If you could bring back classic Mac OS software, what would it be?

[Phipli]

They did release some of their stuff for OS X, but support wasn't maintained and I don't believe they released any 64-bit binaries of their apps? Stuff like Bubble Trouble X can't run on modern macOS since Apple removed support for running 32-bit binaries.

I... Think the / one of the Devs for bubble trouble lived in my town growing up. At least, I was lead to believe based on mutual acquaintances and the names line up and other incidental evidence like they were where lots of the hacked software came from

 

[joshc]

Control Panel (System 6 version)

the modern macOS control panel is a lot closer to this than it's ever been, there's just... a lot more settings these days.

ResEdit, too.

GitHub - andrews05/ResForge: Resource editor for macOS

Resource editor for macOS. Contribute to andrews05/ResForge development by creating an account on GitHub.

github.com

 

[Juror22]

Snial (WindowShade) and LaPorta (Stable, Unbloated, Simple Mac OS) took both of my wishes!

 

[mikes-macs]

You can play it on modern macOS, see this: https://stratagus.com/

Thanks for the tip. I'll check this out.

People mentioning multi-platform games: most of these it's easier to run them on Windows.

I won't run Windows in my house.

 

[adespoton]

multi-platform games:
Strategic Conquest
NetRisk
NetTrek
Spectre (pretty much all of them)
Bolo

Those are the ones that I'd like to have playable off the top of my head. Of course, most of them already have equivalents or are network playable under emulation.

 

[aladds]

Not quite the same. Today’s macOS is a kludge of useless bloat. I prefer the cleaner OS 9 and below interface.

Haiku is probably the closest modern OS which has the cleanliness of OS 9 yet the stability and feature set we have come to expect. I'd argue it's very nearly usable as a daily OS now, too