same feelings about this.
3. Software Toolworks: their stuff just always seemed second rate to me.
I'm neutral on Microsoft. While there are some products of theirs that I don't really like (Office 2007, Vista, Word 6 for Mac, WorksSuite 99, Access) there are also a lot that I like (Excel, Word 98 for Mac, FrontPage, Microsoft Learning DOS, DOS 5/6, Works 2.0 for Windows, Windows Entertainment Packs). Some of their stuff I'm completely neutral on (IE, Works for Mac, Windows 95, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows 3.1). I know a lot of folks will probably say it's in their bottom three, but you have to look at all the positives they've come out with. Remember--Microsoft brought you Vista, Apple brought you System 6.0.6.