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Fly a paper airplane through an obstacle-filled house by catching lift from air vents in Glider. The download above includes Glider versions 4.06 and 4.09, the Room Editor, the 'More Glider' disk, as well as additional house files. In January 2016, this game was made open source.
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Glider_42.SIT (1.32 MB)
MD5: d8d3b629a1fba76e1362b132232fe412
For System 6.x - Mac OS 8 - 8.1
glider_4_10.zip (10.58 MB)
MD5: 31bd66ecf5468df314b49359a96e0458
For System 6.x - Mac OS 8 - 8.1
GliderMacsBug.Hqx (2.03 KB)
MD5: 208c44ae8cfcee486b86ff12bfab8922
For System 6.x - Mac OS 8 - 8.1
glider_4_manual.pdf
This game works with: SheepShaver, Basilisk II, Mini vMac
Fly a paper airplane through an obstacle-filled house by catching lift from air vents in Glider. The download above includes Glider versions 4.06 and 4.09, the Room Editor, the 'More Glider' disk, as well as additional house files.
In January 2016, this game was made open source.
Be sure to read: Gliderprovillage.com/John Calhoun's Old Page
About Glider for Windows:
Since Calhoun removed previous versions of Glider from his page,
which also included a Windows port in the past, here are links where to still get it:
Lauppert.ws/Glider for Windows
Oldgames.com/Glider for Windows Download (1994 Arcade action Game)
Squakenet.com/Glider for Windows download
Takegame.com/Game Glider for Windows
Download-central.ws/Win16/Glider for Windows
Purchase Glider Classic from the Mac App Store:
Get the OS X Intel version here.
Purchase Glider Classic from the iOS App Store:
Get the iOS version here.
Architecture: 68k
Requires the monitor to be capable of B/W or 16 colors. To run Glider 4 on PPC machines (or SheepShaver), use Glider 4.09.
A note about the download 'GliderMacsBug'
Included above is a download for a file called MacsBug (not to be confused with the debugging software of the same name). Originally referred to in the documentation by Calhoun as '!Mission Screen Init' prior to version 4.0.5, MacsBug is an INIT file which will set aside RAM to be specifically allocated for use by Glider 4, affecting the overall speed of the program in System 6. The file must be dropped into the System Folder in order to be used. Not strictly necessary in emulation, but it will appease the warning message if nothing else. It should be noted that the INIT file does nothing in System 7 or later.
A port of a Macintosh title, Glider puts you in the role of a paper airplane in its quest to find an open window and exit the house he's trapped on.
You have a rudimentary control of the plane (remember it's a paper plane) and must try to get through room after room of the house by riding currents of hot air, fans, etc. and avoiding danger in the form of balloons, furniture, paper shredders, etc. You can collect a series of power ups such as speed boosts, rubber bands (to shoot enemies with) folded paper (as lives) , etc.
Glider for Windows is an excellent PC port of a hit Machintosh title of the same name that started life as a small black & white shareware game in the late 1980s and went through several updates. The game's premise is simple, but makes for a very unique and interesting blend of action and puzzle elements: you control a paper airplane, and your job is to find an open window and exit the house. As with a real-life paper airplane, your control of the plane is basic: you can move it up and down, and that's about it. Therefore, you must 'ride' currents of hot air, fans, etc., while avoiding danger in the form of balloons, furniture, paper shredders, and other sharp objects. Along the way, you can collect a series of power ups such as speed boosts, rubber bands (to shoot enemies with), and more lives. Higher 'levels' place you in the house with more obstacles to negotiate.
Glider is fun because it requires a number of skills to succeed. You need good reflexes, good timing, and even good strategy to beat most levels. If you are looking for a fun, unassuming, and unique action/puzzle blend, check out this excellent port of a Macintosh classic that few PC gamers know about. Best of all, the game's author John Calhoun has decided to release the game as freeware after the copyrights reverted to him after the publisher, Casady & Greene, closed their doors in June, 2003.
How to run this game on modern Windows PC?
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