Gamasutra press releases pangea software delivers award. This all sounds great but since we still dont have a gamepad in our hands, we decided to quiz pangea softwares brian greenstone about it. Pangea software for sale as brian greenstone announces retirement april 6, 2016 in announcements e austin, texas after almost three decades in the video game business, developer brian greenstone has announced his retirement, and is. Which really should come as no surprise as brian greenstone at pangea is one of the people who helped create quickdraw 3d for apple computer inc. Pangea software clocks the 1 million app store downloads. Pangea software founder brian greenstone tells touch arcade that. Brian greenstone, founder and president of pangea software, has been around the block more than a few times since releasing his first commercial mac game 20 years ago, but even he had no idea how. Brian greenstone, the developer who programmed nanosaur, bugdom, cromag rally, enigmo, otto matic, etc.
Air wings, air wings intergalactic, bugdom 2, cromag rally, nucleus, otto matic, and nanosaur 2 all support the ace power. The colourful graphics are second to none, and the variety in gameplay mixed with the easy and intuitive controls makes it a fun, lasting experience for players of. Pangea software, one of the leading game developers for the apple iphone and ipod touch, announced today the release of five apps for ipad. Though greenstone began creating bugdom from the basic nanosaur code, much of the programming has been enhanced or completely rewritten for bugdom, offering gamers a fresh new. Brian greenstone of austin, texas is the owner of pangea software which recently incorporated in 1999. There are some really cool inyourface 3d effects in bugdom 2 which are just amazing with the 3d glasses on, said brian greenstone, president of pangea. Pangea software today announced that their latest game, bugdom 2, is eligible for their free scholastic site license offer. Pangea software delivers awardwinning apps for ipad. In 2008, the company switched its focus from mac titles to ios titles due to the mobile market being more lucrative.
The new version of bugdom 2 supports the use of 3d anaglyph glasses for a truly immersive 3d experience. Since 1999, pangea software has maintained a policy that any school or public library may have a free site license to any of their games so long as they own at least one legitimate copy. Pangea softwares ultimate game programming guide for mac os. The book covers all of the nuances dealing with various mac os technologies such as the hid manager, opengl, openal, core graphics, rendezvous, quicktime, and more. The mac observerpangea software to give away 200 bugdom. Pangea software announces major update to bugdom 2 ign. Rather than build more units, pangea elected to convert the game to shareware. Players can, of course, choose whether or not to use the new controller for everything or leave options like the gyroscope open, mixing. Since 2008, the company has mostly ceased developing mac games and instead chosen.
Written by pangea president brian greenstone, creator of nanosaur, bugdom, cromag rally, enigmo, otto matic and other games, the book. Founded nearly 30 years ago, pangea has been prolific in creating games for. Rather than build more units, pangea elected to convert the game to shareware, so. The app store is burying some apple tv apps venturebeat. Started by brian greenstone, ceo pangea, april 06, 2016, 07. Overview pangea software is an macintosh game company that is owned and operated by brian greenstone. Pangea softwares old mac games now available as a free download. Brian greenstones company, pangea software, has some games that.
Bringing this beloved mac game to the iphone was an obvious next step for the title, says brian greenstone, president of pangea software. Pangea announces bugdom 2 for iphone articles pocket gamer. Pangea software has announced that seven of its titles will support play with the moga ace power controller. In bugdom, you are rollie mcfly, a rollie pollie bug. Since i loved that software, this package wasnt a hard sell for me. The new apple tv supports 3dtv content on compatible sets. The company is most well known for their mac titles power pete, bugdom, nanosaur, cromag rally, and otto matic. Pangea software have made some of the most successful and fun software for the mac.
Pangea software is an apple product game company based in austin, texas that is owned and operated by brian greenstone. July 18, 2018 today we made many of our old mac games free. Summer 1995 interview for inside mac games with brian greenstone, the founder of pangea software, during the release of power pete. Pangea softwares ultimate game programming guide for mac os x brian. Pangea softwares old mac games now available as a free. Wind, enigmo deluxe, enigmo, enigmo 2, cromag rally, bugdom 2, billy. Updates tagged with pangea software page 1 148apps. Formed in 1987, the company began by writing a number of shareware games for the apple iigs computer, with their first commercial game, xenocide, being released in 1989. Bugdom 2, the colorful sequel to the beloved original 3d adventure, is available exclusively for the mac. Pangea software now has free downloads of the full versions of its classic os 9 games bugdom, nanosaur and mighty mike also known as power pete and early os x games cromag rally, billy frontier and enigmo. Brian greenstones company, pangea software, has some games that are incompatible when a new mac os is released even the processor changes, thus making them obsolete. Pangea softwares ultimate game programming guide for mac.
Founded in 1987 by brian greenstone, pangea software, inc. Otto matic was originally developed by accomplished macintosh game designer brian greenstone and pangea software, also known for the popular nanosaur and bugdom. The visuals are absolutely stunning and the gameplay is some of the best weve ever done. Here has link to brian greenstone mineralia on his pangea software web page. Pangea software one of the big innovations with the new apple tv is that it has. Founded in 1987, the company began as a developer of apple iigs games, with the first being xenocide, which was published by micro revelations and sold in stores.
Longtime apple fans no doubt recognize the name pangea software. Games such as power pete, bugdom, nanosaur, and otto matic became widely. Pangea software tai pangeasoft on vuonna 1987 perustettu tietokonepeleja valmistava yritys, jonka toimipaikka on austinissa. Bugdom is the first commercial game to be selfpublished by pangea software. Pangea software is notable for macintosh games such as power pete, nanosaur, and bugdom, the latter two were often bundled with second generation imac g3s. Its part of brian greenstone and pangea celebration of the app stores. Pangea softwares bugdom has its success practically guaranteed before it even hits the shelves. Computer technology is constantly updating as of 2018 with the introduction of intel processors on the macintosh, even macos high sierra.
Pangea software president brian greenstone explained that the companys inventory of bugdom cdroms is running low. With so much competition, im honoured that consumers have chosen to make our titles the top sellers for the iphone and ipod touch. Bugdom 1999 bugdom is the first commercial game to be selfpublished by pangea software. This is an ideal situation for both brian greenstone head of pangea and bugdom itself, because it delivers a great game directly into the hands of an ideal audience. Pangea ceo brian greenstone says that bugdom fans had long been clamoring for something new, and bugdom 2. It seems all of bugdom is in trouble, as the head ant, king thorax, has kidnapped the rightful rulers, the ladybugs. Pangea software is giving their apps away today only. Bugdom is a thirdperson action adventure game, originally a mac title and later ported over to windows. Bugdom was originally developed for macintosh computers and the mac version was honored by the macworld game hall of fame with the award for best arcade game in 1999. Pangea software for sale as brian greenstone announces. Hopefully, in years from now when the mac gaming scene is back fullforce, people will look back and remember bugdom as the pivotal turning point in mac gaming when games went from just being yearold ports of pc games, to being original games developed for the mac, on the mac. The app store is off to a solid start with thousands of successful game apps launched since july, says brian greenstone, president and ceo of pangea software. In this 3d game, you play a pill bug who battles other insects in 10 different levels. Brian greenstone, the developer who programmed nanosaur, bugdom, cromag.
Bugdom 2 returns you to that world of anthropomorphic insects and towering vegetation, but pangea founder brian greenstone is careful not to call bugdom 2 a sequel. Power pete aka mighty mike this is the original pangea software game, before its. On the left is a menu of all things related to me including links to my companies, my videos and photos, things i like, etc. I recently got a chance to download cromag rally and bugdom for. Free bugdom 2 site licenses for schools inside mac games. Pangea software is an apple exclusive game company based in austin, texas that is owned and operated by brian greenstone. Award winning 3d puzzle game, enigmo, now available to. The game is set on the insect kingdom of bugdom, where the bad fire ants have overthrown the government and kidnapped all the ladybugs. Some of the games require mac os 9 such as bugdom and mighty mike, while others require mac os 10. Pangea software announced that all of its ios games in the app store are. All of them demonstrate the same quality of graphics, music and versatility of action as the original bugdom. Fans of pangea softwares successful nanosaur may enjoy some immediate familiarity with bugdom, as both games are largely the work of programmer brian greenstone.
While the design of this later release may appeal especially to fans of those earlier titles, it aims to deliver a new experience all its own. Pangea software free stuff for mac os titles such as cro mag rally, billy frontier, enigmo, bugdom, mighty mike and nanosaur are all free to. Pangea president, brian greenstone, felt the time was right to let the community know that there is a safe. Games like cromag rally, nanosaur and their most popular title, bugdom, have propelled them into. Weve been spending a lot of time working on updates for our customers as feature requests come in, stated brian greenstone, president of pangea software.