Software:Stunt Copter
Stunt Copter is a Macintosh game that was released in the mid to late 1980s and which involved piloting a small helicopter around a playfield. The player would have to position the helicopter and then click the mouse at the right time so that a person suspended from the aircraft would fall into a hay bale on a moving cart. Unless precisely timed, the person might fall onto the ground or injure the horse or the driver of the cart.[1] The game was developed by Duane Blehm[2] whose other games included Cairo Shootout, ZeroGravity, and PUZZ'L. His small software company was known as HomeTown Software[3] and was located in Kansas .[4] Blehm died unexpectedly in June 1988.[5][6] After his death, his parents released his games and source code into the public domain.[7]
MacAddict magazine used Stunt Copter to demonstrate software compatibility of Mac OS X Public beta.[8] A Mac OS X version of the game has been released by Antell Software.[9]
An iPhone/iPod Touch version of the game was released by nerdgames in 2009.[9][10] In 2011, an iPad version of Stunt Copter was released by Apollo Software which is noted for its similarity to the original.[11]
References
- ↑ Prevost, Ruffin; Terrell, Rob (1994). "Chapter 5: Fun & Games". The Mac Shareware 500: The Last Word on the Best Virus-Free Mac Shareware, Second Edition. Ventana Press. pp. 117. ISBN 1-56604-076-0. "For some reason, the game holds a stupid fascination for a few minutes before becoming witless and annoying."
- ↑ "Macworld Online, Fun and Games". Macworld (IDG): 43. July 1995. ISSN 0741-8647.
- ↑ "SOMAK Software Digest (commercial supplement inserted in the magazine), Arcade Games 2, Hometown Software Game Pack, p. 9". Florida Computer News (FCN Publishing) 1 (2). November 1989.
- ↑ Moss, Richard (March 22, 2018). The Secret History of Mac Gaming. Random House.
- ↑ "Norman Duane "Duane" Blehm (1951-1988)". Find A Grave. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27432847. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ↑ Moss, Richard (September 6, 2017). "Researching Mac gaming history part 2: Usenet". Unbound. https://unbound.com/books/macgaming/updates/researching-mac-gaming-history-part-2-usenet. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ↑ Duane Blehm's Source Code on macintoshgarden.org "Source Code for Duane Blehm's games (Stunt Copter, ZeroGravity, Cairo Shootout), released into the public domain by his parents after his passing."
- ↑ Sammis, Ian; Reynolds, David (December 2000). "OS X Xposed, Software & Hardware Compatibility". MacAddict (Future Network USA) (52): 40. ISSN 1088-548X.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 Patterson, Blake (March 29, 2009). "Simple Mac Classic 'Stunt Copter' Comes to iPhone". TouchArcade. https://toucharcade.com/2009/03/29/simple-mac-classic-stunt-copter-comes-to-iphone/. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
- ↑ "StuntCopter". Archived from the original. Error: If you specify
|archiveurl=, you must also specify|archivedate=. https://web.archive.org/web/20170703045713/http://www.nerdgames.ca/stuntcopter.html. Retrieved June 20, 2018. - ↑ "Apollo Software - Statys". Archived from the original on July 20, 2012. https://archive.is/20120720222439/http://www.apollosoftware.ca/stuntcopter/. Retrieved June 20, 2018.
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