Glypha: Vintage
About
A fast-paced, Egyptian-themed jousting tournament recalls 1980's classic arcade action.
Glypha, the classic shareware game on the early Macintosh, now landed in the 21st Century ... but not too much. It still has that classic early Mac look, but 21st Century hardware acceleration, gameplay and feel. (The consensus seems to be that it is a wee bit harder now.)
You control your player with only three controls:
But be careful, whoever's weapon is higher than the other's wins the battle!
There are a number of opponents — some more challenging than others. Should you survive long enough you'll find out just how challenging. Points for defeating an opponent are shown below:
Additionall controls allow you to:
Glypha, the classic shareware game on the early Macintosh, now landed in the 21st Century ... but not too much. It still has that classic early Mac look, but 21st Century hardware acceleration, gameplay and feel. (The consensus seems to be that it is a wee bit harder now.)
Game play:
You control your player with only three controls:
- Left (player goes to the left)
- Right (player goes right)
- Flap (your bird flaps to climb)
But be careful, whoever's weapon is higher than the other's wins the battle!
Opponents:
There are a number of opponents — some more challenging than others. Should you survive long enough you'll find out just how challenging. Points for defeating an opponent are shown below:
Additionall controls allow you to:
- Pause (pause and unpause the game)
- Fullscreen (toggle fullscreen)
System requirements for macOS
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Mac OS Catalina (10.15) or more recent
- Processor: Intel or M1
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 8 MB available space
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
System requirements for PC
Minimum:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or more recent
- Processor: 64-bit
- Memory: 2 GB RAM
- Storage: 8 MB available space
Recommended:
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- Processor: 64-bit