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[–] maxprime@lemmy.ml 8 points 6 days ago (1 children)

It was my first Mac and first computer that was just mine.

Boy I pushed that thing to the limits. Ended up frying the video card. While I loved it, it was just so so weak.

[–] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 7 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I remember my school had no idea how you should set up computers before letting first graders use them so we were all constantly dragging all the applications into the trash can to hear the fun noise and see the little puff of dust.

They also all had a copy of Type to Learn Jr installed, which we were strictly forbidden from opening, and every time we were using the computers multiple people would get in trouble for playing it. A few years ago I got a couple of cheap iBook G3 laptops and the first thing I did was install Type to Learn Jr and finally play it all the way through

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 3 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Mine had a bunch of iMac g3s, eMacs came toward grade 8.

Games weren't explicitly forbidden, just needed to finish work first, new Cross Country Canada, math circus and Oregon trail were the games I recall the most of. There was this one game though I can't recall the name of but the concept was interesting, you played as a time travelling velociraptor and had to save dinosaur eggs from extinction, was like a 3rd person shooter, I have no idea why that was on school computers

Edit: was Nanosaur

In the distant year of 4122, a dinosaur species, Nanosaurs, rule the Earth. Their civilization originated from a group of human scientists who experimented with genetic engineering. Their experimentation led them to resurrect the extinct dinosaur species; however, their victory was short-lived, as a disastrous plague brought the end of their civilization itself. The few dinosaurs resurrected were lent an unusual amount of intelligence from their human creators, leaving them to expand on their growing civilization. However, as the Nanosaurs were the only species on Earth, inbreeding was the only possible choice of reproduction. This method largely affected the intelligence of the various offspring, and slowly began to pose a threat to their once-intelligent society.

The Nanosaur government offers a quest that involves time traveling into the year 65 million BC, where the five eggs of ancient dinosaur species must be retrieved and placed in a time portal leading to the present year. Their high-ranking agent, a brown Deinonychus Nanosaur, is chosen to participate in this mission. On the day of her mission, she is teleported to the past via a time machine in a Nanosaur laboratory.

[–] shinratdr@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Apple had a strong relationship with Pangea at the time, who developed that game. From 1999-2006, most Macs shipped with some sort of game (usually Bugdom). Reimaging a Mac didn’t really exist at the time, most of the time they were just rolled out to classrooms as is with a few extra programs installed.

My 2006 Mac Mini had Marble Blast Gold from Garage Games, that was the last one I was aware of.

[–] morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Thanks for that, Bugdom also looks familiar!

[–] Tarquinn2049@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago

Was their goal to make it feel forbidden so the rebellious kids would 'secretly' learn typing?