Any must-try software for the Performa 475?

[matttintoshplus]

I spent all this time and money getting a 475 from a thrift store working and bought a floppy to microSD adapter only to realize I don't know what I should do with it. I kept trying out software that wouldn't work on that specific computer for one reason or another so I'm just looking to try stuff people know will work.

Any good games? Or perhaps a good graphing calculator or circuit schematic software, or any other interesting productivity software?

 

[killvore]

Hey, first off congratulations! You have a solid machine on your hands - and it is understandable that navigating the rapidly evolving mac 90s is a challenge

For games, it's actually pretty capable but marred by some quick and dirty ports. I would suggest checking out anything published by Ambrosia around that time (Apeiron, Avara, Barrack, Escape Velocity, Harry the Handsome Executive), or Bungie (Pathways Into Darkness, Marathon 1) to get a sense of where Mac software was at around that time. Also check out Realmz and Prince of Destruction for some RPGs. Some mac ports took advantage of the improved graphics on the mac vs. DOS, so Civilization 1 looks very different compared with the DOS version, worth checking out for that alone.

Also, you can overclock the machine up to around 40MHz in software only using SoftOC, though you should probably run it without a lid on if you do (until you attach a heat sink)!