Ad executive Prudence Baird learned of it from a lighthearted item in Vogue magazine about its ''user- friendly'' program. Something of an underground legend since it appeared nearly two years ago, MacPlaymate hit a higher profile only lately. To most, it is a roguish bit of high-tech whimsy, created to show off just what a computer can do, and as ''a parody on ***********,'' says Brooks, who knows the designer. a general recreational piece of software.'' Many men who have seen it variously describe it as a ''novelty and a curiosity. It is ''probably the most pirated program'' on the Macintosh, says Frank Brooks, president of a Connecticut computer company. your boss comes over to your desk,'' marvels Dave, a computer consultant to several Los Angeles high-tech firms.įor every MacPlaymate sold, scores were copied free.
In MacPlaymate, the user summons an animated rendering of a woman, ''Maxie,'' who flutters her Theda Bara eyelids, moves her mouth, breasts, legs and hands and entices the user into the program.Īs an added treat, the program has digitized sound: a woman's voice, in tinny gasps, moans ''Oh!'' And a ''panic'' button calls up on the screen ''a real-looking pseudospreadsheet that looks like you're working, like if. There is no way to describe MacPlaymate delicately - which is entirely the point, say a group of Los Angeles women who argue that such programs are inappropriate for the workplace and most every place else.įor the less than computer literate, ''interactive'' means the operator is no passive observer but takes part in directing what happens on the screen. This is real classy classic stuff.Īt a San Francisco computer trade show, it brought out the vice squad - and a 10-deep ''feeding frenzy'' of men frantically waving wads of money, ''begging'' to buy it. I have copied some for your entertainment. On one google hit there was a report quoting articles and comments on this horrible/wonderful game. Those black and white graphics are so retro cool.
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I googled it and found a download so will check it out if it works. I wasn't aware of MacPlaymate I guess because it was introduced in 1986 and I didn't get a Mac till 1988.
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